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Welcome from TeamInspire!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted March 13, 2008
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 ...

Moms, you rock!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 1, 2009
  • 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 ...

To steroid or not to steroid

smormac
  • By smormac · Posted March 31, 2008
  • 5 recommendations
  • There once was a girl named Sherri who took steroids that made her quite hairy She also got chubby to the dismay of her hubby and the kids thought she was very scary She was frustrated, feeling blue so ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · Posted May 26, 2009
  • 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 ...

The Best Medicine

smormac
  • By smormac · Posted March 14, 2008
  • 3 recommendations
  • Yoga and meditation, for me, are the best medicine. I hate the way the medications for sarcoidosis make me feel. I have found that the gentle stretching of yoga and the peace that meditation brings help ...

Fat Chance ~Obesity in the South Video

MariposaSoleil
  • By MariposaSoleil · Posted August 25, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X6mmW0d_ iQ&feature=channel ...

My Grandma shared this with me now I am sharing it with you ;)

Lisa_Lynn
  • By Lisa_Lynn · Posted August 9, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • THIS IS FABULOUS!!! It was written by an 8-year-old named Danny Dutton, who lives in Chula Vista , CA . He wrote it for his third grade homework assignment, to 'explain God.' I wonder if any of us could ...

Music

PopeyeSaylorGirl
  • By PopeyeSaylorGirl · Posted July 31, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • Okay, so my best friend and I LOVE to dance around to make ourselves feel better. We've been told that we should've been born in the 60's because we love to dance around to music from the 60's and 70's ...

Thursday Workout Routine~Hawaiian Hula Videos Part1-5 *30 minutes

MariposaSoleil
  • By MariposaSoleil · Posted July 30, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • I did this and loved it....totally uplifted me and its not hard at all...but it does make you sweat...focuses on abs & buns & thighs! The Cool down is amazing and serene. I love the music too! I plan ...

INSPIRE MUSIC COMPILATION~ ROUGH DRAFT

MariposaSoleil
  • By MariposaSoleil · Posted July 28, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • Tell me what we should add..take away...what have you! http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ction=music.singleplaylist&friendid=1171 24877&plid=575788 Im also putting together a revive my soul mix...you ...

Carnival Ride

Lisa_Lynn
  • By Lisa_Lynn · Posted June 19, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • Recently as I was people watching, as i love to do, I over heard a conversation between two people. One person was referring to life as a carnival ride. How when you are on this carnival ride of life ...

Tell me.

cjolie
  • By cjolie · Posted March 18, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • tell me, where did it go, the hopes that i had the belief, that all would be well. when did it get replaced by memories, distant, not quite real, of rainbows and sunlight, stardust glittering on the snow ...

~More tests~

KonaGurl
  • By KonaGurl · Posted February 11, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • ok so I got an ultrasound done as well as more blood work (an LH test and a FSH test) and everything came back normal results. I knew that there may not be cysts in my ovaries even if I do have PCOS ...

Swimming along together!

sings4joy
  • By sings4joy · Posted January 20, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • I have great news!! I went swimming two times this weekend. It was wonderful. The pool is 50 feet long, and warm enough, chilly when you first get in, but after a few laps, it is not cold anymore!! I ...

A good doctor. woohoo

smormac
  • By smormac · Posted January 17, 2009
  • 1 recommendation
  • I went to a new pulmonologist yesterday. He was referred to me by Dr White from the University of Michigan. His name is Dr McClelland and he is in Grand Rapids MI. He went to the U of M and worked with ...

ahhh!!

deeeb426
  • By deeeb426 · Posted December 7, 2008
  • 1 recommendation
  • i am hungry, it is dinner time and i really, really want a burger and fries. i love the quarter pounder from mcd's. really hard to resist that!! my husband is on this vegetarian kick and i miss meat ...

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