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What - Inspire is a place where you can connect with people who share your health concerns and find information and advice in groups sponsored by organizations you know and trust.
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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 ...
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 ...
ENOUGH
- By Blkjewelz8960 · Posted June 12, 2009
- Journal · 11 recommendations
- ENOUGH: Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure. Standing near the security gate, they hugged, and the mother said ...
Inspire members featured
- By Brian · Posted October 28, 2009
- Journal · 10 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 ...
How long have you had sarcoid?
- By priscurl · Posted August 7, 2008
- Discussion in Living with sarcoidosis · 10 recommendations
- I was wondering how long you all have been diagnosed with sarcoid. I also wondered whether you were expected to get better within two years of diagnosis. Doctors seem to assume that their sarcoid patients ...
Collecting symptoms
SO excited to share what I have found!
- By pwrsrg77 · Posted November 4, 2009
- Journal · 4 recommendations
- I have received TONS of wonderful support from this amazing community of people just like myself. All that struggle with debilitating symptoms, wrong diagnosis, less than quality doctors etc... I wish ...
Water or Coke? (or rather any carbonated drink)
- By meriterry · Posted November 18, 2009
- Journal · 3 recommendations
- This was sent to me by a friend: Focus on the hydration thing....... Water or Coke? I could not believe this..... Very interesting WATER #1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies ...
Anybody heard/read this?
- By Tashabella · Posted September 15, 2009
- Discussion in Treatment decisions · 3 recommendations
- Any body ever seen anything like this? This is from: http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/afrika n-wholistic-health/23691-sarcoidosis-sim ple-non-western-breakdown.html Sarcoidosis can be reversed by first ...
Isn't it strange...
- By ShannonZ · Posted July 22, 2008
- Journal · 3 recommendations
- that quite a few of us on here have more then one health "issue"? We ALL must be tough cookies ...
do the symtoms of sarcoidosis get worse or better
- By coleburrell · Posted October 30, 2009
- Discussion in Living with sarcoidosis · 2 recommendations
- i am only 29 with 6 lymphnote masses in my lungs due to sarcoidosis. Will my symtoms of constantly being tired and sweating and short of breathe get better. Or will this be something I have to get use ...
For those of you who do not know me.
- By jamesj · Posted October 25, 2009
- Journal · 2 recommendations
- No one on here will know me yet, as I have just joined the website. However, many of you know my beautiful, and ultra supportive wife POPPY1, who has been posting for quite some time. I thought I would ...
HOW IS BONE SARC DIAGNOSED?
- By spiraldreamer · Posted September 8, 2009
- Discussion in Living with sarcoidosis · 2 recommendations
- I've tried to look through some old posts to see if I could locate this information, but no luck. It's probably there someplace, but I guess I'm not patient enough to read through a million posts. So ...
The Big Golden Rabid Barking Lymph Nodes Holiday Reprint
- By theGardener · Posted November 24, 2009
- Journal · 1 recommendation
- This is for all of you, old guard and newbie alike... Happy Holidays! May the Season bring you peace and good health. Holiday Joy to All! (please scroll down....) (sorry, scroll down a little more ...
Brain Fatigue/Fogginess
- By whatsupdoc · Posted November 23, 2009
- Discussion in Symptoms · 1 recommendation
- I've had sarc for a year now and have worked through most of my health issues. Today I had device clinic for my pacemaker/defibrillator screening and I am another six months free of any heart symptoms ...
Attention Charlotte, NC Sarkies...Support Group
- By KarenGSO · Posted November 21, 2009
- Discussion in Emotional support · 1 recommendation
- Hi, I just wanted to let you guys know that I have started a new Sarcoidosis Meetup Support group here in Greensboro. Gram1 from Charlotte has expressed an interest in participating, particularly if there ...
Attention Charlotte, NC Sarkies...Support Group
- By KarenGSO · Posted November 21, 2009
- Discussion in Emotional support · 1 recommendation
- Hi, I just wanted to let you guys know that I have started a new Sarcoidosis Meetup Support group here in Greensboro. Gram1 from Charlotte has expressed an interest in participating, particularly if there ...
First time posting
- By AtlanticOcean · Posted November 20, 2009
- Journal · 1 recommendation
- I have been reading alot of the journals over the past two months and have learned so much from all you wonderful people. My story is not unlike many of you. I developed what I thought was just a cold ...
Calling ALL PEEPS from Greensboro, NC!!
- By KarenGSO · Posted November 19, 2009
- Discussion in Emotional support · 1 recommendation
- I have just started a new support group and I am hoping to find a group of you guys on here in Greensboro (I CAN’T be the ONLY Sarkie here in Greensboro!). You have all been a WEALTH of knowledge and ...
Disability Hearing
- By Daff81 · Posted November 18, 2009
- Discussion in Emotional support · 1 recommendation
- Hello All ! , Had my disability hearing before the Judge on 11-17-09 . All went well and we were told that my case has been approved !!! What a wonderful blessing it was to hear those words !! The long ...
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.
