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Why - As a member you can use Inspire to let friends and family know how you're doing, contact others who share your health concerns, receive personalized updates and information about participating in surveys and clinical trials, and more.

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Walter
  • By Walter · Posted June 20, 2008
  • Journal · 33 recommendations
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Welcome from TeamInspire!

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  • 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 ...

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  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
  • Journal · 22 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 ...

Sometimes we make mistakes

Brian
  • 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 ...

Inspire members featured

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted October 28, 2009
  • Journal · 9 recommendations
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10 years of life

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  • By nanamo · Posted October 19, 2009
  • Journal · 3 recommendations
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The stages of grief/acceptance

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  • By Jamesrochelle · Posted November 5, 2009
  • Discussion in Surviving SCA · 2 recommendations
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HAS ANYONE OUT THERE HAD MORE THAT ONE PHANTOM SHOCK

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  • By bingo · Posted October 31, 2009
  • Discussion in Living with an ICD · 1 recommendation
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Arrhythmias

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  • By redhead4u777 · Posted October 8, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
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  • By RobynRae · Posted October 7, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
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Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder..it has a name??

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  • By eviefor3 · Posted June 29, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • 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 ...

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