Class of 2015... How ya doing?

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I got a formal offer. Need to talk specifics, but the job would make me eligible for loan repayment for providing care to food animals in an underserved area, which the other position would not.
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Yay, scb44f! My own search slogs on. The last one I set up requires flying out for a day-long interview. They're putting me up in a hotel, which is great . . . but they also want to meet for dinner. On the one hand, yay for them showing an interest and also, free food. But on the other, my brain is absolutely fried from being constantly "on." Part of me just wants to curl up in my room and pig out on take out. A smaller, less wise part wants to say so.
 
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I have routinely sucked at venipuncture, but I am apparently getting better. Last night at 2AM I somehow managed three successful IV sticks on a dog in status epilepticus while being watched by two very high strung emotional owners. Boo-yah.
 
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Internship is slowly winding down. It's been a great year. I'm glad I did it but like everyone else, I sure am ready to be done! My internship was unique in the fact that we have significant primary care both on ER and GP but also in surgery.

I'm sitting on two job offers right now. One is my dream job but not my dream job for right now and one is perfect for a new grad with good mentoring. I'm having a heck of a time turning down the "dream" job despite the fact that I know what the best choice is professionally! Who knew that having multiple job offers would be so stressful!!!! Looking forward to being out in the regular world next year. Maybe there will be some SDN C/O 2015 meet ups at conferences?

Who all is heading towards a residency? (my apologies if this has been discussed, I've been checking in rather irregularly)
 
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Congrats on the job offers, heylodeb! I'm sure you will excel no matter the choice. I may be calling you with questions, as I'm going to be seeing dogs and cats again in a couple months :p

I got to talk specifics with the practice owner. It sounds like a very different type of employment BUT it offers a certain degree of flexibility that I don't currently have.
 
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scb44f said:
Congrats on the job offers, heylodeb! I'm sure you will excel no matter the choice. I may be calling you with questions, as I'm going to be seeing dogs and cats again in a couple months :p

I got to talk specifics with the practice owner. It sounds like a very different type of employment BUT it offers a certain degree of flexibility that I don't currently have.
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heylodeb said:
I'm sitting on two job offers right now. One is my dream job but not my dream job for right now and one is perfect for a new grad with good mentoring. I'm having a heck of a time turning down the "dream" job despite the fact that I know what the best choice is professionally! Who knew that having multiple job offers would be so stressful!!!! Looking forward to being out in the regular world next year. Maybe there will be some SDN C/O 2015 meet ups at conferences?
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I'm all about that mentoring, personally. Although if it's your dream job and they would mentor too...

Good luck with your decision and congrats on surviving internship! :)
 
heylodeb said:
Internship is slowly winding down. It's been a great year. I'm glad I did it but like everyone else, I sure am ready to be done! My internship was unique in the fact that we have significant primary care both on ER and GP but also in surgery.

I'm sitting on two job offers right now. One is my dream job but not my dream job for right now and one is perfect for a new grad with good mentoring. I'm having a heck of a time turning down the "dream" job despite the fact that I know what the best choice is professionally! Who knew that having multiple job offers would be so stressful!!!! Looking forward to being out in the regular world next year. Maybe there will be some SDN C/O 2015 meet ups at conferences?

Who all is heading towards a residency? (my apologies if this has been discussed, I've been checking in rather irregularly)
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I turned down my "dream job" and it still makes me sick to my stomach. Some days I worry that I made a mistake, but financially I made the right decision. It is still hard knowing that I am not working at the clinic of my dreams, but I'm hoping a few months after starting my job that I'll be happy and stop looking back as much.
 
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Jamr0ckin said:
I turned down my "dream job" and it still makes me sick to my stomach. Some days I worry that I made a mistake, but financially I made the right decision. It is still hard knowing that I am not working at the clinic of my dreams, but I'm hoping a few months after starting my job that I'll be happy and stop looking back as much.
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Thank you so much! I am freaking out right now that I made the wrong choice but I've made my decision and let both parties know. It was so hard!!!
 
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Jamr0ckin said:
I turned down my "dream job" and it still makes me sick to my stomach. Some days I worry that I made a mistake, but financially I made the right decision. It is still hard knowing that I am not working at the clinic of my dreams, but I'm hoping a few months after starting my job that I'll be happy and stop looking back as much.
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You didn't turn down your dream job. You chose your dream guy. :)

Right? :)
 
Today was a day of wrapping up a lot of things. I gave my intern seminar, which went better than I could have hoped. We had the end of year festivities for the 4th years. One of our receptionists retired. And I read the very last section of the large animal internal medicine book for the class I'm "auditing" (but participating fully in).

Tomorrow I get to see my BF and go visit the clinic I am 99% sure I will accept a job with, and for once I get to enjoy my weekend since I have my reading for class completed!
 
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I accepted the job after meeting the boss' wife. They are wonderful people. His receptionist and her family also stopped by and it was lovely seeing how tight knit they are. She has worked as the receptionist for 16 years so they must be doing something right! They all expressed excitement in me joining the practice, and I can honestly say I'm just as excited. I start July 15, after I get a little time to move and enjoy a vacation!
 
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I'm currently on ambulatory right now with no other grown-up. My students are hysterical. Lots of Tindering going on in the truck between calls.

Tuesday night, I had 3 calls, 2 of which were true emergencies (fortunately, one more urgent than the other) and the 3rd would have been a true emergency had it actually ingested what the owner suspected. Made for a long night and a very sleepy intern. On top of that, I started getting sick that day, and I haven't been able to catch up on the sleep I missed out on. But I love being on ambo, so it helps.
 
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Last interview tomorrow . . . and this one is made much less stressful by the fact that I have an offer.
 
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pooter said:
Last interview tomorrow . . . and this one is made much less stressful by the fact that I have an offer.
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Congrats!!!

I saw a heifer yesterday after she ate a jug line (like, for fishing). Very interesting case.
 
Hm. A year ago Saturday (two days ago) I graduated. A year ago today I started work.

Not sure if I am more or less competent at this point.
 
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@jmo1012 ... you have anything to do with this case? :) http://wtop.com/watercooler/2016/05/hero-dog-saves-7-year-old-girl-from-rattlesnake/
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Unfortunately no - I saw it on the trauma table when it first came in thurs, but have been away since. I'm curious to hear the full story though since it happened on Wednesday but didn't come to us until Thursday. The snakes are the reason I stay away from hiking in Florida tbough, yuck (just the venom part). I was driving in dc this morning and heard it mentioned in the raduo, amazing how global things can become these days
 
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Doing research about starting an LLC. Never thought I'd be doing this out of the internship. Nothing has changed. Just the position I accepted has loose terms and and I'm basically doing contracted services so I need a mechanism through which to bill and also protect what few personal assets I have.

Got the VMLRP application submitted. Fingers crossed the next 3 months go by quickly. Anyone else apply?
 
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Doing research about starting an LLC. Never thought I'd be doing this out of the internship. Nothing has changed. Just the position I accepted has loose terms and and I'm basically doing contracted services so I need a mechanism through which to bill and also protect what few personal assets I have.

Got the VMLRP application submitted. Fingers crossed the next 3 months go by quickly. Anyone else apply?
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Been meaning to put my horses in an LLC for years! Let me know if you need any help :)
 
heylodeb said:
What would the benefit of that be?
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As far as it's been explained to me, if I were to get sued for anything (including and up to malpractice), it's much harder for the horses to be seized in case something truly awful happens. It's not an ironclad protection measure by any means, but it does afford some protection. I had a couple lawyer friends recommend to do it a few years ago, when I was starting to win some real money with my boys.
 
One of the doctors at my practice just retired. He had a huge client list and a borderline cult following. We have been slowly dividing them up, so the list of clients specific to me has pretty much tripled because these people want the consistency of seeing a specific doctor. (The running joke is be nice to the receptionists so they don't give you the crazier ones.)
 
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One of the doctors at my practice just retired. He had a huge client list and a borderline cult following. We have been slowly dividing them up, so the list of clients specific to me has pretty much tripled because these people want the consistency of seeing a specific doctor. (The running joke is be nice to the receptionists so they don't give you the crazier ones.)
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Blessed/cursed. I wish you the luck of the draw!!!
 
I'm watching a cat for my internship advisor while he's at a wedding. They didn't know she wasn't spayed (they were told she was) until she started showing signs of pregnancy a few weeks ago. She gave birth to 4 kittens last night and she has not stopped purring since. She is a doll :love:
 
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I just turned down what might have been my dream job because it wasn't in my dream location. :cryi: I remain cautiously optimistic about the offer I accepted, but still . . . This will either be awesome or a complete disaster.
 
This week has been greatly fulfilling. Yesterday, I sedated and sheared 5 llamas, treated 2 pigs with respiratory disease, and delivered my first set of twin calves. As of today, I am on therio for a week, and got to do my first pregnancy exam on a horse and helped do a uterine flush on an eq endometritis case.
 
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LetItSnow said:
You did NOT just say carpus to midhumerus to describe your tan, right? RIGHT?
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I mean, you know exactly what I meant.

In other news, we found a HBC dog (wounds ~1 week old based on granulation tissue) on the way to the first call of the day. Sadness ensued. He would not use his L forelimb and didn't want to walk. He growled at our tech, but I took it slow, and started at his level from about 6 feet away. By the time I was a foot away a minute and a half later, he wiggled toward me and began licking my face. I petted him as cars sped by and we waited for animal control. When I felt to see if he was neutered, he yelped. Animal control showed up and I felt a huge wave of "oh my god what have I done? I could have saved him."

Upon calling the humane society later, they planned to do exactly what I would have. I completely overreacted. But I have never met a stray dog and immediately named it. Ugh. My heart is breaking. I don't need another dog. Between my bf and I, we have 3. Someone talk me down!!!
 
cowgirla said:
Same. It's a great time of year to be a large animal vet. Except for the farmers tan...
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All the sunscreen all the time. I don't tan, I burn. So all the sunscreen.

I also take a certain profane pleasure in running out of the clinic when it's crazy busy to go on a farm call. I'm just like:
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Coquette22 said:
All the sunscreen all the time. I don't tan, I burn. So all the sunscreen.

I also take a certain profane pleasure in running out of the clinic when it's crazy busy to go on a farm call. I'm just like:
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The best part is I can totally see you saying that and posing like that...heh :D
 
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Tomorrow is one year at work. Definitely not where I expected to end up (and not always my favorite place to be) but overall it's been good and I've learned a ton.

Also just about a year paying off my loans; projecting to be paid off within five or six years, which isn't too shabby considering the huge amount I came out with. Three cheers for SO's who make decent money with no debt of their own!
 
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I just wrapped up a week on therio. I was supposed to spend about 3 weeks with them, but that got shortened when I was bumped to food animal medicine/surgery (which I love, but I wanted to refresh on the general therio knowledge).

I love our theriogenology dept. They are some of the most caring people I know and have supported me every step of the city-girl-cow-vet journey. I'm going to miss them.

Tomorrow starts 3 week of FA med/surg. I can't believe this is it.
 
this has been such an emotionally exhausting day, and no patients were (directly) involved haha. i might be named (primary) in a malpractice suit +/- board complaint sometime in the near future...even though the claims are unfounded, it just eats at you to have someone hate you so much :(

BUT this evening, my parents gave me some life-altering news that is simply amazing (and thats as far as i will elaborate haha). i am so lucky to have the family supporting me that i do. they even jumped on the specialist train this year without a peep (last year there was lots of protesting about needs to earn a real salary stat haha). unclear if they did research on specialists (and salaries haha) or if they just accepted it. either way, what they are going to do is wonderful.

my internship is drawing to a close in 30 short days now, and i was just reflecting tonight a little. i would repeat this year in a heartbeat. for all the things to groan and whine about, it has really been a good year. the people have been phenominal and all in all this has been an excellent program. i'm excited to move on, but i will be very sad to leave here. there will be lots of tears for sure!
 
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Had a ****ty overnight last night where my favorite client's cat almost died and a dog tried to go into oliguric renal failure and there were screwed up neuro patients in all corners of the treatment room. Then 7 am rolled around and the cat's heart rate was up and the dog was peeing and the seizure patients were still yapping and the worst our notoriously tough ER senior had to say in rounds was that my charts were a little disorganized. Unlike jmo, I wouldn't repeat this year for all the gold in Gringotts, but it's good to finally feel semi-competent.
 
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