Blogging's Discouraging
I've been struggling to understand the role of blogging, so I sometimes don't post for several weeks. It appears as though I have so little impact here, because I get so few comments and many of the responses bear no relationship to my post. I find myself going back to spend more time at my message board, because there it feels as though I actually help the occasional person.
I am aware that a number of my readers are nurses. I get that! I read a lot of nursing blogs. I also read a few by other individuals in medicine, including docs, med students, and dietitians. There are some amazing bloggers out there, many of whom I feel humbled by. During a recent dry spell, I developed this post to share a few of my favorites bloggers with you.
My current favorite is by newFNP called "what school doesn't teach you about being a nurse practitioner." Careful with this one if you don't like racy language; at first even I was a little taken aback. She does the most fabulous job of describing exactly what it's like to be a community health clinic NP though, so you soon get caught up in the hilarity that is the everyday life of someone in our profession, and the occasional colorful word falls to the background. Especially if you are a medical person you will laugh out loud at this one!
The Examining Room of Dr. Charles has recently moved to a new location. Dr. Charles is the most remarkable writer of medical stories that I have ever read; he captures the feeling of a moment in medical interaction in a way that I envy. In fact, he has a published book of his work as proof of that!
Sunlight Follows Me is the blog of an MD finishing up school and most recently, finding her first employment as an MD. She is originally from Singapore and is living in England; her "dear husband" is also in medicine. Her posts are a nice mix of personal and medical experiences and she has a quirky way of writing that draws me in to her view of the world.
Disappearing John is an ED RN who used to weigh 480 pounds. The "disappearing" part is because he survived gastric bypass and has lost 200 pounds (can you imagine?). He just went to work in the ED and loves it, and does a great job of capturing the chaos there while also sharing his personal successes at weight loss. It's always great to see a nurse who loves what he or she does every day; John is one of them.
Finally there's Michelle of the underwear drawer First of all she posts pictures of her most beautiful son, Cal. I feel like a surrogate parent and go every few days to see the new pictures and check the posts to see if Michelle has some new fun development of Cal's to share with her faithful readers. Oh and by the way, she's an anesthesia resident and her husband is in residency as well.
I keep studying these folks writing, trying to figure out what makes them so popular. They all have a great number of responses to their posts, and the comments actually relate to what they posted.
ARGGHH!
Laurie
Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time... The wait is simply too long.
Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
I am aware that a number of my readers are nurses. I get that! I read a lot of nursing blogs. I also read a few by other individuals in medicine, including docs, med students, and dietitians. There are some amazing bloggers out there, many of whom I feel humbled by. During a recent dry spell, I developed this post to share a few of my favorites bloggers with you.
My current favorite is by newFNP called "what school doesn't teach you about being a nurse practitioner." Careful with this one if you don't like racy language; at first even I was a little taken aback. She does the most fabulous job of describing exactly what it's like to be a community health clinic NP though, so you soon get caught up in the hilarity that is the everyday life of someone in our profession, and the occasional colorful word falls to the background. Especially if you are a medical person you will laugh out loud at this one!
The Examining Room of Dr. Charles has recently moved to a new location. Dr. Charles is the most remarkable writer of medical stories that I have ever read; he captures the feeling of a moment in medical interaction in a way that I envy. In fact, he has a published book of his work as proof of that!
Sunlight Follows Me is the blog of an MD finishing up school and most recently, finding her first employment as an MD. She is originally from Singapore and is living in England; her "dear husband" is also in medicine. Her posts are a nice mix of personal and medical experiences and she has a quirky way of writing that draws me in to her view of the world.
Disappearing John is an ED RN who used to weigh 480 pounds. The "disappearing" part is because he survived gastric bypass and has lost 200 pounds (can you imagine?). He just went to work in the ED and loves it, and does a great job of capturing the chaos there while also sharing his personal successes at weight loss. It's always great to see a nurse who loves what he or she does every day; John is one of them.
Finally there's Michelle of the underwear drawer First of all she posts pictures of her most beautiful son, Cal. I feel like a surrogate parent and go every few days to see the new pictures and check the posts to see if Michelle has some new fun development of Cal's to share with her faithful readers. Oh and by the way, she's an anesthesia resident and her husband is in residency as well.
I keep studying these folks writing, trying to figure out what makes them so popular. They all have a great number of responses to their posts, and the comments actually relate to what they posted.
ARGGHH!
Laurie
Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time... The wait is simply too long.
Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
6 Comments:
Well, I certainly appreciate the mention!!!
As for the unconnected comments, those are usually spammers who take the time to wade through word verification. If you click on their name, you usually get directed to a pharma-sales website or something of that ilk.
I used to delete them, now I usually don't even bother...
i would like to know if high cholesterol can make you tired and fatigued?
thank you.
I have had pain in my left arm all day today with alot of burping and alittle upset stomach. Can you have gas in your upper arm that would make this hurt? It feels like a weight on my arm when I start to raise it and I can burp on demand. Sorry for the odd question but I've always heard you don't have gas in body parts (like arm, back, shoulder) only in your chest and stomach.
Yes, I can certainly understand why you would find blogging discouraging. Especially after the burping comment :)
I'm trying to find out how much omega-3 I should have in my diet and am having no luck at all.
i have horrible upper back pain between my shoulders and it makes my arms hurt and burn any idea what this could be? i also get lots of gas and indigestion could they be related to my pain?
I also have pain in my upper arms and upper back. I recently started going to a chiropractor who explained how there are nerves in your neck which connect to your spine and run all down your arms. Perhaps the real problem lies in the neck. After a few neck adjustments by the chiropractor I feel a lot better. maybe that could help you.
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