MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'bad days'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:40:18 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4876382&cid=t_186478_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmood-scores-which-day-of-the-week-has-the-lowest-rating%2F2011.05.29 You know that 1979 Boomtown Rats song, “I Don’t Like Mondays.” (This Youtube music video features a very young-looking Bob Geldof.)  The song is about the 1979 shooting spree on a Monday morning at a San Diego elementary school. The shooter’s only state reason for doing it was that she didn’t like Mondays. The silicon chip inside her head Gets switched to overload And nobody’s gonna go to school today She’s gonna make them stay at home It turns out that — contrary to popular impression that Mondays are the worst day of the week — Tuesdays are the worst day of the week.  According to a piece by Chris Hall (@hallicious) on HealthCentral, Tuesdays are the worst day of the week (moodwise) while Sundays are the best. This is based on mood rating s... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4876382 Sun, 29 May 2011 14:00:00 +0100 4876382 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4797875&cid=t_186478_133_f&fid=39137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.advanceweb.com%2Fblogs%2Fot_9%2Farchive%2F2011%2F05%2F07%2Fbusy-weekends-good-and-bad.aspx It was a very, very busy weekend last weekend, but overall a very, very good one. I knew that the weekend was going to be rather hectic and full of out-of-routine situations for A., so I sat down with her on Friday night to explain everything that was...(read more) (Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism) From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4797875 Sat, 07 May 2011 21:52:00 +0100 4797875 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4758916&cid=t_186478_133_f&fid=39137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.advanceweb.com%2Fblogs%2Fot_9%2Farchive%2F2011%2F04%2F27%2Fwhen-tornadoes-chase-us.aspx It's been a stressful and exhausting day. Everything has been out of sync and not according to routine. From picking A. up from school early due to the threatening weather, to spending great chunks of time in the downstairs bathroom and closets when it...(read more) (Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism) From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4758916 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:00:00 +0100 4758916 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4450460&cid=t_186478_133_f&fid=39137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.advanceweb.com%2Fblogs%2Fot_9%2Farchive%2F2011%2F02%2F07%2Fthe-other-side-of-the-mirror.aspx My mother always told me I was a very emotional girl. She told me this, however, from the lens of someone who had spent her entire life feeling ashamed of emotions, in general. Generations of women in my family have seen blatant expressions of emotion...(read more) (Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism) From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4450460 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 04:00:00 +0100 4450460 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4372199&cid=t_186478_133_f&fid=39137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.advanceweb.com%2Fblogs%2Fot_9%2Farchive%2F2011%2F01%2F19%2Famendment-the-mother-i-never-was.aspx Sometimes, it takes something like reacting quite unprofessionally to an inflammatory blog post to help one put things into perspective. I often couch this blog that I write with a lot of disclaimers: "I'm not a professional," or "This is just my humble...(read more) (Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism) From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4372199 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:48:00 +0100 4372199 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294901&cid=t_186478_133_f&fid=39137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.advanceweb.com%2Fblogs%2Fot_9%2Farchive%2F2010%2F12%2F28%2Fsnow-days-are-tricky.aspx I know that my last entry may have made December sound as if it's all been sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows. Believe me -- despite the fact that much progress has been made, we've also had several rocky days in the middle of all of this, as well. Specifically,...(read more) (Source: From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism) From Inside the Puzzle: Raising a Child with Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294901 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:54:00 +0100 4294901 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3599714&cid=t_186478_137_f&fid=39091&url=http%3A%2F%2Falzheimmers.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F05%2Fcourse-of-alzheimers.html Good to see Joe and Karen and the resurfacing of Lisa-so glad you are back blogging again. Very dear, Loyal and good people, I can't say enough about them. We are all  universally connected by this AD machine.One of the things I have been thinking about lately is the course of this disease. The seven stages are quite well known and popular over the last 15 years. It does not matter how you break down the timeline of the disease, on a long term basis it is always predictable. One of the confusing things is that it gets diagnosed at all different times on the continuum of the illness. So it may seem to last anywhere from five years upwards to twenty years. Someone may be several years into the process when they are actually diagnosed, or very early on in the process, depending on the fa... Caregiver Survival: I Hate Alzheimers blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3599714 Wed, 26 May 2010 03:00:00 +0100 3599714 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2939450&cid=t_186478_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Ftrevis-life-with-multiple-sclerosis-ms%2Fhow-do-you-cope-on-a-bad-multiple-sclerosis-day%2F I have good days and bad days.  I don’t suffer from multiple sclerosis; I live with MS.  I’m a healthy person with MS.  And, the ever popular,  I have MS, MS doesn’t have me! OK, these are lines we use to comfort others and to get ourselves through.  I have no problem with them; I use them myself.  They’re slogans, if you will, that we use to get through/past that part of a conversation.  Slogans may be trite and glib but they’ve helped elect officials, sell products and recruit militaries for centuries. So, what about the days that are “bad days,” the days we do suffer the effects of our disease…the days multiple sclerosis does have us? No sense hiding it I’m in the midst of a “thing” right now (for those new to the Life with MS blog, I tend to use “thing”... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2939450 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:34:10 +0100 2939450 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2588274&cid=t_186478_111_f&fid=38039&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsomedaynurse.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F09%2Fnot-the-brady-bunch%2F I don’t know what to do anymore. For months now, everything with Jamey is a crisis. He hates my son and is very vocal about what a permissive  mother I am. Jamey has decided the only way to interact with me is to act “pissed off” all the time, so I will never be able to tell if and about what he is really mad. I told him I could not live like that. I thought he understood. After talking to him for hours last night, I thought I’d convinced him things would be okay. This is your fault, he tells me, looking at the hole in the door. Of course he’s right, though not in the way he means. It’s my fault because I thought we could get through this. I thought our love was stronger than the demons that haunt him.Ostensibly, he is upset because my son asked me to c... How I Spent My Nursing Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2588274 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:13:31 +0100 2588274 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570643&cid=t_186478_111_f&fid=38039&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsomedaynurse.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F03%2Ftornado-weather%2F It was an old argument. The details are unimportant. He thinks I let my son run the house. He wants him to conform to a standard of behavior I find unneccessarily rigid. My kid has come a long way. He was seriously out of control when he was younger, and he is so much more mature, so in touch with his emotions and about to express–verbally–his anger as well as his joy. He might be spoiled, whatever that really means, but he does what he’s told and he statys out of trouble. I always know where he is and I know who all his friends and their parents are. Jamey just can’t handle the way my son speaks to me sometimes. He is still, above all, a fourteen year-old boy. Somehow things just escalated and Jamey never tells me when he’s upset, he just starts acting really... How I Spent My Nursing Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570643 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:04:57 +0100 2570643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2550256&cid=t_186478_111_f&fid=38039&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsomedaynurse.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F27%2Fclarity%2F My mood has taken a dive in the last few days. Part of it is being out of work, I’m sure. I am bored out of my mind and even more broke than usual. I’m trying to be productive. I’m study for NCLEX (zzzz), brushing up on neurology, and even cleaning up around here. There’s more to it than boredom, though. I think my main problem is that I am having a moment of clarity, and to be honest, I don’t really like what I see. Worse still, I am not quite sure how to change things. What does one do when faced with the realization that one is still, when it comes right down to it, that same ugly, jealous little  girl that pouted in the corner while her best friend got all the attention? Why can’t I be happy for the successes of my friends the way they are of mine? ... How I Spent My Nursing Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2550256 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:23:19 +0100 2550256 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1807198&cid=t_186478_111_f&fid=38039&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsomedaynurse.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F08%2F07%2Fnursing-school-is-giving-me-diabetes%2F When I started school, I was bright and hopeful. I wanted to save the world one butt wipe at a time, and I thought my classmates felt the same way. Here I am, a year later, disheartened and disillusioned. I can count the number of people in my class I would trust on one hand. I am, however, glad I have this blog, and I have never once regretted keeping it. It has been both cathartic and connective for me. This is a place for celebration and confession, for clinical reflection and for collecting the random things I come across during this unique part of my life. I know that it has provided comfort (dare I say inspiration?) to those who struggle with many of the same issues I do. I have written of my experiences in general terms, but the only secrets I have ever revealed are my own.* Until t... How I Spent My Nursing Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1807198 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 05:56:36 +0100 1807198 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1500420&cid=t_186478_129_f&fid=36038&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fmultiple-sclerosis%2Flife-with-ms%2Fthe-impact-a-good-window-has-on-your-ms%2F Our recent move allowed for many positive changes in our life. First, of course was the increase of space. My old place was great for Sadie and I, but once Caryn (my fiancée) moved in with her dog Stella, well…three rooms and a bath just didn’t make the cut. Second, an old friend from North Carolina has a great saying; “Three moves is as good as a fire.” Moving gives one a chance to sort, separate and sling. We were able to pare down some of our stuff and that’s always a good feeling. Finally, and the point of this post, is the ability to rearrange the furniture. My desk (I mean “our” desk, see Caryn, I’m learning) is facing a window into the back garden. It’s a nice yard with a very tall hedge row of cedars in the back, wonderful flowering bushes and a prodigiously prod... Life with MS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1500420 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:59:56 +0100 1500420 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3029890&cid=t_186478_111_f&fid=38039&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsomedaynurse.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F16%2Fthere-is-no-other-time%2F This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: (Source: How I Spent My Nursing Education) How I Spent My Nursing Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3029890 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:14:35 +0100 3029890