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lilylilac said:
Some late night thoughts because I can’t sleep. My hair has been very curly all my life, but I’ve been very upset with how much curl has been lost over the past couple years. One contributing factor is probably that I’ve been dyeing it every 8-12 weeks for about 3 years now to cover the premature gray hair I have. I don’t really know how much gray hair I have, but based on my current roots, it’s not a subtle amount. Part of why I keep dyeing my hair is because I’m single and I’m worried that men won’t find me as attractive with so much gray hair. I’m also just having a hard time accepting it. I feel like it should be a badge of honor though. Like, I earned these grays going through a PhD and then almost being done with vet school. Has anyone else gone prematurely gray, and how did you accept it? I want my healthy curly hair back but I’m not sure I’m at the point yet where I’m happy with the grays.
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I don't know if this helps, but I think it's becoming trendy to dye hair silver/gray. (Unless that trend has passed. What would I know?) If you let your roots grow out all the way, people might think you're doing it for the fashion statement? Especially if you dye the tips a fun color. I don't know whether that's your personal style though.
 
lilylilac said:
Some late night thoughts because I can’t sleep. My hair has been very curly all my life, but I’ve been very upset with how much curl has been lost over the past couple years. One contributing factor is probably that I’ve been dyeing it every 8-12 weeks for about 3 years now to cover the premature gray hair I have. I don’t really know how much gray hair I have, but based on my current roots, it’s not a subtle amount. Part of why I keep dyeing my hair is because I’m single and I’m worried that men won’t find me as attractive with so much gray hair. I’m also just having a hard time accepting it. I feel like it should be a badge of honor though. Like, I earned these grays going through a PhD and then almost being done with vet school. Has anyone else gone prematurely gray, and how did you accept it? I want my healthy curly hair back but I’m not sure I’m at the point yet where I’m happy with the grays.
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My hair is a bit the opposite. Was wavy when I was younger and now becoming insanely curly. What do you consider prematurely gray? Because I found my first gray at 18, I'm very obviously scattered with silver hairs now at almost 32. I do dye it because not quite ready to be entirely silver and it is scattered so it looks odd right now. My mom went gray at a young age too.

As for the single and guys part....I'm single too and if a guy is going to be off put by gray hair then he isn't one I'd want to be in a relationship with. There's better out there than someone who is going to care that your hair is gray, we all age, it happens to everyone at some point and if someone is that superficial about hair color you don't want them anyway.
 
DVMDream said:
My hair is a bit the opposite. Was wavy when I was younger and now becoming insanely curly. What do you consider prematurely gray? Because I found my first gray at 18, I'm very obviously scattered with silver hairs now at almost 32. I do dye it because not quite ready to be entirely silver and it is scattered so it looks odd right now. My mom went gray at a young age too.

As for the single and guys part....I'm single too and if a guy is going to be off put by gray hair then he isn't one I'd want to be in a relationship with. There's better out there than someone who is going to care that your hair is gray, we all age, it happens to everyone at some point and if someone is that superficial about hair color you don't want them anyway.
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I was seeing multiple gray hairs by 16 that held steady through undergrad. Then stress hit and over half the hairs at my crown and temples are gray and I’m 31. It’s been like that since about 25-26. I’m kind of interested to actually see what it looks like grown out but also terrified I’m going to hate it.

That is definitely true about men. If something superficial like that turns them off, then they’re not right for me. Thanks for reminding me of that!
 
that redhead said:
I think the challenge for new grads is they don’t know what they want (beyond the more superficial things) or what’s going to be important to them as a practitioner until they’re out there in practice. That makes it hard for them to find a good fit initially be cause they don’t know what questions to ask, what things to look for, etc. Once they’ve been out in practice, they’re better able to evaluate a possible new job and tend to have better luck the second time around.
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Truth. It's hard to know what factors are important to you until you get into practice and can appreciate what all the factors even ARE. I think this is true even for people who come from a background of working as a tech. The thought-process and the pressures are just ... different.

I personally view that high early-transition rate as a failure of the practices as much as anything to do with new vets. Too many practices providing cultures that just aren't positive enough to keep a new grad.

It's one thing if a practice hires a new grad, the new grad leaves, and the next new grad stays 10 years. But you see these practices that mysteriously <always> seem to have new doctors and you're like hmmmmmmmm. Either they are intentionally treating them poorly to milk them for all their worth, or they are just that utterly clueless about the practice environment and compensation they should be providing.....
 
So, I'm planning my high school 10 year reunion. Any advice on location types and such? I'm going to be doing this purely via email and social media to reach classmates.
 
So we're gearing up for the Super Bowl today: many stores and businesses are closed for the day and billboards and light decorations have been put up all around to show off Chiefs pride. This includes a good number of the many fountains around the city.

Then... there's this one, which makes me laugh. Somehow, I think equine epistaxis probably wasn't quite the effect they were trying for here.

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Ms Procrastinator said:
Happy Palindrome Day! 02/02/2020. The last one was 909 years ago and the next one won't be for another 101 years. I love weird date facts like this!
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Technically not true as stated. There has not been an international palindrome day in that amount of time but we have had palindromes, and even 8 digit palindromes

(01/02/2010 per example)
 
Elkhart said:
So we're gearing up for the Super Bowl today: many stores and businesses are closed for the day and billboards and light decorations have been put up all around to show off Chiefs pride. This includes a good number of the many fountains around the city.

Then... there's this one, which makes me laugh. Somehow, I think equine epistaxis probably wasn't quite the effect they were trying for here.
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@Elkhart I imagine there's lots of celebratory fireworks and gunfire and cheering right about now?

Holding back tears. 😍
 
LetItSnow said:
In reality, a phone call here and there every few months to clarify something should not be a big deal. Common sense, courtesy, respect. If each side has those, there won't be a problem.

I would not want to work with someone that literally told me they could never be contacted outside of work. But I would also be very cautious about contacting someone on their personal time.
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My rule is that doctors are welcome to contact me when I’m off if they feel they need anything from me. Support staff are not. They need to ask the dr on duty as they are likely able to resolve whatever issue or sensibly decide if it’s something worth bothering me about.

I find that if I don’t enforce this, I get annoying ass texts/calls that are along the lines of “can lucky smith just come in as a tech appt for repeat bloodwork, or does it need a recheck?” Like first of all, who the **** is lucky Smith? Second, don’t call me about this ****. Either take a message and we can deal with it when I’m in, or schedule as a recheck to be safe and we can always turn it into a tech appt if needed. And finally, most of the time it says in my ****ing records what the exact plan is if they could just read.
 
Minnerbelle said:
My rule is that doctors are welcome to contact me when I’m off if they feel they need anything from me. Support staff are not. They need to ask the dr on duty as they are likely able to resolve whatever issue or sensibly decide if it’s something worth bothering me about.

I find that if I don’t enforce this, I get annoying ass texts/calls that are along the lines of “can lucky smith just come in as a tech appt for repeat bloodwork, or does it need a recheck?” Like first of all, who the **** is lucky Smith? Second, don’t call me about this ****. Either take a message and we can deal with it when I’m in, or schedule as a recheck to be safe and we can always turn it into a tech appt if needed. And finally, most of the time it says in my ****ing records what the exact plan is if they could just read.
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This post makes me happy to be out of GP land. I love hearing GP posts now, I no longer get anxiety about having to deal with those issues. There's other things I get to deal with now that are frustrating, but they go away a lot faster.
 
Elkhart said:
So we're gearing up for the Super Bowl today: many stores and businesses are closed for the day and billboards and light decorations have been put up all around to show off Chiefs pride. This includes a good number of the many fountains around the city.

Then... there's this one, which makes me laugh. Somehow, I think equine epistaxis probably wasn't quite the effect they were trying for here.

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Ha! I guess the alternative was to use yellow and I’m not sure which is worse- fungal infections in your gutteral pouches or the world’s worst case of strangles :laugh:
 
lilylilac said:
Some late night thoughts because I can’t sleep. My hair has been very curly all my life, but I’ve been very upset with how much curl has been lost over the past couple years. One contributing factor is probably that I’ve been dyeing it every 8-12 weeks for about 3 years now to cover the premature gray hair I have. I don’t really know how much gray hair I have, but based on my current roots, it’s not a subtle amount. Part of why I keep dyeing my hair is because I’m single and I’m worried that men won’t find me as attractive with so much gray hair. I’m also just having a hard time accepting it. I feel like it should be a badge of honor though. Like, I earned these grays going through a PhD and then almost being done with vet school. Has anyone else gone prematurely gray, and how did you accept it? I want my healthy curly hair back but I’m not sure I’m at the point yet where I’m happy with the grays.
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Update: I’m definitely not saying this is the cause of all my hair issues, but I’m just now hearing about issues that MANY people are having with Devacurl products regarding scalp irritation, hair loss, and loss of curl pattern. I only talked about my loss of curl in the first post, but I’ve also been going to a dermatologist for over a year for scalp issues and hair loss. If all my hair troubles can even be partially associated with using a product that has been touted as one of the best lines for curly hair, I have a right to be furious. Who knows how long it will take before I even partially reverse the damage.
 
I find it amusing how almost every client with a cat tells me some variation of "Watch out, he/she has claws" when I go to pick up their cat. No **** Sherlock, it's a cat. They come with claws. Though I bet a breeder could make a lot of money for naturally clawless cats. I'd get on that if there weren't too many cats in this world already.
 
genny said:
I find it amusing how almost every client with a cat tells me some variation of "Watch out, he/she has claws" when I go to pick up their cat. No **** Sherlock, it's a cat. They come with claws. Though I bet a breeder could make a lot of money for naturally clawless cats. I'd get on that if there weren't too many cats in this world already.
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I’ve noticed it’s mostly older people who say that. The people who come from the time when declawing cats was just what you did, same as spaying and neutering. It’s an interesting look at how the culture of owning pets has changed in the last couple decades.
 
ajs513 said:
I’ve noticed it’s mostly older people who say that. The people who come from the time when declawing cats was just what you did, same as spaying and neutering. It’s an interesting look at how the culture of owning pets has changed in the last couple decades.
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I would say it's a pretty good mix of ages. Though there is a larger proportion of people whose cats aren't the friendliest or are more scared. We still get many people who just expect to declaw as part of having a cat, and I love answering the what age do you declaw question - never!
 
genny said:
I would say it's a pretty good mix of ages. Though there is a larger proportion of people whose cats aren't the friendliest or are more scared. We still get many people who just expect to declaw as part of having a cat, and I love answering the what age do you declaw question - never!
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If I end up doing GP, I’m really hoping that the next few years leads to an even bigger decline in the expectation of declawing cats. As a tech I luckily rarely saw it being requested, let alone performed. And for a big chunk of people who asked about it we were able to convince them that it really shouldn’t be done.
 
ajs513 said:
If I end up doing GP, I’m really hoping that the next few years leads to an even bigger decline in the expectation of declawing cats. As a tech I luckily rarely saw it being requested, let alone performed. And for a big chunk of people who asked about it we were able to convince them that it really shouldn’t be done.
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I've had maybe 10-20 people ask about declawing since I graduated 3.5 years ago. It is becoming fairly uncommon. I just explain what the procedure is, tell them all the issues my personal declawed cat deals with at not even 10 years old and tell them I won't declaw. Most people hard pass, I've had 1 person still decide to find someone to declaw the cat.
 
Lupin21 said:
I have had to a couple times. Worthy reason one for being a man who had a colostomy bag procedure and a pop would have most unfortunate. I dissuade as much as I can for non health reasons for sure.
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I totally would have asked that man how he plans on preventing cat from biting said colostomy. Because declawing has been proven to increase biting in cats. That is probably a person that needs to question owning a cat in general.
 
DVMDream said:
I totally would have asked that man how he plans on preventing cat from biting said colostomy. Because declawing has been proven to increase biting in cats. That is probably a person that needs to question owning a cat in general.
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No issues in 5 months, so hopefully continues. I'm not saying it is something I advocate, but it was necessary for him to keep the cat and I did my best to make sure it was done correctly.
 
This is my biggest frustration with my parents, they insist all of their cats need to be declawed to protect their furniture and won't listen to any arguments or reasoning against it that I or anyone else present to them. They told me I'd have to get over my feelings when I graduate and have to perform declaws and I told them I would absolutely never perform a declaw for the reasons they gave and probably would never choose to perform a declaw except under extraordinarily rare circumstances.

There's only one clinic in their town that will even do them anymore (they do a great job with pain control etc - I got the chance to talk to them about it at an appointment when they had their most recent cat declawed) and my parents can't seem to understand why all these vets are so against declawing. They even declawed my cat without asking me about it when he lived with them for a year and I can only imagine the kinds of pain he's going to develop as he ages.
 
vetmedhead said:
This is my biggest frustration with my parents, they insist all of their cats need to be declawed to protect their furniture and won't listen to any arguments or reasoning against it that I or anyone else present to them. They told me I'd have to get over my feelings when I graduate and have to perform declaws and I told them I would absolutely never perform a declaw for the reasons they gave and probably would never choose to perform a declaw except under extraordinarily rare circumstances.

There's only one clinic in their town that will even do them anymore (they do a great job with pain control etc - I got the chance to talk to them about it at an appointment when they had their most recent cat declawed) and my parents can't seem to understand why all these vets are so against declawing. They even declawed my cat without asking me about it when he lived with them for a year and I can only imagine the kinds of pain he's going to develop as he ages.
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My argument is, don't get a pet if you don't like what that pet does or requires

It's that easy
Nobody needs a cat in their life
If you don't like that they scratch, then don't get a cat
 
Caiter92 said:
I would not be talking to my parents again if they had an unneccessary procedure preformed on one of my pets. That's awful.
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i would strap them to a chair, turn on some horror movie soundtrack, bring a scalpel blade out, kneel down and ask them which of their toes they’d like me to amputate to drive home the point.

seriously, don’t ****ing get a cat if you don’t want a critter that might scratch furniture
 
lilylilac said:
Some late night thoughts because I can’t sleep. My hair has been very curly all my life, but I’ve been very upset with how much curl has been lost over the past couple years. One contributing factor is probably that I’ve been dyeing it every 8-12 weeks for about 3 years now to cover the premature gray hair I have. I don’t really know how much gray hair I have, but based on my current roots, it’s not a subtle amount. Part of why I keep dyeing my hair is because I’m single and I’m worried that men won’t find me as attractive with so much gray hair. I’m also just having a hard time accepting it. I feel like it should be a badge of honor though. Like, I earned these grays going through a PhD and then almost being done with vet school. Has anyone else gone prematurely gray, and how did you accept it? I want my healthy curly hair back but I’m not sure I’m at the point yet where I’m happy with the grays.
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The best people have gray hair. Case in point: Claire from the BA test kitchen

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