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About Me
- By jaybee601 · Posted November 8, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- 69 yrs male from India,happily married for 43 yrs,with two sons and a grand son.I am an Engineer turned Executive retired.Had rheumatic fever at 12.At 53 breathing problem,CABG,Aortic+Mitral heart valves ...
Have you noticed
- By bettyboop48 · Posted November 2, 2009
- Discussion in Family and friends · 2 replies
- Hi Hope that everyone is doing ok. I have a question and was wondering if anyone else feels this way. here goes: Have you ever noticed that people look at you differently since you had a stroke ?, some ...
How long does Billy have with an ef of 29??
- By sophianbilly · Posted October 31, 2009
- Journal · 10 replies
- his defib/pacemaker was implanted in June 2009 when he was still at UCH after a chronic heart happened on April 2009......He had anoxia to his brain and heart which is why they waited soooo long....He ...
Stroke or Migraine?
- By bettyboop48 · Posted October 27, 2009
- Discussion in I had a stroke · 0 replies
- Hi Everyone, I have had a stroke but the doctors haven't found anything in the ct or mri. My speech is affected and have hard time with rt side and my throat feels like there is a chicken bone down there ...
about me and my CVA
- By tzadworny · Posted October 22, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- I had a CVA back in November of 09 no on beleieves me (my family) because I look normal. My left side is weak but not numb I suffer from Migraines which I never had a problem with before dizzyness and ...
Vertebral arterial dissection
- By heatherefda · Posted October 11, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- I went to a chiropractor and ever since I feel something is really wrong. I have had a total of 3 neck adjustments within a 1 week period and twice I experience a sharp shooting pain on the right side ...
www.powercatcharters.com/Billy
- By sophianbilly · Posted October 11, 2009
- Journal · 4 replies
- I look for information all the time.....My Billy had a chronic heart attack with anoxia to the brain and to the heart on April 10, 2009....I was alone in the morning with him when he complained of chest ...
Wrist fusion or tendon transfer
- By randerson · Posted October 8, 2009
- Discussion in Treatment and rehabilitation · 0 replies
- We are wondering about surgeries to correct the wrist deformity in our 16 year old son. Stroke at age one. Seems to be very self conscious about the wrist. Any thoughts or experience welcome. Thanks ...
Scheduled maintenance this evening
- By TeamInspire · Posted August 10, 2009
- Journal · 13 replies
- All, Inspire will be performing database updates this evening starting at 8:00 Eastern. We expect the updates to take no more than 2 hours and the site will be unavailable at this time. We thank you for ...
Share your story via video!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
- Journal · 28 replies
- Sometimes the most powerful message each of us can share is our personal story -- our own experience. With upcoming healthcare legislation pending, one way we can be advocates is to share these stories ...
new to this..
- By bizzyizzy · Posted June 13, 2009
- Discussion in Caregivers corner · 8 replies
- hi every one ,i have read your postings ..isnt life sad at times? my husband of 20 years just had two stokes..but lucky for him he got all his functions back with theropy,his speech is a tad off but that ...
Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
- Journal · 32 replies
- 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 ...
Guestbooks are now live!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
- Journal · 6 replies
- Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...
Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
- Journal · 35 replies
- 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 ...
Dealing with neurosarcoids and neurosarcoids has the BETTER hand!
- By neurogirl · Posted May 3, 2009
- Journal · 7 replies
- I have been dealing with this neurosarcoids for 4 years now. I have been doing everything that I am susposed to do like take meds, dr appt.s and tests. How am I susposed to keep up-beat and positive if ...
Moms, you rock!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- Looking for a unique and extraordinary way to say "thank you" to your mom? In honor of Mother's Day, good friend of Inspire Dr. Gwenn (of http://www.PediatricsNow.com and http://www.DrGwennIsIn.com) will ...
Apraxia
- By grannykip · Posted April 25, 2009
- Discussion in Life after a stroke · 2 replies
- I had a stroke shortly before Hurricane Katrina, in New Orleans. Let me tell you that the hospital is no place to be "incommunicado", during a storm or anytime, for that matter. An Angiogram brought on ...
Much nicer day today.
- By DMBM · Posted April 12, 2009
- Journal · 1 reply
- As always, my outlook is a thousand times improved by sunlight and friends. We held a lovely brunch at our house this morning and then went into Philadelphia to see "Jihad Jones" at Interact. Anyone in ...
Book Club Anyone?
- By DMBM · Posted April 12, 2009
- Discussion in Life after a stroke · 0 replies
- Happy Easter all, I was wondering if anyone would like to have a discussion thread about books/plays/movies we have found useful. Here's my offering: "My Stroke of Insight" by Jill Bolte Taylor PhD Dr ...
Difficult day
- By DMBM · Posted April 11, 2009
- Journal · 0 replies
- So far today I have been very down. We went to a movie "Sin Nobre"(good) but as soon as it was finished I went right back to brooding ...
