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pp9 said:
keep us in your thoughts. We are having a really rough few months here
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Sending you so much love 🖤 A few weeks ago, two Tapir’s at the Denver Zoo suddenly passed and it was later discovered to be copper poisoning. Somehow and someway, their doses for their supplements were not correct and caused their passing. Social media was in total uproar— some people more understanding than others.

It’ll be okay, you did everything you could but there’s no magic camera behind the scenes that would allow the general public to know everything you and your team tried to do. I hope you have a better day today 🙂
 
kitzsuna said:
Exercising is hard. Having consistency is hard. It helps me to have a coach for accountability- she gives me workouts, and I feel guilty if I skip them

It takes time to build habits and even longer to see results unfortunately. But you can do it! Tomorrow is a new day!
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update: tomorrow did not come. maybe this tomorrow?
 
stinkyfreddy said:
update: tomorrow did not come. maybe this tomorrow?
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I find it helps when I've been out of the gym for a while and I'm having trouble restarting the habit, to just make my goal to get in the door. No pressure for a planned out 60 minute workout, just go in and do whatever I feel like for as long as I feel like. Then after I've had a week or so to establish the habit I can start blocking time for different exercise targets.

For someone who is not naturally a gym rat it makes the transition easier for me 😅
 
_rae_ said:
I think a lot of people dislike acknowledging that freak accidents can and do happen because it ruins the illusion that we can prepare for and prevent devastating things.
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It's as if people don't acknowledge that the average person is in a car accident every 160k miles and a lot of them are truly accidents
 
pp9 said:
Yeah we are truly devastated. And not to imply that losing any other animal doesn't have this impact, but just the sudden and unpredictable nature of this one. And we really, really tried for her. We called everyone we could. Honestly it's kind of mind boggling that we even had the chance to consider trying given the nature of what happened, but it just wouldn't have been fair to her. @JaynaAli, you might have actually crossed paths with my coworker during your residency?

Also lol @ the polar bear bashers. I see those all the time. They fail to mention that we have what might be the biggest (or at least one of the biggest) polar bear exhibits in the country, if not the world. And that in the wild, there are snow/ice-free periods too (especially these days....).

Anyways goodbye anonymity but yeah, keep us in your thoughts. We are having a really rough few months here
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My thoughts are with you and your team, truly horrible and the public rubbing salt in the wounds always makes it so much worse. I hope people ease up soon and that you guys get some peace <3
 
I'm becoming more convinced that an injury I sustained several months ago that was always differentials of a psoas tear (now healed as far as I know?) vs psoas tear + labrum tear is actually the latter, and I have neither the time nor the money to be able to do anything about that, so I guess the one thing that keeps my mental health together will just hurt forever now 🥲

I did PT and stuff but it never actually resolved, and it didn't get advanced imaging because the ortho doc I saw and I agreed that it didn't need rads and we could try conservative management and PT before revisiting advanced imaging, and now I haven't done advanced imaging because it's expensive and because I can't afford to do anything about it regardless of what the imaging shows, so what's the point lol
 
vampyrica said:
the guestimated starting salary for a VPA in CO is modeled at 100k????? huh????

*edit: article states it would be 60-70% of what the attending DVM would be...are shelter vets making $160-$170k a year??
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Not a chance :laugh:
 
My little booger’s bornavirus seems to be flaring up again and he’s come back from a weekend vacation having lost a few grams and looking dumpy. Going to see if his vet clinic will be willing to board him for the next week and a half or so while I’m doing the rest of my school visits so he can have more eyes on him since the technician who has cared for them in the past obviously isn’t able to be with them all the time. But this is not a worry I need as I’m making decisions 🫠

We love our medically complicated pets! I swear to god if it weren’t stressful on the little guys I’d want to do all the tests on him and get a case study done on him because he is such a weirdo
 
kitzsuna said:
My little booger’s bornavirus seems to be flaring up again and he’s come back from a weekend vacation having lost a few grams and looking dumpy. Going to see if his vet clinic will be willing to board him for the next week and a half or so while I’m doing the rest of my school visits so he can have more eyes on him since the technician who has cared for them in the past obviously isn’t able to be with them all the time. But this is not a worry I need as I’m making decisions 🫠

We love our medically complicated pets! I swear to god if it weren’t stressful on the little guys I’d want to do all the tests on him and get a case study done on him because he is such a weirdo
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Rip gotta get some antibiotics and anti fungal meds since his vet said stress could have caused bacteria to grow at an abnormal rate. Then I gotta get a second cage to separate them during their next vacation just in case my older boy was picking on him in the small cage. Unfortunately I can’t board them until we retest for pbfd (which I get but dammit we tested negative once 😭) so a bit of a hassle to get them cared for has now turned into and even bigger thing and I’m gonna be worried sick over the little guy.

I guess this answers my question on if I can easily take vacations 🫠 during school at least I should theoretically be able to find someone to house sit and give meds instead of disrupting their routines by packing them into temporary cages in unfamiliar surroundings

Whoever said budgies were easy is a liar lol (said with all the love for my babies)
 
kitzsuna said:
Whoever said budgies were easy is a liar lol (said with all the love for my babies)
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Every good bird owner I’ve met will burn the world down for their babies, but will never recommend them as pets. They’re little knife tornadoes that also seem to get sick a lot.

Sending all the love to you and your birdies.
 
this summer may be my last opportunity to visit my family overseas for a while (i am hoping and praying i dont have to take an emergency trip out there during vet school..). i sometimes forget just how far away everybody is, and now that i've moved even further away, it's just tough

(on a small rave side: im gonna email the zoo i grew up going to, just to see if they would entertain letting me shadow their vet staff for a day. high chance they say no, but hey, it would be a full circle moment before starting my DVM in the fall :3)
 
kitzsuna said:
Rip gotta get some antibiotics and anti fungal meds since his vet said stress could have caused bacteria to grow at an abnormal rate. Then I gotta get a second cage to separate them during their next vacation just in case my older boy was picking on him in the small cage. Unfortunately I can’t board them until we retest for pbfd (which I get but dammit we tested negative once 😭) so a bit of a hassle to get them cared for has now turned into and even bigger thing and I’m gonna be worried sick over the little guy.

I guess this answers my question on if I can easily take vacations 🫠 during school at least I should theoretically be able to find someone to house sit and give meds instead of disrupting their routines by packing them into temporary cages in unfamiliar surroundings

Whoever said budgies were easy is a liar lol (said with all the love for my babies)
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Poor Grogu
 
thenontraveler said:
Got my IUD replaced and man is it painful. But at least they gave some sort of numbing gel this time. And a heat pack, squeezy ball and lollipop. I had none of that 8 years ago.
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omg this is literally that one topic in womens reproductive health that i absolutely feel passionate about. are u kidding me???? like wdym theres no anesthesia, only that numbing gel or topical injection that still doesn't do anything to numb any pain.

i remember i CRIED in .3 seconds when i got my insertion done and the doctor felt so bad for me. i didnt get anything no lollipop or ball or heat pack, i even had my partner to come in with me and they told me I needed to go in alone... I need to change gyns, but at the same time ive only heard similar stories. this is why im terrified of removing it or replacing it. last time my body needed 3 months overall to fully recover..

so glad you had a better experience but at the same time, this is supposed to be a lot better for women in general...
 
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stinkyfreddy said:
I need to change gyns, but at the same time ive only heard similar stories. this is why im terrified of removing it or replacing it. last time my body needed 3 months overall to fully recover..

so glad you had a better experience but at the same time, this is supposed to be a lot better for women in general...
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i had mine inserted at a planned parenthood and they were good about giving me injectable pain meds there + telling me to be prepared with ibuprofen. i came with my mom and she was allowed to stay in the room with me. honestly the insertion was barely painful at all. 20 minutes after the insertion and like the rest of the year i had it until i got it removed were not so easy but i think that was a me problem :/
 
honeypot999 said:
If I have to wait three weeks to start clinicals because I can’t lock in, I will never recover.

ADHD music and pomodoro method please save me
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Update: did much better on the final than the midterm.

I still hate Michigan state’s grading scale and their grade deflation.
 
Adding on to the endless rant on my inlaws...

They were supposed to come out to see us and we were going to go out to lunch this past Sunday. Was already anxious enough about spending one of our last few days kid-free with them because 1) I want to enjoy those days 2) we have STUFF TO DO and my husband and I only get 1 day/week off together. They live ~2 hours away so it's not a huge deal, not like a flight was booked. BIL (who lives in their house) was planning to come as well - he let us know on Saturday that he is sick AF so can't make it. Full on fever, probably the flu. In laws said nothing, were totally planning to come regardless without any thought as to why that would be a bad idea.

Husband insisted on postponing the visit for obvious reasons, tantrums were thrown as expected. BIL just let us know that both parents are now.....sick af. So they were definitely incubating on Sunday. I'm glad they didn't show up of course but this gives me such anxiety for when the baby does come. They clearly have no concept of not putting their wants over someone else's health (unsurprisingly, they are trumpy af!) so how do we trust them ever? We were already planning on no kissing/wear a mask/wash your hands (yeah I'm paranoid maybe but I also have a friend who lost her newborn to RSV) but why can't I just have normal in-laws? :arghh: All I can hope for is that they take their token picture and get over the baby rabies. (ETA: But yes I do realize I am super anxious about this, probably moreso than I need to be)

And also this still means I have a visit with them hanging over my head, lol. I really wanted to just get it done and over with.
 
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MixedAnimals77 said:
I washed and dried my clothes today. Unbeknownst there was a pen and of course it came apart. Attempted rescue de-ink efforts with minimal success 😐
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Funny that you said this and then I just did the exact same thing with a brand new shirt 🥲
 
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pp9 said:
Adding on to the endless rant on my inlaws...
(ETA: But yes I do realize I am super anxious about this, probably moreso than I need to be)
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Hi-Unfortunately me from the future 😅-here to tell you youre not over reacting. I hope for your sake you are but here to say your feelings are 1000% valid. The endless number of times we had to remind my MIL of the no kissing rule was REDICULOUS. I was a hot minute away from blowing up and banning visiting. Thankfully he's older now and has most of his vaccines now and hes been through cold season at day care so not as terrifying anymore but OMG it was a battle even AFTER sending articles AND making my husband speak up... I was going to throat punch her.🙃
 
MixedAnimals77 said:
Hi-Unfortunately me from the future 😅-here to tell you youre not over reacting. I hope for your sake you are but here to say your feelings are 1000% valid. The endless number of times we had to remind my MIL of the no kissing rule was REDICULOUS. I was a hot minute away from blowing up and banning visiting. Thankfully he's older now and has most of his vaccines now and hes been through cold season at day care so not as terrifying anymore but OMG it was a battle even AFTER sending articles AND making my husband speak up... I was going to throat punch her.🙃
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Yeah I'm fully ready to just ban the visits if it gets to that. They're very much 'our kids didn't die and we didn't take precautions!' well okay 1) it was normal for people to get their vaccines then 2) survivor's bias 3) idgaf
 
Question for the people who are experienced with babies, how often do they recommend booster during TDAP if you’re going to be around a newborn? I got boostered in 2021, but my sister is due in April/May.
 
mkg323 said:
Question for the people who are experienced with babies, how often do they recommend booster during TDAP if you’re going to be around a newborn? I got boostered in 2021, but my sister is due in April/May.
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I’m no expert, but I think as long as you’ve had it before, you just need the regular 10 year boosters. I wasn't told to get anything special when my second nephew was born.

Edit for additional important context: my second nephew was hospitalized for nearly a month at 8 weeks old because of complications from RSV, so I feel pretty confident that if we needed more boosters, we would have been told during that ordeal.
 
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mkg323 said:
Question for the people who are experienced with babies, how often do they recommend booster during TDAP if you’re going to be around a newborn? I got boostered in 2021, but my sister is due in April/May.
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I asked people to ask their docs if they were up to date or not. If they weren't, get boosted
 
mkg323 said:
Question for the people who are experienced with babies, how often do they recommend booster during TDAP if you’re going to be around a newborn? I got boostered in 2021, but my sister is due in April/May.
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My OB only had people be up to date on TDAP and get their annual flu shot!
 
lost my car keys which also had my wallet connected to it with my drivers license, credit and debit card, insurance card, aka all my important things. flipped the house upside down; ended up calling a locksmith thinking they're in my car. $600 later, keys are still missing.. only reasonable thing i can think of is that i dropped them and someone took them. now i'm paranoid that they're gonna come back and take my car 🙁 lesson learned: get an airtag and don't attach a wallet to your car keychain....
 
breezywonton said:
lost my car keys which also had my wallet connected to it with my drivers license, credit and debit card, insurance card, aka all my important things. flipped the house upside down; ended up calling a locksmith thinking they're in my car. $600 later, keys are still missing.. only reasonable thing i can think of is that i dropped them and someone took them. now i'm paranoid that they're gonna come back and take my car 🙁 lesson learned: get an airtag and don't attach a wallet to your car keychain....
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Was you car key a KEY or a fob? The dealership may be able to reprogram the lock system so that the old fob doesn't work.
 
Not Dr. Emily King deciding to shoot a TV show
The Rock Eye Roll GIF by WWE
 
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