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OMG my eye hurts so bad..... I can barely open it.... ouch
I have surgery lab tomorrow and I can't get the stupid spay video I'm supposed to watch to open on my computer. So frustrated. I'm going to look so unprepared tomorrow.
I got my second Rabies shot yesterday, last night and all today I have been feverish, joint sore, and have an upset stomach 🙁
The gastrotomy video crashed halfway through and now I cant get any of the others to load at all 🙁
hormonal meltdown in 3...2..1... rawr!!! it started with the internet being ******ed, but now i can pretty much find any little thing to get annoyed at. like my roommate leaving a use piece of foil on the counter instead of throwing it out. silly!!
I got my second Rabies shot yesterday, last night and all today I have been feverish, joint sore, and have an upset stomach 🙁
i got my rabies series back in 2008 (post exposure, got the rabies shot + 3 injections of immunoglobulin at the same time) and was fine (a little sore the day after) and the rest of the series went fine for me.
getting a booster tomorrow along with everyone else getting their first shots, so hoping it will go OK.
i don't think a reaction is THAT common but i'm not sure.
the mosquitoes just tried to eat me and that the BB are really a thing of the past.You're not having much luck with the orifices of your head. 🙁
yeah didn't get much sleep last night - way to painful.....closing it hurts, opening it hurts....constantly pouring tears.... I look like a freak....if the meds are working they are very slow.....OUCH
Did you have something stuck in it? How are the teeth?
One of my cats pissed on my backpack this morning. Ruined all of my stuff in it including my planner and all of my systemic path notes. It was not a great way to start the morning.
I'm sorry, that is horrible. My min pin likes to vomit on important things... But urine is a whole different story!
Yeah I don't know which one of them did it or what I did to piss them off but they succeeded in ruining my morning.Whoa! Bad kitty!
I'm sorry, that is horrible. My min pin likes to vomit on important things... But urine is a whole different story!
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Yeah I don't know which one of them did it or what I did to piss them off but they succeeded in ruining my morning.
One of my cats pissed on my backpack this morning. Ruined all of my stuff in it including my planner and all of my systemic path notes. It was not a great way to start the morning.
Is that common?
I have to recollect 380 leaf tissue samples because they do not trust the guy who did it before me.
You hired a guy who had a bad reference and got a D- in the PI's genetics class. He built an Ikea cabinet and desk drawer incorrectly (damaged one, completely ruined the other). He ruined another researcher's work because he was too lazy to read labels. He collected other leaf tissue from the wrong trees, cross-contaminated samples and collected from old leaf tissue instead of new (which gives lower DNA yields). You ask him to make a map of these samples and what plates they go in and upload it on the Wiki on his last day. He says yes. Then he pawns it off on E and I and claims there is no Wiki. And yet you let him collect 380 samples by himself?!
Gah.
I mind this just as much as fieldwork. It took me 2 hours yesterday to collect 96 samples. The plants are oriented in this coldframe awkwardly so I was tripping to get to the plants in the back. These are plants that get tangled amongst each other easily, so I have to sort of rip them off each other. It's just a mess. And it's boring. And warm. I hate it.
On the plus side... two days left until I am unemployed. Also, it is nice to know that the PI trusts me. I just didn't think I would have to clean up my coworkers' messes in a RESEARCH LAB. Fastfood? Been there, done that.
She's been to the vet multiple times in her life to try and figure it out, nothing. These last 10 months she battled with an middle ear infection, that's almost completely clear. She still has very slight balance issues, but the vet and I don't think that will ever go away. (she was at my parents farm for a few months, where she acquired ear mites, that my parents didn't take care of. I was 5 hours away. I felt so bad for her when I found out. Poor itchy ears, turned into an infection.)

I am getting so tired of my cat pooping outside the box. She's always done it periodically, throughout her life(she's 9 or 10, I got her around age 1), but for the last 9 months she has pooped in her litterbox I think a total of 5 times.She's been to the vet multiple times in her life to try and figure it out, nothing. These last 10 months she battled with an middle ear infection, that's almost completely clear. She still has very slight balance issues, but the vet and I don't think that will ever go away. (she was at my parents farm for a few months, where she acquired ear mites, that my parents didn't take care of. I was 5 hours away. I felt so bad for her when I found out. Poor itchy ears, turned into an infection.)
She always pees in the boxes(oh, yeah, I have 3 boxes for 1 cat). The few times she pooped in them, there was no pattern. One time it was in a fresh box, the next time it was in a dirty box. She always chooses either the bathroom floor, the kitchen floor or my roommates room occasionally. She has never pooped in the living room or my bedroom. We have all hardwood floors, thank god!!
It's becoming extremely annoying to always have to be on the lookout when walking around and cleaning up piles. She poops at least once a day, sometimes 2!
E: And this is the cat who will come in from outside to pee in the litterbox and then go right back to playing outside! *shakes head* I don't get her, at all.

I don't believe so, but I did call the nurse and she did say that what I was experiencing was a common reaction. I know some people in my class that have had reactions to the vaccine, two people I know had similar symptoms to me, another had to go to the ER, and one still has achy joints to this day... but that is out of a class of 123, so I would say they arnt that common? I am feeling completely normal today, except my joints are still a little achy.

I am getting so tired of my cat pooping outside the box. She's always done it periodically, throughout her life(she's 9 or 10, I got her around age 1), but for the last 9 months she has pooped in her litterbox I think a total of 5 times.She's been to the vet multiple times in her life to try and figure it out, nothing. These last 10 months she battled with an middle ear infection, that's almost completely clear. She still has very slight balance issues, but the vet and I don't think that will ever go away. (she was at my parents farm for a few months, where she acquired ear mites, that my parents didn't take care of. I was 5 hours away. I felt so bad for her when I found out. Poor itchy ears, turned into an infection.)
She always pees in the boxes(oh, yeah, I have 3 boxes for 1 cat). The few times she pooped in them, there was no pattern. One time it was in a fresh box, the next time it was in a dirty box. She always chooses either the bathroom floor, the kitchen floor or my roommates room occasionally. She has never pooped in the living room or my bedroom. We have all hardwood floors, thank god!!
It's becoming extremely annoying to always have to be on the lookout when walking around and cleaning up piles. She poops at least once a day, sometimes 2!
E: And this is the cat who will come in from outside to pee in the litterbox and then go right back to playing outside! *shakes head* I don't get her, at all.
But I want him to have a good idea of what we can use to clear this infection up and make the pain stop!Spent another day at the eye hospital..... my eye was worse this morning and incredibly painful..... called earlier today and whoever I got on the phone just said to try more pain killers and eye drops.... around 4 pm I called again and spoke with a nurse... when she found out it was worse and the amount of pain she said I need to come back in.... so back I went.
The triage nurse assessed me then put a few drops of anesthetic in my eye to hold me over while I waited for the doctor..... wow the one thing that made it feel better.....a little relief from the pain..... of course, when it wears off it comes right back... finally called in and the doctor looks at my eye says there is a good scratch and definite bacteria wants to have a swab taken and also wants to have a senior doctor look at my eye. So the senior doctor looks at my eye and says it could be one kind of bacteria along with a slow healing scratch....or another much worse bacteria that is associated with contact lenses (sorry can't remember the names of the bacteria) - pain makes my brain mush. If it is the really bad bacteria I would have to be on 6 wks of antibiotics which would be quite expensive - she does not want to put me on that unless it is confirmed, so she wants me to see a specialist tomorrow morning.
She tries a bandage type contact lens in my eye to try to take the edge off the pain, but that did not help at all so we took it out. She finally decided to send me home with tramadol for the pain just for the night and valium to help me sleep. And I have to continue my antibiotic drops.
Ugh.... I have never had this much fecking pain from a infection before in my eye. it is crazy.... I feel like I am falling apart one body part at a time and I have a very high pain tolerance, so for me to use pain killers at all is rare and now I need hard core ones.
I am really hoping it is not the really bad bacteriaBut I want him to have a good idea of what we can use to clear this infection up and make the pain stop!
P.S. if anyone was wondering tramadol makes you dizzy - so now we know how the animals feel
That your eye is feeling better soon. I hate having issues with my eyes, it is always the worse type of pain.If you and your family can afford it, I would recommend a vet behaviorist. They are pretty expensive, though, so proceed at your own risk. The behaviorist I worked with had moderate success in these cases.
Spent another day at the eye hospital..... my eye was worse this morning and incredibly painful..... called earlier today and whoever I got on the phone just said to try more pain killers and eye drops.... around 4 pm I called again and spoke with a nurse... when she found out it was worse and the amount of pain she said I need to come back in.... so back I went.
The triage nurse assessed me then put a few drops of anesthetic in my eye to hold me over while I waited for the doctor..... wow the one thing that made it feel better.....a little relief from the pain..... of course, when it wears off it comes right back... finally called in and the doctor looks at my eye says there is a good scratch and definite bacteria wants to have a swab taken and also wants to have a senior doctor look at my eye. So the senior doctor looks at my eye and says it could be one kind of bacteria along with a slow healing scratch....or another much worse bacteria that is associated with contact lenses (sorry can't remember the names of the bacteria) - pain makes my brain mush. If it is the really bad bacteria I would have to be on 6 wks of antibiotics which would be quite expensive - she does not want to put me on that unless it is confirmed, so she wants me to see a specialist tomorrow morning.
She tries a bandage type contact lens in my eye to try to take the edge off the pain, but that did not help at all so we took it out. She finally decided to send me home with tramadol for the pain just for the night and valium to help me sleep. And I have to continue my antibiotic drops.
Ugh.... I have never had this much fecking pain from a infection before in my eye. it is crazy.... I feel like I am falling apart one body part at a time and I have a very high pain tolerance, so for me to use pain killers at all is rare and now I need hard core ones.
I am really hoping it is not the really bad bacteriaBut I want him to have a good idea of what we can use to clear this infection up and make the pain stop!
P.S. if anyone was wondering tramadol makes you dizzy - so now we know how the animals feel
that it is NOT the really bad bacteria and it clears up soon for you! I couldn't imagine trying to study with that. Or even pay attention in class.That your eye is feeling better soon. I hate having issues with my eyes, it is always the worse type of pain.
Devyn, you are having the worst luck. You and Emiloo! Eye pain hurts like a mother.
that it is NOT the really bad bacteria and it clears up soon for you! I couldn't imagine trying to study with that. Or even pay attention in class.
Update...
Oh wait, there isn't one 😡
\end rant.

🙁 hope there is something soon Emiloo
Hey Trem, just thought of something. If you want to move to western MN, you could probably get a job at the Research station on campus. Could be doing anything from livestock(dairy and swine) to horticulture research. I know our Dairy Research Professor just got a HUGE grant and he's itching to get started. Housing is fairly cheap, the U pays well. You could finish up any pre-reqs you need. It's a win-win!
😀

That would be so awesome... ... ... if I were American!
I should know by Friday if I have a job lined up. 👍
Feel better, Devyn.
I have had minor eye problems and they are NOT fun. I never had an infection, but I did have this weird spasm which made my left eyeball want to turn in towards my nose. This occurred on two occasions and each lasted for a couple of days. I was not in pain but it was so fricken' uncomfortable.
I can hardly read your eye posts... they make me feel icky. 🙄
I really do hope you end up feeling better.

😕 Your location says East Coast. Is that in Australia?![]()
Story of my life.Oh look, a gorgeous bra in a beautiful violet color.
Oh, damn. They only make it in nude or black in FTB size.
Why? If it's made out of the same materials why do you insist on punishing those of us who are outside the average bra size?
I think everyone has that Someone on their Facebook that is over the top when it comes to politics.
Well tonight, I'm about to block my person.