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[DVMDream]

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Not sure if this should be a rave or a rant... It is more of an indifferent post...

I finally, miraculously got in to see the doctor today (big, full work up appointment is next week). Kind of got sick of the nightly dizzy/fainting spells...

Doctor thinks it could just be vertigo... I am not convinced, but she gave me some medication to try for this week while I wait for the appointment next week, hopefully this will be good enough to hold me over until then. I feel ok the majority of the time, but nights kill me... so we shall see how tonight goes. And in the very least if the medication does not work, it causes drowsiness so hopefully no more insomnia.. 👍

 

[EngrSC]

That's a step in the right direction DVMD!! 👍 👍

 

[twelvetigers]

Not sure if this should be a rave or a rant... It is more of an indifferent post...

I finally, miraculously got in to see the doctor today (big, full work up appointment is next week). Kind of got sick of the nightly dizzy/fainting spells...

Doctor thinks it could just be vertigo... I am not convinced, but she gave me some medication to try for this week while I wait for the appointment next week, hopefully this will be good enough to hold me over until then. I feel ok the majority of the time, but nights kill me... so we shall see how tonight goes. And in the very least if the medication does not work, it causes drowsiness so hopefully no more insomnia.. 👍

Vertigo my ashole.

You make that list of symptoms! You need to slap them in the face with it!

 

[DVMDream]

Vertigo my ashole.

Yeah... that was kind of my thought... I don't doubt that I have and have experienced vertigo previously.. but I really doubt that is the problem currently. We shall see how the medication works and then I will just be prepared to go over everything next week with the rheumatologist.

 

[wolfspeaker]

Just had someone show up to our house to get a tour of it. Apparently, the landlord DID list the house with a real estate agency and IS selling it. And didn't tell us. 😡 Will be contacting the agency tomorrow to make sure they put something on their website so people stop coming over! I do NOT want random people to just show up. Make an appointment with the agency or something!

😡

 

[Jess Monster]

Just had someone show up to our house to get a tour of it.
😡

Ew. Hopefully you didn't let them in?

That's the one thing I hate about my current apartment. The property management company is really pushy about renewing leases and they always get threaten-y about showing the apartment off if you don't give them notice by like November (on a lease that starts mid August) that you're staying the next year.

I hate strangers tromping through my home.

 

[wolfspeaker]

Ew. Hopefully you didn't let them in?

That's the one thing I hate about my current apartment. The property management company is really pushy about renewing leases and they always get threaten-y about showing the apartment off if you don't give them notice by like November (on a lease that starts mid August) that you're staying the next year.

I hate strangers tromping through my home.

I did let him in. 🙁 It's an older(88) gentleman that I know from back when I worked at the bar. But I was not happy about it! I was in my pajamas and the house is a disaster! Poor guy is starting to lose it, too. Kept asking me the same questions, forgetting he had asked them just 5 minutes prior! (and he's still driving! )

If I hadn't known the person, I definitely would not have let them in!

 

[Hotfillyky]

I did a gentle version of this on my hairdresser last time I got a cut... she was talking about her pit bull and how her boyfriend kept trying to convince her to breed her, and all I could think of was ALL of the pits I've seen at our neighborhood shelters. I just had to tread carefully because she was wielding very sharp scissors near my head, haha.

👍👍So much of it is just a matter of education. Although I did hear a new saying that I will share. "You can't fix stupid, you are not the jack*** whisperer." 😀

 

[ShibaMom]

I have to super rant!

I have been accepted to KSU CVM c/o 2017 but I'm from Texas. As an OOS student we all know what tuition will be like. My SO is retired military (did 20+ years in the USMC and Army) and he encouraged me to talk to an Army recruiter about possibly joining to help with my student loan debt. I went to TWO recruit stations today and walked away with absolutely no useful information. The first place I went to was closed and just had a telephone number scribbled on a piece of paper taped to the glass door. At the second place I went to the recruiter was about as useful as a two-holed condom. He did manage to give me the name of the Health Care Recruiter in my area but that guy is on leave for a week 👎

Grrr!! I just wanted some information instead of getting bounced around. FTW?!?

My days off are few and far between and I don't have time to drive around to recruiting stations that aren't even manned. 😡

 

[bbeventer]

I have to super rant!

I have been accepted to KSU CVM c/o 2017 but I'm from Texas. As an OOS student we all know what tuition will be like. My SO is retired military (did 20+ years in the USMC and Army) and he encouraged me to talk to an Army recruiter about possibly joining to help with my student loan debt. I went to TWO recruit stations today and walked away with absolutely no useful information. The first place I went to was closed and just had a telephone number scribbled on a piece of paper taped to the glass door. At the second place I went to the recruiter was about as useful as a two-holed condom. He did manage to give me the name of the Health Care Recruiter in my area but that guy is on leave for a week 👎

Grrr!! I just wanted some information instead of getting bounced around. FTW?!?

My days off are few and far between and I don't have time to drive around to recruiting stations that aren't even manned. 😡

I believe only the Health Care Recruiters can provide information towards the scholarship and recruit people in. http://www.goarmy.com/amedd/veterinarian.html
There is a phone number on the website.

 

[that redhead]

Just had someone show up to our house to get a tour of it. Apparently, the landlord DID list the house with a real estate agency and IS selling it. And didn't tell us. 😡 Will be contacting the agency tomorrow to make sure they put something on their website so people stop coming over! I do NOT want random people to just show up. Make an appointment with the agency or something!

😡

There are definitely laws against that sort of thing in (presumably) many states. I would look into that stat.

 

[psilovethomas]

I have to super rant!

I have been accepted to KSU CVM c/o 2017 but I'm from Texas. As an OOS student we all know what tuition will be like. My SO is retired military (did 20+ years in the USMC and Army) and he encouraged me to talk to an Army recruiter about possibly joining to help with my student loan debt. I went to TWO recruit stations today and walked away with absolutely no useful information. The first place I went to was closed and just had a telephone number scribbled on a piece of paper taped to the glass door. At the second place I went to the recruiter was about as useful as a two-holed condom. He did manage to give me the name of the Health Care Recruiter in my area but that guy is on leave for a week 👎

Grrr!! I just wanted some information instead of getting bounced around. FTW?!?

My days off are few and far between and I don't have time to drive around to recruiting stations that aren't even manned. 😡

Try contacting KSU to see if they can get you in contact with someone who is currently going through the army vet program or a recruiter the school works with. We have a few students at our school that are helpful; I'm sure KSU is the same.

 

[wildcatj]

Not a real rant but today was just meh. I was in a bad mood, work was lame and we didn't have that many appointments but did have too many techs. Then I came home and may have cried a tiny bit because I was making eggs and tried to flip one and all kinds of screwed it up and then I was frustrated and sad. And that sounds even more ridiculous now that I wrote it down. Think I need to just go to bed and kick tomorrow in the butt. I'm going in for a meeting with the farm manager at my university so I can help with lambing this season. Yay!

 

[parula]

As if life couldn't get any better from the opiate addicted grandmother, aunt who passed away, boyfriend's alcoholic sister moving in with us (and stealing our alcohol and filling up the bottles with water so we "wouldn't notice"...) and dad having a heart attack...

While my dad was in the hospital a woman who is trying to seduce him (and yes, he's still happily married to my mother) visited him. She had the balls to send a happy graduation card to me, I've never met this woman in my life and really don't appreciate her trying to wiggle her way in between my parents marriage...my mom told me to burn the card

My boyfriends sis, who has since moved out, is being the most insanely dramatic person I know (probably the alcohol talking...). The upsetting part is that her parents are just getting sucked into her drama and expect us to feel bad for her and crap, I'm sorry, I have tried for months and months to be helpful, I'm sick of getting crapped on in return. She felt we weren't nice to her when she was with us (Ooo I am so sorry, did you want me to cook and do your laundry too, or is stealing my stuff good enought for you?) so she refused to respond to my texts and had her dad call me to answer them. She's god damn 20 years old, grow some balls and just text me back about if you need a ride or not.

But wait, THERE'S MORE! We just got a call that my boyfriends mom had two minor "heart attacks" yesterday. Wanna know what caused them? SMOKING WHILE ON THE PATCH! WHY? Why would you do that? Seriously? She also recently quit her job (she's a CRAZY trust fund baby) and is planning on going on disability. Disability for depression, which I would be fine with if, for one, she needed to be sucking money away from people who need it because she had an actual problem (not that depression isn't an issue, I understand why you have problems working while depressed, BUT she is just crazy, not depressed, and 100% capable of holding a job, she just doesn't WANT to have a job).

Cherry on the cake, I've had back problems for years now. I can't remember the last day I went without being in pain. Yesterday I came home in tears from the pain. My chiropractor said I needed to start eating meat (I've been vegetarian for 4 years) so I bought every kind of meat imaginable and have put my moral compass on the back burner for a little while as I try to find a pain free life. I've been going to a chiropractor for about three months now, the pain has gotten worse, I'm on five supplements totaling 20 pills a day, and I'm feeling entirely helpless with what is going on in my life right now (but am very thankful for good health insurance).


phew deep breath...If I didn't love that boy so much I would have left him years ago because of his crazya** family...

 

[cvanthof]

As if life couldn't get any better from the opiate addicted grandmother, aunt who passed away, boyfriend's alcoholic sister moving in with us (and stealing our alcohol and filling up the bottles with water so we "wouldn't notice"...) and dad having a heart attack...

While my dad was in the hospital a woman who is trying to seduce him (and yes, he's still happily married to my mother) visited him. She had the balls to send a happy graduation card to me, I've never met this woman in my life and really don't appreciate her trying to wiggle her way in between my parents marriage...my mom told me to burn the card

My boyfriends sis, who has since moved out, is being the most insanely dramatic person I know (probably the alcohol talking...). The upsetting part is that her parents are just getting sucked into her drama and expect us to feel bad for her and crap, I'm sorry, I have tried for months and months to be helpful, I'm sick of getting crapped on in return. She felt we weren't nice to her when she was with us (Ooo I am so sorry, did you want me to cook and do your laundry too, or is stealing my stuff good enought for you?) so she refused to respond to my texts and had her dad call me to answer them. She's god damn 20 years old, grow some balls and just text me back about if you need a ride or not.

But wait, THERE'S MORE! We just got a call that my boyfriends mom had two minor "heart attacks" yesterday. Wanna know what caused them? SMOKING WHILE ON THE PATCH! WHY? Why would you do that? Seriously? She also recently quit her job (she's a CRAZY trust fund baby) and is planning on going on disability. Disability for depression, which I would be fine with if, for one, she needed to be sucking money away from people who need it because she had an actual problem (not that depression isn't an issue, I understand why you have problems working while depressed, BUT she is just crazy, not depressed, and 100% capable of holding a job, she just doesn't WANT to have a job).

Cherry on the cake, I've had back problems for years now. I can't remember the last day I went without being in pain. Yesterday I came home in tears from the pain. My chiropractor said I needed to start eating meat (I've been vegetarian for 4 years) so I bought every kind of meat imaginable and have put my moral compass on the back burner for a little while as I try to find a pain free life. I've been going to a chiropractor for about three months now, the pain has gotten worse, I'm on five supplements totaling 20 pills a day, and I'm feeling entirely helpless with what is going on in my life right now (but am very thankful for good health insurance).


phew deep breath...If I didn't love that boy so much I would have left him years ago because of his crazya** family...

THAT. SUCKS. If nothing else, I hope you find relief for your back pain :/ Try red meat...I feel like it is the meatiest 😛

 

[parula]

THAT. SUCKS. If nothing else, I hope you find relief for your back pain :/ Try red meat...I feel like it is the meatiest 😛

Oh yahh my freezer is filled will beef tips and bacon! meatiest meat there is! 🙂

At least my dog is cute and I've got enough money to buy food (for me and her!), silver lining I suppose.

 

[prevetdreamer]

My phone hasn't been working ALL day. I've tried to send messages multiple times but they've all failed. My service is just horrible right now. I'm mostly frustrated because my mom texted me this morning that one of my dogs was sick and vomited a couple times. So I haven't heard from her all day because my phone won't work and I have no clue how he's doing 🙁 He's probably just fine, but still.

 

[jmo1012]

get an animal, become obsessed with their pooping. i've watched this phenomenon happen twice in 2 months now.

all i can say is that this dog better not wake me up in the middle of the night or early because she's regretting her actions (i even took her for a walk in the pouring rain, hmph!)

 

[Trilt]

Our BacT professor is very sweet and nice, but dear lord the most boring lecturer in the world.

Edit: And he's running over. We have classes from like 8-4ish every freaking day, let us have our breaks!

 

[orcagirl]

I was just thinking the same thing Trilt.

 

[jmo1012]

dog popped a key off my keyboard (maybe broke it?) just 2 days before i leave for grenada. really dog? really?? argh!

 

[Harumph]

I'm going to vet school in 8 months which basically means that is all the time I have to get my foster puppy adopted out. He is a sweet dog but has just enough issues to scare away most potential adopters.

He goes crazy with panic in kennels to the point where he is unmanageable and nobody else in the rescue organization is willing to foster him. I've really grown to like the guy and I feel like I failed him. I'm scared to find out what will happen to him when I go away.

He just recently started acting affectionate with me, like really enjoying when I pet him and trying to snuggle with me when I sit on the couch. It's like he's finally happy and content and I'm about to throw him back into a situation that terrifies him.

 

[EngrSC]

I'm going to vet school in 8 months which basically means that is all the time I have to get my foster puppy adopted out. He is a sweet dog but has just enough issues to scare away most potential adopters.

He goes crazy with panic in kennels to the point where he is unmanageable and nobody else in the rescue organization is willing to foster him. I've really grown to like the guy and I feel like I failed him. I'm scared to find out what will happen to him when I go away.

He just recently started acting affectionate with me, like really enjoying when I pet him and trying to snuggle with me when I sit on the couch. It's like he's finally happy and content and I'm about to throw him back into a situation that terrifies him.

foster to forever

... you didn't hear it from me

 

[cowgirla]

*%#^ing uti

ain't nobody got time for this

and I really really dislike cranberry juice

 

[Lissarae06]

*%#^ing uti

ain't nobody got time for this

and I really really dislike cranberry juice

I wonder if cran-apple or cran-grape would accomplish the same thing while tasting better.

 

[Lupin21]

*%#^ing uti

ain't nobody got time for this

and I really really dislike cranberry juice

I love cranberry juice... with 2 oz of vodka added 😉

However I feel for ya, I haven't had one in a long time, but annoyance levels were through the roof 😡

Hope it goes away soon!

 

[EngrSC]

*%#^ing uti

ain't nobody got time for this

and I really really dislike cranberry juice

You can get cranberry tablets in the vitamin aisle at the grocery store so you don't need to drink cranberry juice 🙄

 

[wldlfstdnt]

I miss cranberry juice. It has not been in the house for at least a month. I should go to the grocery store.

 

[cowgirla]

You can get cranberry tablets in the vitamin aisle at the grocery store so you don't need to drink cranberry juice 🙄

My twisted mind is hoping that liquid will reach the target tissue faster than a tablet
Took a few of those already. I really should have just bought the juicy juice sweetened stuff even though its <1% juice. I actually drink that stuff (with or without vodka!). But no, I had to assume that the real, 100% organic unsweetened cranberry juice would be more potent.

It's not bad, yet, so mostly I'm just trying to head it off at this point.

 

[EngrSC]

My twisted mind is hoping that liquid will reach the target tissue faster than a tablet
Took a few of those already. I really should have just bought the juicy juice sweetened stuff even though its <1% juice. I actually drink that stuff (with or without vodka!). But no, I had to assume that the real, 100% organic unsweetened cranberry juice would be more potent.

It's not bad, yet, so mostly I'm just trying to head it off at this point.

That stuff would probably make your UTI worse with all the sugar! I seem to recall the last time I had one they said sugar can cause additional irritation.

Ocean Spray make a really yummy cranberry juice. It's 100% juice with no added sugar.

 

[Minnerbelle]

That stuff would probably make your UTI worse with all the sugar! I seem to recall the last time I had one they said sugar can cause additional irritation.

Unless you're sticking the juice in your genital area, I'm pretty sure your kidneys + insulin will make sure that sugar doesn't end up in your lower urinary tract. I've read some stuff in passing (that i don't remember) about how much cranberry you needed for it to be effective for an UTI and whether or not juice had that amount, but I kind of doubt sugar itself will be an issue. Could be wrong, but I would think it'd be scary if sugary juice made your urine sugary.

 

[EngrSC]

Unless you're sticking the juice in your genital area, I'm pretty sure your kidneys + insulin will make sure that sugar doesn't end up in your lower urinary tract. I've read some stuff in passing (that i don't remember) about how much cranberry you needed for it to be effective for an UTI and whether or not juice had that amount, but I kind of doubt sugar itself will be an issue. Could be wrong, but I would think it'd be scary if sugary juice made your urine sugary.

Haha yeah, very true, sugar shouldn't be in urine. I have no idea why I was told to limit sugar intake last time I had a UTI.

 

[wolfspeaker]

Eh, the only reason Cranberry juice is recommended is because it's a diuretic. I say just drink coffee! Will do the same thing. Make you pee. That helps flush out the system and recover faster.

 

[Jamr0ckin]

Eh, the only reason Cranberry juice is recommended is because it's a diuretic. I say just drink coffee! Will do the same thing. Make you pee. That helps flush out the system and recover faster.

I thought the cranberry juice had some sort of enzyme that made it harder for bacteria to propagate in the bladder?

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[Emiloo4]

I thought the cranberry juice had some sort of enzyme that made it harder for bacteria to propagate in the bladder?

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That was my understanding as well.

 

[that redhead]

And I thought it was to acidify the urine and help with the natural flushing/anti-microbialness of the UT

I think I remember reading that cranberry juice didn't actually help much, but I can't remember where.

 

[moosenanny]

I thought the cranberry juice had some sort of enzyme that made it harder for bacteria to propagate in the bladder?

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Our urology professor taught us that cranberry juice contains Proanthocyanidins (PACs), which bind to p-pili on E. coli bacteria, thus preventing them from binding as easily to bladder mucosa. I think E. coli UTIs are most common, but if the causative agent is something else, the cranberry juice won't do anything. And I think the dose of PAC has to be pretty high (cranberry extract > juice)

 

[moosenanny]

And I thought it was to acidify the urine and help with the natural flushing/anti-microbialness of the UT

Our prof specifically taught us that this is a misconception, and not true

 

[wolfspeaker]

I thought the cranberry juice had some sort of enzyme that made it harder for bacteria to propagate in the bladder?

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Maybe. But how much would you have to drink for it to be really effective? I never looked into it. I've thankfully, never had a UTI. And don't ever want one. I have a friend who gets them frequently, and is in agony. 🙁

 

[EngrSC]

I just got a call from my husband ... he came home to blood and black feathers scattered about our living room. He was unable to find a carcass anywhere in the house or yard, leading us to believe our dogs ate a complete bird today. My initial reaction 😱 ... now I

 

[wolfspeaker]

I just got a call from my husband ... he came home to blood and black feathers scattered about our living room. He was unable to find a carcass anywhere in the house or yard, leading us to believe our dogs ate a complete bird today. My initial reaction 😱 ... now I

This summer my cat brought a live black bird in her mouth into my house and ran under my bed with it. (but the bird lived. I had to move my bed to get to her)

 

[Lupin21]

I just got a call from my husband ... he came home to blood and black feathers scattered about our living room. He was unable to find a carcass anywhere in the house or yard, leading us to believe our dogs ate a complete bird today. My initial reaction 😱 ... now I

Another bird bites the dust. I hope it wasn't a crow; the Los Angeles crows were all quite personable.

 

[sunshinevet]

Our urology professor taught us that cranberry juice contains Proanthocyanidins (PACs), which bind to p-pili on E. coli bacteria, thus preventing them from binding as easily to bladder mucosa. I think E. coli UTIs are most common, but if the causative agent is something else, the cranberry juice won't do anything. And I think the dose of PAC has to be pretty high (cranberry extract > juice)

this is theoretically how it works, but there is no proof that it actually works like that in reality. There was a double blinded placebo controlled study that came out a couple of years ago (2011 i think?) out of UC davis (i think) that showed that drinking cranberry juice had no effect on reoccurance of UTI, and the likelihood is that the greatest benefit is from increased fluid intake.

 

[zanydogz]

I can't for the life of me sleep through the night. Everytime I feel tired and go to bed, maybe around 10 or 11, I just end up staring at the ceiling til 2 or 3 am! 😡 I'm wired for whatever reason. No caffeine or anything before then. I just can't seem to fall asleep. I have 8 am classes and this no sleep thing is really taking a toll on me...I've slept through more classes than I can count.

 

[Jamr0ckin]

I know there is a new vet med product, think made by vetoquinol or dechra, that has concentrated PACs (thanks moosenanny, I forgot the name of it) and is supposed to help with UTIs. But as we all know, most supplements don't do much.

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[orca2011]

I can't for the life of me sleep through the night. Everytime I feel tired and go to bed, maybe around 10 or 11, I just end up staring at the ceiling til 2 or 3 am! 😡 I'm wired for whatever reason. No caffeine or anything before then. I just can't seem to fall asleep. I have 8 am classes and this no sleep thing is really taking a toll on me...I've slept through more classes than I can count.

I've been having this issue too lately. I fall asleep just fine but then wake up around 3 and toss and turn for what feels like forever. And then I get all anxious/panicky because I can't sleep which makes me more stressed and it becomes a vicious circle. Last night was I think the first time I pretty much slept through the night in a while.

 

[Frozenshades]

I can't for the life of me sleep through the night. Everytime I feel tired and go to bed, maybe around 10 or 11, I just end up staring at the ceiling til 2 or 3 am! 😡 I'm wired for whatever reason. No caffeine or anything before then. I just can't seem to fall asleep. I have 8 am classes and this no sleep thing is really taking a toll on me...I've slept through more classes than I can count.

Sorry Zany. I feel your pain, the same thing has been happening to me lately, didn't even sleep good over break. You feel exhausted but it's like as soon as you lie down you're wide awake again. It's one of the most infuriating things. Another 8am start tomorrow and I gotta drive the ~3 hours home in the evening...hopefully sleep will come for both of us soon.

 

[wolfspeaker]

I can't for the life of me sleep through the night. Everytime I feel tired and go to bed, maybe around 10 or 11, I just end up staring at the ceiling til 2 or 3 am! 😡 I'm wired for whatever reason. No caffeine or anything before then. I just can't seem to fall asleep. I have 8 am classes and this no sleep thing is really taking a toll on me...I've slept through more classes than I can count.

Ibuprofen PM and Melatonin pills are the only things that work for me.

 

[Lissarae06]

You eventually get used to not sleeping much. I can function pretty well on about 4 or 5 hrs a night every night.

 

[orca2011]

You eventually get used to not sleeping much. I can function pretty well on about 4 or 5 hrs a night every night.

My issue isn't necessarily functioning the next day, it's more of the whole "actually getting out of my bed" in the AM after little sleep.