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 'guest post'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:04:13 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5182369&cid=t_153212_180_f&fid=38604&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmakeitgreat%2F%7E3%2FHAM7W4Mf0yA%2F Note from Phil: Today’s article is an interesting look at whether online colleges are just as good as traditional colleges in creating a worthy workforce. These are excellent tips from Riley Kissel, and ones you should keep in mind if you’re hiring people with diplomas from non-traditional colleges. Is an online degree as good as an offline degree? Seasoned small business owners and human resources personnel can be skeptical when it comes to web-based education.  Many interviewers don’t know the difference between “print a degree” programs and the best online colleges out there, leaving them uncertain as to whether or not a particular applicant has the right qualifications.  Businesses always want to make sure that potential employees have the necessary level of ac... Phil Gerbyshak blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5182369 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:15:00 +0100 5182369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174835&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F08%2F29%2Fcancer-boo-boo-guest-post%2F Seldom do I find posts reflected and focused through the eyes of a child.  Though written by Kayleigh, a breast cancer blogger, it was inspired b y the younger Daniel.  They write at Fashionably Later. A day to forget I’m having a hard time. There’s no way around it. I keep trying to turn the corner but I just can’t seem to do it. Sometimes it’s the big things, the obvious stuff that would keep anyone up at night…like, will the cancer come back, will I live a natural lifespan? That’s understandable…I can deal with all that long term, I think. But it’s actually the little things that hold me back from moving on…I’m finding the subtle stuff worse. All those countless reminders, the myriad ways that the aftermath of cancer infuses every nuance of my life. That’s what i... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174835 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:11:44 +0100 5174835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5169687&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F08%2F26%2Fdont-waste-your-cancer-guest-blog%2F Libby Ryder writes at dontwasteyourcancer.  This is a quiet little meditation on the life of one cancer survivor as she moves, literally and metaphorical, along life’s peculiar journey, from one stepping stone to the next. Take care, Dennis blogs are funny because they really only display a small snippet of your life. as i look back on the past couple months i can not believe how many things went unwritten about. it was a lot. sadly the lack of blogging does not mean it was not super fun or real important there are just not enough hours in the day. but i do believe you make time for what is important. so with that said…i may or may not post about things that happened a month or so ago. but we will see. but for today i will share something pretty big. we just back from rockbrid... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5169687 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:41:41 +0100 5169687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159698&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F08%2F24%2Fstepping-stones-new-breast-blog%2F We are replacing windows in our house.  Consequently my office has been off-limits.  My desk and “publishing station” had to be partially disassembled with all furniture pushed together in the middle of the room.  The website’s publishing schedule was also interrupted. Last week I received word of a new blog by a breast cancer survivor just recently diagnosed.  As you can read below, her particular journey just began last month. Robyn Angel is really at the beginning stages.  I thought it would be interesting to give you a peek.  This is an opportunity to follow in real time one person’s experience from the beginning.  She writes with a certain energy and sense of humor.  I have excerpted here from two recent posts from Stepping Stones. What’s in a nam... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159698 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:17:42 +0100 5159698 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159914&cid=t_153212_180_f&fid=38604&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmakeitgreat%2F%7E3%2FWwtH0Dr41Kc%2F NOTE from Phil: What follows is an excerpt from the book The Idea Hunter by Andy Boynton and Bill Fischer with William Bole. It’s an academic look at connections, for all of you who want more proof you should make time to connect with smart people. Enjoy! Decades of statistical research have demonstrated that professionals need to think elastically about the people in their idea networks. For example, repeated studies have shown that the longer a project team stays together without significant changes in its composition, the less likely it is to come up with ideas that lead to innovations. This is largely because members of long-running teams get into the habit of culling their ideas from a narrow band of sources: one another. They’re less likely to communicate with people working on o... Phil Gerbyshak blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159914 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:00:00 +0100 5159914 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5131008&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F08%2F14%2Fcancer-warrior-wanted-guest-post%2F The State Fair will be closed today here in Indianapolis.  You have probably heard that 5 people were killed and 45 hospitalized last night when a freak wind collapsed a temporary stage just before the group Sugarland was to perform. Cancer is the same kind of disaster as that wind, coming out of nowhere, striking indescriminantly at innocent victims.  Long time blogger and cervical cancer survivor offers these reactions at the journey | Life as I know it! I am so angry at cancer right now! I hate it, it is pissing me off, and I just want it to go away! NOW! Yesterday, I received an email from the friend that I spoke of a couple of days ago – the one that I ran into at the lab on Thursday. In her email, she was letting me know that her Thursday morning appointment with the oncologist ... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5131008 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 19:32:16 +0100 5131008 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107847&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F08%2F08%2Fon-the-loss-of-a-cancer-blogger-guest-post%2F Since I began this blog, I have always wrestled with the question of how to handle Guest Posts of survivors that are not doing well.  Early on I even considered whether or not to publish the names and URL’s of blogs of folks that have passed away.  Last Wednesday I offered the difficult post by Alli, who was struggling with the inevitable issue of quality vs quantity of the time left us when our disease rises up and begins to beat down our last defenses. Now that I am working in a bone marrow transplant clinic and proudly wear my leukemia and transplant badges in order to give my patients hope, the editorial conflict is more acute.  I frequently had out Being Cancer Network business cards to my patients. But after all Death is what we fear when we first heard our doctor say the wo... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107847 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:16:06 +0100 5107847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5107962&cid=t_153212_180_f&fid=38604&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmakeitgreat%2F%7E3%2FaV6nlXr3yBY%2F Note from Phil: What follows is a guest post from Riley Kissel. It’s always good to learn from other’s mistakes, and this post shares 4 of the most common, and biggest, mistakes small businesses make. I hope you enjoy it! Running a good business, regardless of what it is, always operates on the same principals. Being your own boss can be nice, but if you’re not thinking beyond the concept phase, you’re in for some hard lessons. Probably the most common reason why new companies fail is through poor financial management. You have to run a tight ship and learn from other people’s mistakes if you ever hope to avoid some of the most common problems that small businesses fall victim to including: Not Knowing Your Audience Understanding the consumer base that you’re trying to... Phil Gerbyshak blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5107962 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:00:00 +0100 5107962 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096940&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F08%2F05%2Fi-cant-direct-the-wind-guest-post%2F A second post about Hodgkin’s lymphoma.  (see August 1 – “The Good Cancer”) this one by the mother of a very young survivor.  She writes at the very creatively and hopefully titled blog I Cant Direct The Wind But I Can Adjust The Sails Take care, Dennis Hello Blogger Friends! As you may have noticed I haven’t blogged in a little bit and there is a reason for that…. there isn’t much to blog about. Nick is now wrapping up his second week of radiation and so far (knock on wood) aside from a slight scratchy throat and some fatigue he hasn’t had the side effects that sometimes accompany this treatment. He now even has some uber soft peach fuzz growing atop his head…. the doctor said that this new baby soft hair is likely to fall out ... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096940 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 04:49:18 +0100 5096940 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096870&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FwVrov3Ks64o%2F Cara is seriously one of my favorite people. I was thrilled that she was able to celebrate with me at my wedding last month. We met on one of her first trips to New York City about three years ago, and always reconnect when she’s in town for dinner and a show on Broadway. Back then, Cara was a consummate tourist: she only hung out in the very touristy areas of NYC, like Times Square, but I’ve slooowly been able to break her away from the tourist trappings and into the “real New York experience.” Since our shared passion, besides diabetes, is New York, I thought it would be fitting to have her pen a little post about her favorite things in the city we both adore. When Allison asked me to write about New York from a tourist’s view, my mind started going a dozen dif... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096870 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:00:00 +0100 5096870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096941&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F08%2F03%2Fcancer-quantity-or-quality-guest-post%2F NOTE: a reader notified me that he was unable to leave comments.  The “Register” option has disappeared from the “Meta” sidebar section.  I don’t know why.  No one can “Log In” because no one can register.  I changed my settings so that you do not have to login in order to comment. Hopefully this will work.  If we start getting hit by spammers and bots, I may have to look for another solution.  Currently we block hundreds of spam hits every week.   Dennis I sometimes think that we expect our cancer bloggers to lift us up, to make us feel more courageous, to point out the best parts of bad situations.  But anyone who has been through it, anyone who has battles the Beast knows that for every transformative moment, there are at least a dozen dismal and desparate ones. ... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096941 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 04:02:44 +0100 5096941 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5096872&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FrmFcjJLERac%2F I have been a big fan of Amber’s since I discovered her blog last year. She’s been super inspiring in my own personal question to get healthier and fitter. Amber recently got engaged and is planning a wedding for next summer – on my one year anniversary, as a matter of fact! She and her fiance Erik are perfect, but their eating habits don’t always line up. Sound familiar to any of the ladies? Amber shares with us how she works out cooking for two while making sure both parties are happy! Hi Lemonade Life readers, I’m Amber from Girl with the Red Hair! On my blog I talk about my life with a heavy emphasis on healthy living, food and fitness. I am also planning a wedding for July 2012 and while my fiancé and I have a lot of things in common, food preferences are n... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5096872 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:00:00 +0100 5096872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5086493&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F08%2F01%2Fmyth-of-the-good-cancer-guest-post%2F NOTE: a reader notified me that he was unable to leave comments.  The “Register” option has disappeared from the “Meta” sidebar section.  I don’t know why.  No one can “Log In” because no one can register.  I changed my settings so that you do not have to login in order to comment. Hopefully this will work.  If we start getting hit by spammers and bots, I may have to look for another solution.  Currently we block hundreds of spam hits every week.   Dennis I found myself talking with an older patient last week.  He was being treated for lymphoma, sometimes more precisely called non-Hodgkins lymphoma. This is, as one can see, a definition of exclusion.  As cancers go, the Hodgkin’s type or Hodgkin’s disease (Hodgkin’s lymp... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5086493 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 04:39:09 +0100 5086493 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5062455&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F07%2F25%2Fdont-be-afraid-to-jump-guest-post%2F Finding content for this blog has been easy lately.  Survivors just send stuff to me.  That is great because my new job working as a nurse in a bone marrow transplant unit at a large university health care system continues to drain my energies while at the same time inspiring me to more.  That should make a a nice post of my own.  Maybe later this week… Today I received an email from Jen Luce.  She became an ovarian cancer survivor at the age of 29 in 2007.  She has been busy ever since.  She not only maintains her blog 2011: Don’t be afraid to jump , but also finds time to speak at conferences and write for other websites.  She says this about blogging.  “Cancer can be so very tragic, and it takes love, patience and support to get through it. Community became v... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5062455 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:02:52 +0100 5062455 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5051128&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F07%2F22%2Fno-breasts-nice-shoulders-new-blog%2F Heat wave hitting the country.  Living in Canada sounds good right now.  But life has its challenges wherever you happen to live.  So we are informed by Jasmine from Montreal.  She is a breast cancer survivor and personal trainer who writes with unabashed determination at No breasts; nice shoulders Blog Cancer Dreams… The night following my first chemo session I had a dream that a very slow iridescent red snail was slowly moving in space and everything in its path turned to love, beauty, and health. I have no idea what it meant but it was vivid, colorful, and empowering since I knew the snail represented an ally and possibly my own body cells. The same night my next dream was of lightning-fast ninjas flying through the air thrashing their swords right and left – fighting hard! They... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5051128 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 04:21:05 +0100 5051128 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5051311&cid=t_153212_180_f&fid=38604&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmakeitgreat%2F%7E3%2FLuyxV3o-wP8%2F Note from Phil: What follows is an awesome guest post from Jodi Glickman, author of Great on the Job: What to Say, How to Say It. The Secrets of Getting Ahead. Time and time again, I’m asked about the most important qualities needed to get ahead in the workplace. Is it technical prowess? Good networking skills? The right timing, or just plain good luck? I don’t think it’s any of these, actually. Instead, I’d argue that dynamic and honed communication skills are the keys to success at work. Sure, we all need to be technically proficient to do our jobs well. But technical skills aren’t enough. They are simply “check the box” skills, meaning you’ve got to have them to get-by. But to make it to the top, to advance through an organization, to get promoted, to be compensated wel... Phil Gerbyshak blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5051311 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:00:00 +0100 5051311 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5051129&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F07%2F20%2Fanother-cancerversary-guest-post%2F It is always great to hear from another allogeneic (donor cells from another person) transplant survivor, especially someone with a history of leukemia.  Julie Matthews works for the Side-Out Foundation, raising funds for breast cancer research.  She writes entertainingly at Julie’s Blog. Happy Thursday, everyone!  Remember me?  Well, here it is 10:52 PM and I’m exhausted, but I couldn’t let this day go by without writing something. Today is January 20th.  You’re thinking “Duh, Julie…we know that…so who cares?!”  Well, it happens to mark six years since I was first diagnosed.  While it’s not a day I celebrate necessarily, it is an anniversary of sorts.  When I was checking out in the grocery store tonight, I thought “Wow, it’s so nice to be in a grocery store.... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5051129 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:34:41 +0100 5051129 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5051075&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FGaz8PHoBoPg%2F I’m just returning from my honeymoon, but before I get back into the swing of blogging, I have a few more posts to share. One year ago today, I wrote about how I was let go from my job and terrified about what I was going to do next. I had no idea what I was going to do, but here I am, a year later, feeling incredibly blessed to be returning to a job I love. Today, I want to introduce you to Sarah, who is facing the same situation I was. Sarah and I met at the DiabetesSisters conference in April and we immediately bonded. She’s spunky, smart, but unfortunately, still unemployed despite being highly educated – she has three college degrees! What’s a girl gotta do? Sarah shares her own struggles and how she’s taking control of a situation that can feel very, ver... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5051075 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:00:04 +0100 5051075 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5051130&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F07%2F18%2Fbrain-cancer-questions-guest-post%2F Duck Pond - Boston What great email I get!  One is from a Lynette Warner.  Her husband was diagnosed in the summer of 2008 with stage IV liver cancer.  Miraculously he is celebrating his third year of survivorship.  Their blog is called The Walkers .  They are just the fourth liver cancer blog on our list. Also in my inbox is an announcement from Stephanie Lancaster who writes at Just My Current Perspective.  “My 67 year-old father, a lifelong competitive athlete and a commodities broker working full-time, was diagnosed with an aggressive type of brain cancer, in October of 2010. He underwent surgery and chemotherapy but died only ten weeks after the initial diagnosis. I am writing this blog to help organize my rambling thoughts as I try to wade through the grief.” Questi... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5051130 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 04:09:33 +0100 5051130 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028965&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FzoXPQN3HEDY%2F I thought it would be fun to end the week of my honeymoon with a guest post from the next generation of brides. Nora and I met via her wonderful Wine & Love series, and I was ecstatic when I found out she got engaged just a few short weeks ago to her fiance, Knight. They are in the midst of their own wedding planning and figuring out all the fun and not-so-fun things she has to do to prepare for one of the biggest days of her life. So to wrap up this week, I’ll give it over to Nora, who is continuing the cycle of love and happiness! After years and years (literally, I’ve been in weddings since I was 16) of seeing my family and best friends get married, I had kind of given up on the idea of getting married and meeting “the One.” Then I met Knight. And after a me... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028965 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:00:31 +0100 5028965 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5029055&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F07%2F14%2Fsurviving-someone-elses-cancer-guest-post%2F Lori Marx-Rubiner, MA, MSW, describes herself as a Breast Cancer Coach/Advocate.  She has started a new blog that combines her personal and professional roles.  This particular post was written by her son Zach. – regrounding | of chemo, cancer and red, red wine Surviving Someone Else’s Cancer I was 3 ½ when my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. I can’t remember much of that time, but what I do remember will stay with me for the rest of my life. Mostly I remember a few things that happened when my mom had surgery. My grandma stayed with us to help out. I remember once when my mom was still in the hospital and I was with my grandma and I was crying. I don’t remember why I was, but I do remember my dad coming home and reading me a bedtime story. I think that it was h... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5029055 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:33:55 +0100 5029055 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028966&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FJDCUArwBVgw%2F When I was plotting out who I wanted to write during my week away on my honeymoon, I wanted to make sure to include someone who had been married for, you know, awhile. Leighann and I recently bonded while in Los Angeles on a business trip, and her and her husband seem like they have a really solid relationship. Although we know each other from our ties to the diabetes community, like me, she has more to her than just diabetes! I wanted to hear her thoughts from a marriage veteran because, let’s face it, there’s a lot more to a marriage than just the party that kicks it off! Here’s Leighann, talking about all the things that come after. My husband and I have been together for 15 years and married for the past nine. I thought it would be so easy to write down a little mari... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028966 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:00:00 +0100 5028966 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028968&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FXn0uwSpRPSE%2F I’m off and away on my honeymoon, but while I’m gone, I have a several lovely ladies sharing their thoughts on love and relationships, and more specifically: marriage! Ashley is one of my fave bloggers and she is mom to one of the cutest babies I have ever seen. I mean, seriously. After three years of marriage, and almost a year of motherhood, Ashley was kind enough to pen this post on what she thinks is a key to good marriage. I had lunch the other day with a friend who is getting married in a few months. She lost her job and was offered a new one in another state. She said lots of their friends and family members expressed concern over moving her fiance away from his job and family. “It’s made me realize that marriage really is all about sacrifice,” she said. Thoug... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028968 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:00:18 +0100 5028968 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5029056&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F07%2F12%2Fthe-big-c-me-new-blog%2F Yeah, I know, I am at least three weeks behind.  A trip to Boston and adjusting to my new job have interrupted my routine.  I am just catching up on emails.  A number of new cancer blogs has surfaced.  Renn was diagnosed with breast cancer last October.  She writes below with humor and verve of an experience that is all too familiar. The Big C and Me PERSONA NON GRATA My bilateral mastectomy is scheduled and I’m at my primary doctor’s office on Monday to pick up a copy of my chest X-ray from a couple weeks ago. But they can’t seem to find it. Hmmm. I make a pre-op appointment for two days later and tell them they can give me the results when I come back on Wednesday. The nurse says great, we’ll see you then. Since my cancer diagnosis, my husband has been accompanyi... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5029056 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:18:28 +0100 5029056 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028969&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FvtW6-plDPt8%2F I have been a huge fan of Kyla Roma for a little over a year now, and I’m tickled pink that she agreed to guest blog while I’m off on my honeymoon. I admire Kyla and her relationship with her husband, Jesse, who up until a few months ago was only known as “Mister” to her readers. I thought it would be interesting to get Kyla’s take on blogging while married. So whether you’re single and wondering how to integrate a new relationship, or if you’re already married and concerned about a negative impact, or if you’ve been blogging and in a relationship for awhile and just wondering how someone else does things, I hope Kyla gives you some great food for thought! Hello Lemonade Lifers- I’m Kyla Roma, and I’m really excited that I was as... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028969 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:00:00 +0100 5028969 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5028970&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2F_b6wOg1Raj0%2F Today is the first day of my honeymoon with my wonderful husband! It’s so fun writing that word. While I’m away, I’m lucky enough to have several gals who have offered to share their wise words on love, relationships and marriage. Stephany from Stephany Writes is the only guest blogger who is actually still single! So why did I ask her to guest blog while I’m off celebrating my marriage? Because Stephany writes letters to her future husband. How totally sweet is that? I’ll have her explain more… I write letters to my future husband. Say it with me… Aww. I started writing these letters over a year ago and it has become the main source of traffic to my blog, which fills me with all sorts of happiness. If there is something I’m passionate about, it... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5028970 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:00:34 +0100 5028970 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008542&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FnLtvRWVjf6c%2F Colleen is one of my many wonderful blog-made friends and I was thrilled to meet her and her husband Micah in New York City last year (who is just the sweetest – and he and Erik put up with all our D talk very well!). Colleen is still a newlywed herself, having married Micah last August. I am so happy that she offered to write this blog post about diabetes on her wedding day… as my own wedding day is a mere two days away! Crazy! Last summer, in a gorgeous garden on the UW-Madison campus, my siblings and closest friends danced down the aisle to Jason Mraz’s I’m Yours. Hidden just out of view (and dancing, too), I waited as my five-year-old niece and two-year-old nephew cautiously followed down the aisle with the wedding rings. It was time. Escorted by my mom, I turned down ... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008542 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:29:34 +0100 5008542 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984523&cid=t_153212_113_f&fid=22291&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMedgadget%2F%7E3%2F5o6eu_nwwJQ%2Fthe-future-of-tele-icus-an-insiders-perspective.html Mary Jo Gorman, M.D., MBA, is the CEO of Advanced ICU Care, a medical service company headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., which provides high-quality care to patients in the intensive care unit. For more information, visit: www.icumedicine.com. America’s ICUs are in crisis. Consider these staggering statistics: Today’s ICUs Serve 4 million patients annually, with roughly 20 percent mortality rates among those treated. On average, every patient admitted to the ICU suffers 1.7 potentially life threatening errors every day and estimates show that patients only receive half of the therapies that they should. And 50,000 patients annually die in the ICU from preventable deaths. But research indicates that ICU patients have lower risks of death and shorter ICU and hospital stays when an intensiv... Medgadget blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984523 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:09:01 +0100 4984523 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4976135&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FrmxOoekRU6I%2F A few weeks ago, I celebrated my fourth anniversary of my big move to the East Coast from Oregon. But with our impending wedding, Erik and I are giving more and more thought to where we want to settle down and raise a family. While we love NYC, we’re struggling to determine how realistic it is. A few months back, a fellow twentysomething blogger I read, Lisa, was struggling through the same debate. To stay or to move? That is the question. Lisa ended up deciding to move, and she’s doing so this week. So I asked her to share some thoughts on this very difficult decision. Greetings!  It’s Lisa from Lisa’s Yarns!  For those of you who don’t know me, I am a Paris-obsessed lover-of-books, living in Minneapolis, MN.  This is a BIG week for me.  This week I will pack up the ... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4976135 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:00:00 +0100 4976135 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4976136&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FTNvx4gaERH8%2F I’m finishing up the last day of my very first trip to the American Diabetes Association’s Scientific Sessions. It has certainly been a whirlwind, and for those of you interested in hearing what we’ve discovered, you should pay a visit to DiabetesMine. I thought since this is a diabetes-centric trip that I would feature a diabetes guest post from a non-diabetes blogger. Her name is Michelle and she is a new friend of mine in Canada. She’s a total sweetheart, but she is also dealing with the fact that she is predisposed to diabetes because of her genetics. Although her proactiveness in preventing type 2 diabetes has nothing to do with my type 1 diabetes (which is not preventable), I admire her awareness of her health and her efforts to get and stay healthy. Here&#821... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4976136 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:00:00 +0100 4976136 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4976159&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F06%2F27%2Fcheshire-cats-grin-new-blog%2F This entry comes from New Zealand. The other day while driving back from pink palates, with jelly legs, i keep on thinking about dieing, something which will, yes will happen to all of us, and well nobody knows when this is going to happen to them. But me being me is just hoping for 10 years, and then something started to sink in if the militia come back and overtakes my body again, I don’t just get to die. I have to suffer, badly, and no I don’t think I’m so special that I have already paid my dues, but the realisation of this really shook me…… I don’t know how the saying goes, is it ‘pray for the best, expect the worst’? The so called best doesn’t even factor in to most of my daily questions, cynical much? And then on the other hand me and Mike are very lucky, luckier t... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4976159 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:36:03 +0100 4976159 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968845&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F06%2F24%2Flets-beat-this-things-new-blog%2F This notice came to me in May – I think I was in hospital at the time.  Meg is a photographer and a breast cancer survivor.  She just started her blog last March.  I have excerpted a portion of a recent post for your edification. Last Wednesday, we celebrated Mike’s Uncle Johnny’s life at his funeral service and burial.  It was a very nice service and although the circumstances weren’t ideal, it was nice to see all of Mike’s family.  Unfortunately, coming from a pretty big family as well as marrying into a big family means that I have attended a lot of funerals in my twenty-nine years.  But, this time it was very different.  Sitting in the pew next to Mike at the gorgeous Shrine of the Little Flower Church, I was reminded of our amazing wedding day in t... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968845 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:16:02 +0100 4968845 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4968787&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2Fyd7WzVU55Oo%2F A couple weeks ago, I shared my success story of meeting Erik using an online dating service called OKCupid. And while it worked out swimmingly for me, it comes with some mixed results for others. Today, my good friend, Caroline, shares just a hint of her humorous yet painfully awkward tales of romance in the Big Apple. Kids, don’t try this at home. Allison and I have a lot in common: twenty-somethings, Christians, and owners of broken pancreases. But while she found the love of her life in a matter of weeks on OKCupid….I’ll be in line to catch the bouquet at her wedding. I’ve had a boatload of adventures on the dating scene, but at the moment….I’m more single than a six-year-old sock. When I first arrived to the big city from suburbia in 2009, I was... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4968787 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:00:53 +0100 4968787 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4960258&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FoppKvpyhSoY%2F My last trip to Portland before the wedding has come and gone, and now I’m heading down to San Diego for the Roche Diabetes Social Media Summit, followed by a crazy weekend at the American Diabetes Association’s Scientific Sessions. I’m so excited, but I’ll be rather preoccupied. So I’m introducing my first round of guest posts! As a twentysomething female blogger, I don’t get a lot of male readers around these parts… But when I was looking for guest bloggers, I really wanted to bring in some male perspectives for the ride. Luckily, Bob Pederson, a type 2 PWD blogger, raised his hand and volunteered for the arduous task of writing a non-diabetes post for this sometimes-diabetes blogger! When he sent me a post that was titled “Life Lessons fro... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4960258 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:00:02 +0100 4960258 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4960285&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F06%2F22%2Flicking-cancer-new-blog%2F The voices of head and neck cancer survivors are small in number but courageous in spirit.  This new voice is from a new blogger, and Englishman being treated in France.  Donald is just starting to tell his story, and an interesting perspective it is. Licking Cancer How do you react when you are diagnosed?  What goes through your mind? Here’s my diary entry from the day after diagnosis: 13.04.2011 Cancer.  I was diagnosed yesterday.  I don’t know what to say right now.  I found a lump on the left side of my neck about two months ago, went to the doctor six weeks ago and now I know.  I felt a sinking emptiness when Dr S, the ENT man at Pontivy hospital told me and it didn’t begin to register (if it really has) until I was making notes and wrote the word down; cancer. I feel th... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4960285 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:30:28 +0100 4960285 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953404&cid=t_153212_180_f&fid=38604&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmakeitgreat%2F%7E3%2FIpI7sl3HCFw%2F NOTE from Phil: What follows is a guest post from a book I’m currently reading. I think the article is helpful for leaders from all disciplines and backgrounds, and is one of the more interesting concepts I’ve seen, that being a checklist for leaders. I hope you enjoy it! Decisive Leadership Guest post by Michael Useem, Author of The Leader’s Checklist Imagine yourself in this position: Less than five months ago, you were summoned from the private sector to join a newly formed national government. Your background is in retail; now you are heading up the nation’s mining industry. You are abroad on a state visit, still working to come up to speed, when word reaches you from your home office that there has been a mining disaster — a cave-in deep below, death toll unknown... Phil Gerbyshak blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953404 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:09:56 +0100 4953404 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953317&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F06%2F20%2Fi-was-minding-my-own-business-when-guest-post%2F In addition to not writing posts, I have not been minding my emails.  Elizabeth Keith wrote me last week to say that she has started a new breast cancer blog I Am Surviving.  I just got around to looking at it and liked the most recent post.  Here it is… I Was Minding My Own Business When… Maybe I should start from the beginning. I’ve always been good about having yearly mammograms- starting with baseline at 35 and then every year once I turned 40. This past March I had a mammogram then an ultrasound because there seemed to be some cysts in my left breast. One of those cysts “didn’t look right” and I was told it was 90-95% benign. I was scheduled for an aspiration of this cyst within two weeks. The aspiration didn’t happen because things weren&... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953317 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:40:01 +0100 4953317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4945271&cid=t_153212_180_f&fid=38604&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmakeitgreat%2F%7E3%2Fg96xkBeNttQ%2F As any reader of this blog knows, I like to showcase other people here, as the web is about more than just me. I’d like to share a tale of 2 guest posts, and talk about how you can do better guest posts to get more traffic to your site. Guest post 1 Content rich, original article, focused on things the folks who read this website and who connect with the readers. Author monitored the comments section, engaged with those who commented, tweeted out the link to her network, shared it on Facebook, and did a great job promoting my site and her article. Results: high engagement, many people reading the article and sharing the article. Others tweeted and Facebooked the article, folks commented, and even today, it’s a popular article several months later. And the links in the article and the a... Phil Gerbyshak blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4945271 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 13:00:40 +0100 4945271 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893960&cid=t_153212_180_f&fid=38604&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmakeitgreat%2F%7E3%2FxsGJdsrkvJc%2F The following is a guest post from Nate Larson People become their own boss for many reasons. Some say it’s because of the stresses of the everyday grind that gets people down. Finding the motivation to just go into work can be tough but there are many downsides to working for someone else. Transportation is costly and getting by some times demands that you have to stay at a job you hate and work for people you don’t like just to support the family that you care for. Working at home would be preferable to many and the founders of the IncomeatHome program created it for these very same reasons. This business has been around for over a decade and one of its founders, at a recent interview had a lot to say about it. He spoke very highly of this opportunity that’s changing a... Phil Gerbyshak blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893960 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:00:00 +0100 4893960 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893961&cid=t_153212_180_f&fid=38604&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmakeitgreat%2F%7E3%2FdvQeT9aFDyI%2F This article was written just for you dear readers. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! It’s Lonely at the Top, But It Doesn’t Have to Be It was a beautiful autumn morning in Kansas City. When I wandered out to fetch the newspapers a little after 5 a.m., the air was crisp, and the stars were bright. I usually don’t get on my way quite this early, but this was a special day, the opening of a new Roasterie Café. The café didn’t officially open until 6 a.m., but several of us had slipped in a little early in support of the owners, our friends, Danny and Carla O’Neill. There seems to be a special bond among successful business owners. Perhaps it’s the common experience, or the inevitable loneliness of ownership. Maybe it’s the fact that we all need a shoulder to lean on from ... Phil Gerbyshak blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893961 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0100 4893961 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893460&cid=t_153212_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FEw-zLWtpeQE%2F Dr. Kevin Kikta was one of two emergency room doctors on duty at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, MO on Sunday, May 22, 2011 when a destructive tornado hit the hospital. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893460 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:31:26 +0100 4893460 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4829350&cid=t_153212_180_f&fid=38604&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmakeitgreat%2F%7E3%2FO-9lBUtkuuY%2F Note from Phil: What follows is a guest post from reader Tim Eyre. It’s a fantastic article and one I should have posted a few weeks ago. Sorry Tim. Sometimes the reason for the delay is unclear to me at the time, but becomes clear after posting it. Hope you’ll forgive me. Enjoy the article everyone! Failure is good. Yes you read that correctly. Forget about what you’ve always heard, thought, or believed. Erase it from your memory. Instead remember this: failure is not a bad thing. Sure, it’s gotten a bad rap over the years. But that’s because most people don’t really understand what failure is. If they did, they would no longer fear it. They would embrace it. Most people fall into a common trap. They define failure only in terms of what it isn’t. Their th... Phil Gerbyshak blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4829350 Mon, 16 May 2011 12:00:00 +0100 4829350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4795036&cid=t_153212_137_f&fid=39091&url=http%3A%2F%2Falzheimmers.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F05%2Fnocebo-effect-blog-post-from-freelance.html Here is a post I did for Freelance md  it is on the Nocebo effect. Another Website Called Physician Nexus added it to their site. I was invited to post and told I could post on anything I wanted, related to medicine or doctorhood. Well that covers about a billion potential topics. I wanted to cover something out of the mainstream, that you won't see many people write or talk about, for a whole host of reasons. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask or comment. (Source: Caregiver Survival: I Hate Alzheimers) Caregiver Survival: I Hate Alzheimers blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4795036 Fri, 06 May 2011 15:25:00 +0100 4795036 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4775567&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F05%2F02%2Fhow-far-weve-come-guest-post%2F Between being out in the garden and preparing for my new job at the transplant clinic has kept me away from the keyboard.  Today we’re back.  The Ovarian Cancer Warrior offers some uplifting sentiments – just the thing to counter the dreary record-rain-filled days of Spring.  You can find more of her at If Cancer Was Easy, They’d Call It Your Mom: My Journey with Ovarian Cancer Let’s See How Far We’ve Come Let’s review… Time for a little look back… Another tiny milestone along this journey. However, when you don’t know when the journey will end, every milestone counts. So, let’s gaze back… 18 months down… Where have we been…? I have been through just about every treatment option there is. I have lost two bl... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4775567 Mon, 02 May 2011 17:19:16 +0100 4775567 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4753989&cid=t_153212_180_f&fid=38604&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmakeitgreat%2F%7E3%2FbD3ajKczYxU%2F In business we spend a lot of time theorizing, hypothesizing and strategizing about what we think will work and what we believe matters. But do we get so immersed in our own plans that we miss the writing on the wall? Customer feedback is without question one of the best ways to determine the strengths and weaknesses of any business. But are you listening? Actually, are you even asking? When it comes right down to it customers are the life blood of a business and their opinions should be a weighty factor in decision making. There are a number of ways to get customer feedback; you just have to be open to hearing it. Online The internet by far is one of the best ways to collect customer feedback. From on-site customer comments or off site reviews, to social media, if you know where to look ... Phil Gerbyshak blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4753989 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:00:00 +0100 4753989 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4709364&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F04%2F13%2Fwhy-my-mother-is-a-hero%2F The Lungevity Foundation Group publishes some great stuff.  I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to share this with you all. Why My Mother is My Hero April 12th, 2011 – by admin by Tyler  Rudnick Language Arts 3/9/11                                                                                                                Period 5-6 My mom. There are so many words that come to mind when i think of her.  Funny, vibrant, caring, and most importantly my hero.  I picked my mother as my hero because to so many people she was a hero, including me.  She was such a great mother.  Always putting my needs before her own.  Always taking me on a new adventure every day. ... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4709364 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:00:07 +0100 4709364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693475&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F04%2F08%2F12-days-of-cancer-grateful-guest-post%2F Cumberland Falls Here is a little something to help carry you through the weekend.  The author describes herself as “Three teenagers, two cancers and one bone marrow transplant. Can cancer be funny? Yes! Teenagers not so much.” 12 days of grateful…. Posted on December 18, 2010 by rsaggnne As the year comes to a close my 12 things that I am the most grateful- 1. Blood donors- Without you none of this would be possible 2. My bone marrow donor- Nothing compels one to donate but it is from a pure unselfish place that someone chooses to do so. 3. The researchers and medical system that allows new discoveries to become the standard of treatment. 4. NPR- which keeps me informed and my liberal left still leaning. 5. For bloggers- who over the past two years have been the friends t... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693475 Sat, 09 Apr 2011 01:58:59 +0100 4693475 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684688&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F04%2F07%2Fcancer-ups-and-downs-guest-post%2F One of the amazing things about cancer blogging is the connectedness that we sometimes develop towards our fellow travelers, that unique sense of community.  It can be so strong that we are hesitant to give it up.  Years after the news of our remission we still identify with other survivors for we will forever be “survivors”.  Maybe it is partly because of the way cancer grabs hold of us, searing into our primal identity the brand of the Beast. Lori Lee, whop writes as “Miss Mel” at her blogsite Miss Melanoma: The Official Site for the Fun Side of Cancer , looks back at the acute phase of her own illness, offering hope to those still mired in the struggle. Ups and downs I remember when my weeks were filled with a different doctor’s appointment every day, ... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684688 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:04:02 +0100 4684688 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642938&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F03%2F28%2Fluck-and-cancer-guest-post%2F Reprinted from LUNGevity, a Linked-In group: What is Luck? March 17th, 2011 – by Jill Feldman I have a wonderful husband, loving children, supportive family, thoughtful friends, a roof over my head, food on the table, great health insurance (very important in my family), etc.   For all that, I consider myself to be very fortunate, but am I lucky? When it comes to lung cancer, people tell me all the time that I’m lucky. I’m lucky that my cancer was caught early, I’m lucky that I was able to have surgery, I’m lucky that I was armed with knowledge about lung cancer, I’m lucky that I had the lung cancer world at my disposal, etc.  Am I lucky?  What does it mean to be lucky? According to my mom it can be a chance happening, like winning the lottery.  Or she would say that i... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642938 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:53:51 +0100 4642938 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4627000&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F03%2F23%2Fhome-this-moment-guest-posts%2F If you look at my counter on the left, you’ll see that we have passed 100,000 visits.  I mean to celebrate this moment with an announcement of a cool new project and feature.  But it will have to wait.  This way I can keep you in suspense.  I’ll give you a hint – it involves virtual interaction. Spring weather has drawn me away from the keyboard into the gardens.  Also I started a one month, five hour a day, temporary, non-professional job scoring essay answers on a test.  I went to the local Oncology Nurses Society meeting the other day and made a plea to any mangers present for a eight hour per week position working on the odd project or something.  That’s enough news from here. We haven’t heard from the gynecological cancer folks lately.  After a li... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4627000 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:43:39 +0100 4627000 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4610964&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F03%2F18%2Fcountdown-guest-post%2F I first planned to republish this selection last spring.  I saved it as a draft and somehow it got lost.  Kate was writing at Strong. Fighting. Surviving. When I rediscovered the post a few days ago, I went to her blogsite to notify her of my plans.  It was then that I discovered she had passed away last June.  Pancreatic cancer is a bitter aggressive disease.  Our blog list contains just eight blogs by  pancreatic survivors. Below the original selection I decided to republish both Kate’s last post, named with brace irony “Mundane”, as well as the announcement of her death with brings an end to a blogger’s story. Countdown I’ve been gone for a very long time, I know, and I’m sorry. Everyone has been so supportive during my hiatus – sending me emails,... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4610964 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:34:26 +0100 4610964 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4600753&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F03%2F16%2Fcancer-doctors-guest-post%2F Few of the guest posts I have published have dealt with the doctor-patient relationship.  But recently I ran across one that was not only insightful but also displayed a wonderful sense of humor.  In fact humor seems to permeate her blog.  Our Guest Blogger is a BRCA1 survivor and she  writes at I’m A Mutant.  Be sure to read her “About” sections which lists her blog’s cast of characters. We Can’t Go On Like This I am happy to report that I have a new doctor and I like her very much.  I shall refer to her as Dr. Let’s-Get-Real and I do mean that as a compliment.  Since we’re coming up on six months since my last ovarian inspection it was time for me to go in for an ultrasound and CA-125 blood test, the typical maintenance routine for mutan... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600753 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:09:38 +0100 4600753 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4570723&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F03%2F10%2Fcancer-community-the-others-guest-post%2F Today’s Guest Post comes from around Merseyside in the UK.  Steve Ward is a “Hodger” – a veteran of a group of survivors with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, often tagged “the good cancer”.  Steve puts this tag in perspective here by showing us the dynamic and changing group of generally young persons that populate this amorphous but cohesive community.  He blogs at Wardy’s Big Bad Blog 3. The Others I have tried to keep this blog positive. I have tried not to dwell on the “wrong side” of the percentages and not to worry about what happens if I am on that side. So far, I am not. So far I am in first line therapy and I have no reason whatsoever to believe that I will need any further treatment. But there are people who make up the 10%, people who d... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4570723 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:53:22 +0100 4570723 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4560530&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F03%2F07%2Flosing-a-child-to-sarcoma-guest-post%2F Many times our posts are reports, other times they are meditations. Rarely do we bloggers feel competent enough to offer advice.  Erin de Sousa offers us a beautiful post today.  It comes from wisdom borne of pain and loss.  Erin is in her fourth year of blogging even though she lost her daughter two years ago.  She is one of that group of survivors that continues to contribute to the community even after the battle has ended. She writes at MAURA. Now what do I call this blog? “This blog used to be called “Maura vs.Toby”.”Toby” was a four-pound Unclassified Sarcoma that surgeons removed from Maura’s abdomen in April, 2008. She died on May 19, 2009. Toby’s evil spawn may have killed her body, but Maura lives on. The tumors, on the other hand, w... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4560530 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:39:14 +0100 4560530 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4536266&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F03%2F02%2Fghost-of-cancer-guest-post%2F Conclusion: No visiting the cemetery for a while. I’m strangely happier than I’ve been for a long time and there’s a palpable sense of freedom and excitement. Then there’s this small layer of dread that lives somewhere beneath the surface. It feels like I’m living with an omnipresent ghost. I keep finding ways to ignore it, only to have it appear again when I least expect it. I wonder if this anxiety lasts forever? Does anyone else out there feel the same? A very wise friend mentioned post-traumatic stress disorder, which lit a bulb in my head, and provided something my beautiful friends have given me all through this journey – good old fashioned hope. from – Keep Going! Blogging Breast Cancer (Source: Being Cancer Network) Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4536266 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:00:54 +0100 4536266 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4532515&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F02%2F28%2Fchemobabes-hard-time-guest-post%2F This is a really creative site by a self-described social scientist and stage 3 breast cancer survivor.  Great graphics and great writing.  She even sells Chemobabe t-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs and mousepads.  Check it out at ChemoBabe! Hard Time Last month, a work friend told me about a gossipy lunch conversation she took part in. Some colleagues were sizing up the real life skills of the research professors in our department, predicting which of us would survive hard time in prison. Smiling, she told me, “We decided you would make it. You have the skills.” She knew it was an odd compliment, and we had a good laugh about it. Of course, I hope we never find out if they put their money on the right horse in that race. I know that her praise was, in part, a nod to coping skills I truck... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4532515 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:50:57 +0100 4532515 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4525149&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F02%2F26%2Fjust-another-cancer-hero-guest-post%2F If you sense a theme to our latest Guest Post offerings, you are right on.  Honestly I almost stumble on these excellent examples of cancer writing and living with cancer.  I had no problems assigning the tags “hero” and “attitude” to Pat Steer, a rectal “cancer girl” writing at Life Out Loud Cancer girl, like it or not When you write about surviving cancer for four years, you become known among other bloggers – branded, if you will – as one of the “cancer girls.” And while I love the readers who discovered me and who keep reading, I don’t have any illusions about what keywords make them find my blog. People don’t come here (at least, not very often) to read about my adventures camping in my tiny travel travel, or my dog stories, or tale... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4525149 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 17:23:57 +0100 4525149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4517324&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F02%2F24%2Fattitude-wins-out-over-cancer-guest-post%2F Earlier this week I wrote about our discomfort with the concept of “hero”.  A lot of what we recognize as this trait might well be related to the concept of “attitude”.  Today’s guest blogger seems to have plenty of that.  And it serves her well.  Jenny writes at Get Out Gertrude! | My battle with Inflammatory Breast Cancer and rediscovering normality Gertrude is the name we decided to call my cancerous breast hence the title of this blog. Although I had to keep my breast through chemo and radiation due to the nature of IBC – once it ‘blew up’ it no longer looked like my breast and I couldn’t wait to get rid of it. Calling it Gertrude was a way of separating it from myself. Words have a lot of power, especially words around cancer,�... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4517324 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:59:45 +0100 4517324 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4507551&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F02%2F22%2Fcancers-coma-day-guest-post%2F Sometimes we are called heroes, but find the word uncomfortable.  If you ask us, most will say “I just did what I had to do.”  I have felt the same way myself.  I think that it has something to do the observer looking on from the outside.  When I read Ronnie Gordon’s reflections of the time she was in a coma after transplant, the word “hero” just seemed to fit.  Ronnie has been through four bone marrow transplants after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in 2003.  She writes at Running for My Life: Fighting cancer one step at a time Coma Day,’ revisited While many people observed Valentine’s Day yesterday with hearts and flowers, I kept thinking of it as “Coma Day.” Two years ago Feb. 14, I slipped into a coma while ho... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4507551 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:25:52 +0100 4507551 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4501773&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F02%2F21%2Fsometimes-it-is-lonely-guest-post%2F Here is the second beautiful essay by inflammatory breast cancer blogger, Ashley at Ashley: Warrior Mom Sometimes it is lonely and you can’t really tell anyone. Sometimes you can’t really even call another survivor/fighter/warrior/thriver, sometimes you just have to cry and be scared. And by crying I mean the kind of body wracking sobs that hit you when you lose someone you love and you just don’t know which way is up. No it isn’t pretty and I’m not looking for a bunch of “It will be fine” and “You’ll make it” and all the meant to be comforting comments that people make. The truth of it is that it isn’t fine. The truth of it is that you get scared, you get angry, you fall apart. Then you pick up and get on with it. You get jealous too. Yes friends, sometimes I get S... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4501773 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 05:15:10 +0100 4501773 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4495391&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F02%2F19%2Fpicking-up-and-getting-on-with-it-guest-post%2F Good things sometimes come in pairs.  The next two Guest Blog selections will be from Ashley, a “youngish” mother of two young children and a survivor of inflammatory breast cancer.  I like the way she writes.  So look for another example in a couple of days.  She writes at Ashley: Warrior Mom Picking up and getting on with it because that is what we do next. How do we do that? A hot shower, a blog entry that you then spend an hour second guessing while you fall asleep, counting our blessings, thinking about friends, chatting on facebook with other survivors who are up that late, and realizing how much worse our own situation could be at this moment. Then figuring out what we would do next if the next scan says it is growing. I have a friend who said to me this week that I... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4495391 Sat, 19 Feb 2011 05:05:54 +0100 4495391 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4489936&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F02%2F17%2Fmy-cancerversary-emperor-of-all-maladies-guest-post%2F Here is the second essay by Ed Steger, the author of Living with Head and Neck Cancer December 13 2010 – My Cancerversary Hi Out There! 4 years ago today my doctor suggested palliative care as a treatment option. Well, I’m still here. Some days that surprises even me. I’m 3 years and 2 months with no evidence of disease (NED) and my current status as of last December moved from NED to “clinical remission.” My sister sent me a book in early December titled, “The Emperor of All Maladies.” It is a biography of cancer written by a cancer physician and researcher at Columbia University. It was published last month and was named as one of the 10 best books of 2010 by the New York Times Book Review Magazine yesterday. This blog entry reflects on informatio... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4489936 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:14:15 +0100 4489936 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4482945&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F02%2F15%2Fliving-with-head-and-neck-cancer%2F I was ready to post a thoughtful entry entitled “My Cancerversary” that included a review of the new widely-discussed book The Emperor of Maladies.  That post was written by Ed Steger, the author of the blog Living with Head and Neck Cancer.  Reading over the Profile paragraph, I saw a reference to the blogger’s “favorite post.”  This turned out to be about a much earlier cancerversary.  I liked the reaffirming irony.  So I am publishing this earlier post first.  I will follow with the later one on Thursday December 13 2007 Hi. I’ve been waiting to write about this day for the past 2 – 3 months. It has special significance to me. One year ago today I had a follow up visit with my surgeon to review the results of my latest CT scan w/contrast. The s... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4482945 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:38:42 +0100 4482945 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4455445&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F02%2F09%2Fcancer-writing-experiment-guest-posts%2F I ran across this interesting site.  Started last spring it seems to be a creative approach to the world of blogging.  Lance, a young multiple myeloma survivor, runs two blogs: The Cancer Diaries and Humanity For Hope.  The first is his personal journal.  The second is an experiment in which he hopes to develop a collection of cancer stories from other survivors, highlighting the meaning of triumphs of their illness journey. Lance provides the structure and invites others to fill in the blanks. Although there is no proper way to tell your own story, I think it is probably best to compile a list of suggestions. I ask that you start off your story with two simple words: “I Am…”. Then let it all out. Tell us your name. Tell us when you were diagnosed. Tell us the lesso... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4455445 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:47:28 +0100 4455445 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4429182&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F02%2F02%2Freflecting-on-a-childs-cancer-death-guest-post%2F Today I am snowed/iced/sleeted-in with the granddaughters. They have stayed here the last two nights in case of road closures and power outages.  We have a fireplace.  Also their mother works as a hospital and cannot leave until new nurses arrive.  They are asleep now.  I have been adding several dozen new blogs to our lists.  I ran across a collection of blogs about neuroblastoma, a children’s cancer. It has been my practice to include blogs that are “inactive.”  However and why these blogs ceased to update, I have come to believe that lessons lie in these stories, these histories.  Some blogs cease because of remission – lives have moved on.  Others end because a life has ended.  And we can learn from that too. The following is from a January 1st post. ... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4429182 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:58:02 +0100 4429182 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399778&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F01%2F26%2Fdeath-sucks-guest-post%2F This is a fairly new blog on our lists. It is subtitled “a wife’s journey through her husband’s cancer and into his death.”  I like the ironic attitude that flows through her piece.  She writes at Healing Art. Death Sucks I was wearing this t-shirt the other day. It was a “you think your life is bad, I dare you to try mine” day. I was feeling righteous. I was feeling mad. I was feeling “How dare you world go on and leave me here, in this life, struggling today to just do enough. How dare you!” I was willing to take it out on any poor sap who dared comment about death sucking. So I put on the t-shirt, hoping that one person would comment, would open their mouth and say “Life can’t be that bad.” or something that would let ... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399778 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:38:09 +0100 4399778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4372218&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F01%2F19%2Fbabies-or-not-guest-posts%2F Today was spent updating the Honor Roll page.  I am gratified by the response of all our Guest Bloggers to the new Award Badge.  It is wonderful to be able to lend support to some of the great writing that goes on in personal cancer blogs.  It is also rewarding to see our logo spread across the cancer blogging community. Since news of Being Cancer Network is spreading, bloggers are contacting me asking to be included in our Cancer Blogs Lists.  Recently Amy wrote to let me know about her blog and battle with breast cancer.  She writes at Babies or Not. It Has Begun When the shock that I have breast cancer was still fresh, I had conversations on the phone with many women who had been in my shoes before me, some with diagnoses much worse than my own. “This is the worst part,&#8221... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4372218 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:46:30 +0100 4372218 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4337949&cid=t_153212_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FaUNd2Pkf1Bs%2F is a practical and enlightening text. It discusses and demonstrates a range of taping techniques to be used in conjunction with other treatments to address complaints. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4337949 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:52:09 +0100 4337949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4314198&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F01%2F05%2Fthe-visit-guest-blog%2F The first John Irving book I read was The World According to Garp. I remember a section at the end of the book in which the main character, Garp, has become a well-known novelist.  In a book-signing discussion with a reader who had just lost her young son under tragic circumstances, Garp posits that fiction can trump any real life tragedy.  A good writer can take any tragedy and, through the careful use of language, magnify the circumstances and the emotional response to the event.  A sorrowful event is rendered even more grief-filled.  A heart-rending recitation of a real personal disaster can, at least momentarily, be transformed into a raw, accessible, exquisite form grief to be felt by the reader just as keenly as by the actual sufferer.  This, he argues, is why fiction is valued ... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4314198 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 05:42:24 +0100 4314198 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4302268&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2011%2F01%2F01%2Fcancer-choices-guest-post%2F Over the past week we have had the opportunity to look at different reflections about what the holidays can mean for those of us actively involved in our battle with cancer.  We have witnessed the grace and suffering of those left behind.  As we enter this new year of 2011, I wanted to highlight the optimism that can greet a new year of new beginnings.  Our guest today is a twenty-one year old ovarian cancer survivor who blogs with beauty and commitment at If Cancer Was Easy, They’d Call It Your Mom: My Journey with Ovarian Cancer You Have Two Choices This post comes on the heels of another Mitch dream. I’m standing before him. And we’re talking. We start to talk about something that makes us both happy, so happy in fact that we start laughing. We’re both laughin... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4302268 Sat, 01 Jan 2011 05:50:55 +0100 4302268 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4300692&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F12%2F31%2Fone-year-ago-guest-post%2F This is from a blogger that I just recently discovered at Julie’s Myeloma Moments.  On this particular day, when we are looking back over the past year before we take our next tentative steps forward, I thought that this post would be familiar to many of us.  Wishing all a blessed and healthy new year.  Dennis One Year Ago Today One Year Ago Today… December 14, 2009… I had my first appointment in the the Hematology/Oncology Dept at Kaiser with the brilliant and lovely Dr Lee and her amazing and supportive Nurse Jalee… One Year Ago Today… I was shocked when checking in and saw Oncology attached to Hematology… One Year Ago Today… I was presumptuous about my ‘good’ health and saying to myself… “huh”… I don&#821... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4300692 Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:24:07 +0100 4300692 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4298776&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F12%2F29%2Fchristmas-rememberances-guest-posts%2F Been spending my time with family and not with my computer.  It is a time of reflections.  I thought that this week I might share with our cancer blogging community some of those reflections.  Today we will look at people spending their first Christmas without that special loved one lost to their battle with cancer. gifts in just a few weeks i will be home with my family… and we will celebrate Christmas without papa…this is an idea that i thought i had gotten used to.. until i began, as most of us are doing now, shopping for gifts… i found myself picking things up to buy for my dad… then being hit.. yet again with the reality that he will not be there (when does this stop happening by the way? i am no longer in denial.. right? so why does this happen? i am reall... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4298776 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:41:34 +0100 4298776 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294955&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F12%2F28%2Fchristmas-transfusions-guest-post%2F Today we will continue what I hope will be a week-long series on the how survivors are experiencing the holidays under the cloud of cancer.  Today’s Guest Post is from one of my rare fellow travelers with T-cell leukemia, Mark Vancura.  He writes at Curing Vancura Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas, everybody! I hope that this holiday brings you everything you could want. May the weather treat you right and the food be bountiful. I’m having a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit. I make cookies for people and that helps a lot, especially if I play something ‘holidayish’ in the background as I bake. So far i’ve made Meringue cookies, Oatmeal Raisin cookies and Sugar cookies. Tomorrow I plan on making a bunch more meringues and try to master them. Plus I ... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294955 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:17:49 +0100 4294955 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4266164&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F12%2F16%2Ffeels-like-forever-guest-post%2F "Bad Day" by 5 year old Sophia Short post today.  Both myself and my guest blogger are tired.  I just have a bad cold.  Cindy is struggling with putting her multiple myeloma in its place.  You can find her at Cindy’s Multiple Myeloma Blog. It Feels Like Forever It feels like forever since I’ve written in here. It feels like forever since I’ve had Multiple Myeloma. It feels like forever since I could walk without help. It feels like forever since I could go to the bathroom normally and feel I actually accomplished something. It has been forever since I worked. My last day working was 10/4/05…or was it 10/3/05? I don’t even remember. As I start typing this I realize I shouldn’t have started this entry, as I am nearly nodding off. I’m in serious need for a nap. Eve... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4266164 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:16:31 +0100 4266164 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4241920&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F12%2F08%2Fcancer-communication-advice-guest-post%2F Sometimes you find just some good straightforward advice. Our Canadian blogger and cervical cancer survivor writes at the journey | Life as I know it!. Often, as I sit in the examining room, anxiously waiting for my oncologist to join me, I study the walls, and I wonder how many conversations they have silently participated in. If those walls could talk, what stories would they choose to share? After all, they have heard and seen it all – tears of anger, worry, fear and joy. Expressions of happiness, sadness, anxiety, stress. Numbness, fatigue, rage and relief. Raw courage and blatant confusion! They have heard about every possible side effect from treatment, and every argument regarding the potential benefits of both conventional and alternative medicines. And countless times they have ... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4241920 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:42:51 +0100 4241920 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4233376&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F12%2F06%2Fmoving-on-from-cancer-guest-post%2F As I wrote last week, my own life may be approaching another shift. I may be returning to the world of working employment. If I am officially judged to be no longer disabled by Unum, my insurance company, that will mean, in some way, that it is time to move on, to begin yet another phase of my life. Symbolically at least, this could signify some final move away from cancer. Although, for me, looking for a job in cancer care, suggests a lingering, more permanent life-dance with cancer. So it was interesting to read another survivor’s thoughts on what it means to leave cancer behind. Emily McAuthur is living in the UK and is an ovarian cancer survivor. She writes at Diary of a Cancer Patient. Can You Ever Move On From Having Cancer? Number of years since finishing chemo: 2 & 1/2 L... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4233376 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:23:31 +0100 4233376 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4225587&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F12%2F03%2Fcancer-culture-chronicles-guest-post%2F I have been reading a lot about the recent book “The Emperor of Maladies: a Biography of Cancer.”  Then I ran across this new breast cancer blog The Cancer Culture Chronicles.  I like the take Anna Rachnel, the blogger, develops around the book.  She is also an exceptional writer. Is Cancer The New Normal ? I’m on a lovely vacation this week and have been catching up on all of my reading, sun worshipping (yes,yes..with SPF70) and partying like it’s 1985. Well what’s a girl to do when she’s on a little break from treatment as she ponders the next step ? Drink a lot of mojitos and spend a lot of time not actually making a decision about what to do next. But that’s the subject of another post soon to come. So let’s get back to this one. I was... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4225587 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 05:05:32 +0100 4225587 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4206054&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F11%2F27%2Fthe-brca-decision-guest-post%2F BRCA+ ?? There is a unique sub-group of survivors whose ranks have been slowly growing on the Breast Cancer Blogs page.  This is a group of women, mostly young women, who are faced with the very difficult decision – to opt for an elective mastectomy, not due to any active symptoms nor any laboratory confirmation of a malignancy but rather due to a strong genetic predisposition to later breast or ovarian cancer.  These women have discovered they have a mutation in their BRCA1 or BRCA2 suppressor gene. So as all of us as survivors have been mentally listing life’s graces that we are thankful for, this young blogger has been wrestling with the implication of her recent decision to have a mastectomy.  She writes about her struggle very clearly and touchingly at That Girl…t... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4206054 Sat, 27 Nov 2010 18:17:21 +0100 4206054 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4203163&cid=t_153212_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2F9Bhu17ElmCU%2F What happens when you ask people about their goals in life? It seems as though stressors have accumulated and happiers might have gotten lost on the way to modern healthcare. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4203163 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 23:25:31 +0100 4203163 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4200694&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FLo7VdWQxPEM%2Falso-guest-posting-at-dsma-today.php They swear they did not coordinate this, but my guest post for DSMA also went up today (the same day my guest post was published on George's blog).What is DSMA?  DSMA stands for Diabetes Social Media Advocacy.  There is a weekly "twitter chat", every Wednesday evening at 9PM EST, followed by a live radio show on Thursday evenings (again at 9PM EST).  Cherise, founder/creator of DSMA, is such a wonderful person, and does so much for the Diabetes Online Community.  I'm grateful to know her (hat tip to Dana M. Lewis, creator of the Healthcare Communications & Social Media (#hcsm) twitter chat, who set a great example for Cherise to follow, supported the inspiration, and was gracious with her time and advice). (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4200694 Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:04:55 +0100 4200694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4183477&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F11%2F19%2Fcancer-lunches-guest-author%2F Cancer Essays by Dorothy Sauber is an interesting website I discovered two nights ago.  The header of the site describes her as a “writer – artist – teacher – mother – citizen”.  Her bio explains that  “She was a voracious reader and disciplined writer. When diagnosed with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer, Dorothy responded by creating a series of 16 essays that explored the many facets of living with a terminal disease. Within these writings one can find the essence of Dorothy’s rich life including her humor, family, philosophy, friends, and her endless generosity. After her death her sons and several friends organized, edited, designed and published Cancer Essays: Not the Book I Was Planning to Write.” The reader has several options... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4183477 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:35:07 +0100 4183477 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4175928&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F11%2F17%2Fpain-and-cancer-guest-post%2F Just added some new blogs, yet again.  The Breast Cancer Blogs section continues though to grow at a faster rate than others.  Another cleverly named blog, another nugget for your consumption – a meditation on the nature of pain.  T.C. writes at Boo Bee Trap. Painful Heart “Living involves being exposed to pain every second—not necessarily as an insistent reality, but always as a possibility,” Pain is often referred to in philosophical discussions concerning the fundamental nature of human experience. The meanings and consequences of pain, and/or suffering, have been a topic of writing by philosophers and theologians alike. The experience of pain is, due to its seeming universality, a very good portal through which to view various diverse aspects of human life. (Wikipedia) ... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4175928 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 05:14:51 +0100 4175928 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4168159&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F11%2F15%2Fblue-fairys-breast-cancer-guest-posts%2F Be sure to check the Cancer Blogs Lists periodically as I add new blogs every week. One of them I found recently is called The Blue Fairy’s Breast Cancer Blog, a new site as its author was just diagnosed last month.  Writing from the United Kingdom, Ondine Blue describes herself as a “dancer, graphic designer, and keen photographer.”  I am republishing two of her posts.  Each reminds us of those early terrifying days when our worlds were turned upside down. Strange echoes in my mind It’s weird how cancer takes over not just your day-to-day life but your mind as well. I am finding it harder and harder to ignore the annoyingly incessant little murmur; ‘oh shit, I have cancer!’ that never seems far from my thoughts. I wake up to it in the middle of the night, first... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4168159 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:26:39 +0100 4168159 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4155364&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F11%2F10%2Fso-long-farewell-guest-post%2F Some cancer blogs do not turn out so well.  It’s a fact we must reckon with.  Some of us lose the battle, lose the war.  But it does not have to be viewed as a failure.  The best of us make our exit with grace and courage.  A personal cancer blog can exemplify this grace and this courage, throughout its life, even up to the last post.  The author of the blog Borange, a multiple myeloma survivor, wrote her last post on a Saturday in April.  Her story is still intact online, serving to inspire others as it has from the beginning. Her last post published below is preceded by her profile paragraph. Because I Said So La Cootina aka The Coot, aka Aunt Crankypants. I am the mistress of Villa DeCay, and dogmom of Miss Molly. I have Multiple Myeloma, a blood and bone cancer. I am tryin... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4155364 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:25:31 +0100 4155364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4152176&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F11%2F08%2Frandon-untitled-thoughts-guest-post%2F Young wife, mother, and lymphoma survivor, Libby Ryder, blogs at dontwasteyourcancer. no title today. could not think of one. so instead i will just write about today and my heart and how i am doing. justin said to me this morning that he wants to hear more from me about how i am doing…more of my heart he said. so i said…stuck in the house, lonely, and tired. stuck in the house because his car is getting repaired and he is using my car so i am car less for the week. and the lonely is really my fault. and the tired. well that is because i am chronically tired. and to all of you cancer patient, fighters, and survivors i commend you for working and raising a fmaily while being sick. i do not know how you do it. but i applaud you. the more and more chemo effects me the more and mor... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4152176 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:10:27 +0100 4152176 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4139438&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F11%2F05%2Funderstanding-survivors-guest-post%2F Today’s offering is by Hope who writes at the creatively-titled blog Dancing In Limbo.   Some bloggers  succeed in poetry with just their “About me” paragraph.  Hope, you had me at “profoundly blessed…”  Profoundly blessed by this journey we call life. Cancer touched my life September 29, 1997. Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, Classified: Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma, stage4. I was told if I made to that Christmas I would be lucky. This was was the day I starting living with this huge elephant in the room called cancer. However life hands us many things in life and as hard as that day was.It was also the date of my 19th anniversary to my husband. So that said in life good and bad happens. I have see them all in one day! Life is good. And its all about the journ... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4139438 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 04:34:33 +0100 4139438 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4133722&cid=t_153212_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2Fe3xgdF3DX6w%2F Midwifery preparation to practice facilitates the maternity care provider to explore all care options to empower women throughout their pregnancy, to make informed decision regarding their care. This is demonstrated within the book by recent evidence based research findings. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4133722 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 02:00:46 +0100 4133722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4119780&cid=t_153212_180_f&fid=38604&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmakeitgreat%2F%7E3%2F1raKbM42V1w%2F This article would have been more helpful to me a few years back, though I think for many, this is the perfect time for this article. I hope you enjoy it! The global recession has forced many people to reconsider their careers and life choices. In these turbulent times, where does one turn for career advice? As I was researching the material for my new book, The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs (McGraw Hill) I realized that many of the principles behind Jobs’ breakthrough success at Apple apply equally to the management of one’s career. Jobs has had his share of setbacks and skeptics. He started what would become a multi-billion dollar brand by sharing his parents’ kitchen table, he was fired from the company he started, and he rebounded from two near-death experiences to... Phil Gerbyshak blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4119780 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:00:00 +0100 4119780 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4119596&cid=t_153212_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=4098367&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F10%2F24%2Fthyroid-survivors-anniversary-guest-post%2F As you read this we are hiking in the Allegheney Forest in west Pennyslvania.  Hoping for sunny, mild autumn weather.  As I said Friday, we will be celebrating an important anniversary of Tish’s birth. We cancer survivor’s have own own anniversaries, called cancerversaries.  If you lucky and had a marrow transplant, you even get to have an actual extra birthday.  So today I want to republish a post by Charicie Steuble, a thyroid cancer survivor two years out.  She writes at Charlcie My Second Cancerversary First, what is a cancerversary? Some say it is the day you were diagnosed. Some say it is the day you get the “all clear” from cancer. I subscribe to the “day you were diagnosed” theory to mark my cancerversary, especially since I’m still no... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4098367 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 04:57:21 +0100 4098367 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4098368&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F10%2F22%2Fa-tatoo-for-cancer-guest-post%2F I am going to be traveling for a while – out to Boston to see the twins.   They’re ten months old.  It’s also a big birthday for Tish so we’re staying at a B&B in Pennsylvania near the Allegheny National Forest.  I don’t want to lose momentum on the blog after my lazy summer.  So I am constructing posts in advance as I’ll not be near a computer. For today (we’ll be in Ohio) I have chosen a guest post from Kirsten lists her occupation as a “homeless outreach worker” and describes her interests as “street ministry, universal health care, and finding grace in odd places“.  Her motto is “ain’t got time to die.”  Kirsten is a melanoma survivor and she writes at her blog, Barefoot and Laughing What do ... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4098368 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 04:49:33 +0100 4098368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4086481&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F10%2F20%2Fcancer-vacation-guest-post%2F Gone fishin' For a wide variety of reasons most of us cancer survivors are committed to keeping up our blogs.  We want to keep friends and family informed, we want to give back to our circle of supporters, we need to give voice to our internal and external cancer experience.  It comes from a sense of need.  It can come from a sense of responsibility. But I like what one sarcoma blogger insists when she says “Enough already!  I need a break.”  Karen is new to our network.  She writes at Cheer Me On! I’ll let Karen know so she can read your comments here when she returns in December Cancer Vacation Things are good! Chemo ended almost one month ago. I feel good. My hair is starting to grow back. And most importantly, last week, I got good news from my CT scan. So�... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4086481 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:05:47 +0100 4086481 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4077543&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F10%2F18%2Fpinktober-guest-post%2F Happer times...(before breast cancer) As a blogger I have always appreciated “attitude” in posts about cancer.  By “attitude” I mean a certain edge, a definite pluckiness in approach.  The following Guest Post shows how attitude combined with wry humor can make for interesting reading.  While in an active battle with the “beast”, it is sometimes difficult to feel celebratory. I hope that folks respond to today’s blogger with shows of support.  Her anger is legitimate and palpable.  Despite her claims, I still see her as a survivor, brave and strong.  If you’re breathing, you are surviving.  If you’re breathing and shouting out at the world, you are, in a very real sense, thriving. Our guest blogger, Shelli writes at The Dirty Pin... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4077543 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:10:23 +0100 4077543 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4074373&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F10%2F14%2Fdefinition-guest-post%2F My girls... I have spent quite of bit of time over the past few days adding sites to the Cancer Blogs Lists.  I have been able to locate some treasure-loads of links, many providing threads to yet more sites.  I will be featuring examples of these in the coming weeks and months as we focus more on the community aspect of cancer blogging. Today I want to showcase Heather’s blog Just a Young Mama Fighting Cancer.  She is a former Special Education teacher, a job that I had immediately after college.  In her introduction she writes “the day my daughter turned 6 months old was the day I was diagnosed with Stage IV Melanoma. That day changed my whole life. After a year long round of chemo, I thought I would be able to live my life cancer free. Apparently, God has other plan... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4074373 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:12:46 +0100 4074373 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3983398&cid=t_153212_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2F_ZOPpReDXXg%2F The Man from Snowy River or The Man that is intellectually disabled, violent, and age inappropriate for a Nursing Home...challenges the 4 hour rule in South Australia (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3983398 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 01:37:46 +0100 3983398 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3965428&cid=t_153212_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2F1Bp9qmiX4Zc%2F Life in the Fast Lane is proud (if a little surprised) to celebrate it's second blogiversary this week! (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3965428 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:01:15 +0100 3965428 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3872728&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F08%2F16%2Fcomming-home-guest-post%2F Ana Marie continues to write about her father and his year-long battle with kidney cancer. These reflections are from her blog Tales of a papa’s girl comming home… i have been home in Ariz. for a few days now…i will be the first to admit i was quite nervous… this is the first time i have been home since my papa passed… i worried about how i would feel being in the house… seeing the sink we spent hours at… seeing his recliner… seeing all of the empty space he left…. while it has been hard it has also been healing.. we have been able to talk about him.. not always accompanied by tears.. we have laughed.. cried.. and shared… being in his truck was hardest.. it smells like him… like work.. like desert dust… it doesn’... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3872728 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:07:24 +0100 3872728 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3862167&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F08%2F12%2Fwho-you-gonna-tell-guest-post%2F Here is an interesting post from a blogger who describes herself as “SWF. 23 years old. BRCA 1 +. I’m looking to open up a dialogue for young people like me.” She discusses her choice of anonyminity as a cancer blogger.  I thought this might be a good topic for discussion.  My own experience is that most of the 900 cancer bloggers listed under Cancer Blogs are open about their identity.  Indeed many blogs are designed specifically to distribute current information about their condition to friends and relatives.  On the other hand, the need for privacy, even in the context of a blog, can be a legitimate concern.  Our anonymous blogger writes at The BRCA Diaries Who you gonna tell? So the other day my boyfriend and I are in my apartment entertaining my aunt and cousins... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3862167 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:47:09 +0100 3862167 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3858346&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F08%2F11%2Ffive-months-guest-post%2F Joannah writes of her husband’s battle with kidney cancer and of his passing last March. She writes at Beauty for Ashes Five Months Today it’s been five months since Michael went home. I can hardly believe it’s been that long already. Time flies even when you’re not having fun. Grief is not about time standing still. Michael is continually in my thoughts as he has been for so many years. Grief is not about forgetting. Sometimes I’m still incredulous that this is my reality. How can this be? It doesn’t seem possible. Grief is not easy to wrap your head around. I wake up each morning with a bit of anxiety or disappointment that I’m still here, that I’m going to have to live through another day without Michael. It doesn’t last long. I try ... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3858346 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 11:58:12 +0100 3858346 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3754004&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FCLmjPLNpx2Q%2F It’s easy as Americans dealing with our atrocious health care system to idolize the systems of other countries. But today’s guest writer, Siobhan of Click of the Light, hedges on getting too excited about the UK system. It’s great, she says, but it’s far from perfect. How so? Read on, my friend, read on… We UK bloggers, we’re few and far between. Okay, we’re no longer considered rare, but the majority of diabetes-related blogs come from across the pond in the USA. You’ll notice that we UKers never speak of insurance or premiums or co-payments. That’s because we have a godsend called the National Health Service (NHS). This provides us with free health care at point of service. As a type 1 diabetic, it also means that the NHS pay for all my prescriptions... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3754004 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:06:55 +0100 3754004 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3750221&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2Fr9iDKXQ4g_I%2F Last night, I had dinner with a near and dear friend of mine. We have several things in common: we live in New York City, we have wonderful, caring partners, and we love to read. We also have type 1 diabetes and we met through my blog. It’s easy for me to think that everyone knows lots of people with diabetes because I know lots of people with diabetes. Clearly, they are everywhere, right? Well, according to Becky, author of Instructions Not Included, that isn’t always the case. Becky, a Brit who has been blogging for just over a year, shares her musings about finding a mystery test strip – is it hers or could it be… yours? I am the primary contact that I have with diabetes. Now that might sound rather redundant, or seem an obvious thing to say, but I’m aware th... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3750221 Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:06:51 +0100 3750221 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3737104&cid=t_153212_111_f&fid=39123&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fnursingcomments%2Ftdtc%2F%7E3%2FbXz1Tfpd7AM%2F Nursing Careers for the Medically-Minded If you’ve been considering a profession in medicine, but are reticent to spend the next decade of your life in school, you may want to look into nursing as an excellent outlet for both your desire to help others and your interest in the medical field.  Not only are there several different degrees available for the profession (from certification to an associate’s degree to a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing, and beyond), there are also an astronomical number of foci within the field.  So whether you want work in a fast-paced emergency setting, join a private practice, or pursue a degree with an emphasis in such diverse fields as pediatrics, first-response services, anesthesia, or obstetrics and gynecology (just to name a few), you can specia... Nursing Comments blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3737104 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:11:46 +0100 3737104 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3743662&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FyMY5o2tHzhw%2F Today’s post is courtesy of Sysy Morales, a new blogger who just started up the Girl’s Guide to Diabetes. She offered to share a few words of wisdom as a newlywed with diabetes about how to handle diabetes during my wedding day. Considering a wedding day *without* diabetes is psychosis-inducing as it is (I am trying really hard to not be a bridezilla!), I jumped at the chance to find out how to make sure my diabetes doesn’t get in the way of the best day of my life. Take it away, Sysy! Dear Allison (and any other diabetic girl about to get married), Since you are getting hitched soon and I got married less than 2 years ago I thought it would be good to lay out a couple of tips about how to make the day go smoothly (diabetic speaking). My own wedding was awesome. I loved ... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3743662 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:43:15 +0100 3743662 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3678543&cid=t_153212_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2FEfHYJ9Ik7Uk%2F This article is contributed by Ashley M. Jones, who regularly writes on the subject of Online Pharmacy Technician Certification. She invites your questions, comments at her email address: ashleym.jones643@gmail.com addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmedicineandman.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F06%2F19%2Fguest-post-do-drugs-cause-more-harm-than-good%2F'; addthis_title = 'Guest+Post%3A+Do+Drugs+Cause+More+Harm+Than+Good%3F'; addthis_pub = ''; (Source: Medicine and Man) Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3678543 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:43:14 +0100 3678543 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3618043&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FLQzE89CmSdw%2F Looks like I managed to take an unscheduled blogcation the last couple of weeks. It was much overdue, seeing as how my daily posting has ramped up since the New Year. Needed to stock up on some blogging material! Not that life is slowing down even for an instant. Between wedding planning, prepping for Roche and a whirlwind trip to Oregon, attending two weddings and my 25th birthday this August (and a partridge in a pear tree…), this summer is definitely gearing up to be awesome yet insane (of course, when are my summers not?). However, you’ll have to wait a little bit longer before you’ll see another true post here at Lemonade Life, because today I am kicking it over at Diabetes Mine. I’m chatting about diabetes and independence, but this time I’m focusing on ... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3618043 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:41:04 +0100 3618043 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3614588&cid=t_153212_111_f&fid=39123&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fnursingcomments%2Ftdtc%2F%7E3%2FzuwO65_zHns%2F 50 Enlightening & Inspiring Books Every Nurse Needs to Read It is a fact that the busy nurse does not have much time for leisure reading. That being said, a good book can do so much to enrich your life that even the busiest nurse should take the time to check out our list of 50 enlightening and inspiring books every nurse should read. On this list, you’ll find books that are extremely specific to nursing, and books that seem to have nothing to do with nursing at all. You’ll also find diverse biographies of nurse-heroes: from Clara Barton to nurses who served after Hurricane Katrina. Most of all, you’ll find insightful writing that will surely enrich your daily work as a nurse. Enjoy! Inspiring Stories Of and From Real-Life Nurses 1. NURSE: A World of Care by Peter Jaret : A breat... Nursing Comments blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3614588 Sun, 30 May 2010 20:00:35 +0100 3614588 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3549603&cid=t_153212_180_f&fid=38604&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmakeitgreat%2F%7E3%2FtBBN8I-F3VM%2F A guest post from Brian Tracy, author of No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline Note from Phil: Brian Tracy was one of the first people I ever read who inspired me to take action and make the most of my life. His book Eat That Frog! gave me the nudge I needed to make it great and make the changes I needed to make to get to where I am today. His new book is on my must-read stack and what follows is an article inspired by this book. Enjoy! We live in a society, and as a member of that society, it is likely that every change in your life is strongly influenced by other people in some way. The courses you take in school that shape your career are often at the instigation of a friend or counselor. The books you read, the tapes you listen to, and the seminars you attend are almost invariably ... Phil Gerbyshak blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3549603 Mon, 10 May 2010 11:32:00 +0100 3549603 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3519648&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FHaexuXa-xns%2F Do you celebrate the day you were diagnosed? I do! And I’m writing about it over at You Can Call Me Saucy today. Saucy just celebrated her 3rd diaversary yesterday and she’s featuring some blog posts from D.O.C. folks about their thoughts on their anniversary. Come on over and let us know what you think! (Who here thinks we should make special Happy Diaversary balloons?) Filed under: Diabetes, Guest Post, Identity (Source: Lemonade Life) Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3519648 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:06:24 +0100 3519648 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3816684&cid=t_153212_136_f&fid=39213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeingcancer.net%2F2010%2F04%2F27%2Fim-still-here-guest-post%2F Here in the midwest we have just endured 4 days of welcome though dreary rain.  I could use a pickup, and so could you probably.  Gwen wrote me last month.  She’s in a difficult situation, another person with stage IV colon cancer.  She has a great attitude which I share with you now.  Gwen writes at Blog for a Cure and at her own site I’m Still Here… My journey as a single mom of 3 dealing with the insanity of my life while facing cancer and chemo for the 3rd time in 5 years, after being told this last time that my time is short, Guess what? I’m still here and don’t plan on going anywhere anytime soon. Life is never boring when you’re living it… that popped it my head today while I was replying to a blog post at Blog For a Cure. Once I thou... Being Cancer Network blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3816684 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:03:06 +0100 3816684 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3467749&cid=t_153212_88_f&fid=34729&url=http%3A%2F%2Fallscrubbedup.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F04%2Fguest-post-how-to-improve-medical.html The world has become a much smaller place, thanks to technology and globalization. But no matter how connected we are, there still exist huge disparities between the rich and the poor. The gap gets wider with each passing year, for individuals and nations. In the eyes of the developed world, third world countries are perceived as places where the standard of living is poor and where the things they take for granted are considered luxuries. In reality however, third world countries have their share of both the obscenely rich and the dirt poor. And the main reason for their backwardness is not just the paucity of money, but also the lack of awareness and education among the poorer and downtrodden sections of society.When we consider the state of medical services in these countries, we see th... All Scrubbed Up blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3467749 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:09:00 +0100 3467749 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302582&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FauFyuzNls3o%2F Brandy Barnes is founder of DiabetesSisters, the first and only social network dedicated solely to women with diabetes. It’s a much needed resource, as women with diabetes face unique challenges with their blood sugar, especially in pregnancy, hormones from menstruation and birth control, and the hormonal changes in menopause. I met Brandy last summer in Indianapolis and she is a doll! Not only is she running a website, but she’s teamed up with my friends at TCOYD to launch Weekend for Women in North Carolina. I invited Brandy to share a bit more about her life and what Diabetes Sisters is all about. Finding the Purpose for My Diabetes I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 1990 as a sophomore in high school near the mountains of North Carolina. Not surprisingly, I was the ON... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302582 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:00:13 +0100 3302582 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3236031&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=35162&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FLemonadeLife%2F%7E3%2FA--fVorPQFA%2F I’ve known Naomi Kingery for, well, YEARS and she is one of the few people I have yet to meet in person. Through our online relationship, however, I was lucky enough to receive a copy of Naomi’s inspiring memoir, Sugar Free Me, and thought she had a spirited and inspirational way of living with the Big D. When I wrote my blog post last December about raising a teen with diabetes, Naomi emailed me to tell me about her newest book, Sugar Free Teens, available via e-book. Not bad for a 20-year-old! Not only that, but Naomi is also a fellow Christian and it is always inspiring for me to see  what God is doing in the lives of my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Naomi offered to write a guest post about her life, so take an opportunity to see what she has to say and then I enc... Lemonade Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3236031 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:00:57 +0100 3236031 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2894506&cid=t_153212_88_f&fid=34729&url=http%3A%2F%2Fallscrubbedup.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fguest-post-how-to-ensure-healthy-babies.html According to this study, providing the infant with antiretroviral syrup every day or treating the mother with highly active antiretroviral drugs helps prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission.Mothers must be encouraged to follow hygienic procedures and drink water that is potable or filtered.Mothers must work closely with their clinicians to monitor the baby and ensure maximum protection for their child.Doctors must ensure that the mother’s blood does not enter the baby’s bloodstream at the time of birthA natural birth is a definite no-no in such situations. The mother must be prepared for a C section.The mother must undergo regular prenatal checks and follow her doctor’s instructions to the letter.The babies will be monitored closely for up to six weeks after birth.It’s up to the ... All Scrubbed Up blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2894506 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:57:00 +0100 2894506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2855580&cid=t_153212_88_f&fid=38956&url=http%3A%2F%2Fallbleedingstops.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fintroducing-dr-matlatzinca.html Greetings and salutations to all of Dr. Shadowfax's loyal readers! Allow me to briefly introduce myself: I'm a pediatrician working primarily in a hospital setting. I was born and grew up south of the border, but came to the USA at the start of college. It was then that I met Dr. Shadowfax, and I have had the privilege of calling him one of my best friends for most of my adult life. Although we did part of our medical training in different locations, we are now both living in the Pacific Northwest where we can be found discussing patients, riding our bikes, and pulling each other out of snowbanks. He and I have enjoyed numerous discussions on various topics, including many that he has covered on this blog. I have been considering my own blog; however I realize that I am not nearly prolific... Movin' Meat blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2855580 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:08:00 +0100 2855580 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2641293&cid=t_153212_88_f&fid=34729&url=http%3A%2F%2Fallscrubbedup.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fguest-post-7-excellent-open-courseware.html The human body is a fascinating and intricate construction, and there are many reasons to learn more about it. You may want to know how it works so that you can better understand your own, and thereby make the best decisions possible in regards to good health and maintenance. You may want to understand how it works so that you can move into a profession that works to restore it to health. You may just be curious. Whatever the reason, these 7 excellent open courseware collections to learn about the human body are a great place to begin or to continue your study of the human body. General Human Anatomy General Human Anatomy takes a general look at the structure of the body and all its systems. This is a cursory examination of the human body as a structure provided by UC Bekeley and is the pe... All Scrubbed Up blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2641293 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:45:00 +0100 2641293 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510792&cid=t_153212_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2FQ4DypJowUUo%2F Guest Post: The word pandemic has been thrown around in recent years because of the prevalence of many major illnesses that have occurred throughout the third world nations as well as even many Western nations. However, the recent Swine Flu outbreak has caused much deliberation as to the proper terminology of the word itself. There have been generations of widespread epidemics in the past that have included influenza, cholera, and a multitude of other diseases. However, the World Health Organization has come up with a six-tiered level in which to determine when to implement specific disease control efforts around the world, which has successfully led to many countries quarantining illnesses which could be easily spread abroad. However, the true definition of a pandemic is not delivered by ... Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510792 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:52:19 +0100 2510792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458118&cid=t_153212_105_f&fid=36987&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FIvorKovicMd%2F%7E3%2FKTzrvjm0xNg%2F By-line: DENA WHITE is a freelance writer and covers topics such as nurse assistant and medical careers, health care topics, and more. Just a quick search on the Internet and you can see some great screenshots from the video game Zero Hour. Zero Hour is a fantastic video game that has you playing as an EMT who must respond to catastrophes such as a biological weapons attack in a major US city. You have to treat and diagnose panic-stricken patients as well as manage supplies, which are disorganized and unpredictable. The United States Department of Homeland Security created this game in some measure as a way of training responders for emergencies in real life situations. This is the perfect example of interactive virtual reality modernizing the way professionals are taught and trained. The... Ivor Kovic, M.D. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458118 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:27:33 +0100 2458118 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441351&cid=t_153212_88_f&fid=36536&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftrismus1.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F27%2Fpool-party%2F The following is a guest post from the late great Hallway Four: Middle-aged business man gets brought in by EMS.  Patient is sopping wet and has scuba gear next to him on the stretcher.  The story goes like this… The guy is at a pool party with other successful business-type people.  He drinks too much.  He decides to go scuba diving – in the hot tub.  So, he puts on all his scuba gear and heads to the bottom of the hot tub, where he stays for TWO HOURS.  After his oxygen runs out, he surfaces and starts walking around the party again.  Party-goers (who apparently thought nothing of a drunk guy scuba-diving in a hot tub for hours) noted that he was “acting funny” and called EMS.  On my exam, he’s fine – just really drunk. Later, when I asked him ... Ten out of Ten blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441351 Wed, 27 May 2009 14:29:40 +0100 2441351 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2190737&cid=t_153212_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2FDd8lom89rAw%2F In addition to caring for an Alzheimer’s family member, some caregivers may operate a business at home which enables them to be readily available.  Or they would like to develop something that enables them to earn money from home.  My guest post at Susan Gunelius’ Women on Business blog gives you 10 Tips On Finding Time for Your Home Business. Whether you’re balancing a home business with caregiving or considering doing this, I hope you find these tips helpful. (Amazon image) Tags: Alzheimer's Notes, business tips, developing a home business, guest-post, home business, home business tips, Mary Emma Allen, Susan Gunelius, Women on BusinessShare This (Source: Alzheimer's Notes) Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2190737 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:45:52 +0100 2190737 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2010979&cid=t_153212_88_f&fid=34729&url=http%3A%2F%2Fallscrubbedup.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fguest-post-trusting-your-doctor-is-it.html This article is contributed by Sarah Scrafford, who regularly writes on the topic of Radiology Technician Schools. She invites your questions, comments and freelancing job inquiries at her email address: sarah.scrafford25@gmail.com. (Source: All Scrubbed Up) All Scrubbed Up blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2010979 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:29:00 +0100 2010979 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1677331&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2FRHOYDBixp6o%2F This post was contributed by Heather Johnson, who writes on the subject of what is a radiographer. She invites your feedback at heatherjohnson2323 at gmail dot com. A regular exercise routine is important, more so if you’re a diabetic and have trouble keeping your blood sugar at normal levels. But because of the nature of this condition, there are certain precautions that you must take when you embark on a fitness program. Before you start, always consult your physician to check what kind of activity is suited to your body type and condition. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes that fit well. A diabetic’s foot is prone to sores if you don’t maintain proper hygiene. Always wear socks and keep a constant lookout for blisters. Wait an hour or two after a meal to work out. Morn... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1677331 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:26:53 +0100 1677331 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1677284&cid=t_153212_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F3jXQxExXXiA%2F This post was contributed by Heather Johnson, who writes on the subject of what is a radiographer. She invites your feedback at heatherjohnson2323 at gmail dot com…. A cardiac arrest can hit you when you least expect it, with no warning whatsoever, and at times, the first attack itself is fatal. If your family has a history of heart diseases, if you’re beset by diabetes, hypertension or high cholesterol, or if you’re overweight and a regular smoker, then your risk factor is much higher than the average human being. The only way you can protect your heart and thereby your health is to ensure that you follow a disciplined diet and a sensible exercise program. You don’t have to wait for the first signs of a problem before you start to effect a change in your diet and lifestyle; af... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1677284 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:23:38 +0100 1677284 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1640177&cid=t_153212_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F341196544%2F The following is a guest post written by PilgrimTinker (a pseudonym for a consumer health information librarian who regularly blogs at Learn to Live. ___________________________ So, you need to see a doctor. Or, you have been seeing a doctor for some time and love her, or can’t stand her, or secretly suspect him of not paying appropriate attention to your complaints or wonder if he knows anything about geriatrics. Whatever the initial question, you decide to google him. And you discover that there are dozens of physician rating websites available, ready to help you dig up dirt or make a choice or trash a reputation. Have you guessed yet that I am feeling ambivalent about these sites? I am. On one hand, it makes perfect sense to be able to research a physician or facility before you ... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1640177 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:02:12 +0100 1640177 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1630676&cid=t_153212_86_f&fid=34464&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidrothmannet%2F%7E3%2F337067847%2F Hello, this is Nikki from Eagle Dawg Blog stepping in while David enjoys time with his beautiful family. Here is a friendly reminder that a 30 minute PubMed search clinic will be offered tomorrow (July 17th) at 2pm Eastern time (what time is that throughout the world?) by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Training Center and Clearinghouse (NTCC) to the first 300 participants to log in at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/clinics/pmupdate08.html Please note the following from NLM about questions you have during the search clinic: The Chat (Q & A) Pod: Because of the size of this clinic, we unfortunately will not be able to take questions using audio. Please use the Chat (Q & A) pod to type questions and comments to the trainers. Please enter your questions th... davidrothman.net blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1630676 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:24:00 +0100 1630676 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1428915&cid=t_153212_88_f&fid=34729&url=http%3A%2F%2Fallscrubbedup.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fguest-post-lenshoppercom-amazing.html Welcome to All Scrubbed Up's 3rd guest blogger... Lenshopper.com! Enjoy their fine fare of humorous anecdotes...Amazing Emergency Room StoriesEvery day hundreds of thousands of people all over the world are rushed to different hospitals emergency rooms. All of them with real injuries and physical complaints but with different reasons as to why they had to be hospitalized. Here are some funny emergency room stories. Whether or not they’re true events is up to you to decide but stranger things have happened. Or?Tricky ContactsOn a regular Tuesday evening a local emergency room in Pennsylvania gets a visit by a man that can’t remove his contact lenses. Under the obvious influence of alcohol the man complains of his head aching and abnormal pains in his eyes. Explaining to the nurse that h... All Scrubbed Up blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1428915 Thu, 08 May 2008 12:40:00 +0100 1428915 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1403001&cid=t_153212_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F279153330%2F AlzhemersNotes.com  (My piece  about restraints for Alzhemer’s patients , to keep them from opening a door and escaping or otherwise injuring themselves, drew many comments.  I’m using some of these as guest posts or in collections of comments.  I thought Bob Matthews had a very insightful comment, based on his experiences while caring for his dad. I’m posting it below.) It’s a hard thing to do, and you are bound to get many negative comments from people who have never had to deal with an Alzheimer’s patient, but there comes a time when there is no choice. The only option is to carefully choose the minimum practical method of restraint. The less visible the restraint the better. Alzheimer’s patients can injure themselves struggling with restraints. ... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1403001 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:00:27 +0100 1403001 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1324922&cid=t_153212_88_f&fid=34729&url=http%3A%2F%2Fallscrubbedup.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fguest-post-lobotomy-revisited-by-brian.html The second guest post from Brian Carty of Hot Medical News, covering the... well, less-covered side of medicine! Enjoy "the history of the lobotomoy"! There's a great video that goes along with this post. Watch it here.By Brian Carty, MD, MSPHMarch 25, 2008Do you remember Rosemary Kennedy, John F. Kennedy's sister? Maybe not, since she spent most of her life hidden away in an institution in the Midwest. She had a lobotomy, a brain operation for mental illness, in 1941 when she was 23. Her father, Joseph Kennedy, arranged the operation. The procedure left her mentally incapacitated. Whether she was mentally ill, mentally retarded, or both, is unclear, but her disruptive behavior led to the operation and its unfortunate outcome. She died of natural causes on January 7, 2005 at the age of 86.... All Scrubbed Up blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1324922 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:06:00 +0100 1324922 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1310938&cid=t_153212_88_f&fid=34729&url=http%3A%2F%2Fallscrubbedup.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fguest-post-are-ya-juicin-it-anabolic.html Welcome to our second guest poster on All Scrubbed Up... Brian Carty of HotMedicalNews.com. Here's an indepth look at the effect of steroids in body builders. Chilling stuff. By Brian Carty, MD, MSPH March 14, 2008 Irritable, angry, aggressive, but feeling strong and invincible, Mr. A, 32, a bodybuilder and prison guard, stopped at a convenience store to call his boss. Car trouble on the way to work.. He would be late. Bodybuilder and enhanced performance[With permission of Steve Michalik. Mr. Michalik, a former Mr. America and Mr. Universe, once used steroids and suffered as a result. He is now an energetic and outspoken opponent of steroid abuse.]Mr. A was taking his fifth cycle of anabolic-androgenic steroids (abbreviated in this article as "steroids"), and he was "stacking," combining... All Scrubbed Up blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1310938 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:42:00 +0100 1310938 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1133946&cid=t_153212_137_f&fid=35357&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAlzheimersNotes%2F%7E3%2F212849509%2F AlzheimersNotes.com  It’s exciting when you’re asked to share your knowledge and story at another web site or blog.  My story concerning one situation with Mother, Resolutions Aren’t Static in an Alzheimer’s World, appeared at CareStation on the AGIS site. As soon as we resolve to follow a specific agenda or schedule when caring for our family member with Alzheimer’s, everything changes! Thus, many of our New Year’s resolutions don’t remain static. I hoped to share here the fact that even though your life and caregiving tactics may change frequently, you can get through it.  Mother’s Alzheimer’s condition often necessitated changes in my husband’s and my plans.  This was particularly true one holiday season, a story which I relate at C... Alzheimer's Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1133946 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:04:45 +0100 1133946 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1073106&cid=t_153212_88_f&fid=34729&url=http%3A%2F%2Fallscrubbedup.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F12%2Fguest-post-superhero-surgeons-it-aint.html Welcome to the third, in an initial series of 3 guest posts by our Mpumalanga HeavyWeight... Bongi. He's witty, he's irreverant - he's a little whack.But it's all in the name of demystifying the doctor. Or not.Enjoy SUPERHERO SURGEONS - It ain't all Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n Roll!If you like Bongi's work - visit him here! Wear a glove. Spread the love. - - - - -yes i have an alter ego. yes, i dress in funny clothes with a cap covering my head and a mask covering my face. and yes, dressed as such i try to fight the powers of evil (mainly sepsis and bleeding and cancer and the like). i am ... a superhero.but there is often little understanding for what goes on under the paper thin masks and baggy gowns we wear. certain …um…occurrences, well, occur with us just as much as with other people.a c... All Scrubbed Up blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1073106 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:11:00 +0100 1073106 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1045036&cid=t_153212_88_f&fid=34729&url=http%3A%2F%2Fallscrubbedup.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fguest-post-tough-surgeon-by-bongi.html Second post (in an initial public offering - har har - of 3) by our man with the plan - BONGI!Enjoy... I didn't. This one was particularly gross for us "mere mortals". Read more of Bongi's stuff here.- - - - -A story that i thought quite funny at the time, illustrating us macho surgeons...sigmoid volvulus. a wonderful condition which is very common in africa. not the type the textbooks talk about found in institutionalised old folk, but the type found in young black adult males. prevalence highest in uganda, decreasing as one moves south, but still pretty common in south africa. so in my registrarship, i became quite good at detorting the volvulus which is the emergency treatment in casualties. if this doesn't work or on sigmoidoscopy (siggy as we called it) if you see any questionable bow... All Scrubbed Up blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1045036 Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:40:00 +0100 1045036 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1035549&cid=t_153212_88_f&fid=34729&url=http%3A%2F%2Fallscrubbedup.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F11%2Fguest-post-fashion-statements-by-bongi.html Ladies and Germs ... Please give a hearty, clinically clean, surgically scrubbed welcome to our first guest poster - Bongi from Other Things Amanzi! Welcome my man...This is part of a drive to get more contributions to All Scrubbed Up. We're about a year old now and readership is growing rapidly. More content for you, our medically minded audience.This is part 1 of a 3 post series. If you like Bongi's work - TELL US! It's a fascinating insight into Mpumalanga medicine (and this time, what they wear!)- - - - -Fashion Statementssometimes we as surgeons are restricted by the most mundane of things. back in my kalafong days, more often than my first world visitors could imagine, entire theater lists would get canceled because of lack of theater attire (scrubs). this gave rise to a funny story ... All Scrubbed Up blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1035549 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:55:00 +0100 1035549 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=968432&cid=t_153212_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F173094281%2F I have some exciting news. We have decided to guest post for each other here at the science and health channel. You may not realize it but we have 22 different blogs that offer everything from Autism to Veggie eating. We also have a great team of writers that carry a plethora of degrees in many disciplines. Nurses, Phd’s, professors, lawyers, lactation consultants, NAMI leaders, teachers, mommies, daddies and a heck of a lot more… We got it all! Angela at breastfeeding 1-2-3 was gracious enough to allow me to write a post about “Breastfeeding and the Diabetic Mommy”. Yeah, it was so fun writing for someone else. Go check it out! And stay over the next few weeks for the guest posts that will be welcomed here at Diabetes Notes. Share This (Source: Diabetes Notes) Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=968432 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 01:12:29 +0100 968432