Temporary Hiatus, Take 3
December 28th, 2009
Ophthosurgery will be on a temporary hiatus as we roll into the new year. Q2 call is getting the better of me.
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Temporary Hiatus #2
August 5th, 2009
Residency has gotten a little bit more hectic. More exciting entries planned! Stay tuned! I’ll have some new entries out in about a 1 week!
Updates Pending
June 8th, 2009
Thanks for being patient…we will be resuming updates hopefully in the next few days…Stay tuned!
Contact lenses – flashback
February 28th, 2009
I saw a framed advertisement for a contact lens, dated 1959. A portion of the caption underneath partially read:
This lens is a symbol of new vision for patients of young and old…of the near blind who have been almost miraculously helped…of old psychological barriers removed…
Psychological barriers? I guess some people just don’t like glasses, but I’m a little bit surprised that the phrase made its way on a billboard.
I believe that the concept of contact lenses dated back to Rene Descartes, who wrote about how he touched the bottom of glass vials to his eye and noticed an improvement in vision. I’m sure a dozen other psycho philosopher/mathematician/scholars had done similar deeds in his time.
The breakthrough in contact lenses came around 1959 when soft hydrogel lenses were invented. Prior to that, rigid gas permeable lenses were the only option. Silicone lenses didn’t come around until the late 90’s up until now.
This is amazing technology. Of course, I didn’t go to medical school so that I could fit contact lenses in my practice…
Frenzy at Trader Joe’s
February 1st, 2009
Loaded shopping cart at Trader Joe's
Sure, today is Superbowl Sunday and people have a right to load up on groceries for the big game…but shopping rage? That’s excessive.
This weekend was my only free weekend in 7 weeks, and I decided to drop by Trader Joe’s to pick up some tasty snax. Business is always booming at the local TJ’s–they actually expanded twofold despite the recent economic slump. The store was so crowded, that I decided to just pick up a container of calimyrna figs for the week; while their prices are generally reasonable, my budget is more suited for shopping at the local Hispanic supermercado, where I get most of my groceries.
As I approached the checkout counter, a middle-aged woman (dressed to downplay her age) with a loaded shopping cart shoved in front of me. I glared at her, and prominently displayed my sole container of $3.69 figs as a means to politely hint that she should let me check out first. Naturally, she glanced at me and my figs, and turned to unload her groceries on the counter. B-I-T-C-H.
The further add insult, she decided to switch out a packaged of fresh chicken legs for a frozen bag–the employee had to return to the refrigerator section to bring her a new one. When her final bill rang up $131.XX, she fumbled through her wallet while stating, “Oh, I think I have a giftcard somewhere. I know it doesn’t have much on it, but might as well use it…”
Sadly enough, she’s not the only jerk out there.