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[that redhead]

Not really a rant so much as an eyeroll, but . . .

Today a former friend of mine took her cat to the vet because it was shedding.

I hate to be a douche-canoe (as Emiloo would say) but excessive shedding or shedding in clumps can definitely be a clinical sign of certain diseases. I'm hoping it was excessive or clumpy because otherwise...

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[BlackDog17]

I hate to be a douche-canoe (as Emiloo would say) but excessive shedding or shedding in clumps can definitely be a clinical sign of certain diseases. I'm hoping it was excessive or clumpy because otherwise...

Not excessive as far as I know. According to her Facebook post, one cat was shedding and the other wasn't, so shedding cat went to the vet.

 

[Jamr0ckin]

It's raining like its monsoon season here and my car wouldn't start...had to call a friend and have her pick me up. I had Mojo with me because he had PT today. Now have to get it towed tomorrow and figure out how I'm getting to and from school the rest of the week. Joy.

 

[that redhead]

Got in a good few hours of toxicology studying.



...Studied material NOT on the list of topics for the exam on Friday Waste of a few hours, awesome.

 

[cs5910]

Not really a rant so much as an eyeroll, but . . .

Today a former friend of mine took her cat to the vet because it was shedding.

I guess the exam visit bill will help pay back the vets loans? Haha

 

[Coquette22]

Barely slept last night. Not sure if it was the dexamethasone or what. I'm getting blood drawn this morning for a suppression test, and I'm fasted and starving, and grumpy. Whatever time I get home from the hospital, I'm immediately going back to bed. Screw classes this morning.

 

[Trilt]

I cannot get my freaking canadian passport pictures done.

Three stores couldn't do them. I go to the Walgreens I used for my Finnish visa pictures, and they can do it.... but about ten seconds into the conversation the lights go out. Apparently there was some construction and they knocked the power out to the whole street. So that's two days and four stores and I still have nothing to show for it.

 

[503372]

I'm not sure what to do with my cat. When he went in for routine teeth cleaning, we asked for blood work to be drawn just in case. That was over a week ago. Since we took him home the clinic has had minimal communication with us - all they have said is that the liver enzymes were elevated. I don't know if this is normal protocol with a client, but I'd very much like to be kept in the loop about my cat's health even just the thought process about what the problem might be. Liver disease, etc? There's zero communication and it's frustrating to know what to do next.

They finally sent us the results, but gave us no direction. He had high liver enzymes (ALT, ALKP, GGTP), very low platelet count, and borderline high glucose.

Do I jump ship with this vet and go to the teaching hospital or stick it out? We already spent over $400 on blood chem alone.

 

[dyachei]

I'm not sure what to do with my cat. When he went in for routine teeth cleaning, we asked for blood work to be drawn just in case. That was over a week ago. Since we took him home the clinic has had minimal communication with us - all they have said is that the liver enzymes were elevated. I don't know if this is normal protocol with a client, but I'd very much like to be kept in the loop about my cat's health even just the thought process about what the problem might be. Liver disease, etc? There's zero communication and it's frustrating to know what to do next.

They finally sent us the results, but gave us no direction. He had high liver enzymes (ALT, ALKP, GGTP), very low platelet count, and borderline high glucose.

Do I jump ship with this vet and go to the teaching hospital or stick it out? We already spent over $400 on blood chem alone.

jump ship. a vet that you have a relationship with should be willing to communicate with you and discuss with you the next steps. Also, you can bring blood results anywhere and get a second opinion.

 

[BlackDog17]

I'm not sure what to do with my cat. When he went in for routine teeth cleaning, we asked for blood work to be drawn just in case. That was over a week ago. Since we took him home the clinic has had minimal communication with us - all they have said is that the liver enzymes were elevated. I don't know if this is normal protocol with a client, but I'd very much like to be kept in the loop about my cat's health even just the thought process about what the problem might be. Liver disease, etc? There's zero communication and it's frustrating to know what to do next.

They finally sent us the results, but gave us no direction. He had high liver enzymes (ALT, ALKP, GGTP), very low platelet count, and borderline high glucose.

Do I jump ship with this vet and go to the teaching hospital or stick it out? We already spent over $400 on blood chem alone.

I agree with Dyachei. There are plenty of excellent vets in our area. You can definitely get a second opinion somewhere, even if you're not ready to completely jump ship from your current vet. It's not right for them to be ignoring you when you're concerned, even if it does turn out to be nothing.

I'd recommend mine, but it's probably a bit out of your way. We're still driving 45 minutes to the western part of the state to see our old vet because we love him so much.

 

[macita183]

Happy first day of Spring! It's currently 13 degrees outside but feels like 0 degrees with the wind chill. Oh Wisconsin, some days I really don't like you and today is one of those days!!

 

[equineconstant]

Happy first day of Spring! It's currently 13 degrees outside but feels like 0 degrees with the wind chill. Oh Wisconsin, some days I really don't like you and today is one of those days!!

Yup, my school got nearly a foot of snow dumped on us yesterday. I know that feel. I'm pretty happy that I won't be living up north anymore after this year!

 

[PetPony]

Roommate sent me a picture of where my dog completely ruined the carpet.

And I forgot my $100 voice recorder in my ochem lecture and it's gone now.All my recorded lectures are lost now.

I hate today. I'm super tired and cranky now and I just wanna crawl into bed. Instead, I have to take a bio test.

 

[503372]

Thanks for your advice dyachei and BlackDog - the veterinarian finally got back to us and recommended a liver biopsy. They do not do them (thank goodness) so I will be contacting a specialist at one of the larger hospitals. This who mess reminds me just how important it is to communicate well with clients.

 

[orca2011]

Not sure if anyone remembers, but about a month ago I spilled a water/gatorade mix on my laptop. Got a call back today stating it cant be repaired. My two options are to take the free replacement and lose a few features (microsoft office, blue ray player) and my insurance plan or I get a full refund. Trying to decide if I should just take the replacement or got with a Mac next.

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[WelshCob]

Everyone I know literally everyone, is getting engaged. I broke up with my long term BF last October after 6 years we had good times but also really bad times and I was totally over him but anyway I'm all like There are so many attractive men in my grad classes but I really don't have opportunities to talk to them.

Doesn't help that like a week ago I got a hand written letter from said ex.

 

[MommaFox]

Everyone I know literally everyone, is getting engaged. I broke up with my long term BF last October after 6 years we had good times but also really bad times and I was totally over him but anyway I'm all like There are so many attractive men in my grad classes but I really don't have opportunities to talk to them.

Doesn't help that like a week ago I got a hand written letter from said ex.

Don't do it. He is an ex for a reason.

 

[Coquette22]

School's delayed until 10 am. Tox midterm was supposed to be at 9:30. No word yet on when we'll do it. I really don't want to have this hanging over my head for another weekend!

 

[PetPony]

Don't do it. He is an ex for a reason.

I just saw a few pictures of my ex and me together and it was really hard. But I realized that I'd be embarrassed to tell my friends if we were to get back together. That tells me that it's not a good idea.

 

[Kpowell14]

Soooo flipping tired.. This morning is gonna suck, I checked my schedule last night and we don't have a receptionist scheduled to come in till 9... WTF?!? Our drop offs start showing up at 7, and Myself and the other tech have to prep for surgery!!! .. So much for being able to premed when she walks in the door.

 

[that redhead]

More bloody diarrhea today, only a week or two after the last episode. I really don't know what to do besides give her the flagyl. I know its just a bandaid but I don't have the money to spend on a huge diagnostic work up (exploratory, biopsy, etc). Was going to pick up her new renal diet yesterday but decided to wait until today (now snowed in). Wondering if that will help or just make it all worse. Feeling like a bad owner.

 

[felinelvr44]

I forgot about a doctor's appointment today. So I get to pay a $75 missed appointment fee now.
Woke up with a sore throat that has persisted all day. Just tried throat coat tea and it was awful.
Forgot I had agreed to work for someone this weekend so now after a full work week, I'm working overtime tonight, then working saturday and sunday at the SA clinic (which should be awesome now that I feel like I'm getting sick), then straight into monday through friday at the other job. This is my spring break.

 

[BlackDog17]

Spent over an hour working on a job application today only to have the website sign me out automatically. Now I have to start over.

 

[485501]

I am so fed up with being sick! I finally started doing things that don't involve sitting at a computer again this week after spending three weeks laying around being sick and then getting better. I got through my shift at the vet clinic on Wednesday ok, and I really thought I was nearly well again, but today I had to leave the raptor center after 2 1/2 hours because I started coughing and couldn't stop, my throat hurt every time I breathed in, and I got so exhausted I couldn't walk. I get home, and after a shower and 45 minutes of sitting still on the couch I feel COMPLETELY NORMAL. But I know that if I try to get up and, say, clean the house, I'll collapse again. I WANT TO DO STUFF, NOT SIT HERE BEING AN INVALID.

 

[DVMDream]

I feel like I have been hit by a train and then the train keeps coming back around and running me over again.... so tired and sore and stiff... I feel like I need WD40 for my joints...

And ibuprofen isn't working this time...


Oh well... such is life for me....

On the bright side: I have a kitten for the next two weeks! (Hoping he doesn't wear me out....)

 

[sunshinevet]

More bloody diarrhea today, only a week or two after the last episode. I really don't know what to do besides give her the flagyl. I know its just a bandaid but I don't have the money to spend on a huge diagnostic work up (exploratory, biopsy, etc). Was going to pick up her new renal diet yesterday but decided to wait until today (now snowed in). Wondering if that will help or just make it all worse. Feeling like a bad owner.

Not going to lie... when I read the first line of this I thought you were talking about yourself

Hope it clears up for good soon!

 

[Jamr0ckin]

Just had a huge fight with the bf... At this point I'm not even sure we are still together.

Crap.

 

[Abnerrs]

Just had a huge fight with the bf... At this point I'm not even sure we are still together.

Crap.

Oh no. that everything is alright

 

[Abnerrs]

My rant... All of my friends have moved away. I'm reaching out to people I'm less close with but no one wants to do anything and I'm lonely

 

[wildcatj]

Not going to lie... when I read the first line of this I thought you were talking about yourself

Hope it clears up for good soon!

Totally thought the same thing haha.

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[BlackDog17]

My rant... All of my friends have moved away. I'm reaching out to people I'm less close with but no one wants to do anything and I'm lonely

Same thing happened / is happening to me. If it weren't for the bf I'd have no social interaction at all. I'd just sit in my apartment all day, talking to my cat.

 

[Jamr0ckin]

My rant... All of my friends have moved away. I'm reaching out to people I'm less close with but no one wants to do anything and I'm lonely

Come hang out with me. I'm lonely.

 

[Abnerrs]

Come hang out with me. I'm lonely.

I would in a red hot second!

 

[kenggy]

I am working full time in a SA clinic that is SMALL as in me my coworker and my boss and we are all women who have to worry about each others feelings...bleh sometimes I just want to scream. I have 3 dogs two cats a foster dog, my husband is deployed, my house is a mess, shadowing a LA vet on weekends, no family around, trying to figure out how to finish pre reqs while still making enough money to pay the bills, oh the bills! And of course applying to vet school! Whew! That felt good to get it out

 

[Jamr0ckin]

Just had a huge fight with the bf... At this point I'm not even sure we are still together.

Crap.

We're still together, apparently. We have very different love languages and it makes us both feel like we aren't getting what we need from each other. So it's very frustrating.

 

[Abnerrs]

We're still together, apparently. We have very different love languages and it makes us both feel like we aren't getting what we need from each other. So it's very frustrating.

 

[twelvetigers]

I am working full time in a SA clinic that is SMALL as in me my coworker and my boss and we are all women who have to worry about each others feelings...bleh sometimes I just want to scream.

I worked at a clinic where it really was just me and the vet. I was one of two techs there for a bit, then we added a third tech who was full of drama... haha. It's so different from working at a larger practice, and if you ever get into a tiff with the vet, well... yeah. So I feel for ya.

 

[ThePiedPiper]

I worked at a clinic where it really was just me and the vet. I was one of two techs there for a bit, then we added a third tech who was full of drama... haha. It's so different from working at a larger practice, and if you ever get into a tiff with the vet, well... yeah. So I feel for ya.

Right now it's oftentimes me, the vet and a tech (sometimes two, but not often). I'm actually nervous about starting up at a larger practice because I love the small family feel of the clinic I currently work at. I've never gotten into any tiffs, though. Do you prefer working at a larger clinic?

 

[twelvetigers]

Right now it's oftentimes me, the vet and a tech (sometimes two, but not often). I'm actually nervous about starting up at a larger practice because I love the small family feel of the clinic I currently work at. I've never gotten into any tiffs, though. Do you prefer working at a larger clinic?

I have never technically worked for any clinics but that one, but - if you get along with everyone, it's great. If you don't, the small clinic can kind of be a toxic environment. It was rough for me for at first but, thankfully, it got smoothed out after a bit.

 

[kenggy]

I worked at a clinic where it really was just me and the vet. I was one of two techs there for a bit, then we added a third tech who was full of drama... haha. It's so different from working at a larger practice, and if you ever get into a tiff with the vet, well... yeah. So I feel for ya.

Uh yea, if anyone is upset you can't get away, there is no where to go! I have a love hate relationship with my boss. Vets are weird lol

 

[DVMDream]

Health issues....

Apparently, the blood work done with the rheumatologist came back completely normal... but every other time I have had this blood work done it has been abnormal... I have no idea what to do any more.... I know the values can change depending upon if the disease is "flaring" or not... but ugh... just frustrated... hoping that I will be feeling like complete and total ****e when I have the blood work done again in June as that tends to be when it comes back abnormal... as much as I don't want to feel like that, I really just want answers.

Oh well... life moves on...

 

[sunshinevet]

Ive had a **** night.

and SO isnt answering his phone.

destined to cry alone...

 

[StartingoverVet]

Health issues....

Apparently, the blood work done with the rheumatologist came back completely normal... but every other time I have had this blood work done it has been abnormal... I have no idea what to do any more.... I know the values can change depending upon if the disease is "flaring" or not... but ugh... just frustrated... hoping that I will be feeling like complete and total ****e when I have the blood work done again in June as that tends to be when it comes back abnormal... as much as I don't want to feel like that, I really just want answers.

Oh well... life moves on...

Argh. No bueno.

 

[psilovethomas]

Health issues....

Apparently, the blood work done with the rheumatologist came back completely normal... but every other time I have had this blood work done it has been abnormal... I have no idea what to do any more.... I know the values can change depending upon if the disease is "flaring" or not... but ugh... just frustrated... hoping that I will be feeling like complete and total ****e when I have the blood work done again in June as that tends to be when it comes back abnormal... as much as I don't want to feel like that, I really just want answers.

Oh well... life moves on...

Is there anyway you can talk to your Dr and see if it is possible to schedule an appointment during a flare-up, rather than hoping one will come around in June?

 

[DVMDream]

Is there anyway you can talk to your Dr and see if it is possible to schedule an appointment during a flare-up, rather than hoping one will come around in June?

It is hard to get appointments with specialists here... so the appointment in June is the earliest I am going to get... the only thing that I might be able to do is head over to the GP and beg them to do the blood work when I am not feeling so great (which would be now), but I don't know if they would do it... it really is up to them and I am not very good at begging...

 

[psilovethomas]

It is hard to get appointments with specialists here... so the appointment in June is the earliest I am going to get... the only thing that I might be able to do is head over to the GP and beg them to do the blood work when I am not feeling so great (which would be now), but I don't know if they would do it... it really is up to them and I am not very good at begging...

Please give your GP a call. It's worth the try. It would be nice if you could enjoy your break without having to deal with the crap! Sorry

 

[DVMDream]

Please give your GP a call. It's worth the try. It would be nice if you could enjoy your break without having to deal with the crap! Sorry

Its ok... I am kind of used to it. It isn't horrible right now, and will hopefully start to die down soon... ibuprofen is my best friend...

Just wish my joints didn't feel like they need a good dose of WD40... I feel a bit like the tin man from Wizard of Oz....

 

[HorsesRLife]

I had the most horrendous day at work yesterday and really debated putting in my 2 weeks notice. Since I haven't been at the clinic a really long time (only about 8 months) and am leaving in the fall for vet school all the mistakes get blamed on me and the Dr/owner of the clinic and I have clashed since day one. Yesterday it seemed like what could go wrong did go wrong. No animals were ever in danger, but the way things kept crashing down and me getting blamed for it really got to me. Most days I just take the blame and go on with life, but it was just too much yesterday. Praying about whether the stress of this job is worth it for 6 more months, or if finding a job making the same next to nothing income would be better since I will have enough stress in vet school. We are so short staffed at work as it is and I would really hate to leave there on bad terms, but this job went from me enjoying every day and happy to get up for work to dreading my shift for the past month. I really like working as a tech but our days off are in no way respected and we do so much required free labor for the clinic that I can't remember the last time I got to fully enjoy my days off. My husband is gently nudging me towards quitting, but for some odd reason I feel like I owe my acceptance to vet school to this clinic.

 

[Lissarae06]

I had the most horrendous day at work yesterday and really debated putting in my 2 weeks notice. Since I haven't been at the clinic a really long time (only about 8 months) and am leaving in the fall for vet school all the mistakes get blamed on me and the Dr/owner of the clinic and I have clashed since day one. Yesterday it seemed like what could go wrong did go wrong. No animals were ever in danger, but the way things kept crashing down and me getting blamed for it really got to me. Most days I just take the blame and go on with life, but it was just too much yesterday. Praying about whether the stress of this job is worth it for 6 more months, or if finding a job making the same next to nothing income would be better since I will have enough stress in vet school. We are so short staffed at work as it is and I would really hate to leave there on bad terms, but this job went from me enjoying every day and happy to get up for work to dreading my shift for the past month. I really like working as a tech but our days off are in no way respected and we do so much required free labor for the clinic that I can't remember the last time I got to fully enjoy my days off. My husband is gently nudging me towards quitting, but for some odd reason I feel like I owe my acceptance to vet school to this clinic.

You owe your acceptance to yourself and no one else. Yes they may have helped you in getting experience or writing an LOR but ultimately you got in based on your own merit. No job is worth being that miserable. You should go back to working at brown's and give me your employee discount

 

[deleted497320]

So, I'm currently in a PhD program but will be leaving to go to vet school. I'm trying to get a Master's, so my advisors and I were talking about writing a thesis and it was just an incredibly depressing conversation. The truth is- I'm not a good researcher. No matter how smart I might be or how much time I spend in the lab, I'm just not good at benchwork. I repeat the same protocols as my labmates and they don't work; I use the same cell lines and they don't grow/express protein/etc. as they should; I do the same experiment on two nearly-identical groups of mice and get conflicting results. And I have no idea why; I'm just not suited for this type of science. Anyway, my advisors and I realized that I could write a thesis but it would be complete crap, b/c my data doesn't = a nice story to tell. There's *a lot* of it, but I can't make solid conclusions from it. I started my program w/out a lot of bench experience, and I struggled on my own to do experiments, b/c my labmates are super helpful but only have so much time to guide me. My advisors said in the future they'd reconsider taking on a grad student when they know they won't have much time to give them individual instruction.

I just feel like crap. Grad school has beaten any confidence I had in myself out of me, and just when my vet school acceptance(s) started to make me feel better, I'm reminded of how little I've accomplished despite all my efforts, and the efforts/time/$$ of others. I feel like a failure who has managed to ruin my advisors' desires to have future students.