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Alan
- By Ceno · Posted July 11, 2009
- 5 replies
- Last night at hospital, our daughter had music on & was singing & dancing next to her Daddy! He was trying so hard to communicate! Tay told him move your lips & he did he is really fighting to stay here ...
grr
- By pam82 · Posted July 5, 2009
- 7 replies
- feeling like shit am depressed lonely confused and scared all at the same time. thinking of going off my anti depressants just don't feel like their doing anything to help now. I have my cardiologist ...
Interesting Article
- By ShannonEH · Posted July 2, 2009
- 2 replies
- Hi – I saw this article yesterday (on my 34th Birthday) and it reminded me how very lucky and fortunate we all have been to survive a cardiac arrest. There is not a day that goes by that I don’t think ...
Applying for Disability
- By ConnieB · Posted June 30, 2009
- 24 replies
- I live in Virginia I will 60 years old in Aug., I had a heart attack 5 years ago, I had a stent placed. Last year I had a difibillator implanted. I was layed off of my job in February, so I am not working ...
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder..it has a name??
- By eviefor3 · Posted June 29, 2009
- 12 replies
- finally........a name for what so many of us go through every day. now i have a LEGITIMATE excuse for what i do lol A. A. A. D. D.: Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests ...
Idiopathic nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy
- By Brianne · Posted June 21, 2009
- 4 replies
- Finally got the results of the genetic testing for my Long QT back... Turns out I do not have any gene abnormalities showing that the Long QT was inherited. (Still don't know why I have it.) I am shocked ...
Happy Father's Day
- By maureengraz · Posted June 21, 2009
- 0 replies
- Happy Father's Day to all the dad's! Hope you have a blessed day! Enjoy ...
Share your story via video!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
- 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 ...
Follow Inspire on Twitter and Facebook!
- By TeamInspire · Posted June 10, 2009
- 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 ...
Ever feel totally helpless?
- By mery · Posted June 3, 2009
- 10 replies
- Well. Not only do I have all the problems I fight and deal with every day, while trying to keep an upbeat outlook, but now there's something new. I moved in with my parents about six months ago, because ...
hate being sick
- By nanamo · Posted May 29, 2009
- 1 reply
- ev1 knows if they are sick they cant come around me but its so hard to say no to seeing my granddaughter she came over last weekend and boom i get sick from here and so did hubby and my daughter ...
Optimism
- By runner2002 · Posted May 27, 2009
- 3 replies
- I'm 52 years old and an EMT. The day after last Thanksgiving 2008, I had an SCA and was lucky enough to be among people (including my wife) who knew to begin CPR and next door to a firehouse with EMT's ...
Guestbooks are now live!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
- 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 ...
CPR/AED awareness week
- By maureengraz · Posted May 22, 2009
- 0 replies
- Check out the CPR/AED awareness week website to see what you can do to help the American Heart Association reach its goal of 1 million trained! cprweek.org ...
Won't take antidepresssents...
- By formydad · Posted May 21, 2009
- 4 replies
- Hello, I have not been on in months. Last I wrote was almost a year ago. My father had an ICD put in, not because he had a SCA but dr's said he was a good candidate for one :-( Since he had his ICD put ...
Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
- 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 ...
big day tomorrow
- By brodielad · Posted May 13, 2009
- 3 replies
- Well tomorrow i see my cardiologist for my 6 month check up , i,m hoping she has good news , I still have a funny feeling in my chest , like a heavyness, like i need to sigh , or something! dont know ...
being here
- By brodielad · Posted May 3, 2009
- 0 replies
- mm well, were do you begin 22-12-08,7;15pm , i went into full cardiac arrest, and died for 1min 47 secs , for me a true miracle as i was laying in emergency room being poked and prodded as my heart was ...
born lucky
- By brodielad · Posted May 2, 2009
- 4 replies
- i,m so thankfull to still be here ...
Moms, you rock!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
- 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 ...
