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 'battles'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:35 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4696772&cid=t_115752_129_f&fid=27216&url=http%3A%2F%2Flifewithadhd.com%2Fadhd-medication%2Fadhd-three-tips-for-avoiding-medicine-battles.php I should start by saying my ADHD son is only ten, and the battle might start in earnest at any point, but so far we have not had major conflicts over taking his ADHD medicine. Twice he’s spit it out, both times within about a month at about 8.5 years old. Both times I invoked some mild punishment and sat him down for a talk, and it hasn’t happened since. I have some tips that I think have helped in our house, and might help you with ADHD medicine routine problems. 1. Make sure your ADHD child knows what the medicine does. My son sometimes asks, when he’s having a bad day, ‘Have I had my medicine today?’ He knows the medicine controls his ADHD impulsivity and distractability and helps him focus and be sociable. We’ve discussed this many times, in varying... Life With ADHD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4696772 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0100 4696772 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4540723&cid=t_115752_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fother-gold.html Make new friends,but keep the old.One is silverbut the other gold.You go through seasons in this life, droughts and times of plenty, harvests and times to plow and plant. What I like about the concept of seasons is that you are never in one place for long. I don't want to be here long.This season of my life has been a hard one. Sometimes it's a hailstorm, here and there a few tornadoes; when it's calm it's a famine, a drought, a desert. Yet down comes the manna, in the old friend who sits in a worn chair, her hands hard-working hands, sore hands, just like mine. Sore from the cancer, worn from the constant opening of those stiff fingers to offer the precious treasures, to say, "God, yes, you can have this, too." Weary from the living out of the constant task of giving and releasing and suf... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4540723 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:55:00 +0100 4540723 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4045356&cid=t_115752_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Fstand-up-stand-up-for-jesus.html I wrote about the cost of survival 2 years ago.  The need to give up fighting to save our lives...even the minutiae of them - the clean house, or the finished project, or the kid's baths, or the church task.  To always keep in mind the end goal...not just the daily grind.  I think that is why I want to go to the Relevant Conference.  Because I really want to be in this fight, this battle for souls.  I take up the "armor of God", and I want to wield it as best I can in an age where 90% of communication occurs online.  I read about another give-away - a free ticket to the conference from A Million Boxes.  So far, I have received gracious, mind-blowing donations to the tune of $300, which would almost cover airfare.  I'll take a stab at the free ticket.... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4045356 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:27:00 +0100 4045356 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3980979&cid=t_115752_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fcallouses.html cal·lous [kal-uhs]1. made hard; hardened.2. insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic: "They have a callous attitude toward the sufferings of others."3. having a callus; indurated, as parts of the skin exposed to friction.The hardening of the skin is inevitable: handle the tool long enough, work enough hours with it, and your hand will shape to it, the dense patches of yellow skin forming a glove for that tool, that work.  First, the pain as skin pulls, fluid collects in the little blister there where the rub is, it bursts open and bathes your hand in the white fire of exposed flesh.  You keep swinging, and the burn becomes an ache, and then fades to nothing, and in a few days you pick up the tool and find that your hand likes this shape.  Remembers this shape.  Is mad... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3980979 Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:24:00 +0100 3980979 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3913270&cid=t_115752_136_f&fid=39016&url=http%3A%2F%2Fturquoisegates.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fsilence.html For what words carry any weight into eternity except the ones quietly lived? The ones spoken with hands and the silent scars of sacrifice.  There is a time to be silent and a time to speak and we must pray to know the order of things; I can lose track of seasons.  I beg forgiveness for the many words with the many sins... And pray for knees that will bow lower and a face that will touch the ground in hiddenness --- for a heart that will forget itself and all its stream of words --- so it can simply drink of His. ~Ann Voskamp at Holy ExperienceThe worn edge of Grandma's tablecloth flits in the breeze among the pines on our last day camping last weekend.  The week that followed is like this sunshine strained through cloth, a glimpse of glory clouded by the weight of a world fu... Turquoise Gates blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3913270 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:30:00 +0100 3913270 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=734478&cid=t_115752_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F14%2Fall-star-dmitri-young-battles-back-from-diabetes-diagnosis%2F Filed under: Type 2, Adult Onset, Daily NewsMajor league baseball player, Dmitri Young, had a rough 2006. He dealt with a divorce, was on a one-year probation for domestic violence, treated for alcoholism and depression, released from the Detroit Tigers and diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. 'Down and out' is an understatement. At the youthful age of 33, Young nearly died from type 2 diabetes. He spent four days in intensive care. When he left the hospital, he could barely walk -- a future in baseball was nearly unthinkable. Young cleaned up his life and got a second chance in the minor leagues thanks to Washington Nationals general manager Jim Bowden. Young was inspired by the young players, and his batting stats exploded. The media loves great hitters and a good comeback story -- Young has ... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=734478 Sat, 14 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 734478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=576861&cid=t_115752_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F29%2Fsunday-seven-status-check-on-seven-breast-cancer-survivors%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, Blogs, Sunday Seven, Cancer SurvivorsThese seven breast cancer survivors have been featured on The Cancer Blog before, all because of their own personal blogs and their own personal battles with cancer. Today, I offer you an update on these remarkable individuals whose stories have undoubtedly touched many lives.AdrieneOn April 26, 2006, Adriene wrote a final entry on her Survivor Blog. "This will be my last entry on the Survivor Blog," she writes. "I am finished. And I am complete, at least I feel I am. Now it's time to be in health and in love and in gratitude. To be at another level. It's time to move. Move. The wind beneath." Breast cancer -- and writing about it -- is behind her. But Adriene is still inspiring readers on her blog. Check out her site's photo... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=576861 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 576861