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Five million
- By Brian · New reply May 18, 2013
- 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 ...
The "good" ole days
- By heyimhere · New reply May 17, 2013
- Journal · 7 replies
- I find myself at a loss. While I have not suffered as long as many of us (8 years), I often wish for the "good ole days". The days prior to this ridiculous disorder, dysfunction, disintegrating, and detrimental ...
NEED BETTER AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE.
- By redneckgal82 · New reply May 16, 2013
- Journal · 2 replies
- I need better insurance so I can get my NF1& my scoliosis checked out plus have masses on my spine. I am in pain a lot & I do exercise & very active so what to do? To find better insurance ? I am worried ...
Natural acne treatment without benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid & it works
may 2013 already
- By redneckgal82 · New reply May 16, 2013
- Journal · 5 replies
- I haven't been on here in quite awhile. Just been trying to get somethings in done in my life. Got to admit I have been depressed & dealing w/ college & work and trying to get into better shape. I am ...
Skinned alive
- By heyimhere · New reply May 15, 2013
- Journal · 25 replies
- Well, I've had P for 8 years now, no family history, no identified cause. Tried light therapy and topicals, will not do biologics as I have a family to support and won't risk the side effects. Lately ...
Regeneration?
- By heyimhere · New reply May 15, 2013
- Journal · 18 replies
- I have been wondering where all the statistics on P and PA come from. My present train of thought concerns the skin growth (TNF) information I keep seeing. Most of the information says that the typical ...
Sweets syndrome
- By piperchick · New reply May 9, 2013
- Journal · 1 reply
- Hi, I am new to this website. I am trying to find help with sweets syndrome. My first and worst outbreak (so far) was in 2007. The doctor finally did a biopsy a couple of weeks ago and I was diagnosed ...
Help with getting parity for mental health
- By crazy4years · New reply May 7, 2013
- Journal · 1 reply
- Ran across a link in MHA's newsletter today that I checked before but wasn't in the frame of mind to muddle through then. You know what I mean? Of course you do. Anyway, it is a link about telling your ...
A new Inspire report in collaboration with Stanford Medical School
- 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 ...
We Are All Liars!
- By NotSoSweets · Posted May 3, 2013
- Journal · 0 replies
- Do you have chronic illness? Yes? You're a liar. I'm a liar, too. The problem with chronic illness is that it's just that...chronic--always with us. If you could talk to your old self, the you before ...
Ever felt you had to minimize your condition?
- By shellbell12 · New reply May 3, 2013
- Discussion in Living with a skin condition · 5 replies
- Do you have a chronic condition/skin condition? Have you ever felt the need to minimize it? Have you ever felt you've had to say that you're fine when you're not? Read 'Not So Sweets' blog post: We are ...
Brand new LV diagnosis
- By Shanola · New reply May 3, 2013
- Discussion in Living with a skin condition · 12 replies
- Hello, Just this morning I was diagnosed with Livedoid Vasculopathy. I turned 23 just over a month ago, and right around my birthday I noticed that there was a spot on the back of my heel that looked ...
Decided To Keep Dating Separate From Inspire . . .
- 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 ...
Does anyone know of a Sweet's syndrome group outside of the UK and US?
- By shellbell12 · Posted May 1, 2013
- Discussion in Living with a skin condition · 0 replies
- Hi to all, I am desperately trying to find Sweet's syndrome (SS) groups outside of the UK and US. I already run a UK based FB group, a forum and a Sweet's Syndrome Awareness site with my US associate ...
Steroid addiction and withdrawal
I was in a car wrack on 4/10/2013
- By keshia89 · New reply April 27, 2013
- Journal · 3 replies
- I was going home from dance, it was a bad Rainy night! So the lady that was the driver got off the highway ! Mins later someone hit and run. I was in the passnger seat. the air bag hit me in the face ...
PRAYERS FOR WACO TEXAS
- By ShelaKay42 · New reply April 25, 2013
- Journal · 11 replies
- Our Family is Praying for the Victims of the Waco Texas Explosion. Our hearts go out to the families and community. PRAYING THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS WILL BE FOUND. Also continued Thoughts and Prayers for ...
Wish list for RA appointment tomorrow
- By Remmy · New reply April 25, 2013
- Journal · 11 replies
- For starters - I actually have tomorrow off and hopefully will get some sleep tonight if my body will allow it. As my appointment draws nearer I want to remember all the things I want to talk to the rheumy ...
Dr. Oz Discusses Anti-Depressants Today (Weds., April 3). . .
- 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 ...
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