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Disjointed Thoughts VI
- By theGardener · Posted February 27, 2009
- Journal · 8 recommendations
- Disjointed Thoughts VI For the sixth time, I shall endeavor to dislodge the gritty biddies of my cerebral spackle; scraped, usurped, and shucked from the colon walls of my seething skull oyster; all unabashedly ...
New feature - additional reply notifications
- By Walter · Posted May 5, 2008
- Journal · 8 recommendations
- Hello everyone. We just added a new feature to help you follow the conversations that you are participating in. You will now get a notification whenever someone replies directly to one of your replies ...
Share your story via video!
- 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"
- 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 ...
Snarky Sarkies... Everywhere!
- By theGardener · Posted February 6, 2009
- Journal · 7 recommendations
- The bad news is: There are a lot of Snarky Sarkies out there. The good news is: There are a lot of Snarky Sarkies out there making noise about it! A quick update on the grassroots Snarky Sarkie campaign ...
Privacy and control
- By Brian · Posted August 27, 2008
- Journal · 7 recommendations
- At Inspire, we think about privacy all the time. Virtually every web site has a privacy policy; you can read ours here: http://www.inspire.com/about/privacy/. But simply following the letter of a privacy ...
To Acknowledge a Frustrating Weekend When I Just Couldn't Get Much Done
- By debs1 · Posted May 18, 2008
- Discussion in How heart disease has changed my life · 7 recommendations
- The Beta Blocker Blues I’m all tired out, I feel like hell, I’m feelin’ kinda down, My limbs feel real heavy and my face it wears a frown, I wanna hit the couch now, and take a long, long snooze Yup ...
“You order red dog, you eat red dog!” Shroomsville Experiment UPDATE
- By theGardener · Posted April 20, 2009
- Journal · 6 recommendations
- “You order red dog, you eat red dog!” I’m off the Red Reishi Mushroom bandwagon. It does not work. The only thing it seems to benefit is the person selling it. As you may have read (re-printed below ...
Rabid Barking Lymph Nodes 64
- By theGardener · Posted January 11, 2009
- Journal · 6 recommendations
- READ NEXT CARTOON >>> "Don't just complain... Be a Snarky Sarkie!" Click Here! Read More of TheGardener's Journal Here ...
How does it feel to have a heart attack?
- By Kennarina · Posted August 9, 2009
- Discussion in My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 5 recommendations
- THANK YOU Heart Sisters, I now have many stories covering just about every possible cardiac symptom, thanks to your participation. The article featuring your stories is now posted on HEART SISTERS, my ...
Moms, you rock!
- 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 ...
Rabid Barking Lymph Nodes 65-70
- By theGardener · Posted April 1, 2009
- Journal · 5 recommendations
- LINER NOTES: After an all-to-brief interlude of symptoms, Sally is thrust back into the blender of Sarcoidosis cure-alls. READ NEXT CARTOON >>> To read Rabid Barking Lymph Nodes from the start, Click ...
THEY Walk Among Us!
- By theGardener · Posted August 30, 2007
- Journal · 5 recommendations
- THEY Walk Among Us! Hey kids! I just stumbled across this old black and white 1954 science fiction horror film about Sarcoidosis while I was at a garage sale. It was in a musty cardboard box under some ...
All the SCAD ladies, put your hands up
- By laurahc · Posted September 23, 2009
- Discussion in My heart disease - diagnosis and symptoms · 4 recommendations
- (apologies to Beyonce') When I first got here, everyone was--and still is!--really supportive and said to "type 'SCAD' in the search bar" and read all the various discussions about spontaneous coronary ...
Things We Don't Say Out Loud -----
- By gracie62 · Posted August 16, 2009
- Journal · 4 recommendations
- I have come a long way in my journey with heart disease, but I still struggle. I try to laugh out loud as much as I can, but sometimes I really don't get the joke. I go through the motions more than I ...
Guestbooks are now live!
- 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 ...
Rabid Barking Lymph Nodes 63
- By theGardener · Posted December 31, 2008
- Journal · 4 recommendations
- READ NEXT CARTOON >>> "Don't just complain... Be a Snarky Sarkie!" Click Here! Read More of TheGardener's Journal Here ...
Things I Wish I Had Known Sooner
- By lkay · Posted April 25, 2008
- Discussion in Advice for other women with heart disease · 4 recommendations
- Hello all, I keep picking up little tidbits here and there and am surprised there isn't a list, kind of like David Letterman's top 10, of Things I Wish I Had Known Sooner .... I hope you all will jump ...
Site Formatting
- By pettit1 · Posted April 3, 2008
- Discussion in Advice for other women with heart disease · 4 recommendations
- I would like to thank the people involved for listening to our concerns regarding the changes that were made to this site. As you all know, we didn't take kindly to them. It appears as though people heard ...
1st cardiology appointment
- By tlens · Posted March 26, 2008
- Journal · 4 recommendations
- Hi I'm new here. I wonder if you can give me some insight. I went to the first cardiology appointment from referral from my family physician. Symptoms were tightness in the chest sometimes radiating to ...
