The third edition of Carnival of Compassion is available on Diabetes Mine. (In case you missed last week’s description, the Carnival of Compassion is a weekly roundup of patient blogs. Each week, a different blog hosts a collection of the "best of" patient blogs for…
Explaining to others how our illnesses change our lives is almost impossible, even to those who know us best. Christine of But You Don’t Look Sick has written about the “spoon theory,” which she developed to explain her illness to her best friend. Although the…
The Carnival of Compassion is a weekly roundup of patient blogs that Dr. Del at MedSim began last week. Each week, a different blog will host a collection of the "best of" patient blogs for the previous week. It’s a great way to connect with…
Last night I came across a website that examines depictions of migraine in art. One section lists painters commonly thought to be migraineurs but probably aren’t, and artists who possibly, likely or definitely had migraine. In each category, the artists’ names link to paintings influenced…
Yesterday the New York Times published two articles about the information and resources patients seek as they make significant health care decisions. I’ve written summaries of both articles. You can read the first article without registering at the New York Times if you use the…