Porter
The last several days have been busy. New service, new interns, new students. A few observations:
+ We do a fair number of gastric bypass surgery at my hospital for the morbidly obese. Yesterday, during the middle of the case, I noticed that the music on the radio was a techno bit from, of all people, Fatboy Slim. It gave me the laughing fits.
+ Also, interesting to note that super obese people are fat on the outside, AND fat on the inside.
+ Lots of extra fat = extra endogenous estrogen production = feminization of appearance. My first day on the service, I referred to a young patient as ma'am while examining them post operatively from a gastric bypass. I was a bit surprised to see a complete set of male genitalia when I lifted the gown to examine the abdomen. In my defense, he did have curly hair and man-boobs. An honest mistake, especially early in the morning.
+ One serving of strawberry flavored Cream-of-Wheat has replaced my usual breakfast of either a greasy muffin or several donuts. Not only does it stimulate the nastalgia of childhood winters spent in Kansas, it's also a healthy alternative which should help me decrease my abdominal girth.
+ Lastly, I have to find the caloric contents of watermelon. I've been eating them like they're going extinct. The influx of fructose probably isn't helping with the weight loss efforts.
+ We do a fair number of gastric bypass surgery at my hospital for the morbidly obese. Yesterday, during the middle of the case, I noticed that the music on the radio was a techno bit from, of all people, Fatboy Slim. It gave me the laughing fits.
+ Also, interesting to note that super obese people are fat on the outside, AND fat on the inside.
+ Lots of extra fat = extra endogenous estrogen production = feminization of appearance. My first day on the service, I referred to a young patient as ma'am while examining them post operatively from a gastric bypass. I was a bit surprised to see a complete set of male genitalia when I lifted the gown to examine the abdomen. In my defense, he did have curly hair and man-boobs. An honest mistake, especially early in the morning.
+ One serving of strawberry flavored Cream-of-Wheat has replaced my usual breakfast of either a greasy muffin or several donuts. Not only does it stimulate the nastalgia of childhood winters spent in Kansas, it's also a healthy alternative which should help me decrease my abdominal girth.
+ Lastly, I have to find the caloric contents of watermelon. I've been eating them like they're going extinct. The influx of fructose probably isn't helping with the weight loss efforts.
posted by THW at 6:08 AM
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