Welcome to the ninth edition of Carnival of Compassion, a weekly roundup of the "best of" recent patient blog posts. Good advice and resources can make coping with illness a little easier. Professional Patient offers straightforward yet crucial advice for patients: Listen to yourself and…
Diary of a Nurse hosts the eighth edition Carnival of Compassion (we skipped #7). This week’s carnival focuses on professional caregivers and maintaining compassion, professionalism and keeping calm during high-stress situations.
Mary’s Breast Cancer Blog hosts the sixth edition Carnival of Compassion. This week’s carnival talks about a breast cancer news blog, a hospital’s patient blogs and a post on patient blogging. Mary also talks about but blogs and sites with paintings and photographs that have…
No More Mashed Potatoes hosted Carnival of Compassion #5 last week, which talked about access to painkillers, being needy and suffering in silence, and telling loved ones about your struggles with chronic illness. Stacy asks poignant questions and weaves her experiences into the post.
Hi, everyone! I’m back. Leading up to and encompassing my unplanned hiatus was a mostly crappy stretch. Here’s the brief version. I kicked off the month with a small birthday party for myself, where I didn’t overdo it before or during the party and had…