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Why are we here?
- By Brian · Posted April 11, 2008
- Journal · 55 recommendations
- When we started this community, each of us faced important health issues in our lives. Some of us have family members with medical conditions. Many of us have medical conditions of our own. All of us ...
Support your group and raise awareness with badges
- By Walter · Posted June 20, 2008
- Journal · 33 recommendations
- Hi everyone. We added a new feature today that you can use to support your groups and the organizations that sponsor them, and get the word out about the causes that are important to you. If you visit ...
Diet for sarcoidosis
- By Delirium · Posted May 19, 2008
- Journal · 32 recommendations
- By popular demand - here is the highlights with the why and wherefores for an anti-inflammatory diet that Norwegian diet experts have put together for the Norwegian sarcoidosis association. I hope I manage ...
John Wayne is Dead and Oprah is Busy
- By theGardener · Posted August 22, 2007
- Journal · 26 recommendations
- John Wayne is Dead and Oprah is Busy Just a forewarning, I’m feeling really cynical today. I would like to say that I’m one of those folks that flutter around with gossamer wings; ever positive; ever ...
Welcome from TeamInspire!
- By TeamInspire · Posted March 13, 2008
- Journal · 25 recommendations
- Hello, old friends and new. Today is a big day for us! We have made numerous improvements to your community, most that were suggestions from you. As you can see the site is very different then before ...
Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
- Journal · 23 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 ...
The Med List
- By Paradox · Posted July 5, 2008
- Journal · 21 recommendations
- A rather daunting task, compiling a lot of information about commonly used medicines for sarc. I decided I'd post them under single headings in a single journal for my own convenience. The main reason ...
New feature - See what you've replied to
- By Walter · Posted April 25, 2008
- Journal · 21 recommendations
- Hello everyone. We just added a feature that many of you have requested - a list of all of the posts that you have replied to. To get to your list, all you need to do is: 1. Sign in 2. Click "Me" in the ...
Sometimes we make mistakes
- By Brian · Posted May 23, 2008
- Journal · 19 recommendations
- Two months ago, when we launched Inspire 2.0, we added a group called 'Team Inspire'. We did this with the best intentions: we wanted the group to be a space for new members to get oriented, ask questions ...
"Baby, the Cat is Vibrating!"
- By theGardener · Posted January 13, 2009
- Journal · 18 recommendations
- "Baby, the Cat is Vibrating!" As most of you will have noted from my signature sign off, my wife and I entertain two dogs, a cat and, of course, my Sarcoidosis. I originally phrased it like that to show ...
Peddlers, Scammers, and Snake Oil... oh my!
- By theGardener · Posted May 8, 2008
- Journal · 16 recommendations
- Peddlers, Scammers, and Snake Oil... oh my! Isn't this a great site? Want it to stay that way? I'm sure many of you will agree that it has a friendly and deeply caring atmosphere; and full of informative ...
My One Hundredyth Post… or so
- By theGardener · Posted March 17, 2008
- Journal · 16 recommendations
- Well, well... my one hundredth post. I'm sure some new people are still curious about the name of my blog, "My Pet Demon." It refers to my sarcoidosis, a condition that was "diagnosed" in July of 2005 ...
New feature: video!
- By Brian · Posted June 28, 2008
- Journal · 15 recommendations
- I am pleased to announce that we have updated Inspire to support video. You can now share a video of yourself, videos that you find inspirational or informative, and more. I've included one of myself ...
Gardener Symptom Series: Joint Venture!
- By theGardener · Posted September 27, 2007
- Journal · 15 recommendations
- Gardener Symptom Series: Joint Venture! The following is part of the Gardener Symptom Series. I believe that Sarcoidosis is an inherited genetic disorder along the lines of other immune disorders, such ...
Some Numbers About Involved Systems
Welcome!
- By Brian · Posted March 13, 2008
- Journal · 13 recommendations
- I am pleased to present Inspire 2.0 -- the result of many months of fun and hard work. We have made numerous improvements to your community, the vast majority of which are ideas that came from you! We ...
Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
- Journal · 12 recommendations
- We're happy to announce that you can now stay in touch with what's happening at Inspire by following us on both Twitter and Facebook. While Inspire communities are still the best places to connect with ...
The Sarcoidosis Fairy Tale Reader
- By theGardener · Posted January 28, 2009
- Journal · 12 recommendations
- The Sarcoidosis Fairy Tale Reader The Sarkie Princess and the Frog Once upon a time there was a beautiful young Princess, but all she could do was sit by the babbling brook and cough her brains out from ...
Rabid Barking Lymph Nodes 59-62
- By theGardener · Posted September 18, 2008
- Journal · 12 recommendations
- LINER NOTES: Sally visits family. READ NEXT CARTOON >>> "Don't just complain... Be a Snarky Sarkie!" Click Here! Read More of TheGardener's Journal Here ...
Liturgical Dance for Sarcoidosis
- By Chakakhan1976 · Posted April 21, 2008
- Discussion in Emotional support · 12 recommendations
- Hello Everyone I am a member of the SC Liturgical Dance Network and on 04/26/2008 they will be having a worship service on the SC State house grounds to dance in intercession for those with Sarcoidosis ...
Help and information from FSR
Sarcoidosis is a "multiorgan" disease - meaning it almost always involves more than one organ. It's unpredictable and affects different people in different ways.
You can learn about the ways in which sarcoidosis affects the body in FSR's Sarcoidosis and the Body brochure.
