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Prayers For Oklahoma!!!

ShelaKay42
  • By ShelaKay42 · New reply 1:09 pm
  • Journal · 12 replies
  • PRAYERS FOR OKLAHOMA TORNADO VICTIMS AND FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO LOST LOVED ONES! GOD BLESS AND BE WITH YOU ALL ...

Five million

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply May 18, 2013
  • Journal · 205 replies
  • Dear members, Yesterday, Inspire reached a milestone: five million posts written by members! Each of these posts, and the 700 million words they contain, are a simple measure of how much we all do to ...

A new Inspire report in collaboration with Stanford Medical School

Brian
  • By Brian · New reply May 5, 2013
  • Journal · 84 replies
  • As many of you know, Inspire has a professional collaboration with the Stanford University School of Medicine. Inspire members have written personal stories for the Stanford Scope column. I am pleased ...

PRAYERS FOR WACO TEXAS

ShelaKay42
  • By ShelaKay42 · New reply April 25, 2013
  • Journal · 11 replies
  • Our Family is Praying for the Victims of the Waco Texas Explosion. Our hearts go out to the families and community. PRAYING THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS WILL BE FOUND. Also continued Thoughts and Prayers for ...

PRAYERS FOR BOSTON

ShelaKay42
  • By ShelaKay42 · New reply April 21, 2013
  • Journal · 28 replies
  • My Families Thoughts and Prayers are with the Victims and their families! Also for the families of the ones who have lost their lives in this cowardous senseless tragedy! God Bless Boston and its Citizens ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Deanna Attai, MD

John2
  • By John2 · New reply April 16, 2013
  • Journal · 16 replies
  • Dear members, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people who are making contributions to helping patients and caregivers worldwide. The people in this ...

Importance of 2nd Opinions

Pox1
  • By Pox1 · New reply March 31, 2013
  • Journal · 54 replies
  • I have gone through going on 41 years of having to find out the health issues that have plagued my family. When I say my family, I mean myself and 3 daughters. My whole life has been a fight for getting ...

Drug Induced Sweet's Flare/Ehlers-Danlos

Pox1
  • By Pox1 · New reply March 11, 2013
  • Journal · 3 replies
  • I have read in the past that Sweet's Syndrome flares can be set off by certain medications. Yesterday I wrote about my flare being triggered by taking a flight and the stress of altitude, weather change ...

Over Sweet's and now Shingles

Pox1
  • By Pox1 · New reply March 9, 2013
  • Journal · 5 replies
  • I went through a very serious bout of Sweet's Syndrome ulcers and various other symptoms. The pain I had in my breasts and trunk have now come out into shingles on my left bottom cheek and breasts. I'm ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Lindsey Miller

John2
  • By John2 · New reply February 6, 2013
  • Journal · 13 replies
  • We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people who are making contributions to helping patients and caregivers worldwide. The people featured in our Q&A series ...

We're hiring!

Walter
  • By Walter · Posted January 22, 2013
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Hello everyone, We have a position open with our engineering team at Inspire, and I'd like to share the job description with you in the event you know just the person we're looking for. We found our most ...

Infectious Disease/Sweet's-Behcets-Congenital Varicella

Pox1
  • By Pox1 · Posted January 18, 2013
  • Discussion in Treatment · 0 replies
  • USF is sending me to infectious disease for iv therapy due to my many types of biopsy results and failure of oral meds working. This will hopeflly help as my skin, and other places are always with ulcers ...

Behcet's Yes or NO

Pox1
  • By Pox1 · New reply January 11, 2013
  • Journal · 15 replies
  • My doctors are confused by my diagnosis. I have late phase Sweet's Syndrome, born with the Congenital Varicella, Ehlers-Danlos and been diagnosed with BD, but some say yes and some say no. Sweet's Syndrome ...

Media query regarding OraQuick In-Home HIV Test

John2
  • By John2 · Posted November 28, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • From: John Novack, Communication Director, Inspire Dear members, A healthcare journalist with ABCNews.com contacted us today seeking help in researching an HIV-related article. She is hoping to interview ...

NEURO-SWEET'S SYNDROME/EDS/BEHCET'S

Pox1
  • By Pox1 · New reply November 9, 2012
  • Journal · 4 replies
  • IT KILLS ME TO KNOW THAT EVERYDAY I HAVE TO FIGHT FOR MY OWN HEALTH JUST TO BE UNDERSTOOD, TREATED, AND EVEN LOOKED AT. MY DAUGHTERS ARE FACING EHLERS-DANLOS, BEING BORN FROM A MOTHER WHO WAS BORN WITH ...

Sources sought for article about high-deductible health plans

John2
  • By John2 · Posted June 25, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Hi members, A writer with Workforce Management, a magazine (http://www.workforce.com) that covers employees and benefits issues, contacted us saying ...

Maybe Encephalitis & Demyelination

Pox1
  • By Pox1 · New reply April 16, 2012
  • Journal · 7 replies
  • With talking to others and documenting my "flares", I would like to share what exactly happens from beginning to finish. At first it's behavior changes/aggitation, confusion, forgetfulness, dehydration ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Howard Luks, MD

John2
  • By John2 · New reply April 15, 2012
  • Journal · 59 replies
  • Dear Inspire Community Members, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of Q&A interviews with people we feel are making contributions to helping patients worldwide. We are posting ...

A Rare Disease Known As ‘E’, And The Invisible Injuries It Leaves Behin

John2
  • By John2 · Posted February 29, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • From: John Novack, Communications Director, Inspire Dear members, Please click on link below to read a new article, "A Rare Disease Known As ‘E’, And The Invisible Injuries It Leaves Behind," that is ...

The Inspire Q&A--Inspire talks with Susan Grant

John2
  • By John2 · New reply February 15, 2012
  • Journal · 31 replies
  • Dear readers, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of interviews with people making contributions to helping patients and caregivers worldwide. We are posting these interviews ...

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