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This week Kristin and I get into "Ozempic face," which has been all over social media, and I break down what's actually happening medically when people lose facial fat quickly on GLP-1 medications. Kristin gets grossed out the moment I bring up orbital fat, so we go down a whole rabbit hole about fat pads, blepharoplasty, and why your eyes need that squishy cushion behind them. I also share something newer in ophthalmology: GLP-1 medications are now considered a rare but real risk factor for a type of vision loss called ischemic optic neuropathy. Then we get into a story from a Cake concert I took our kids to while Kristin was out of town, where our teenage daughter and her friend somehow knew every word to a Black Sabbath cover better than half the adults in the crowd (genuine proud dad moment). After the break, I keep working on my medical Spanish with more phrases sent in by a listener, and Kristin does her best to correct my pronunciation. Takeaways: "Ozempic face" refers to the hollowing and sagging that can happen when someone loses facial fat quickly on GLP-1 medications, it's a side effect of rapid fat loss, not a direct effect of the drug itself. Facial fat loss on GLP-1s can also affect the fat pad behind the eye, which may contribute to a more sunken appearance around the eyes. GLP-1 medications are now considered a risk factor for ischemic optic neuropathy, a rare condition involving reduced blood flow to the optic nerve, though the overall risk remains very low. Orbital fat plays an important structural role in cushioning and supporting the eye, and its loss or migration can contribute to changes like under-eye bags or a sunken appearance. Learning key medical Spanish phrases, even imperfectly, can help physicians communicate more effectively with Spanish-speaking patients. — To Get Tickets to Wife & Death: You can visit Glaucomflecken.com/live We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! [email protected] Can’t get enough of us? Shucks. You can support the show on Patreon for early episode access, exclusive bonus shows, livestream hangouts, and much more! – http://www.patreon.com/glaucomflecken Also, be sure to check out the newsletter: https://glaucomflecken.com/glauc-to-me/ If you are interested in buying a book from one of our guests, check them all out here: https://www.amazon.com/shop/dr.glaucomflecken If you want more information on models I use: Anatomy Warehouse provides for the best, crafting custom anatomical products, medical simulation kits and presentation models that create a lasting educational impact. For more information go to Anatomy Warehouse DOT com. Link: https://anatomywarehouse.com/?aff=14 Plus for 15% off use code: Glaucomflecken15 As a proud FIGS Ambassador, visit https://WearFIGS.com and use code DrGFIRSTFIGS to shop, stay updated on new launches, and learn more about FIGS advocacy projects. Check out FIGS on social platforms: @wearfigs -- A friendly reminder from the G’s and Tarsus: If you want to learn more about Demodex Blepharitis, making an appointment with your eye doctor for an eyelid exam can help you know for sure. Visit http://www.EyelidCheck.com for more information. To get your Henson Razor go to hensonshaving.com/knockknockhi and use code knockknockhi to receive 100 blades for free with the purchase of a razor. Produced by Human Content Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we start by discussing our daughter's summer geometry crash course, and I forgot how much I hate proofs. I also tell the story of getting stuck at the Salt Lake airport with the Portland Thorns professional soccer team, which hit me with a wave of nostalgia for my old Ultimate Frisbee team days, followed by Kristin's late-night ladder saga trying to fix a chirping smoke detector on our vaulted ceiling while I was useless from the airport. Then we get into something a little more serious: the whole Hank Green AI situation, where he admitted to using ChatGPT to help write video scripts and got a wave of backlash from his own audience. I get into my personal line in the sand with AI, which is that I don't want it anywhere near my creative work, and we touch on something Hank said that I hadn't really considered before: that interacting with LLMs might be giving people unhealthy dopamine hits. We talk about where this all might be headed, why creativity feels different from other tech advancements, and why I think this whole AI conversation deserves more nuance than a 60-second hot take. Takeaways: Interacting with LLMs may trigger dopamine responses similar to social interaction, which could make them more habit-forming than people realize. AI tools can be genuinely useful for research and administrative tasks, but using them to generate creative content removes the human decision-making that gives creative work its meaning. The backlash Hank Green received for using AI in his video scripts sparked a broader conversation about where the line should be drawn between helpful tool and creative shortcut. Historically, people have expressed similar fears and backlash toward new technologies, from the printing press to photography to typing, though AI raises unique concerns around creative authorship. AI models are trained on human-created content, so widespread reliance on AI to create that content going forward could gradually dilute the human originality models depend on. — To Get Tickets to Wife & Death: You can visit Glaucomflecken.com/live We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! [email protected] Can’t get enough of us? Shucks. You can support the show on Patreon for early episode access, exclusive bonus shows, livestream hangouts, and much more! – http://www.patreon.com/glaucomflecken Also, be sure to check out the newsletter: https://glaucomflecken.com/glauc-to-me/ If you are interested in buying a book from one of our guests, check them all out here: https://www.amazon.com/shop/dr.glaucomflecken If you want more information on models I use: Anatomy Warehouse provides for the best, crafting custom anatomical products, medical simulation kits and presentation models that create a lasting educational impact. For more information go to Anatomy Warehouse DOT com. Link: https://anatomywarehouse.com/?aff=14 Plus for 15% off use code: Glaucomflecken15 As a proud FIGS Ambassador, visit https://WearFIGS.com and use code DrGFIRSTFIGS to shop, stay updated on new launches, and learn more about FIGS advocacy projects. Check out FIGS on social platforms: @wearfigs -- A friendly reminder from the G’s and Tarsus: If you want to learn more about Demodex Blepharitis, making an appointment with your eye doctor for an eyelid exam can help you know for sure. Visit http://www.EyelidCheck.com for more information. Head to http://www.cozyearth.com and use my code KNOCKKNOCK for an exclusive 20% off. Produced by Human Content Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Kristin and I start off with something I've been wanting to work on for a while, my medical Spanish, because we're opening up a new location and I want to actually be able to communicate with my Spanish-speaking patients. Kristin was a Spanish major, so she helps me practice phrases sent in by a Spanish-speaking listener named Gabe, and let's just say it does not go great. Then I give Kristin a real update on my acting class, which has become my midlife crisis hobby of choice after bouldering nearly took out my elbow and beekeeping felt like too much commitment (and too much risk of me acidentally killing a bunch of bees). What I didn't expect going in was how much I needed something that has absolutely nothing to do with healthcare. Something else I really wasn't expecting: making actual friends who have nothing to do with our kids, which apparently is possible even after 30. If you're looking for a sign to take that random class you've been thinking about, this is it. Takeaways: Trying a hobby that's completely unrelated to your career, especially in healthcare, gives you a real mental break and can be genuinely good for your well-being. It is possible to make genuine new friendships after 30, even ones that have nothing to do with your kids' friends' parents. Learning common medical Spanish phrases, even imperfectly, can help doctors better communicate with and care for their Spanish-speaking patients. Learning a brand-new skill later in life, and simply being bad at it for a while, can be a rewarding experience on its own. Shared proximity and shared experience, like being in a class together, are two of the biggest drivers of forming new friendships as an adult. — To Get Tickets to Wife & Death: You can visit Glaucomflecken.com/live We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! [email protected] Can’t get enough of us? Shucks. You can support the show on Patreon for early episode access, exclusive bonus shows, livestream hangouts, and much more! – http://www.patreon.com/glaucomflecken Also, be sure to check out the newsletter: https://glaucomflecken.com/glauc-to-me/ If you are interested in buying a book from one of our guests, check them all out here: https://www.amazon.com/shop/dr.glaucomflecken If you want more information on models I use: Anatomy Warehouse provides for the best, crafting custom anatomical products, medical simulation kits and presentation models that create a lasting educational impact. For more information go to Anatomy Warehouse DOT com. Link: https://anatomywarehouse.com/?aff=14 Plus for 15% off use code: Glaucomflecken15 As a proud FIGS Ambassador, visit https://WearFIGS.com and use code DrGFIRSTFIGS to shop, stay updated on new launches, and learn more about FIGS advocacy projects. Check out FIGS on social platforms: @wearfigs -- A friendly reminder from the G’s and Tarsus: If you want to learn more about Demodex Blepharitis, making an appointment with your eye doctor for an eyelid exam can help you know for sure. Visit http://www.EyelidCheck.com for more information. Head to http://www.cozyearth.com and use my code KNOCKKNOCK for an exclusive 20% off. Produced by Human Content Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I wanted to start this one off talking about Sydney Towle, a 26 year old TikToker who documented her stage four cholangiocarcinoma diagnosis with so much humor and honesty that it genuinely impacted me, even though I never knew her in real life. Her passing hit hard, and it brought back a lot of what I went through with my own testicular cancer diagnoses at 26 and again at 31. I talk about how isolating it is to get a cancer diagnosis as a young adult, how most of the research and attention goes to kids and older adults, and how organizations like First Descents helped me find my people when I needed them most. Then I get into some actual eyeball stuff, because that's still what this show is for. I break down a fascinating case out of Ireland, the country's first ever transorbital neuroendoscopic surgery, where surgeons went through the eye socket to remove a meningioma pressing on the orbit. I get into how that surgery works, why the orbit is basically an obstacle course of tiny structures, and why neurosurgery always takes precedence when ophthalmology, ENT, and neurosurgery are all in the room together. I also can't resist going down a history rabbit hole on ice pick lobotomies, which were done through the eye socket, and I even throw in a random fact about the Bayeux Tapestry and a king who allegedly took an arrow straight to the eye. Takeaways: Young adult cancer patients often feel isolated because most cancer research and support resources target children or older adults. Organizations like First Descents and Stupid Cancer exist specifically to connect young adults facing cancer with a supportive community. Ireland's first transorbital neuroendoscopic surgery used the eye socket as a pathway to remove a brain tumor pressing on the orbit. Neurosurgery typically takes precedence in multidisciplinary trauma cases because saving a patient's life comes before preserving their vision. Ice pick lobotomies, performed through the eye socket, were still being done as recently as 1960. To Get Tickets to Wife & Death: You can visit Glaucomflecken.com/live We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! [email protected] Can’t get enough of us? Shucks. You can support the show on Patreon for early episode access, exclusive bonus shows, livestream hangouts, and much more! – http://www.patreon.com/glaucomflecken Also, be sure to check out the newsletter: https://glaucomflecken.com/glauc-to-me/ If you are interested in buying a book from one of our guests, check them all out here: https://www.amazon.com/shop/dr.glaucomflecken If you want more information on models I use: Anatomy Warehouse provides for the best, crafting custom anatomical products, medical simulation kits and presentation models that create a lasting educational impact. For more information go to Anatomy Warehouse DOT com. Link: https://anatomywarehouse.com/?aff=14 Plus for 15% off use code: Glaucomflecken15 -- A friendly reminder from the G’s and Tarsus: If you want to learn more about Demodex Blepharitis, making an appointment with your eye doctor for an eyelid exam can help you know for sure. Visit http://www.EyelidCheck.com for more information. Head to http://www.cozyearth.com and use my code KNOCKKNOCK for an exclusive 20% off. Produced by Human Content Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Kristin and I sit down with Matthew Zachary and Jen Singer, two cancer survivors who between them have basically seen every corner of the American healthcare system and lived to write a book about it. Matt founded Stupid Cancer, the organization that essentially created the young adult cancer advocacy space out of nothing back in 2007, and I can personally attest to how much that work has meant to people like me. Jen's journey started with her own aggressive lymphoma diagnosis and years of side effects that followed her long after she was declared "cancer-free." Together they wrote We The Patients: Understanding, Navigating, and Surviving America's Healthcare Nightmare, and we get into all of it: the history of how we got here, why claim denials are basically a business model, and why so few people ever bother to appeal. What I loved about this conversation is that it's somehow both infuriating and genuinely funny, which is exactly what Matt and Jen were going for with the book. We talk about the idea of patients organizing as a political voting bloc the way the NRA does, why transparency (or the total lack of it) is doing so much damage, and why blaming doctors is often just a distraction from the real problem upstream. We also cover some lighter stuff, how Matt and Jen actually met, whether writing a book together nearly ended their friendship, and yes, I finally got to answer where the name Jimothy came from. Takeaways: Matt Zachary founded Stupid Cancer in 2007, effectively creating the young adult cancer advocacy space that didn't exist before him. Only about 2% of insurance claim denials are ever appealed, even though roughly 80% of appeals eventually get overturned. Jen Singer's aggressive lymphoma went undiagnosed for eight months because her symptoms were dismissed as normal fatigue from being a busy mom. Matt and Jen argue that healthcare denial and delay isn't a system failure, it's the business model working exactly as designed. They believe patients need to organize as a political voting bloc, similar to how the NRA operates, to force real legislative change. — Want more Matthew Zachary and Jen Singer? @TheMatthewZachary @justdxguides https://wethepatients.org To Get Tickets to Wife & Death: You can visit Glaucomflecken.com/live We want to hear YOUR stories (and medical puns)! Shoot us an email and say hi! [email protected] Can’t get enough of us? Shucks. You can support the show on Patreon for early episode access, exclusive bonus shows, livestream hangouts, and much more! – http://www.patreon.com/glaucomflecken Also, be sure to check out the newsletter: https://glaucomflecken.com/glauc-to-me/ If you are interested in buying a book from one of our guests, check them all out here: https://www.amazon.com/shop/dr.glaucomflecken If you want more information on models I use: Anatomy Warehouse provides for the best, crafting custom anatomical products, medical simulation kits and presentation models that create a lasting educational impact. For more information go to Anatomy Warehouse DOT com. Link: https://anatomywarehouse.com/?aff=14 Plus for 15% off use code: Glaucomflecken15 -- A friendly reminder from the G’s and Tarsus: If you want to learn more about Demodex Blepharitis, making an appointment with your eye doctor for an eyelid exam can help you know for sure. Visit http://www.EyelidCheck.com for more information. To get your Henson Razor go to hensonshaving.com/knockknockhi and use code knockknockhi to receive 100 blades for free with the purchase of a razor. Produced by Human Content Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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