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Journals
alert for Aussies in Sydney area - cu levels high in WATER
- By Bel · Posted June 18, 2009
- 1 reply
- If you are living in, or travelling around Sydney please take special care - purchase water, get your home water levels tested...... Am only assuming there would be market gardens in vicinity?? Geographically ...
Iron Deficiency
- By Schwebke · Posted June 16, 2009
- 7 replies
- Does anyone who is taking cuprimine have iron deficiency? If so, is there any danger to taking iron suppplements? Any advice would be welcome. Thanks, Linda Ottawa, Ontario ...
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 ...
I want to have a healthy baby!
- By Lady2009 · Posted June 2, 2009
- 1 reply
- I have WD, I received a Transplant in '92 I was 12 now I am 28. My clock is ticking! I need advice on the proper procedures I should take, I already met with the OB/GYN Doctor he recommended me to the ...
Guestbooks are now live!
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
- 3 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 ...
a typical day
- By bandgeek72391 · Posted May 25, 2009
- 0 replies
- I have what doctors believe to be tourettes syndrome but i can't be officially diagnosed for a year. i also have OCD. every morning, before they diagnosed and started treating me for OCD, i would perform ...
Guestbooks - An exciting addition to Inspire
- By TeamInspire · Posted May 20, 2009
- 36 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 ...
disturbing 3 months for a 20yr old girl
- By AnjaB7 · Posted May 5, 2009
- 4 replies
- so, here's how it all started: it was almost three months ago when i woke up and noticed severe unexplained edemas on my legs, so i immediately went to my doctors. they took a blood and urine sample and ...
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 ...
WD 1952
- By sisandbros · Posted April 29, 2009
- 4 replies
- In 1952 one of my sibs was diagnosed with WD and had portacaval shunt at SFU Hospital. The shunt did not work and he continued to have symptoms, vomiting blood, headaches, weakness, fatigue. He continued ...
Wilson's Disease changed my life....
- By Bree_C · Posted April 23, 2009
- 6 replies
- In a matter of a few weeks I went from a normal 19 year old college student to a gravely ill girl. I first started feeling ill when i went home for my spring break march 7-15, 2009. Im, normally a morning ...
Intro
- By VBJunkee · Posted April 22, 2009
- 1 reply
- My name is Rob and I’m 37 years old. I was initially diagnosed with ADHD and depression because of severe fatigue, memory issues, and trouble concentrating [misdiagnosis?] after returning from Iraq a ...
Living with WD
- By Marta1983 · Posted April 21, 2009
- 1 reply
- I am from Poland. I am 26 right know. I was diagnosed with WD 4 years ago. I was the first one in my family, because none of us knew that we have some kind of genetic disease in our family. At the beginning ...
EGD (again)
- By Aang · Posted April 12, 2009
- 0 replies
- I've got another EGD scheduled this coming week. I'll be having them every four to six weeks until the varicies are under control. There was a time in 2003-2007 where I was going six months to a year ...
I got a fever and it ain't cowbell
- By Aang · Posted March 18, 2009
- 0 replies
- I had the weirdest set of symptoms yesterday and last night. It was 80 degrees here (VERY warm for Kansas and March) and I was cold all day. I got home and was clearly running a fever. Took 2 Tylenol ...
Transplant List Evaluation Week - Post
- By Aang · Posted March 8, 2009
- 1 reply
- We live over an hour away from the transplant hospital. It was grueling to make that drive for five days in a row through rush hour traffic and be there before 7:00 AM. I couldn't make that commute for ...
Doctor Search
- By Manickmutt · Posted March 7, 2009
- 2 replies
- I had previously posted a message looking for a WD doctor near Bethlehem, Pa. I could easily get to NYC, if anyone knows of someone there. Philadelphia is far more difficult transportation-wise. I know ...
Looking for a doctor
- By Manickmutt · Posted March 6, 2009
- 4 replies
- I was diagnosed about 32 years ago after losing my speech, ability to walk, balance, swallow and being overcome with tremors. After about 15 years, and a number of hospitalizations, including some for ...
A medication question
- By Manickmutt · Posted March 6, 2009
- 19 replies
- I have been doing well, first on cuprimine, and now on zinc, for about 30 years, after having been devastatingly ill for nearly 15. I am currently doing my student teaching late in life toward an elementary ...
