我可以在我的火腿三明治里放奶酪吗？

Can I have cheese on my ham sandwich？

“我可以在我的火腿三明治里放奶酪吗？”，在我入职一家公立医院后的前几个星期，我的一名患者多次问我这个问题。尽管有营养师提供饮食建议，但最终还是由我把关患者的饮食。我的这名患者像病房里的大部分患者一样，在服用抗精神病类药物，出现了代谢方面的并发症。因此，她需要限制饮食。尽管我跟她解释了很多次这些饮食限制，她仍不停地请求在她的火腿三明治里添加奶酪。

“Can I have cheese on my ham sandwich?” My patient asked me this question several times during the first few weeks of my employment at a state hospital. Although dieticians provided recommendations, I was ultimately responsible for entering dietary orders. Like most patients on the ward, my patient was prescribed psychotropic drugs that resulted in metabolic complications. As a result, she …