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Welcome from TeamInspire!

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

TeamInspire
  • 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!

TeamInspire
  • 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 ...

Share your story via video!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted June 15, 2009
  • Journal · 7 recommendations
  • 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 ...

"HYPOKALEMIA OR LOW POTASSIUM"

mandyblue
  • By mandyblue · Posted June 2, 2009
  • Journal · 7 recommendations
  • I want to share this research information in "My Journal". This is a very long collection of articles, that explains in great detail, about Hypokalemia or Low Potassium. It is for anyone who needs help ...

Moms, you rock!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
  • Journal · 5 recommendations
  • 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 ...

I need to have a better attitude!

so-tired
  • By so-tired · Posted August 5, 2009
  • Journal · 4 recommendations
  • I've been thinking a lot lately, that I really need to adjust my attitude! OK, so I have all of these illnesses, I just can't let that stop me from thinking more positively! I've heard the saying, "Acceptance ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
  • Journal · 4 recommendations
  • 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 ...

I CAN HARDLY WALK TODAY

so-tired
  • By so-tired · Posted October 7, 2009
  • Journal · 3 recommendations
  • I HAVE SO MANY THINGS WRONG WITH ME, BUT TODAY IS REALLY BAD. I AM SO WEAK, AND CAN HARDLY WALK! ANY IDEAS AS TO WHAT THIS COULD BE? I'M SCARED! PLEASE, REPLY? LINDA (SO TIRED ...

my NIH experience

dizzybee
  • By dizzybee · Posted October 2, 2009
  • Journal · 3 recommendations
  • THIS IS MY EXPERIENCE -- I HAVE TRIED TO LEAVE THE DOCTORS' INVOLVED NAMES OUT SO AS NOT TO CAUSE ISSUES -- AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. Well, where to start--nurse took my vitals and some allergy ...

SO excited to share what I have found!

pwrsrg77
  • By pwrsrg77 · Posted November 4, 2009
  • Journal · 2 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 ...

Unknown Bone Marrow Problem???ANYONE????

Rodeogrl02
  • By Rodeogrl02 · Posted September 26, 2009
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • I'm 26 years old and this pastspring I had a bone marrow biopsy after tons of lab work, that showed my platelets and white bllod cells are always low, and occasionally by red blood cells. So we went for ...

NEW FRIENDS THANK YOU

mandyblue
  • By mandyblue · Posted January 4, 2009
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • Being new to these groups, I want to thank everyone of you who accepted being my friend. I want to talk to each and everyone one of you. It may take me a couple of days as I am freshly out of the hospital ...

My 2 yr old doughters unexplained disease

Ragna
  • By Ragna · Posted November 9, 2008
  • Journal · 2 recommendations
  • My little girl was healthy until she was 15 months,but when she was 2 months and 12 months she was suffering from bad virus infections and inbetween that she had alot of cold and earinfections,after 14 ...

Coping with this one life inside this one body

Nihao
  • By Nihao · Posted November 10, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • I am interested in how people cope day to day and not let their illness just swallow up their whole lives. Please reply and tell me what gives you comfort and inner peace during your darkest days. Here ...

My problem with doctors

Sparkle730
  • By Sparkle730 · Posted October 23, 2009
  • Discussion in Treatment · 1 recommendation
  • I am not gonna post my whole medical story now but I am going to explain what i have come to be disgusted by with the medical field. When someone said they were a doctor i was always very impressed, i ...

alone...

kblodgett
  • By kblodgett · Posted September 27, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • why do I feel so alone? i have family and friends a son. Yet everyday I am alone. no one can feel my pain. No one understands nerve pain around me. When I say my head hurts they think its like a headache ...

Electrolyte Abnormalities

mandyblue
  • By mandyblue · Posted June 7, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • This information is being posted in "My Journal" for anyone who wishes to use it as reference material to help understand their electrolytes, and metabolic disorders. I have previously promised my friends ...

Information Concerning Hypokalemia/Low Potassium Levels

mandyblue
  • By mandyblue · Posted May 28, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • This is information that I think is very important for those who have problems with low potassium levels. Sometimes it is a metabolic problem that causes the loss of potassium, instead of just the use ...

Where to even begin

LIONHEART
  • By LIONHEART · Posted March 20, 2009
  • Journal · 1 recommendation
  • I've sat for a couple days now reading the postings from this group of wonderful people who are just entering their journey with this dreaded disease "cancer". And if the disease isn't enough to over-come ...

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