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Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
  • Journal · 22 recommendations
  • Hello everyone, We're writing to let you know about a great new feature we'll be adding to Inspire in the very near future: guestbooks. This is a feature that many of you have requested, and we're very ...

Inspire members featured

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted October 28, 2009
  • Journal · 9 recommendations
  • Today Massachusetts General Hospital's Proto Magazine published a wonderful profile of nine Inspire members. Each of these stories underscores what we all know to be true -- that Inspire is a special ...

Loveology - a poem to inspire

Poetessa
  • By Poetessa · Posted March 28, 2008
  • Discussion in How my disease has changed my life · 6 recommendations
  • Since my diagnosis I have viewed life differently. I truly value the good moments more and more though the bad moments are still so very hard to bare sometimes. I have the worst time with the pain that ...

Conn's syndrome (hyperaldosteronism)

jacque
  • By jacque · Posted April 12, 2008
  • Discussion in Finding emotional support · 5 recommendations
  • I would like to know someone else's story about their experience with Conn's syndrome. What were their symptoms before they were finally dignosed, and what is their treatment (medication or surgery ...

To: Pain From: Me

Nina372
  • By Nina372 · Posted November 2, 2009
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • To: Pain From: Me Well hello pain, you might not want to hear this but you have out-stayed your welcome here in my body. You are the most annoying, agitating, distracting, way to needy, company that I ...

Conn's Syndrome and Kidney pain

nikki_G
  • By nikki_G · Posted June 8, 2009
  • Discussion in How my disease has changed my life · 2 recommendations
  • I was wondering if anyone one else with Conn's syndrome gets extreme kidney and flank pain. I have regular bouts of extreme pain and spend quite a bit of time in hospital but the doctors here do not know ...

A "wake up" call to my soul

tmichaelroche
  • By tmichaelroche · Posted November 4, 2009
  • Discussion in How my disease has changed my life · 1 recommendation
  • I really appreciate everyone's comments, suggestions and inspiration. This is a great web site. I am severely depressed. My Psychologist (have been with him since 1994) was informed of my suicidal thoughts ...

Living with Ollier's

Mummakaren
  • By Mummakaren · Posted October 19, 2009
  • Discussion in Finding emotional support · 1 recommendation
  • My name is Karen and I have Ollier's disease. I am 36 years old now and have never had the chance to talk to any one else who has it as well. I started having surgeries when I was 10 years old and about ...

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