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 'dealing with'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:13:12 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5097005&cid=t_371651_140_f&fid=34844&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheicarusproject.net%2Fdownloads%2Fhurting-yourself Self-injury is a common behavior in our society. Only a few forms are seen as problematic. Shame often thwarts an open exchange about experiences. "Hurting yourself" is a workbook that aims at encouraging reflection and generating awareness of various different aspects of self-injury from a non-coercive, self-compassionate, and harm reduction perspective.    read more (Source: The Icarus Project - Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness) The Icarus Project - Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5097005 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:25:37 +0100 5097005 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036528&cid=t_371651_140_f&fid=34844&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheicarusproject.net%2Falternative-treatments%2Fharm-reduction-guide-to-coming-off-meds-greek-translation The Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs, published by The Icarus Project and Freedom Center, is now available in Greek - thanks to the dedicated volunteer translation work of Marianna Kefallinou.You can download the Greek version here.Οδηγός Μείωσης της Βλάβης για τη Διακοπή των Ψυχιατρικών Φαρμάκων (Source: The Icarus Project - Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness) The Icarus Project - Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036528 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:25:03 +0100 5036528 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008512&cid=t_371651_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FaX1cKn2e-z0%2F Like taking long, hot baths? Careful, it might mean you’re lonely. According to a recent study, scientists at Yale University suggest that people who take frequent long, warm showers or baths tend to be lonelier than those who spend less time bathing and like cooler water. Their rationale? The physical warmth of a shower or bath provides people with a substitute for a lack of social warmth in their lives. Really? And I always thought the reason I loved my bubble baths was because they got me away from people for a a few minutes — not because I felt like I wanted to be with them more. In the study, 51 college students were asked to complete surveys about their lifestyle habits and levels of loneliness. Undergrads who felt more socially excluded said they lingered longer in a showe... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008512 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:19:44 +0100 5008512 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4876383&cid=t_371651_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ffather-to-daughter-the-lessons-of-illness%2F2011.05.29 Ruthie and Andrew When I was diagnosed with leukemia my daughter, Ruthie, was just two and a half. She has vague memories of our household being turned upside down with worried, hushed conversations and friends and relatives calling A LOT. Because a leading specialist, Dr. Michael Keating from MD Anderson Cancer Center, advised against having treatment right away (something better was coming along), I did not have treatment for more than four years. By then Ruthie was seven. She has vivid memories then of me going off to Houston, accompanied by her mom, for a week of initial treatment and then successive weeks of treatment every month for quite a while back here in Seattle. She also remembers me tired, nauseous and, some days, in bed.  The better memory is me participating in a clinical t... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4876383 Sun, 29 May 2011 12:00:32 +0100 4876383 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4794954&cid=t_371651_129_f&fid=36036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fkelly-building-a-crohns-disease-community%2Fmay-2011-how-is-your-crohns-today%2F Hello Everyone! I hope that you are doing well today! It is time for us to have another edition of How Is Your Crohn’s Today?. For those of you who are new to the blog, every now and then I like to check in with everyone for updates and your Crohn’s is holding up. I’ll tell you how I am doing, and you reply in the comments section about your current status. I finally went to see my rheumatologist and did my yearly bone scan. I was reluctant to go because I was so afraid that my bone density would be worse and I have been anxious about taking the Reclast medication again. As I wrote in a previous blog, I have been worried about some of the side effects of the medication. The bone scan actually showed that my bone density improved by 7.2 percent, which is really a lot if you think abo... Life with Crohn's blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4794954 Fri, 06 May 2011 17:59:30 +0100 4794954 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4549779&cid=t_371651_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F03%2F04%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-march-4-2011%2F Life is a work in progress. When I think about who I was 10 years ago, that girl was barely distinguishable from who stands before me today. Ever read an old journal and feel astonished by who you were? I feel the same way. I was lost, confused and did not know who I was or who I wanted to be. I was a slave to my emotions and my experiences. I let others create the road in front of me and define my worth. While I have grown a lot since then, I am still a work in progress. I don’t know where you are on your journey, but if you are struggling to get to where you want to be in your life, I hope a few of these top posts this week will bring you solace. It takes a lot to get to your goals. You may be dealing with depression, body image issues or struggling with your own self-identity. If ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4549779 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:44:20 +0100 4549779 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4532590&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F03%2F01%2Foffline%2F Do forgive me, I’ve kind of been offline. I can’t say that I precisely recall at what point I ceased whining incessantly about howling misery, divided-in-two cramps, an unmistakable and rather painful everything-is-going-all-prolapse-y sensation of, well, one cervix becoming rather lax and products of conception UN-concepting in the usual messy fashion and the like EXCEPT that I may have not got to that point on accounts of I was busy moving house, home, losing my marbles in the process and, yes, working. I still love a good case of run-on sentence abuse, even with near-terminal anaemia. It’s not very nice at all to flush lumps of gore down the loo in the middle of a ten hour cover shift, but at the rate I keep losing pregnancies it’s either that or join the dol... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4532590 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:08:28 +0100 4532590 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4298827&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F29%2Fseven%2F Apologies for the dull tone around the blog, it’s just that I’m on the pill and no matter what any clinic nurse will tell you about the why’s and wherefore’s of aforementioned little hormonal tablets, it’s pretty damn hard to get pregnant on the pill. Actually, since I haven’t been on it since 2004 it’s actually about as hard for me to get in the family way OFF the pill, but that’s a whole ‘nother seven IVF’s, six clomid cycles, lethal anomoly, miscarriage and a partridge in a pear tree. Ergo, I am dull at the moment. I am full of newfound sixties sexual freedom (ha!) but oh-so-reproductively dull. On the plus side- at least I am the kind of dull that doesn’t have to whine on about my horrid hypoestrogenic brain splittin... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4298827 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 10:08:22 +0100 4298827 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4266312&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F18%2Fstill-negative%2F Officially calling it and weirdly for an eternal pessimist this is the first time I find myself unexpectedly hurt by another early morning face-slapping negative. I have no earthly idea why I expected this cycle to work when so many others haven’t, perhaps it was the magical thinking of returning to old protocol plus some even more magical thinking around it being my third transfer for this pregnancy attempt (and Saag and Naan were my third transfer, too) but I am stung. Sails deflated. I really REALLY did not want to be in this place I find myself, failing three fresh transfers (allegedly my best odds) along with the frozen ones. I really REALLY can’t explain how much it kicks me in the gut to have to suck it up and go have dinner with a bunch of friendly pregnant women ton... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4266312 Sat, 18 Dec 2010 02:38:04 +0100 4266312 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4266314&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F16%2Fnegative%2F Lily-white pregnancy test, 1. Geohde, 0. Also sore boobs, 0, and late OHSS distinctly absent. I could really stop there, but then I would be missing the chance to bruise my virtual fists thumping a virtual wall because this shite just isn’t funny any more. I’ve always been told that fresh odds are best and in not one of my three fresh transfers have I managed to have a shred of hCG in my system. I’m two for three on frozens, though, if you count chemical gestations. I think I need to count the misery of snot and blood simply to keep my increasingly woeful stats up. Seriously, if it wasn’t for Saag and Naan (and even with them, bless their supermarket ‘YOU’VE GOT A SORE BUM!’ shouting at utter strangers), my batting average would get me kicked righ... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4266314 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:55:05 +0100 4266314 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4259235&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F14%2Fbarfly%2F I guess that those of you who know me on other online pastures are already aware that because I work in healthcare and nobody wants a fresh serving of gastroenteritis with their hospital admission, I have to be well, chipper, and not in any way exploding from either end before I can return to work. In other words, I have been paid to take two days off this week, two days in which I feel completely well although I am now a weight I haven’t been since I was about fourteen years old. Gastroenteritis is an astonishingly fast, albeit brutal, weight loss technique but I really don’t recommend you try it at home. Funny how a few tiny not-strictly alive in themselves particles can bring one to one’s knees,  repeatedly, except really there wasn’t anything funny about it.... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4259235 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:48:29 +0100 4259235 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4225372&cid=t_371651_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F03%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-december-3-2010%2F I think one of the greatest self-inflicted suffering comes from comparing our own lives to the one we think we should be living. Instead of focusing on accepting who we are in this moment, it’s easy to get sucked into what everyone else is doing and how much better they are at doing it. It’s a lot easier, for example, to focus on the presents you can’t afford or the job/relationship you don’t have. But tough times also give us an opportunity. It challenge us to be and do better. If you’re going through a personal struggle right now, remember to take care of yourself, find people (therapists/friends/family) to support you, find peace and solace in your religion or spirituality and discover something hopeful in your life, no matter how small, to help lift you up... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4225372 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:07:08 +0100 4225372 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4082135&cid=t_371651_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F10%2F19%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-october-19-2010%2F Try as I might, I could not think of a time when a childhood argument ended a friendship. Can you? I remember squabbles over crayon colors and anger over sharing toys, but that’s it. There’s no recollection of arguments going longer than a day. In fact, what is embedded in my memory is a lot of moments when a heated fight one day was immediately forgotten the next. Why then, as adults, do we hold grudges and find it so hard to forgive? Is it that life suddenly gets more complicated? Is it because knowing more about life makes it harder to forgive transgressions? Or are the wounds deeper and the hurts greater? Whatever the answer, one thing’s for sure, forgiveness heals our own hearts more than anything else. So if you’re in the process of trying to forgive someone, ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4082135 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:50:23 +0100 4082135 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4036968&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F10%2F06%2F2467%2F I do sincerely apologise for the radio silence around these parts, you know, given that I am actually doing the most relevent thing that the writer of an actual infertility related blog can do, to whit undergo my seven billionth IVF cycle. It’s just that I’ve only had one day off to myself this entire month thus far and I get one more in a week or so. For the entirety of October and no, I am not making that up. I am too tired to bother exagerrating and I have run out of clean knickers, again. Times are hard. Also, my ‘day off’ was technically spent in a delightful turn of phrase known as ‘on call’, meaning that not only could I not do anything remotely useful just in case the outbreak of rampant dysentery on my ward had spread further afield than ho... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4036968 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:56:20 +0100 4036968 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3973133&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F09%2F15%2Ftiming%2F I think that, after having just opened letter from my clinic hoping perhaps to have real word of cycle protocol (or failing that a bleeping prescription for the DRUGS since I am a confirmed fertility junkie these days) only to discover instead an ‘oops we forgot to bill you six months ago for those frozen embryos of yours, so’s how abouts you pay us NOW, xoxo hugs and kisses Financial Henchmen’ I can safely observe that timing is critical in these sort of delicate matters. That is if the sender doesn’t actually want aforementioned letter rolled up tight, set alight and shoved firmly up their rectum. Personally, having just had five embryos die in vitro and the last remaining hope die in vivo rather messily, I think I plan to tell Clinic Unmentioned that I high... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3973133 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:02:32 +0100 3973133 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3903152&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F08%2F25%2Fone%2F Only one. Everything else either died at thaw, and I have never lost a single embryo at thaw before, ever, or arrested. One. THIS close to not getting a transfer at all. It’s not an embryonic supermodel either, but I’ll take what I can get. One. Out of six. Urgh. I have to admit one was a big fat letdown. I was hoping for at least three to choose from and re-freeze because now? I have zip in the can. Anyone care to punt which way the dice shall rolleth? (Source: Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?)) Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3903152 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:26:03 +0100 3903152 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3889050&cid=t_371651_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2F196225%2F Very Special K: A new form of the anesthetic ketamine, also known as the recreational drug “Special K,” could be used as an anti-depressant that takes effect immediately. (via Medical News Today) Post from: BlissTree (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3889050 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:58:27 +0100 3889050 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3880802&cid=t_371651_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Ffeel%2Fstudy-fake-acupuncture-just-as-effective-as-real-acupuncture%2F photo: Thinkstock It turns out that it doesn’t matter if you get legitimate acupuncture or a sham procedure to help with arthritis — both will ease your pain. A new study suggests that a placebo effect may be at work when patients gauge the effectiveness of their treatments. 455 patients were either given real acupuncture using traditional Chinese techniques, fake acupuncture, or no treatment. Both groups who received some form of acupuncture said they had significantly less pain than before the treatment. Have you ever gotten acupuncture? Did it work? via New York Times Well Blog Post from: BlissTree Study: Fake Acupuncture Just as Effective as Real Acupuncture (Source: Healthbolt) Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3880802 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:05:37 +0100 3880802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3876716&cid=t_371651_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F17%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-august-17-2010%2F I was touched by a Facebook fan’s message today. Mostly because a seemingly benign update affected her in such a way that it in turn had an impact on me. It made me appreciate all the different stages of life that we’re in. Some of you are going through heartbreak while others are celebrating personal victories. I hope that we can all meet somewhere in the middle and provide support, empathy and compassion for one another no matter what stage we’re in. I don’t know about you, but it’s a reminder to not just be compassionate to others, but to myself. When push comes to shove, we often neglect the most important person-ourselves. We forget how much we’ve gone through and how far we’ve come. Grieving over our loved ones, dealing with a broken heart, f... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3876716 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:47:55 +0100 3876716 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3862207&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F08%2F13%2Fsucked%2F Scan sucked. I’d type more, but I’m screaming inside about the bit afterwards where the clinic nurse rang me up presumably to find out what was happening because nobody communicates within that joint, and in responded to my ‘no, nothing is happening’, ‘no, I don’t need bloods because NOTHING is happening’, ‘No, I don’t need another appointment right now because, um, nothing is happening’ with ‘Fabulous!’, ‘Great!’, ‘WONDERFUL’, and (my personal favourite) ‘You have a GREAT weekend!’. Thanks, I think. Hope she actually listened to what I was saying and isn’t thawing embryos as I type since that’s about the only way this cycle could get more painful right now. Another scan ... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3862207 Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:54:06 +0100 3862207 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3854785&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F08%2F11%2Finspiration%2F Ladies and, well, probably only ladies of the Internet, I pop my virtual head (and ovaries I guess since I am technically stimming and stuff)  up today to tell you two things, namely: 1. I am still barely past baseline but apparently something on my right ovary is possibly thinking about the concept of generally doing something and MAYBE getting designs on leading the show. I have another scan Friday, and if this is indeed the case then you shall all hear the whoops of joy followed by the terrified nail biting of a woman who is risking everything on three year old frozen embryos making it to day five, something my clinic does not often do. I mean, it’s becoming increasingly REAL that I may very well have nothing to transfer and because I am not exactly a genius with words I&#821... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3854785 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:37:19 +0100 3854785 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3845305&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F08%2F08%2Fyawn-2%2F I think my clinic’s terror at my newly discovered  AMH of 49, a disturbingly abundant number for an ageing old mare (an age I shan’t be confessing here thank-you-very-muchly) like myself and my own RE’s natural tendency to caution at the best of times have really conspired against me with this cycle. That’s the only rational explanation I have for the farce of driving an hour each way for a monitoring scan on day four of injecting a piddling 33 IU of the good stuff into my locale of current choice, my thighs. My stretched out abdomen keeps bleeding like stink and I am sick of looking like a badly-aimed junkie. Also, it hurts to rest my guts on the bench and fold my head quietly over in misery on nightshift and I have enough troubles with nightshift as it is.... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3845305 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 10:31:24 +0100 3845305 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3808862&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F08%2F01%2Fnot-often%2F Ladies and gentleman (actually, I fully expect more ladies rather than unusually metrosexual gentleman interested in the feelings of the, uh, more delicate and haemorrhagic sex as such) of the Internet, do take note. It is not very often that I am excited to see my period but TODAY is cycle day ONE and I am kind of giddy. No, not from the blood loss, although that would not be entirely surprising considering I seem to be shedding about four feet of endometrium, but from the fact that I am not officially Off To The (Slow, oh so painfuuuuly slow) Races. I give so little a toss about my privacy these days that I phoned in to share the good news about my womanly status to the IVF clinic at work at a public desk. I just couldn’t be arsed moving and I doubt any of the patients, demented ... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3808862 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:18:32 +0100 3808862 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3772488&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F07%2F21%2Fforefront%2F After many years spent swearing at my dial up/causing swearing and rapid securing of wireless access points far and wide (I leave it to you, dear reader, to choose which option is the more probable of the two presented), I have made the leap. Don’t worry, I’m a prototypical slow converter to new technology, and it’s only ADSL but after a lifetime of horse and cart make a cup of tea while the page loads access, I am thoroughly enjoying the heady freeway cruising speed of a virtual toyota corrola. Complete with lack of beverage breaks. Chez MII now comes even faster and whinier at you with bonus ADSL, and I’d just about vomit with excitement except that I’m too busy illegally downloading five movies, fifty songs and updating my online photo albums with fif... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3772488 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 03:22:36 +0100 3772488 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3763078&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F07%2F17%2Fwant%2F On the will-I-ever-slay-the-red-tape-in-time? fringe of yet another IVF, I’m drawing a blank. I want this to work. So very badly. It’s visceral. I can’t explain where the urge comes from, or for that matter just how much watching all my friends have their easily conceived second, okay, third babies stings like merry hell and makes me cry and withdraw since I have my two lucky-beyond-belief healthy ICSI pixies, but it does. It aches. The clothes I have put away, probably never to be worn by another child but yet unable to be parted with. The empty bedroom. My empty arms. The space in my heart for the completion to what feels like the incomplete. I am not done. Does it ever get any easier? Because if this fails just how do I justify the time, emotional exhaustion and mo... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3763078 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:36:46 +0100 3763078 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3740854&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F07%2F09%2Fthe-calm-before-the-storm%2F ….or is it the lead up before the expensive race? I don’t really know. All I know is that work is kicking my arse in an ‘I get to tell people their mother is dying and they should come to hospital NOW and duly make them cry a river on a daily basis’ kind of way. If it isn’t that, it’s trying not to lose my own shit on the real fun times like when I get to see women who’ve just had a godawful full term still birth after three days of induction to deliver a dead baby, only to come back the very next day with both a womb infection and a pulmonary embolism. Life really has it in for some people. I’m really feeling kind of blah, and it isn’t just the fact that for the first time in the last six years I have resorted to taking the pill beca... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3740854 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:12:57 +0100 3740854 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3701823&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2F26%2Fthings-i-hadnt-considered%2F Oh denizens of the Internet, I did not mean to leave you hanging so (well those of you who remembered that teeny-tiny RE appt I have been hiding in my back pocket), really I did not. It was just that I have been kind of busy stitching knife wounds in tricky crevices of rather inconveniently uncooperative six year olds and dealing with the  simply never-ending procession of privately insured elderly-with-new-confusion-who-need-fibbing-enthusiastic-selling-to-private-physician types in the days since my appointment. I haven’t really had time to write. Also, could all the daft sods with mild headaches PLEASE at least try a panadol before coming to the emergency department? I’m kind of sick of keeping a polite expression when I find the answer to ‘and so what have you tri... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3701823 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:16:14 +0100 3701823 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3662985&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2F15%2Fjudgemen%2F Oh, boy but you should all get a jolly great big free pass to pass judgement on my pathetic soul this time, really you should. Stocks and tomatoes included, on the house. I’m a selfish asshat and I hate to admit that fact, but don’t dare protest at your monitor. I fear by the end of this post any polite mutterings that Of Course I Am Nice and shouldn’t label myself so will have dissipated rapidly. You’ll be in the vegetable aisle before you know it. Internet, forgive me, but I seem to be nothing but a pathetic shit. Here’s the deal. I was more than happy to help my only sister FINALLY have a family by donating my eggs. She sounded in no especial rush. Okay, so clearly my own memory of infertility has faded if I was fooled by the casual tone but I really did t... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3662985 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:50:30 +0100 3662985 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3629905&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2F04%2Fbreak-out%2F Dear Internet, Geepers, but I think there’s cobwebs on my keyboard. However.  Rather than merely apologising profusely yet again (because I know how dull that is) about how much my busy arse fails you all these days when it comes to moaning to the world at large about how much my life happens to damn well suck the chrome off a towbar right now, I bring you important news. Huzzah, for I have but two covershits to go in the Land Of Bum. Yes, I am aware that I left an ‘f’ out of covershift and it was Utterly On Purpose. Let’s not bother to pretend that anybody is shocked at this point if I disclose how much I hate busy ward cover when I should by rights be eating copious amounts of chocolate in the resident’s quarters while surfing the ‘net except ... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3629905 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:53:44 +0100 3629905 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3625503&cid=t_371651_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhow-to-deal-with-unhappy-or-difficult-patients%2F2010.06.02 There’s a nice article in the May issue of Plastic Surgery Practice that discusses how to deal with unhappy or difficult patients. No matter the area of medicine or surgery, you’re bound to have one or two of these patients over the years. It never hurts to learn or review tips in dealing with them. In the article, Rima Bedevian interviews Julie Ann Woodward, M.D., chief of the oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery service at Duke University: …how to successfully deal with them -– with compassion and humanity without allowing them to “run you over” or manipulate a difficult situation into a potentially litigious one. Dr. Woodward provides a helpful checklist for doctors. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Suture for a Living* (S... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3625503 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3625503 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3589068&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F22%2Fin-case-you-wondered%2F ….I thought I better emerge mascara-under-eyes-grey-faced-and-clutching-coffee from the fog of working the last fortnight straight for 10-15 hours a day (and, yes, I am serious about those hours, I’m simply too tired to bother exaggerating) and let any of you who were perhaps occasionally checking back on the Now-With-Bonus-Two-Week-Wait-Nonblogger-Woman down. Gently. Are you ready? Seated? It didn’t work. Also, I have a buttload of dirty laundry to do, some of it bloodstained and THAT my friends is adding insult to injury. I got my period about one day after I wrote my last post and have been a combination of too dispirited and too bloody tired to write much about how that makes me feel, although I guess typing ‘shitty. crampy. send chocolate at ONCE’ would... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3589068 Sat, 22 May 2010 02:21:42 +0100 3589068 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3560528&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F13%2Ftwo-week-what%2F Yeah, that titles surprises the heck outta ME too, but I think in so far as I can tell I might have entered what is known as the two week wait, almost completely accidentally. Well, apart from the sex, and don’t ask me how THAT happened because I’m working a 70 hour week and I’m scratching my head about that bit, too, personally. As for my complete work-life-rectal-foreign-body imbalance situation? I checked because I simply couldn’t believe my eyes when my rostered time, excluding overtime,  for the fortnight totalled one hundred and forty miserable f.ing hours and so I cracked out a calculator. When you work those sort of hours, you tend to assume that you can no longer count right, let alone get your underwear on the right way round and have the damn tag rub yo... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3560528 Thu, 13 May 2010 10:58:14 +0100 3560528 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3471963&cid=t_371651_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FEnBAfrbzoOA%2F Is your child complaining constantly about her teacher? Your first reaction may be that your kid just doesn’t feel like doing her schoolwork. However, it might be more than that – maybe she has a bad teacher. Lousy Teacher Ask around Before running to the principal and complaining that the alleged lousy teacher isn’t doing his or her job, make sure your hunch is right. If at all possible, talk to other parents in your child’s class to figure out if it’s an issue with your child particularly, or if it’s a more chronic, widespread problem. Meet face-to-face Ask for a parent-teacher conference. (Teachers aren’t the only ones who can arrange pow-wows.) Meet with your child’s teacher and talk about the specific problems your kid is having in class. Th... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3471963 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:04:10 +0100 3471963 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3471964&cid=t_371651_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2Fqe-iFI5-egc%2F Following a divorce, the last thing you want to do is deal with is most likely your ex. However, when kids are involved, you likely have no choice. Joint custody, while usually much better for the kids than other post-divorce alternatives, is a real pain. Here are some tips to make it go as smoothly as possible: Image: istockphoto Use Logic When coming to the joint custody agreement, logic should be the determining factor. Trying to screw your ex sounds like fun, but that shouldn’t be the goal. Instead, reach an agreement that makes sense for both sides. For example, if you work on the weekends and he has them off, give him custody on the weekends. Don’t be selfish; think of the kids. Be Flexible This tip applies to both sides. If he’s an hour late dropping off the kids o... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3471964 Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:32:49 +0100 3471964 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3463561&cid=t_371651_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F10-pick-me-ups-for-spent-moms%2F Though definitely a cliché, it’s true that being a mom is a full-time job (with overtime). Add multiple kids and/or a career outside the home to the equation, and you have the recipe for an extremely wiped out mommy. Here’s a list of 10 ways to help tired moms survive the day. Image: istockphoto Remember to Eat “Skipping meals literally starves the body – it’s like running the car on empty,” explained Marlene Merritt, founder of the Merritt Wellness Center to CNN.com. Drink Up A wide variety of liquids can have you on your toes again in no time – from Monster Energy Drinks to 5-hour Energy to your favorite coffee at Starbucks. Breathe Deeply Real Simple teaches us that stress leads to a failure to breathe deeply, and a failure to breathe deeply leads to f... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3463561 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:50:26 +0100 3463561 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3458018&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F11%2Fnot-making-this-shit-up%2F Okay, First of all, the almost five billion personal email and comments you all sent that I finally was able to read today after finishing work (after yet another pathetic 12 hour shift in which my colleagues and I were most unhelpfully picked to shreds by Professor Bow Tie in yet another kill-me-now all-day ward round) moved me to tears. Thank you. Each and every one of you who commented, read, stopped to look at the bloggy car crash and generally thought nice things in my general direction. Thank you. I don’t mind when nice people make me cry for the right reasons, but I REFUSE to cry at work just because somebody is an utter asshole. I may be a girl, but I am not soft and they shall not make me cry. Not even in the toilets. It’s a point of pride and about the only thing ... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3458018 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 04:54:48 +0100 3458018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3424816&cid=t_371651_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fpretend-not-to-hate-your-co-workers%2F Some co-workers can make life at the office miserable. Some are gossips, others are slackers. And a few are just plain bitches. But getting along in the workplace is essential to your productivity and happiness. If you’re pissed off in your cube, you won’t just be bummed out from 9 to 5, you’ll likely carry that stress and negativity home with you. Image: istockphoto If you find yourself repeatedly having problems with a specific co-worker, do what you can to resolve the issues in an adult manner. If the person is just being annoying, learn to tune them out and let their behavior roll off your back. If it’s something more serious that’s affecting your work, take action. After hours, politely address your co-worker and let them know what’s on your mind. H... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3424816 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:33:18 +0100 3424816 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3403927&cid=t_371651_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F24%2Fwomen-and-mens-defensiveness-impacts-health%2F You probably already know that men and women deal and react to stress differently. What you may not have realized is just how different we are when it comes to dealing with stress. And one of the keys appears to be how defensive we are: Defensiveness is a trait characterized by avoidance, denial or repression of information perceived as threatening. In women, a strong defensive reaction to judgment from others or a threat to self-esteem will result in high blood pressure and heart rate. But in older men, the researchers found those with low defensive reactions have higher cardiovascular rates. This is not a finding that has previously been noted in the research. Conventional wisdom would have expected that one’s defensiveness would have a similar impact on health, regardless of gend... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3403927 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:19:53 +0100 3403927 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3385573&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F20%2Fsometimes-its-all-about-tact%2F You will have to excuse a heady combination of near-terminal fatigue and plain back-asswards laziness on my part for not checking my archives to back this statement up, but I’m pretty sure that I recently had a moan here about being the victim of three consecutive pregnancy announcements in a week. I was pregnancy roadkill for a few days there. Anyway, if my nasty habit of getting home from work at 2am and being up with Saag and Naan by 7am has finally sent me right round the sleep-deprived twist as many of you have grimly predicted it would, and I merely dreamed about bitching uncharitably online over the happiness of others, I do apologise. Let me tell you now, it sucked. But. Here’s the thing. Now that I’ve had time to let the information percolate, I’m not so m... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3385573 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:31:41 +0100 3385573 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378763&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F18%2Fpsst%2F It’s been some time coming, but I’ve finally figured out how to fix our overloaded public health system. Put simply, yesterday was vile.   When I arrived at work the collective unwell were positively climbing the WALLS in the waiting room, we had ambulance trolleys backed up halfway down the street and people queuing out the damn front door waiting to be triaged. It was ugly. Very seriously ugly. I have no earthly idea why people all seem to get together and decide that TODAY they are sick enough to wait six hours to be seen and duly all rock up at once to hospital to whine about some funny lumps they’ve had on their arms that aren’t even visible to the naked eye, but they do. Boy do they get pissed about the wait, though. I mean, I know dirty looks can’... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378763 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:58:53 +0100 3378763 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3346758&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F09%2Fthree-years%2F If you can graciously allow me the artistic licence of giving or taking a small amount of time, three years ago was probably one of the very lowest points in my life to date. I was bleeding, alone, and sad beyond belief. In the space of one short week I went from increasingly optimistic about my nursery colour scheme  to having my world crash around my feet in about a million ugly pieces. I’d just terminated my pregnancy, a pregnancy  fiercely wanted, because my baby had a particular form of lethal prognosis birth defect known as anencephaly. I’m not the only person to have ever been faced with the choice of what to do when you find out your baby has no chance of survival whatsoever and doesn’t even have the potential to achieve awareness, however brief, bitterswe... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3346758 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:28:34 +0100 3346758 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3339830&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F07%2Fyup-still-stings%2F Here’s the post where I have to apologise profusely and generally perform a humble manual extraction of my head from my arse for EVER moaning on about how much worse primary infertility was than second and generally carrying on with much self-indulgent whining about how anybody possessing living children was were about a billion times better off than I was with my dead one and no live births on my scorecard as yet. Okay, so I do still think that I am objectively much better off with two live, healthy children that I adore to bits and would really generally miss terribly (except possibly when they are teething because MAN Naan is a notoriously pissy teether) should I misplace them, but I was an utter arse to think that this meant that I therefore wasn’t allowed to feel ut... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3339830 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:03:15 +0100 3339830 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3316275&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F02%2F28%2Fteething-troubles%2F …and for once, it’s NOT Saag or Naan, it’s me. A few weeks ago I noticed that just one side of the very furthest, darkest (most inconveniently inaccessible with tongue, finger or just about bloody anything) part of my very small and terminally full of teeth ALREADY jaw was a bit sore. After an invigorating contortionist-like  thirty minutes trying to look at the area of concern with the aid of a torch and mirror I concluded there’s a REASON we pay dentists to do that sort of thing. Besides the mirror kept getting all foggy JUST when I had the torch lined up correctly. Some further borderline jaw-unhinging and digital exploration seemed to tell me, however, that there was a tiny piece of what I can only assume was a blasted tooth poking up behind my last molar. ... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3316275 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:15:31 +0100 3316275 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302678&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F02%2F24%2Fwere-everywhere%2F I must admit that for a woman with what I thought were infertility-sensitive antennae, you know, given my history and all, I can be remarkably dumb sometimes. Refreshingly stupid. Idiotic, even. I don’t know if I had ranted to you all about my very sweet but overly attentive recent migrant neighbours? The ones who kept ‘borrowing’ Saag and Naan at all sorts of awkward times and feeding them chocolate to within an inch of their lives? The ones who were requisitioning them for hours on end of playtime at their house (with Toy! Cars! Broom-BROOOOM! and endless games of Boo!), followed by dinner and a BUBBLE bath, events which rendered both children so dizzy with glee that neither would want to come to me to say goodnight on my way out the door to nightshift? Those neighbo... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302678 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:27:48 +0100 3302678 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3208447&cid=t_371651_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F25%2Fhaiti-relief-a-mindful-dialogue%2F I know many of you have already given to charities in order to help Haiti. Today, as the crisis enters its third week, I ask that you consider giving a little more… A Mindful Dialogue is a new e-book edited by our blogger Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. and that was written to be a companion through life when dealing with stress, pain and difficult emotions. Through 24 interviews with leaders in the field such as Jack Kornfield, Dan Siegel, Sharon Salzberg, Tara Brach, Jeff Brantley, Zindel Segal and Others and 23 short explorations of simple quotes from leaders such as Thich Nhat Hanh, the Dalai Lama, Rumi, Hafiz, Pema Chodron and Others, you’ll uncover a mindful path toward working with the stress, pain and difficult emotions in daily life. 100% of the proceeds will go to HOPE FOR HA... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3208447 Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:05:31 +0100 3208447 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2793452&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F14%2Fclearing-something-up%2F   ….in case my last post caused any confusion, or there is lingering doubt about the number of tenants in Hotel Uterus. To put it another way, I could say I was pregnant, as long as I immediately followed that statement with ‘Ha! Opposite day!’. We all know I’m far too mature to do something of that nature. (Source: Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?)) Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2793452 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:19:41 +0100 2793452 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2765982&cid=t_371651_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fbook-review-hair-loss-for-dummies%2F What causes hair loss?  Can you prevent it? Can lost hair be restored? These are just some of the questions answered by the user-friendly Hair Loss & Replacement for Dummies. Co-authored by well known hair restoration surgeons Robert M. Bernstein, M.D., F.A.A.D., and Dr. William Rassman, this book gives both men and women a clear understanding about hair loss, hair loss prevention, hair replacement, natural remedies, over the counter treatments, and medical and hair transplant options. Featured chapters include … Getting To Know Your Hair ( What Causes Hair Loss; The Devastation Of Hair Loss In Women; Undergoing Hair Restoration Surgery) Anatomy and Physiology of Hair (How Hair Grows; Aging Hair; Hair & Ethnicity, Maintaining Self-Esteem in the Face of Hair Loss) Taking Bet... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2765982 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:26:58 +0100 2765982 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2634379&cid=t_371651_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fthe-keeler-migrane-method-qa%2F Most of us have suffered from them at one time or another - a mind-numbing pain, or a sharp one right between the eyes, or the throbbing of your occipital lobe - the dreaded migrane. Some of us are lucky enough only to have had one or two. Others have them with extreme regularity. Either way,  a migraine can turn any good day sour very quickly. Dr Robert Cowan, who with team of specialists  at the Keeler Center for the Study of Headaches, has conducted some of the most cutting-edge research in the field.  From the research as come a  book The Keeler Migrane Method, a step-by-step guide to individualized migrane management. Find out what he has to say about migranes and migrane management with this informative Q&A: It seems like migraine treatments are like diets. What works fo... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2634379 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:00:55 +0100 2634379 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2626306&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F22%2Fnext-verse%2F You may recall that a few weeks ago I had the dubious pleasure of shedding my more usual wardrobe of baggy jeans (the ones with the line of dried snot at Twin Heights, plural, and several shamefully unwashed stains of uncertain origin) and cracking out my clean and unblemished Grown-up Job Interview clothes. The clothes I like to otherwise dub the ‘what babies?’ outfit, complete with heels and, for the first time in some while, make-up. Foundation, people, and I am not talking undergarments, although the Twin Skin phenomenon does mean that I do indeed derive cosmetic benefit from the help of armpit level knickers (or alternatively tucking the fold into my trousers). It was a big, sleep deprived day, not in the least bit helped by both Saag and Naan howling with miserable ... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2626306 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:39:15 +0100 2626306 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2598220&cid=t_371651_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fceliac-disease-on-the-rise%2F According to a Mayo Clinic study published this month in Gastroenterology journal  Celiac disease is four times more common today than it was 50 years ago. Using subjects at Warren Warren Air Force Base (AFB) in Wyoming between 1948 and 1954, the Mayo Clinic study tested blood samples for the antibody that people with celiac disease produce in reaction to gluten. They then compared those results with two sets more recently collected samples from Olmsted County, Minnesota. The results indicated that today’s young adults are 4.5 times more likely to be suffering from celiac disease than those in the 1950s. People with celiac disease have a immune reaction to the gluten, a protein that is in wheat, barley and rye. Anytime they ingest gluten, they can develop acute symptoms such as diarrhea... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2598220 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:22:58 +0100 2598220 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2580203&cid=t_371651_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Finfertility-subject-of-short-film-contest%2F Infertility - it’s something that has affected millions of people around the world. And the National Infertility Association and Fertility LifeLines™, a free patient resource provided by EMD Serono, want to hear their stories. They are  holding the first-ever In The Know Short Film Competition. Have you got a story to tell about dealing with infertility? Anyone touched by infertility can enter the In The Know Short Film competition by  submitting a creative, inspirational short film about their path to parenthood (or the journey of someone close to them). These films will be reviewed by a panel of judges. Competition finalists will have their films screened at a festival in New York City this fall where a winner and runners-up will be chosen and awarded prizes. The winner will receiv... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2580203 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:48:30 +0100 2580203 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458163&cid=t_371651_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F06%2F06%2Finpatient-psychiatric-questions-and-tips%2F Last week, PatientsLikeMe released a new report highlighting patient experiences and tips regarding how to make the most of inpatient psychiatric treatment. PatientsLikeMe.com is an online community for people with significant, life-changing conditions that emphasizes the sharing of health care data and information publicly. It is thought by sharing such information with one another and for research purposes, we can learn more about health and mental health concerns, more quickly and in a real population than could otherwise be done. Inpatient psychiatric treatment is not all that common (most people who get treatment for a mental health concern [or "mood condition," as they call it] do so in an outpatient setting). But because it’s fairly uncommon, there are a lot of misconceptions ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458163 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:30:44 +0100 2458163 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2376911&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F04%2F29%2Fand-then-she-cried%2F This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: (Source: Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?)) Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2376911 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:54:06 +0100 2376911 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2375937&cid=t_371651_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fkeeping-up-to-date-on-swine-flu%2F Unless you are living in the back of beyond, with no internet, television, or newspaper access, you would have heard about the recent outbreak of swine flu in Mexico. This morning, when I collected the newspaper from the gate, I discovered it’s even made it’s way to New Zealand (via airline passengers). So it’s best not to assume that because it seems to have originated in Mexico, it would stay only in Mexico. Everyone  needs to be aware of and prepared to deal with the possibility that it could arrive in their corner of the world. Here’s the best way to keep up to date of what’s happening… 1. Learn key facts about Swine Flu and what to do to protect yourself can be found at the Center for Disease Control and Protection (CDC) website. Traveler’s s... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2375937 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:28:12 +0100 2375937 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347886&cid=t_371651_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fwith-cancer-%25e2%2580%2598everything-changes%2F Looking at the cover of Everything Changes: The Insider’s Guide to Cancer in Your 20’s and 30’s,  I made an assumption that it was just another straight forward how-to guide on dealing with cancer. But was I ever wrong. Everything Changes is not just a how-to guide (although there is heaps of resources and information that anyone dealing with governmental and medical red tape will find tremendously useful). It is,  instead, a highly personal journey through the maze of having cancer and receiving treatment in a society that seems to think that cancer is reserved only for the old. Seems that the mostly common phrase that Kairol and others interviewed in Everything Changes heard after being diagnosed with cancer was “But you’re too young for this!” In reality, there is no such ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347886 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:23:14 +0100 2347886 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347891&cid=t_371651_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fhealthbolt%2Fare-bananas-the-solution-to-sleep-apnoea%2F Remember the saying ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away.’ Well, those with sleep apnoea might want to add an banana to that as well. Someone with obstructive sleep apnoea experiences recurrent choking when their throat closes during sleep, making it a potentially life-threatening disorder. Because of this, many people who suffer from this disorder end up wearing uncomfortable and cumbersome CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) apparatus during the night. Now some researchers in Australia have found that having a banana smoothie nightcap might just help keep the throat open and therefore reduce this risk of choking. The study, conducted by a New South Wales University, has come out with preliminary results that indicate that phospholipids (fatty acids) in bananas stay active in ... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347891 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:07:36 +0100 2347891 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2130066&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F01%2F24%2Fperiod%2F It’s not easy being green, a famous frog once said. He didn’t also add that it isn’t easy being infertile, but it’s not like a frog and a pig had much chance at ever having babies without some truly impressive intervention. Kermit knew a thing or two that they didn’t share on the Muppets, I strongly suspect. I’m being obtuse, so I’ll try again. I guess what I’m trying to spit out is that I’m in a difficult place. Whilst it’s clearly no fun, it is dead easy to be jacked off and infertile when you don’t have living children. It’s a darn sight harder when you do. Babies! Happy ending! Rainbows and kittens and puppy dogs for all, and I should probably gracefully sod off into the sunset and be properly grateful I got wha... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2130066 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:42:38 +0100 2130066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2074839&cid=t_371651_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2Few-tDUOHHUY%2F var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(420,277,377812,"http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css")}catch(ex){}}() I’m always interested in athletes with diabetes, aren’t you? It seems that much more difficult to manage diabetes when you are always pushing your body to the limit. But many athletes, like Denver Broncos Quarterback Jay Cutler, manage just fine thank you very much. Cutler checks his blood up to six times each game (which generally lasts about three hours.) He was apparently diagnosed “last spring just before his 25th birthday” and keeps Gatorade on hand to raise his blood sugar if he drops too low. Or if he gets too high, he takes insulin. I applaud Jay Cutler for reminding us all that diabetes does not have to slow you down... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2074839 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:26:24 +0100 2074839 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1985784&cid=t_371651_177_f&fid=38137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmissionimpossibleinfertile.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F11%2F25%2Fschmothers-group%2F Or on how I must be a social retard and just don’t quite get the concept of instant friendship based solely upon having produced spawn via natural or artifically created orifices at around the same point in time. Or in my case, not the same point in time. You see, I carefully neglected two previous invitations to join my local Mothers’ group on the basis that: A) The first time my twins were still in hospital and I could hardly relate to the tales of sleepless nights, poo issues and colic, instead being fully conversant with the world of jaundice, gavage feeds, septic workups and planning my day around visits to see the fruits of my IVF. Besides, I didn’t think it was all that traditional to turn up at a group designed to house rugrats en masse without any actual babies.... Mission: Impossible (or adventures in infertility, pregnancy....parenting?) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1985784 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:58:39 +0100 1985784 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1962901&cid=t_371651_117_f&fid=38158&url=http%3A%2F%2Famericanacupuncture.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fdealing-with-empty-nest-in-marriage.html THE EMPTY NEST SYNDROME Are you depressed about the nest being empty? Can you rediscover yourselves and each other through new activities?  In the past, empty nests that were child centered went through a stormy period when you had to become comfortable again in your marital role as husband and wife.  Most divorces are filed within two years of the last child leaving home. Child centered families had the mom cooking and keeping house, and attending to her kids needs instead of her husband's needs. Your  husband went to athletic events with his son and did not go out with his wife.  You dressed more as your kid does and called your husbands child his son and the man talked of his daughter his wife’s daughter.   If your large nose bothers you or your droopy eyelids, you can go and ... Dr. Needles Medical Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1962901 Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:31:00 +0100 1962901 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1434411&cid=t_371651_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F05%2F11%2Fthe-sunday-sidebardealing-with-the-dead%2F There are only two things that are guaranteed in this world - you are born and you will die. Just how long you have between the two events depends on a multitude of factors. Longevity is possible, and for most of us highly probable (so says the Vitality Compass). Death and dealing with the dead might seem like a morbid topic but apparently it’s also a very popular one. After all, how many of you were hooked on Six Feet Under? Top 10 Weird Ways We Deal with the Dead. This is a fascinating list of what happened to the dead throughout history. From ‘towers of silence’ and ‘tree burials’ to ‘plascination’ and ‘cyronics’, humankind has always looked at different ways to bury the dead and honor the spirits. A New Twist to the Burial at Sea Fo... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1434411 Sun, 11 May 2008 11:42:55 +0100 1434411 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2770232&cid=t_371651_140_f&fid=34844&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheicarusproject.net%2Falternative-treatments%2Fharm-reduction-guide-to-coming-off-psychiatric-drugs The Icarus Project and Freedom Center's 40-page guide gathers the best information we've come across and the most valuable lessons we've learned about reducing and coming off psychiatric medication. Includes info on mood stabilizers, anti-psychotics, anti-depressants, anti-anxiety drugs, risks, benefits, wellness tools, withdrawal, detailed Resource section, information for people staying on their medications, and much more. A 'harm reduction' approach means not being pro- or anti-medication, but supporting people to make their own decisions balancing the risks and benefits involved. Written by Will Hall, with a 14-member health professional Advisory board providing research assistance and 24 other collaborators involved in developing and editing. The guide has photographs and art througho... The Icarus Project - Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2770232 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:54:24 +0100 2770232 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523826&cid=t_371651_158_f&fid=36019&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fcaregiver%2F%7E3%2FZwH8EWByrfg%2Fhelp-coping-with-alzheimers.html Dr. Roy Steinberg, Ph.D. Highly sought out expert in the field of geriatric psychology in diagnosing and facilitating treatment of individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of Dementia. His website is Caregiving For Caregivers.When coping with a loved one’s Alzheimer's Disease or another type of Dementia, it can feel frustrating, sad, at times angry, lost and not in control. For those who feel this way, Dr. Roy Steinberg's process is your compass and your map – educating and guiding you with meaningful information.What appeals to me in his work is how Dr. Steinberg addresses society's myth that aging is about illness and sadness. Many times, Americans support this misconception. Dr. Steinberg points out in this audio that "this is not, and need not, be the case. Though you... Working Caregiver blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523826 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:46:00 +0100 2523826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349693&cid=t_371651_140_f&fid=34844&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheicarusproject.net%2Falternative-treatments%2Fharm-reduction-guide-to-coming-off-psychiatric-drugs The Icarus Project and Freedom Center's 40-page guide gathers the best information we've come across and the most valuable lessons we've learned about reducing and coming off psychiatric medication. Includes info on mood stabilizers, anti-psychotics, anti-depressants, anti-anxiety drugs, risks, benefits, wellness tools, withdrawal, detailed Resource section, information for people staying on their medications, and much more. A 'harm reduction' approach means not being pro- or anti-medication, but supporting people to make their own decisions balancing the risks and benefits involved. Written by Will Hall, with a 14-member health professional Advisory board providing research assistance and 24 other collaborators involved in developing and editing. The guide has photographs and art througho... The Icarus Project - Navigating the Space Between Brilliance and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349693 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:54:24 +0100 2349693