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 'grieving'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:25:03 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4794953&cid=t_202645_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fgreed-grief-and-the-choices-of-a-lifetime%2F As most of you already know, my daughter, Beth and I have just returned from a working trip to the high desert region of California. My sweet mother-in-law passed away last May and due to other family matters it has taken us a year to make it down there to clean out her home. The weather is also a factor because I cannot tolerate heat or sun. When we left home it was drizzling here in beautiful, green yet soggy Oregon. The contrast to the high desert is startling. Yucca trees, a few evergreens and lots of brown greeted us. It was also 90 degrees. I got out the sunscreen but still have many fever blisters. You all know I have trouble sitting, and had to go to the hotel and just lie down after the trip. We had drawn row 12 on our small commuter plane and got stuck right in front of the emerg... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4794953 Fri, 06 May 2011 20:36:00 +0100 4794953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4780347&cid=t_202645_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F03%2Fhonoring-your-mom-when-your-relationship-is-thorny%2F Mother-daughter relationships come in many different stripes. But all have one thing in common: They involve a complicated bond. Nothing brings this to light more than the holidays — especially if your relationship has been strained and shaky. On Mother’s Day, in particular, it can be “hard to figure out a way to honor a mom that has been difficult,” said Linda Mintle, Ph.D, marriage and family therapist and author of I Love My Mother, But…Practical Help to Get the Most Out of Your Relationship. I spoke with Mintle for my article on mother-daughter relationships. (Stay tuned!) And I wanted to share her straightforward and wise advice. So how do you honor your mother when your relationship is thorny? Let’s be honest, most Mother’s Day cards are mushy, nauseatingly so. (My... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4780347 Tue, 03 May 2011 11:40:43 +0100 4780347 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4696687&cid=t_202645_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F10%2Fwhat-not-to-say-to-a-grieving-family%2F Harold Kushner explains what not to say to a grieving family in his classic “When Bad Things Happen to Good People” using as an illustration the story of Job (the faithful, righteous, and pious man who loses his livestock, house, servants, and children, and is afflicted with boils all over his body). Having lost his own son, the rabbi knows all too well what helps and what hurts when trying to comfort a friend or relative. The three friends who came to console Job got terrible scores, and here’s why, according to Kushner… Because the friends had never been in Job’s position, they could not realize how unhelpful, how offensive it was for them to be judging Job, to be telling him he should not cry and complain so much. Even if they themselves had experienced si... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4696687 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:00:27 +0100 4696687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4377681&cid=t_202645_129_f&fid=36035&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-chronic-pain%2Fthe-circle-of-life-and-the-grieving-process%2F I realize I may sound like a cartoon or Elton John, but the Circle of Life is very real for all of us mere mortals. The simplistic approach may offend many self-proclaimed sophisticated adults, but life is truly just that simple. We’re born, we live, we wear out or run into trouble, and then we die. If you have not been touched by this circle, experiencing birth and death within the last year, then you are probably overdue. The joys of birth, the gut-wrenching pain of death, and all that happens in between represent this experience called life. Like the filling in a sandwich cookie, that “in between” is the most important part. I’ve never known anyone to scrape out the filling of an Oreo and toss it out just to eat the crispy cookie, have you? We are each of stuck with the whole co... Life with Chronic Pain blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4377681 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:44:28 +0100 4377681 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265738&cid=t_202645_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmay-we-all-die-so-well%2F2010.12.17 Everyone liked him. Though his later years (the only ones in which I knew him) took away his ability to do most things, and though he was in great pain every day, it was easy to see the mischief in his eyes. The subtle humor was still there, coming out of a man who was weak, in pain, dying. She lived for him. She was always telling me of his pain, frustrated with the fact that he didn’t tell me enough. She was anxious about each complaint of his, wondering if this was the one that would take him away from her. Many of her problems were driven by this anxiety and fears, and she spent many hours in my office giving witness to them through her tears. As his health failed, I wondered about her future. He was the center of her life, the source of her energy, joy, purpose. How could she manag... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265738 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:00:23 +0100 4265738 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4119596&cid=t_202645_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F10%2F27%2Fafraid-of-forgetting-guest-post%2F This will be an unusual post.  It is always sad whenever I page through the blogs list looking for something good to use as a Guest Post, and then I stumble upon it – a cancer survivor/blogger has passed away from us. Christine was a colon cancer survivor whose life passed in July 2009.  Her friends and family still maintain her blog Colon Cancer Sucks Ass.   Her she is remembered by Mandy, a nurse who works with Alzheimer’s patients.  Mandy’s work in turn causes her to think back about her friend. Afraid of Forgetting? I like to think of myself as a good and caring nurse. I also consider laughter to be great medicine (a belief reinforced by Miss Christine). So, I am hoping that my patients find it funny when I ask them if they remember why they are taking their Ari... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4119596 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:27:09 +0100 4119596 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3954257&cid=t_202645_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fis-there-a-rule-book-on-grief%2F2010.09.10 She looked down toward her feet at the end of her visit. “I’ve got one more question, doctor,” she said, hesitating. I turned toward her and waited for her, letting her ask on her own time. Clearly this was something difficult for her to ask. “When will I get over the death of my husband? It’s been ten years, and I still wake up each morning thinking he’s there. I still come home wanting him to be there. Am I crazy?” Her face showed the shame that was so clear in her words. I had been along with her during the death of her husband, and she handled that period with much grace and strength. Now the silence at home is deafening. People around her, on the other hand, are far too quick to tell her how to grieve. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3954257 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:00:02 +0100 3954257 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3267179&cid=t_202645_136_f&fid=39025&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Feverythingchangesbook%2F%7E3%2FWfKBTa_33qQ%2Fcancer-denial Two years into my cancer experience, I still had the nagging question: “Am I in denial?” I heard that cancer patients protect themselves in a natural bubble of denial in order to cope. Eventually that bubble bursts and you start dealing with the reality of your newly altered life. My bubble never burst. I never felt myself cross a threshold from denial to reality. I waited and waited, even tried to provoke it. Finally I realized it wasn’t happening because I was never in denial to begin with. The first 24 hours after my diagnosis, I felt shock.  I dreaded calling my mom and dad to tell them I had cancer. I went to class that night like nothing was wrong. I took my teacher aside afterwords and said, “Hey I was just diagnosed with cancer so I might need to go to a few doctors appoin... Everything Changes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3267179 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:30:33 +0100 3267179 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2223201&cid=t_202645_158_f&fid=36018&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaregiversbeacon.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fcomfort-for-those-grieving-loss-of-dear.html (Source: The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News) The Caregiver's Beacon - Resources, Links, Ideas, News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2223201 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:31:00 +0100 2223201 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2011080&cid=t_202645_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F12%2F03%2Fgrief-brings-out-hallucinations-illusions%2F Grief is experienced by each and every one of us in a different way, and no two people go through the loss of a loved one alike. One possible grief reaction rarely described, researched or discussed is seeing illusions or hallucinations of the loved one. Scientific American brings us the story: Mourning seems to be a time when hallucinations are particularly common, to the point where feeling the presence of the deceased is the norm rather than the exception. One study, by the researcher Agneta Grimby at the University of Goteborg, found that over 80 percent of elderly people experience hallucinations [and illusions] associated with their dead partner one month after bereavement, as if their perception had yet to catch up with the knowledge of their beloved’s passing. As the study&#8... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2011080 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:29:15 +0100 2011080 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1883308&cid=t_202645_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F10%2F16%2Fdebating-the-stages-of-grief-death-and-dying%2F Pages: 1 2 Next »     Single Page When researchers have a disagreement about what the research shows, most usually either submit a letter to the editor, or an editorial to the journal in question. Sometimes they’ll go one step further and even design an experiment to reproduce the effects of the previous research in question. But rarely do they turn to a magazine to call into the question of a peer-reviewed research study. And especially not one published in the prestigious medical journal JAMA. So you have to wonder what led Russell Friedman and John W. James to publish their treatise against the traditional and well-accepted stages of grief in the latest issue of Skeptic magazine, calling into question the results of the Yale Bereavement Study (YBS). The Y... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1883308 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:18:54 +0100 1883308 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1852537&cid=t_202645_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F10%2F04%2Fis-grief-a-mental-disorder-no-but-it-may-become-one%2F Pages: 1 2 3 Next »     Single Page Imagine this scenario. Your seven-year old son is riding his bike, and takes a nasty fall. He has a gash on his knee that looks pretty bad, but you get out your first-aid kit, clean the wound, put a little iodine on it, and cover it with a sterile gauze pad. Two days later, your son complains that his knee hurts a lot and that he “feels crummy.” He didn’t sleep well the night before, and his face seems a little flushed. You remove the gauze pad and notice that his knee is red and swollen, and there is a foul-looking, greenish liquid oozing out of the wound. You get that sinking, “Uh-oh!” feeling, and decide you had better have your family doctor take a look at the knee. As you are about to drive off, your friendly neig... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1852537 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:23:20 +0100 1852537 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1798100&cid=t_202645_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F09%2F17%2Fcan-sadness-lead-to-depression%2F It’s a vexing question and one that Dr. Ronald Pies tries to address in a recent New York Times piece, I think with great aplomb. The answer is, of course, “Yes,” but does sadness always lead to depression? And that answer is, of course, “No.” Has psychiatry and psychology simply medicalized ordinary “sadness” to become a mental disorder diagnosis? To these critics, psychiatry has medicalized normal sadness by failing to consider the social and emotional context in which people develop low mood — for example, after losing a job or experiencing the breakup of an important relationship. This diagnostic failure, the argument goes, has created a bogus epidemic of increasing depression. The truth of the matter is almost always more complicated a... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1798100 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:35:22 +0100 1798100