I’m always amazed at the types of food that hospitals serve in their cafeterias. I remember that I once saw a McDonald’s in the basement of one of the teaching hospitals of Baylor. The food court of the Cleveland Clinic (in Cleveland, not to be confused with ones in Abu Dhabi or Florida) also has a McDonald’s, right across from a TexMex stand that serves tasty nachos. Yes, why don’t we serve a 1500 calorie extra value meal to a guy whose family member just had an MI? What a great way to strum up future business in the cath lab!

My current hospital is no different. During my block of night float, I discovered that the cafeteria grill cooked items off menu. Off menu! I liked that. So on the last night of my block, when the only parts of my body that hadn’t been punished were my arteries, I custom ordered a Texas Toast grilled cheese sandwich. Two extra-thick processed slices of white bread painted (yes, painted) with a glistening coat of grease, with FOUR slices of american cheese in the center. Wholesome goodness. They should serve that with a statin.

medicine humor, toon

While inpatient medicine work hours isn’t as long as surgical hours, I’m still beat at the end of the day. I’m going into my black weekend tomorrow (working on Saturday overnight until Sunday) after having had 4 weeks of surgical floors followed by 8 straight weeks of inpatient medicine.  So instead of resting up, I spent the evening doodling.

snooze time

It’s been progressively harder for me to wake up every morning.  Can’t wait for vacation to roll around…

misc life, toon

It’s absurd how much you can specialize within ophthalmology itself: anterior segment (refractive vs. transplantation), neuro-ophthalmology, glaucoma, retina (medical, surgical, or both), oculo-plastics, pediatrics. Buddy, you’ve only got like 23mm of eyeball to work with. What’s worse is that people asked me what I want to specialize in during my residency interviews. “Looks like you received a recommendation from a retinal surgeon… is that what you want to do?” Why can’t I just be a general ophthalmologist? I drew a cartoon reflecting my views on the matter.

sub-specialization in ophthalmology

medicine ophthalmology, toon