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Hello All,
First-some background:
So I am a senior undergraduate. I have wanted to be a veterinarian for as long as I can remember and I was fortunate enough to get into one of those early acceptance programs and have worked hard to remain on good terms with the program.
However, this current semester has been exceedingly difficult for me. I have always had these small "glitches" if you will. Short, usually not exceeding 2 minutes spells of vertigo deja vu type sensations. But until just before classes started this semester I never thought anything of them as I'd only have maybe one a month, if that. But right before school started they started to become much more frequent-several a day. Interrupting everything I was doing-making it hard to focus and concentrate, causing me to be unable to drive etc. So thus began the unending bouncing around between doctors and imaging centers and labs until eventually I had a diagnosis. Not one I wanted mind you-epilepsy.
Now my grades have obviously suffered, not to the point of getting kicked out of the program but much more than I would have liked, throughout this ordeal. But my question is can I still become a vet? Is it even legal for me to be a vet? (Whenever I try to search veterinarian and epilepsy it always comes up with canine epilepsy case studies-not any instances of the vet himself/herself having the disease) Will I be able to handle vet school? I still have the vision in my head of taking over a rural or small town mixed animal practice but if I have to I know I may need to find a new career option. Does anyone know of any veterinarians with this issue?
First-some background:
So I am a senior undergraduate. I have wanted to be a veterinarian for as long as I can remember and I was fortunate enough to get into one of those early acceptance programs and have worked hard to remain on good terms with the program.
However, this current semester has been exceedingly difficult for me. I have always had these small "glitches" if you will. Short, usually not exceeding 2 minutes spells of vertigo deja vu type sensations. But until just before classes started this semester I never thought anything of them as I'd only have maybe one a month, if that. But right before school started they started to become much more frequent-several a day. Interrupting everything I was doing-making it hard to focus and concentrate, causing me to be unable to drive etc. So thus began the unending bouncing around between doctors and imaging centers and labs until eventually I had a diagnosis. Not one I wanted mind you-epilepsy.
Now my grades have obviously suffered, not to the point of getting kicked out of the program but much more than I would have liked, throughout this ordeal. But my question is can I still become a vet? Is it even legal for me to be a vet? (Whenever I try to search veterinarian and epilepsy it always comes up with canine epilepsy case studies-not any instances of the vet himself/herself having the disease) Will I be able to handle vet school? I still have the vision in my head of taking over a rural or small town mixed animal practice but if I have to I know I may need to find a new career option. Does anyone know of any veterinarians with this issue?