Great drawing! The only problem is that the desk is too neat and organized. I can’t draw a straight line with a ruler but do a bit of writing which causes enormous piles of paper, books, napkins, etc. The Department of Health made me post a warning against having small children or the elderly get too close to the piles in case they shift and kill someone.
I believe you mentioned “worried well.” Just to be clear “worried well” isn’t only a psychiatric diagnosis but also applies to people who want everyone to think that they are ill but are not really sick at all. Surgeons often refer to them as the “walking wounded and worried well.” All medical conditions are coded in a giganormous book, "ICD-10, the main purpose of which is to allow the government and the insurance companies to cheat doctors, hospitals and the little old lady who sells breath mints. I don’t have a copy anymore but the info is available on line.
I think that your stuff is great and am a fan. If you feel a bit down and need motivation just remember the words of Admiral Farragut at the Battle of Mobile Bay when is second in command said, “There are torpedoes in the water.” His reply was, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.” I think that would help during an episode of “cartoonist block” which is not a condition described in ICD-10, so sorry, no disability is possible.
agila333 almost 8 years ago
Great drawing! The only problem is that the desk is too neat and organized. I can’t draw a straight line with a ruler but do a bit of writing which causes enormous piles of paper, books, napkins, etc. The Department of Health made me post a warning against having small children or the elderly get too close to the piles in case they shift and kill someone.
I believe you mentioned “worried well.” Just to be clear “worried well” isn’t only a psychiatric diagnosis but also applies to people who want everyone to think that they are ill but are not really sick at all. Surgeons often refer to them as the “walking wounded and worried well.” All medical conditions are coded in a giganormous book, "ICD-10, the main purpose of which is to allow the government and the insurance companies to cheat doctors, hospitals and the little old lady who sells breath mints. I don’t have a copy anymore but the info is available on line.
I think that your stuff is great and am a fan. If you feel a bit down and need motivation just remember the words of Admiral Farragut at the Battle of Mobile Bay when is second in command said, “There are torpedoes in the water.” His reply was, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.” I think that would help during an episode of “cartoonist block” which is not a condition described in ICD-10, so sorry, no disability is possible.
Best regards,Norman Baron, MD, FACS