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Teen Grieving

Sarajsimon
  • By Sarajsimon · New reply April 16, 2012
  • Discussion in Remembering the person (or people) who died · 1 reply
  • I lost my dad about 10 weeks to brain cancer. He was diagnosed in June of 2010 and lived only about 20 months. My dad was a neurologist, crazy enough and my mom, younger sister and I slowly watched my ...

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 ...

Pray

Misssassy
  • By Misssassy · New reply March 6, 2012
  • Journal · 40 replies
  • I see my onc in AM .....,, there has been many issues we have been taking the wait and watch approach ...... I think that time is about up .....I need to be strong for my family ...., my Goddaughter recently ...

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 ...

Inspire is hiring!

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply January 20, 2012
  • Journal · 15 replies
  • Inspire is hiring, and we're wondering if you know someone who would be the perfect addition to our team. Hello everyone, I'm Walter, one of Inspire's founders and the head of our technical team. I'm ...

The Inspire Q&A--Inspire talks with Michele Baldwin

John2
  • By John2 · Posted January 3, 2012
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • Dear readers, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of interviews with people making contributions to patients and caregivers worldwide. We are posting these interviews in a Q&A ...

Following: A new Inspire feature

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply December 5, 2011
  • Journal · 111 replies
  • Hello everyone, I'm writing to let you know about a new Inspire feature that we launched last night, designed to help you keep track of conversations you're interested in. We call it "following" and here's ...

my fiancee died aug/25/2011

mommylarry
  • By mommylarry · New reply November 16, 2011
  • Discussion in Seeking outside help · 4 replies
  • I just lost my fiancee he died in the car while we were driving down the rode. Our son was in the back. He had a massive heart-attache he took his last 2 breaths in my arms. Our ten year old saw it all ...

Patient-driven research

Brian
  • By Brian · Posted October 13, 2011
  • Journal · 0 replies
  • I'd like to share with you a new Inspire report, The SCAD Ladies Stand Up: Stories of Patient Empowerment, which chronicles patient-initiated research in our community. This amazing patient-driven effort ...

Helping 3 yr old daughter cope with death of best friend

mizzou1369
  • By mizzou1369 · Posted August 3, 2011
  • Discussion in Adults -- Helping your child · 0 replies
  • My daughter's best friend drown in a terrible accident a couple of days ago. My wife and I are not sure what to tell our daughter. Can someone help us ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Mithra Behnam Mojtahedi

John2
  • By John2 · New reply July 30, 2011
  • Journal · 15 replies
  • Dear readers, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the latest in a series of interviews with people we feel are making contributions to helping patients worldwide. We are posting these interviews in ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with “e-Patient Dave” deBronkart

John2
  • By John2 · New reply July 26, 2011
  • Journal · 35 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 ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Kevin Pho, MD

John2
  • By John2 · New reply July 19, 2011
  • Journal · 58 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 ...

PARTIAL DUPLICATION OF THE LONG ARM OF CHROMOSOME 17

rhyansmom
  • By rhyansmom · New reply July 15, 2011
  • Journal · 44 replies
  • HI DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS DIAGNOSIS?????????? THE DEFECT IS YET UNDEFINED AS PER SIGNATURE GEONOMICS AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH. MY CHILD HAS THIIS ANOMALY AS WELL AS HIGH FUNTIONING AUTISM,ADHD,CHIARI ...

New feature -- Browse posts you've recommended

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply June 26, 2011
  • Journal · 38 replies
  • Hello everyone, We added a new feature today that we hope you find helpful. You can now browse the complete list of posts that you have recommended, here: Browse posts you've recommended What's a recommendation ...

accidental suicide or not. God forgives!

CoreySueWitek
  • By CoreySueWitek · New reply June 22, 2011
  • Discussion in Feeling better: What works? What doesn't? · 3 replies
  • On May 10th 2011 at 2:25am my boyfriend shot himself in front of me and my 8year old son!! So not only do I have the visions my son does too! This is never happened to me in my life and I just don't know ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with Bonnie Diraimondo

John2
  • By John2 · New reply May 25, 2011
  • Journal · 16 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 ...

The Inspire Q&A: Inspire talks with “RA Warrior” Kelly Young

John2
  • By John2 · New reply May 10, 2011
  • Journal · 7 replies
  • Dear Inspire Community Members, We at Inspire are pleased to bring you the second in a series of Q&A interviews with people who are making contributions to help patients worldwide. We are posting these ...

New feature - Change the background color

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply March 24, 2011
  • Journal · 36 replies
  • Hello everyone, Hope this finds you well. I'm writing to let you know about a new feature in Inspire -- an option to change the background color of our pages from white to another color of your choosing ...

New feature - Preference for reply sorting

Walter
  • By Walter · New reply March 13, 2011
  • Journal · 82 replies
  • Hello everyone, We heard from a number of you that you like to read replies to discussions and journal entries from newest to oldest, rather than oldest to newest, which is currently the default. Those ...

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