Do you get insanely hungry while working at the hospital?

[dbeast]

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I'm seriously always hungry at work. I thought it would be the opposite with all the sick people and gross looking stuff and continuous coffee intake, but dang I can't control it. Please tell me I'm not the only one? I feel like a totally weird person...

 

[Hoody]

YES!!! I feel like I'm starving to death. And the cafeteria isn't adequate. I hoard food. In my locker and backpack.

 

[kcin]

What OP might look like if OP was a gay vampire:

 

[slatermd]

YES!!! I feel like I'm starving to death. And the cafeteria isn't adequate. I hoard food. In my locker and backpack.

The cafeteria IS adequate, if what you want is to **** an oil slick before you finish your shift.

Enjoy the "baked" ziti...

 

[slatermd]

What OP might look like if OP was a gay vampire:

 

[ozzi22]

priceless

 

[HBSlim]

The cafeteria IS adequate, if what you want is to **** an oil slick before you finish your shift.

Enjoy the "baked" ziti...

👍

I personally think it's a conspiracy to get/keep people unhealthy, guaranteeing the hospital beds will be full with heart disease, diabetes, etc. for years to come.

 

[HBSlim]

Oh, and to answer your question OP, yes. I get ravenous at the hospital and unless I bring something healthy from home I'm forced to eat the greasiness that is hospital cafeteria food.

 

[Torr]

YES!!! I feel like I'm starving to death. And the cafeteria isn't adequate. I hoard food. In my locker and backpack.

The worst part is when you're so busy you give into the vending machine diet. 3 of those glazed honey buns for dinner

Speaking of weird places to get hungry, after every anatomy lab most of us had the craziest appetite. You'd think cadavers and the smell of formaldehyde would have the opposite effect!

Anyone else experience this?

 

[slatermd]

The worst part is when you're so busy you give into the vending machine diet. 3 of those glazed honey buns for dinner

Speaking of weird places to get hungry, after every anatomy lab most of us had the craziest appetite. You'd think cadavers and the smell of formaldehyde would have the opposite effect!

Anyone else experience this?

Oh yeah...when you lift food to your mouth you get a whiff of formalin mixed with latex from the gloves...sure don't smell like rich mahogany 😉

You learn not to breathe while your hands are near your face.

Speaking of weird experiences, anyone else on here concerned about the fact that they're on sdn on a perfectly good Friday night? I'm watching a movie with my wife so I feel a little bit less like a tool. A little bit....

 

[dbeast]

Oh yeah...when you lift food to your mouth you get a whiff of formalin mixed with latex from the gloves...sure don't smell like rich mahogany 😉

You learn not to breathe while your hands are near your face.

Speaking of weird experiences, anyone else on here concerned about the fact that they're on sdn on a perfectly good Friday night? I'm watching a movie with my wife so I feel a little bit less like a tool. A little bit....

At work. Epic sad face. 🙁

 

[Torr]

Oh yeah...when you lift food to your mouth you get a whiff of formalin mixed with latex from the gloves...sure don't smell like rich mahogany 😉

You learn not to breathe while your hands are near your face.

Speaking of weird experiences, anyone else on here concerned about the fact that they're on sdn on a perfectly good Friday night? I'm watching a movie with my wife so I feel a little bit less like a tool. A little bit....

Lol. Thanks for that.

I'm completely exhausted and couldn't imagine being anywhere other than my couch right now.

 

[wlee43]

No but I get insanely bored

 

[slatermd]

At work. Epic sad face. 🙁

Epic hungry face.

Lol. Thanks for that.

I'm completely exhausted and couldn't imagine being anywhere other than my couch right now.

lolz...I love my couch. So does my dog....

 

[CardiacIntensivist]

👍

I personally think it's a conspiracy to get/keep people unhealthy, guaranteeing the hospital beds will be full with heart disease, diabetes, etc. for years to come.

My community hospital had a McDonalds as the cafeteria at one point. Sad times

 

[bucks2010]

You guys need to eat better! A healthy breakfast right before work & a small lunch will get me through a 12hr shift no problem. One time I worked from 7-4 before eating lunch... never really noticed it since I was up and moving all the time. I think the key is really to get a good breakfast before you show up. If I skimp on breakfast, I'm feeling hunger pangs at 11 or so.

 

[addo]

My community hospital had a McDonalds as the cafeteria at one point. Sad times

oh, so right after a triple bypass a patient would be able to order a big mac right off the hospital mcdonalds?

well that was in the past... now i imagine they would have to walk across the street

 

[PharMed2016]

I'm seriously always hungry at work. I thought it would be the opposite with all the sick people and gross looking stuff and continuous coffee intake, but dang I can't control it. Please tell me I'm not the only one? I feel like a totally weird person...

When I'm in the hospital, I usually pack a light lunch of pasta with divalo sauce (spicy tomato sauce). It keeps me going till I get home where I can cook something nice.

 

[CardiacIntensivist]

oh, so right after a triple bypass a patient would be able to order a big mac right off the hospital mcdonalds?

well that was in the past... now i imagine they would have to walk across the street

haha, yes. now one has to work for their elevated LDLs

 

[Mbeas]

You guys need to eat better! A healthy breakfast right before work & a small lunch will get me through a 12hr shift no problem. One time I worked from 7-4 before eating lunch... never really noticed it since I was up and moving all the time. I think the key is really to get a good breakfast before you show up. If I skimp on breakfast, I'm feeling hunger pangs at 11 or so.

i eat well and try to keep it as healthy as possible, but i weigh 230 and breakfast before work with a small lunch during my shift isn't going to get me through 12 hours.

whenever i have twelve hour shifts, i load my backpack with protein bars and fruit. it works pretty well, but if i could, i would throw a full meal in there too.

so, needless to say, i know exactly where you're coming from.

inb4yourefat

 

[postbacpremed87]

I was shadowing an orthopedic surgeon last semester and the surgeon used a bovie pen to cut through tissue. Oddly enough, it smelled like liver pudding/bacon when he cut through the tissue. This made me want breakfast. Hahahaha. I've you've ever smelt the smell of tissue being cut by a bovie pen...it is distinct.

 

[HBSlim]

i eat well and try to keep it as healthy as possible, but i weigh 230 and breakfast before work with a small lunch during my shift isn't going to get me through 12 hours.

whenever i have twelve hour shifts, i load my backpack with protein bars and fruit. it works pretty well, but if i could, i would throw a full meal in there too.

so, needless to say, i know exactly where you're coming from.

inb4yourefat

Similar situation for me. Not quite the same size (I'm 200), but between lifting and running, my body needs an obscene amount of calories just to stay upright during the day. Meals every few hours are a must.

 

[Frazier]

I get hungry and tired of standing for hours in the ER. I'm sure the amount of calories I burn with my rhythmic finger tapping for 4+ hours is gargantuan.

I need a beat -- and a seat.

 

[MRSAful Fate]

I get a 30 minute lunch break on my 12 hour shifts and I waste half of it going to Subway so I can avoid our abysmal cafeteria. My strategy for staving off hunger:

-Eat a good breakfast
-After working 4 hours take my 10 and eat a bunch of yogurt and a Clif bar or two
-After another 4 hours go to Subway
-Resist the temptation to eat stale donuts left over from the nightshift

 

[Wermz]

I'm seriously always hungry at work. I thought it would be the opposite with all the sick people and gross looking stuff and continuous coffee intake, but dang I can't control it. Please tell me I'm not the only one? I feel like a totally weird person...

That's what it feels like to work hard!

 

[runawayclock]

When my mom was a nurse in the OR, she said the doctors would talk about nothing but food when they were wrapping up a big surgery. Then they'd immediately go and start ordering food - INSANE amounts of food. She became vegetarian for like 15 years though, all that flesh... D:

 

[deleted357625]

Errday

 

[Torr]

I was shadowing an orthopedic surgeon last semester and the surgeon used a bovie pen to cut through tissue. Oddly enough, it smelled like liver pudding/bacon when he cut through the tissue. This made me want breakfast. Hahahaha. I've you've ever smelt the smell of tissue being cut by a bovie pen...it is distinct.

Thats just disgusting.👎

 

[postbacpremed87]

Haha. True story. It is a very unique smell though.

Thats just disgusting.👎

 

[psipsina]

I was shadowing an orthopedic surgeon last semester and the surgeon used a bovie pen to cut through tissue. Oddly enough, it smelled like liver pudding/bacon when he cut through the tissue. This made me want breakfast. Hahahaha. I've you've ever smelt the smell of tissue being cut by a bovie pen...it is distinct.

This is actually a rather common reaction when scrubbed in. One surgeon I worked with said "there's nothin like the smell of bovie in the mornin" 🙂 I actually got really really really hungry in cadaver lab as well. There's something about cutting flesh that I'm convinced triggers the primal hunter instinct to think that dinners a-comin'. Anyway totally not weird in the world of medicine.

As to hungry in the hospital. When ur busier as a medstud and resident you'll think about it yes but I come to work with a bag full of snacks. I took a break while sewing up some stab wounds last night to eat some fruit snacks lol.

 

[postbacpremed87]

👍 she gets me

This is actually a rather common reaction when scrubbed in. One surgeon I worked with said "there's nothin like the smell of bovie in the mornin" 🙂 I actually got really really really hungry in cadaver lab as well. There's something about cutting flesh that I'm convinced triggers the primal hunter instinct to think that dinners a-comin'. Anyway totally not weird in the world of medicine.

As to hungry in the hospital. When ur busier as a medstud and resident you'll think about it yes but I come to work with a bag full of snacks. I took a break while sewing up some stab wounds last night to eat some fruit snacks lol.

 

[Bravetown]

oh, so right after a triple bypass a patient would be able to order a big mac right off the hospital mcdonalds?

well that was in the past... now i imagine they would have to walk across the street

Hey progress is progress

 

[dank204]

I don't necessarily get hungry at the hospital but I get thirsty. I like the miniature orange juices and the little soda cans that they give the patients. They're the right size.

 

[Torr]

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