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My school just opened and accepted the first class for a human med school that's based on engineering and stuff like that. I think it's super cool, actually.

But any time someone brings up the med school, a vet student instantly has to say, "Yeah, those losers get full ride scholarships while the school gives us nothing. We deserve it more."

It just drives me up a wall because the 32 med students are getting privately funded scholarships, not money from the school. It's not their fault our scholarships are fewer and not evenly dispersed.
 
battie said:
My school just opened and accepted the first class for a human med school that's based on engineering and stuff like that. I think it's super cool, actually.

But any time someone brings up the med school, a vet student instantly has to say, "Yeah, those losers get full ride scholarships while the school gives us nothing. We deserve it more."

It just drives me up a wall because the 32 med students are getting privately funded scholarships, not money from the school. It's not their fault our scholarships are fewer and not evenly dispersed.
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My initial reaction: “I know where I’m hanging out for the next 4 years!!!”
If they have no debt, they can help me pay off mine!
 
SkiOtter said:
My initial reaction: “I know where I’m hanging out for the next 4 years!!!”
If they have no debt, they can help me pay off mine!
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It's extra annoying cause they're all like, "We need to be supportive and nice to one another cause professional school is hard." Then turn around and hate on the new professional school students. Human med school is hard too! Come on. At least be consistent.
 
Just found out that this little blip of a freckle I had biopsied off my dog’s eyelid read out as “probable epitheliotrophic t-cell lymphoma.” So that’s wonderful. The dumb thing is that none of the presentation or signs seem to fit her and the freckle has been there for years which does not seem to fit with the reported MST for that neoplasia. I’m vascillating between completely freaking out and just being like *none of this makes sense and it can’t be right*. Ugh.
 
WeimMama said:
Just found out that this little blip of a freckle I had biopsied off my dog’s eyelid read out as “probable epitheliotrophic t-cell lymphoma.” So that’s wonderful. The dumb thing is that none of the presentation or signs seem to fit her and the freckle has been there for years which does not seem to fit with the reported MST for that neoplasia. I’m vascillating between completely freaking out and just being like *none of this makes sense and it can’t be right*. Ugh.
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Call the pathologist and discuss the case via phone. They sometimes get better ideas when you can talk with them and give a better clinical picture than what you can on the submission form.
 
Yep, I’d say call the pathologist, we’re always happy to discuss things. And if you really don’t agree after talking to them you could order an official second opinion...it doesn’t hurt our feelings and if the opinions are different there’s learning for everyone. Not medical advice 🙂
 
DVMDream said:
Call the pathologist and discuss the case via phone. They sometimes get better ideas when you can talk with them and give a better clinical picture than what you can on the submission form.
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JaynaAli said:
Yep, I’d say call the pathologist, we’re always happy to discuss things. And if you really don’t agree after talking to them you could order an official second opinion...it doesn’t hurt our feelings and if the opinions are different there’s learning for everyone. Not medical advice 🙂
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Thanks guys. We’re sending it out for PARR testing so hopefully that will give more info. If it comes back negative I think I’m just going to talk to our pathologists to see what else could cause weird t-cell infiltration into a macule and/or discuss a second opinion and then choose to just believe it’s fine. If it comes back positive I will probably die instantly of heartbreak 😢
 
WeimMama said:
Thanks guys. We’re sending it out for PARR testing so hopefully that will give more info. If it comes back negative I think I’m just going to talk to our pathologists to see what else could cause weird t-cell infiltration into a macule and/or discuss a second opinion and then choose to just believe it’s fine. If it comes back positive I will probably die instantly of heartbreak 😢
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Hope you get good news.
 
I enjoy fireworks, I really do, but I absolutely hate the fact that my dog is currently miserable and hiding in the shower in the basement (the quietest spot in the house, we made up a bed for him there as a safe spot) because of all the scary fireworks. What is shocking to me is that our otherwise noise-sensitive border collie is completely unfazed by the fireworks noises, yet tries to crawl into your skin if your phone beeps for a text message. Ugh, I just feel so bad. I should've gotten him some anti-anxiety meds but this week hasn't been as bad as it was last year with fireworks and time just got away from me. All the guilty feelings. 🙁
 
My cat’s FIC is acting up again 🙁 He never has problems at home, only when we travel which we did this week to see family. Looks like I will be cutting my vacation short and heading home tomorrow to minimize stress ASAP for him. Ugh poor kitty. Luckily I only live an hour and a half away but still.
 
RedLauren said:
My cat’s FIC is acting up again 🙁 He never has problems at home, only when we travel which we did this week to see family. Looks like I will be cutting my vacation short and heading home tomorrow to minimize stress ASAP for him. Ugh poor kitty. Luckily I only live an hour and a half away but still.
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Hey girl 🙂 did you give her gabapentin for the trip? My mom (a DVM btw) says that it can be used for anxiety while traveling. She's used it for cats that get stressed for travel as well as for cats that overgroom 🙂
 
Lupin21 said:
Reminder that medical advice is not allowed on SDN. A medical professional should always be consulted for any concerns.
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Understood, I just want to ensure that my mother is a DVM UC Davis Class of 1990. I just asked her what FIC was and told her the conditions and she suggested gabapentin for the anxiety, but as she knows, you can't diagnose an animal without seeing it. It was just a friendly suggestion to consult about with her vet 🙂
 
MOOSEygoosey said:
Understood, I just want to ensure that my mother is a DVM UC Davis Class of 1990. I just asked her what FIC was and told her the conditions and she suggested gabapentin for the anxiety, but as she knows, you can't diagnose an animal without seeing it. It was just a friendly suggestion to consult about with her vet 🙂
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For sure. Just remember though that there are those who find these posts with a search and may happen to have that drug and attempt their own medicine. This is our best attempt at preventing unfortunate events from occurring. There is a meme that circulates with adding I don't know though to any advice in case bad things happen because of said advice. Here it should be ask your vet about x. haha
 
Lupin21 said:
For sure. Just remember though that there are those who find these posts with a search and may happen to have that drug and attempt their own medicine. This is our best attempt at preventing unfortunate events from occurring. There is a meme that circulates with adding I don't know though to any advice in case bad things happen because of said advice. Here it should be ask your vet about x. haha
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Haha I totally get it 🙂
 
Lupin21 said:
There is a meme that circulates with adding I don't know though to any advice in case bad things happen because of said advice.
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Just went to renew my school health insurance and the premiums have increased over 50%! This is on top of a 50% increase the year before! The premiums are now over $3000 for the school year. This is ridiculous... and what really gets my feathers ruffled is that the vet school only budgets for $1684. Since I am obtaining my insurance thru the school, the cost should be accurately reflected. Uggggg
 
RoryCat said:
Just went to renew my school health insurance and the premiums have increased over 50%! This is on top of a 50% increase the year before! The premiums are now over $3000 for the school year. This is ridiculous... and what really gets my feathers ruffled is that the vet school only budgets for $1684. Since I am obtaining my insurance thru the school, the cost should be accurately reflected. Uggggg
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Talk to financial aid. I have gone before them before with evidence that something costs more than what they are allowing for and they will increase your financial aid award so that you can get enough in loans to cover the cost. Be prepared to show them the cost though, sometimes it is a giant fight to get them to change things.
 
I don'tknow why these are on this thread, but I approve of this whole conversation.
vetmedhead said:
My sister used to go to the store and buy the most poorly written ones she could find and then read them out loud to me at home. My favorites are a toss up between
a very graphic caulking scene while a guy was tied to a regular chair that was in a shower on a cruise boat for some reason and the one about a time traveling prostitute who did a 360 spin on a guy's caulking gun.
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I read a book where the characters did that 2nd one, but they were evolved humans that lived in the layers of the sun and were made of plasma. So without gravity, caulking involved a lot of suction instead of vertical movement. The scene was weird though because she didn't like the guy and kept commenting on him being fat, sweaty, bald, and useless in between squeezing her legs back and forth to create the afformentioned suction. It will probably be forever stuck in my head as a scene written by a very un confident man.


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(Do I need to say NSFW? NSFW. Seriously).
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I was laughing so hard!
 
LadyOtheFarm said:
I don'tknow why these are on this thread, but I approve of this whole conversation.


I read a book where the characters did that 2nd one, but they were evolved humans that lived in the layers of the sun and were made of plasma. So without gravity, caulking involved a lot of suction instead of vertical movement. The scene was weird though because she didn't like the guy and kept commenting on him being fat, sweaty, bald, and useless in between squeezing her legs back and forth to create the afformentioned suction. It will probably be forever stuck in my head as a scene written by a very un confident man.


I was laughing so hard!
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@Trilt this popped up after. same dramatic reading... but with sketches... also nsfw
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