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Five million

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply 4:06 pm
  • Journal · 205 replies
  • Dear members, Yesterday, Inspire reached a milestone: five million posts written by members! Each of these posts, and the 700 million words they contain, are a simple measure of how much we all do to ...

A new Inspire report in collaboration with Stanford Medical School

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply May 5, 2013
  • Journal · 84 replies
  • As many of you know, Inspire has a professional collaboration with the Stanford University School of Medicine. Inspire members have written personal stories for the Stanford Scope column. I am pleased ...

Decided To Keep Dating Separate From Inspire . . .

MonicaPz
  • By MonicaPz · New reply May 2, 2013
  • Journal · 61 replies
  • Dear Friends, After much thought, have decided to keep dating separate from Inspire. Have joined two dating Internet websites for that purpose. Feel that I do not want to contribute to Inspire becoming ...

my story and im not lieing im trying to spread awareness!

chell03
  • By chell03 · New reply April 30, 2013
  • Journal · 8 replies
  • i live in uk, im a mother of 3 , im a wife and im happy and feel very lucky compared to most of you on here. im 30 years old and I had major spine surgey last september my picture is the xray from my ...

trying to spread awareness

chell03
  • By chell03 · Posted April 25, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • hi, im trying to spred awareness for my condition i had, its rarer than 1 in every million get what i had, it has no name , no idea where it came from or how long i had it. i had a growth inside one of ...

Dr. Oz Discusses Anti-Depressants Today (Weds., April 3). . .

MonicaPz
  • By MonicaPz · New reply April 24, 2013
  • Journal · 17 replies
  • Dear Friends, Just looked at Dr. Oz's website, www.doctoroz.com and he has an EXCELLENT discussion about anti-depressants both on the website (Oz Blog) and on the show. Even if you don't have a problem ...

Michael Lancaster

weloveu
  • By weloveu · Posted April 16, 2013
  • Discussion in Independence · 0 replies
  • Hi everyone that reads this I just received my AARP subscription notice I have had this disease called bi lateral pneumonia, and it for the second time this year kicked my ass this time I am bleeding ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Deanna Attai, MD

John2
  • By John2 · New reply April 16, 2013
  • Journal · 16 replies
  • Dear members, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people who are making contributions to helping patients and caregivers worldwide. The people in this ...

My 1st Chemo

catwalk-55
  • By catwalk-55 · Posted April 15, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Hi I was told of me b ca in Feb. 2013, SHOCKED my life would go down another path that I knew nothing about. My days nights were turned upside down. Yes i went to see all the Drs, xrays, PET scan, labs ...

Nervous surgeon

willardps
  • By willardps · Posted March 26, 2013
  • Discussion in Illnesses · 0 replies
  • Wow, this is beautiful, I'm 65 , a successful retired chemist, have sleep apnea, drank most of my life, just had an angiogram, hearts is in great shape. So-called surgeon says my past is not good and ...

My AOL Account Has Been Hacked . . .

MonicaPz
  • By MonicaPz · New reply March 19, 2013
  • Journal · 2 replies
  • Dear Friends, BEWARE of receiving e-mails advertising Dr. Oz from friends. Thought I received an e-mail from my sister in law and called to thank her. Turns out she didn't send it. DO NOT OPEN ANY E-MAILS ...

Since I Hit 50 . . .

MonicaPz
  • By MonicaPz · Posted March 17, 2013
  • Discussion in Illnesses · 0 replies
  • Dear Friends, Since I hit 50, noticed that I tend to be injured easily/suddenly and I heal slowly/painfully. Guess this started when I had a radical hysterectomy (for cancer) when I was 42. Before 42 ...

Changing My Ministry . . .

MonicaPz
  • By MonicaPz · Posted March 17, 2013
  • Discussion in Independence · 0 replies
  • Dear Friends, Because of increasing health problems, starting at age 50 (I'm now 55), having a need for more flexibility (both on others and my parts) and can not volunteer as physically as before. Used ...

Teeth Extractions

RA_NANA1
  • By RA_NANA1 · New reply March 17, 2013
  • Journal · 9 replies
  • Yesterday I went & had some 3 teeth pulled. I was thinking it was odd for the dentist to give me antibiotics to take. Some time ago he didnt give me any & I was on preds then, too. Could it be because ...

welll lets see

cattcraw2
  • By cattcraw2 · New reply March 8, 2013
  • Journal · 31 replies
  • I saw my doctor and got taken off Predisone and put me on hydrocortisone. already the intense pain is down to a dull roar! I am on day 3 and so far so good. I take 10 mg in the morning ,5mg at noon and ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Lindsey Miller

John2
  • By John2 · New reply February 6, 2013
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people who are making contributions to helping patients and caregivers worldwide. The people featured in our Q&A series ...

We're hiring!

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted January 22, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Hello everyone, We have a position open with our engineering team at Inspire, and I'd like to share the job description with you in the event you know just the person we're looking for. We found our most ...

Coffee

RA_NANA1
  • By RA_NANA1 · New reply December 22, 2012
  • Journal · 38 replies
  • I am going to ask all who read this if they are on prednisone and drink coffee. Have you ever heard anything about that caffiene could weaken the steroid strength. Oh, yeah and can it do anything to the ...

Hello, New Here!

RA_NANA1
  • By RA_NANA1 · New reply December 13, 2012
  • Journal · 6 replies
  • Well, lets say within this month new. :-) I was on twitter and came across Inspire.com. I have RAD, which I hate to say RA cause it is more than arthritis. It is Rheumatoid Autoimmune Disease. It affects ...

domestic abuse

heppy
  • By heppy · New reply December 4, 2012
  • Discussion in Independence · 48 replies
  • Hi, it is almost a year, and I am still in a rotten marriage. I cannot believe I am still here. My body is breaking down, feeling horrible, the other thing is, husb has prostrate cancer. I have tried ...

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