Terri J. Johnston, founder

Read Terri's story, in her own words, and discover the motivation and inspiration for these programs and this work.

Terri's unique qualifications, certifications and awards here

About inspire and the inspire program

Inspire is a line of hair prosthesis products (wigs and hairpieces, eyelashes and brows) designed to address the needs of women experiencing the effects of oncology therapies. These products are also needed by women and children suffering from alopecia aerata (unnatural hair loss), which is a common autoimmune disease that affects one out of 100 people. While not life threatening, alopecia can have psychological and emotional effects similar to those experienced by cancer patients.

Inspire is also the name of the program of services provided to medical institutions wishing to incorporate this image recovery service into the oncology therapies offered. The new standard of care is becoming more and more inclusive of the methods and services that enhance conventional oncology treatment. Image recovery assistance is an important component of many new cancer centers.

Program Assistance For Hospitals

The Inspire team will work with you to design the image recovery assistance program that fits your oncology department. Issues of space, decor, equipment, staffing, supplies, etc. will be custom designed to match the Inspire assistance to your individual organization needs. You can find more about getting started here.

Presenting Image Recovery Assistance to Patients

It is extremely important to consider a patient's frame of mind when presenting an offer of image recovery assistance. Even though Inspire services are highly sought after by oncology patients and their families, the right presentation is absolutely crucial to a woman's self-esteem.

The Inspire team will work closely with the hospital staff to determine how the program fits and how it will be implemented. The program can be tailored to work with almost any oncology department, and the benefit of working with Inspire is that after assessing the department's needs, the rest of the project is taken care of without using valuable hospital staff resources. Inspire will handle setting up the space, procuring equipment, decor and supplies, and supplying trained, licensed, professionals to provide the image recovery assistance services to the patients.

Current patients can find additional resources through Inspire

If you are already being helped by Inspire, you can find more resources and helpful information here. We understand that during this traumatic time in your life, your mind is racing and you can only absorb so much information all at once. You may have found this site after being directed by the person who is helping you through Inspire. Perhaps you stumbled onto this web site while searching for help and information for your own cancer therapy, or that of a friend. If so, welcome. If you need more information than you can find here, please contact us with your questions and we will try to help you find someone in your area.

If you are reading this page and would like to explore the possibility of an Inspire center in your local hospital, please contact Terri. If you can not see the contact label below, you'll find it on the donation form here.