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Had to put the sweetest and most calm year old lab to sleep last night because his kidneys failed after being poisoned. He was a dream patient. I would be lying if I said I didn't ball my eyes out when I got home from work. 🙁
 
So I either have strep or mono. And I know mono doesn't have to be from kissing someone, but it's a bit ironic that after the first time anything happens with a guy in 10 months, I get sick. :laugh:
 
PetPony said:
So I either have strep or mono. And I know mono doesn't have to be from kissing someone, but it's a bit ironic that after the first time anything happens with a guy in 10 months, I get sick. :laugh:
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Boys have cooties.
 
Found out that a guy I used to row with was volunteering at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. We aren't close by any means but after seeing each other at practices and races every day for three years, I guess you could say we know each other reasonably well. He's fine, thankfully, but he's rapidly become something of a school mascot because he's so clearly visible in all the pictures and videos on the news, running in to help people while wearing his university sweatshirt. I'm proud and incredibly humbled to see how brave and selfless he was, but its terrifying to think of just how close he was to the explosion. Not only that, but he saw everything and I can't even begin to imagine how horrifying it must have been.

Fortunately I think everyone I know is okay. But being so close to Boston, and having so many friends who are athletes, EMTs, athletic trainers, etc who could have been participating or volunteering, it's hard to know who to check in with. This one hit waaaaay too close to home. 🙁
 
My hair keeps drying out and becoming brittle at the ends no matter how often I trim. 😡

I rarely heat style and use professional products for strengthening but I can't seem to find the balance between conditioner weighing everything down and frizzy tangles. 🙁 Ugh I hate having fine hair.....🙁
 
Thanks guys. No change as of an hour ago 🙁. Trying to be positive and supportive for my friend. I can't even imagine what she's going through.
 
Escalla said:
My hair keeps drying out and becoming brittle at the ends no matter how often I trim. 😡

I rarely heat style and use professional products for strengthening but I can't seem to find the balance between conditioner weighing everything down and frizzy tangles. 🙁 Ugh I hate having fine hair.....🙁
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Do you use serum? I use redkin glass (it's a splurge, but worth it). I have terribly fine hair that looks like garbage if I dont have it trimmed every 4-6 weeks. I rarely straighten or blow dry it either.

http://www.redken.com/products/styling/shine/glass-01
 
So much sad stuff going on 🙁 my prayers are with you all!!

I'm exhausted. Haven't had a day off since last Saturday... 3 more overnights and I'm free for 6 days!!
 
Escalla said:
My hair keeps drying out and becoming brittle at the ends no matter how often I trim. 😡

I rarely heat style and use professional products for strengthening but I can't seem to find the balance between conditioner weighing everything down and frizzy tangles. 🙁 Ugh I hate having fine hair.....🙁
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I have the same problem. Have you tried Aussie's "3 Minute Miracle" Conditioner? It is kind of heavy so I only use it every few days and I have to be careful to rinse it out really well, but even only using it a few times a week makes my hair so soft and smooth! Plus it did wonders repairing the damage I did when I fried my hair using a flat iron without heat protector spray. Never making that mistake again. 🙄

And I agree, I despise my fine hair! Such a pain and it never cooperates with what I want it to do.
 
BlackDog17 said:
I have the same problem. Have you tried Aussie's "3 Minute Miracle" Conditioner? It is kind of heavy so I only use it every few days and I have to be careful to rinse it out really well, but even only using it a few times a week makes my hair so soft and smooth! Plus it did wonders repairing the damage I did when I fried my hair using a flat iron without heat protector spray. Never making that mistake again. 🙄

And I agree, I despise my fine hair! Such a pain and it never cooperates with what I want it to do.
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This I will definitely have to try! Thanks for the suggestion! 😀 I'm getting some hacked off this weekend so I can start fresh again. Which doesn't help my general goal of growing it out....oh well.
 
So, I use ^^^that^^^ in the shower. Then I use Redken Extreme Anti-Snap(can be used on wet or dry hair. And ALWAYS use heat protectant spray if blow drying or straightening.

While I don't have fine hair(I have medium-ish), I DO work outside in the wind quite often. So, my hair dries out pretty fast. Those are the products I have stuck with after years of trial and error.
 
About 10 years ago something bad happened to me that sent me down a path of depression and I nearly committed suicide at the age of 17. I somehow was able to get through it and move past it. Life moved on and I was happy. For some reason I have suddenly started having nightmares and flahsbacks of this horrible event. I am afraid of sleeping, it scares me. I have gone many nights without sleeping at all or sleeping very little. I am being reminded daily of this horrible event that occurred so long ago. I keep blaming myself for it, even though I know I shouldn't and I have found myself down the same road I was on 10 years ago. I don't know why I am suddenly recalling this past event; that seems odd to me, but it is there and it is tormenting me every single day. I wish I could quit blaming myself, but I haven't been able to. I want to be able to completely forget about this; but I know that I won't be able to, the memory will always be there. I just want to be happy again, I want to be able to sleep without fear and to not have such an empty feeling deep inside.
 
DVMDream said:
About 10 years ago something bad happened to me that sent me down a path of depression and I nearly committed suicide at the age of 17. I somehow was able to get through it and move past it. Life moved on and I was happy. For some reason I have suddenly started having nightmares and flahsbacks of this horrible event. I am afraid of sleeping, it scares me. I have gone many nights without sleeping at all or sleeping very little. I am being reminded daily of this horrible event that occurred so long ago. I keep blaming myself for it, even though I know I shouldn't and I have found myself down the same road I was on 10 years ago. I don't know why I am suddenly recalling this past event; that seems odd to me, but it is there and it is tormenting me every single day. I wish I could quit blaming myself, but I haven't been able to. I want to be able to completely forget about this; but I know that I won't be able to, the memory will always be there. I just want to be happy again, I want to be able to sleep without fear and to not have such an empty feeling deep inside.
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You need to go see a mental health professional. As much as it sounds like a terrible task, you need to do it. You need to talk it out or you may need to be placed on medicinal help for awhile. DO NOT be afraid to reach out and seek help for yourself. You have made it this far, do not fall back into old patterns.
 
DVMDream said:
About 10 years ago something bad happened to me that sent me down a path of depression and I nearly committed suicide at the age of 17. I somehow was able to get through it and move past it. Life moved on and I was happy. For some reason I have suddenly started having nightmares and flahsbacks of this horrible event. I am afraid of sleeping, it scares me. I have gone many nights without sleeping at all or sleeping very little. I am being reminded daily of this horrible event that occurred so long ago. I keep blaming myself for it, even though I know I shouldn't and I have found myself down the same road I was on 10 years ago. I don't know why I am suddenly recalling this past event; that seems odd to me, but it is there and it is tormenting me every single day. I wish I could quit blaming myself, but I haven't been able to. I want to be able to completely forget about this; but I know that I won't be able to, the memory will always be there. I just want to be happy again, I want to be able to sleep without fear and to not have such an empty feeling deep inside.
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Oh, DVMD 🙁

Just remember there are people who care and who can help. Friends, family, professionals...people can help. You don't have to be alone in this, please, please reach out to get the help you need. It will get better.
 
Escalla said:
This I will definitely have to try! Thanks for the suggestion! 😀 I'm getting some hacked off this weekend so I can start fresh again. Which doesn't help my general goal of growing it out....oh well.
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as weird as it sounds, getting mine cut that often has helped it grow faster. if the ends are crappy it will just keep snapping off and stay crappy, at least when you cut it and put protectant on it you can give the ends a fighting chance.
 
DVMDream said:
About 10 years ago something bad happened to me that sent me down a path of depression and I nearly committed suicide at the age of 17. I somehow was able to get through it and move past it. Life moved on and I was happy. For some reason I have suddenly started having nightmares and flahsbacks of this horrible event. I am afraid of sleeping, it scares me. I have gone many nights without sleeping at all or sleeping very little. I am being reminded daily of this horrible event that occurred so long ago. I keep blaming myself for it, even though I know I shouldn't and I have found myself down the same road I was on 10 years ago. I don't know why I am suddenly recalling this past event; that seems odd to me, but it is there and it is tormenting me every single day. I wish I could quit blaming myself, but I haven't been able to. I want to be able to completely forget about this; but I know that I won't be able to, the memory will always be there. I just want to be happy again, I want to be able to sleep without fear and to not have such an empty feeling deep inside.
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Please find someone to confide in. My heart hurts when I read your anguish. I (and other SDN ppl) are surely willing to listen if you want to talk. You need to purge yourself of that event.

Please take care of yourself.....I am worried about you. While I am generally not a big touchy feely person...I am going to send you {{{{hugs}}}.
 
Wow....people are viewing my "motivated to sell" comment on my jeep's for sale ad as "offer her $2,000 less than what she's asking".

Uhm, no.

And the answer is still no if you offer to throw a 12 g shotgun in with it. I wish I was kidding. Facepalm. :annoyed:

I am only asking $3,000....which is way, way, way more than fair.
 
MommaFox said:
And the answer is still no if you offer to throw a 12 g shotgun in with it. I wish I was kidding. Facepalm. :annoyed:
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I take it you're selling on Craigslist. :laugh:

I had someone offer me a dirt bike in exchange for my old car. I mean, really? I'm trying to get rid of a vehicle, not acquire a new one. I've also seen ads for people looking to trade motorcycles for cars or ATVs. Trade only. No cash. I want to buy your motorcycle, I will put cash in your hand which you can then use to purchase an ATV for yourself, why is this a foreign concept? 🙄
 
BlackDog17 said:
I take it you're selling on Craigslist. :laugh:

I had someone offer me a dirt bike in exchange for my old car. I mean, really? I'm trying to get rid of a vehicle, not acquire a new one. I've also seen ads for people looking to trade motorcycles for cars or ATVs. Trade only. No cash. I want to buy your motorcycle, I will put cash in your hand which you can then use to purchase an ATV for yourself, why is this a foreign concept? 🙄
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SOMEONE ALSO ASKED ME TO TRADE FOR A DIRTBIKE. UGH! NO! 😡
 
I think I once saw someone willing to sell/trade their snakes and guinea pigs they used for breeding for a car, computers, stereo equipment and furniture.

Definitely seems like a fair trade to me. And poor animals were in too small of cages too. =(
 
Still no improvement for baby Harper 🙁
Come on docs, figure it out 😡 Her little heart can't take much more.
 
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I am a crazy pet owner -

Yesterday one of my dogs vomited about 12 times - huge wads of grass, foam, and bile. I took him in to the vet hospital I work at and Dr. M did a thorough exam. X-rays just showed gassy intestines but nothing conclusive. Snap PLI was negative. Bloodwork should be back today. Gave 500 mL SQ fluids and Cerenia and Zantac SQ. Took him home and he would not leave my side. He would lay down, sit up, lay down, sit up and couldn't stop heaving for more than a few minutes. I called Dr. V (I work with her the most - I love Dr. M but didn't feel comfortable bothering her) and she told me to bring him over so she could check him out. I took him to her house and his abdomen was totally pain-free, he was bright and alert, temp normal, heart rate normal, blah blah blah. I took him home and was able to get some sleep knowing that he was stable for the night. He woke me up a couple times with his dry heaving/yacking but seemed a little better this morning. I gave him Cerenia and 2 oz Purina EN which he's kept down - but he's still dry heaving/yacking every 15 minutes or so.

It just breaks my heart seeing him so uncomfortable ... I feel that way towards other people's pets too but it's so much different when it's your own baby 🙁
 
I can't catch a freaking break...SO got in a (thankfully minor) accident with my truck yesterday and now I have to muddle through insurance so I can get it fixed. It didn't help that he was joking that he hoped it was totalled so we could get a new truck. I love that truck even though it's a base model; I'm not the kind of person that needs all the bells and whistles. (Meanwhile I'm driving his car up here - seat heaters, sun roof, etc, which is all because he wants me to have the best and I appreciate that but ugh, I miss my lame truck.) Also, taking the dog to the vet today for more bloody stool and bleeding neck lump (joining the SDN club apparently👎) and knowing it's going to turn into a conversation about when to end it. Oh yeah, one quiz and one final tomorrow that I haven't prepared nearly enough for. asdkljasfklj.
 
Apparently two dogs got shot by cops by my apartment last night/this morning.The article I read, said the dogs attacked the cop, comments about the article said they saw the dogs and they appeared friendly. Really interested to hear might have actually happened. Kind of reminds me of that situation that I think happened in DC a couple years ago, although I know it happens elsewhere as well.
 
orca2011 said:
Apparently two dogs got shot by cops by my apartment last night/this morning.The article I read, said the dogs attacked the cop, comments about the article said they saw the dogs and they appeared friendly. Really interested to hear might have actually happened. Kind of reminds me of that situation that I think happened in DC a couple years ago, although I know it happens elsewhere as well.
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Yeah, I remembered when it happened here. They were doing a drug bust and the family Lab came up...ugh.
 
I know it's still early but feeling a little low on the totem pole (though technically should be high) because I'm waitlisted at 4 schools and not a peep yet. I know at least k-state has been making calls. I'm going to go nuts if I have to wait months for an answer to "what am I doing next year?"
 
cloverbug said:
I know it's still early but feeling a little low on the totem pole (though technically should be high) because I'm waitlisted at 4 schools and not a peep yet. I know at least k-state has been making calls. I'm going to go nuts if I have to wait months for an answer to "what am I doing next year?"
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I'm only on 1 waitlist, but I definitely know how you feel.

I had a really cool job offer to go coach cross country this summer in New York City with the organization my friend works for (and I could of lived with her), but I had to turn it down just in case I would happen to get off the waitlist because the date it ended was right after classes would start. 🙁

I pretty much decided to keep my current job even though it sucks until further on in the summer when I know more just because I don't want to get a new job and then quit right away. I've definitely made peace with not going to school next year, but I just want to know:laugh:.
 
shortnsweet said:
Just come to the east coast...we skipped spring

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ugg, yeah. it basically went from snow to 90 degrees. that was less than fun.
at least it's better now and more spring-like?

which would be fun if I could enjoy a moment without allergies. it's worse in the mornings and I sneeze half the time on the way to work and everyone there thinks I'm crying all day from how watery my eyes are. and one of my meds has about 3 days left and I don't have any refills left, blah.
 
orca2011 said:
Apparently two dogs got shot by cops by my apartment last night/this morning.The article I read, said the dogs attacked the cop, comments about the article said they saw the dogs and they appeared friendly. Really interested to hear might have actually happened. Kind of reminds me of that situation that I think happened in DC a couple years ago, although I know it happens elsewhere as well.
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that redhead said:
Yeah, I remembered when it happened here. They were doing a drug bust and the family Lab came up...ugh.
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the most high-profile one I remember recently was a mayor of a suburb's dogs (2 black labs). really upsetting circumstances.

We have a client whose dog was shot by police (don't know the circumstances) and had a few surgeries (mostly orthopedic in the hind end, I think). There was lots of talk by the cops of paying for things, notes in his record to this effect from phone convos, etc., but as far as any of us know, nothing ever came of that.
 
kakurubird said:
ugg, yeah. it basically went from snow to 90 degrees. that was less than fun.
at least it's better now and more spring-like?

which would be fun if I could enjoy a moment without allergies. it's worse in the mornings and I sneeze half the time on the way to work and everyone there thinks I'm crying all day from how watery my eyes are. and one of my meds has about 3 days left and I don't have any refills left, blah.
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Yeah the pollen and my contacts are not mixing so well.

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My dogs are FREAKING OUT at the thunder.
Neither one of them has ever been even remotely storm-phobic so I don't know what's changed but it's kinda worrying me. I've got one hiding in the crate and the other hiding behind me. Usually they just sleep. Or in Noelle's case, ask to go outside and play in the rain and puddles.
I've been trying to bribe them with cookies but I'm not sure if I'm helping or making it worse. I really really really don't want to have to deal with noise phobia dogs. .
 
cowgirla said:
My dogs are FREAKING OUT at the thunder.
Neither one of them has ever been even remotely storm-phobic so I don't know what's changed but it's kinda worrying me. I've got one hiding in the crate and the other hiding behind me. Usually they just sleep. Or in Noelle's case, ask to go outside and play in the rain and puddles.
I've been trying to bribe them with cookies but I'm not sure if I'm helping or making it worse. I really really really don't want to have to deal with noise phobia dogs. .
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Not to freak you out, but my one dog NEVER had a problem with storms and then we had a really, really bad one one day. She started freaking out after that...until she went semi-deaf and couldn't hear the thunder 😉 Do you have any DAP?
 
NStarz said:
Not to freak you out, but my one dog NEVER had a problem with storms and then we had a really, really bad one one day. She started freaking out after that...until she went semi-deaf and couldn't hear the thunder 😉 Do you have any DAP?
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That's what I'm afraid of :laugh:
This storm isn't even bad, unless they can sense something coming that I don't know about. Little bit of thunder, little bit of lightning but it hasn't been horrible. No really bad storms recently that I can remember, either. We had some thunder a few weeks ago and they were perfectly fine with it.

Already broke out the rescue remedy and added that to some cookies.
 
cowgirla said:
That's what I'm afraid of :laugh:
This storm isn't even bad, unless they can sense something coming that I don't know about. Little bit of thunder, little bit of lightning but it hasn't been horrible. No really bad storms recently that I can remember, either. We had some thunder a few weeks ago and they were perfectly fine with it.

Already broke out the rescue remedy and added that to some cookies.
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Sounds like you have it under control. Break out the classical station on Pandora too! It may be the change in barometric pressure? Not sure. Dogs are weird. Lol. Good luck!
 
Drove a while today to see my sweet niece. When I got there they were moving her out of ICU!!! 😀
Still has a long road ahead, but doing better. Thank goodness!
 
Emiloo4 said:
Drove a while today to see my sweet niece. When I got there they were moving her out of ICU!!! 😀
Still has a long road ahead, but doing better. Thank goodness!
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So glad to hear!! It kept popping up in my brain that I hoped the little one would fight back! :xf: things keep improving.
 
Emiloo4 said:
Drove a while today to see my sweet niece. When I got there they were moving her out of ICU!!! 😀
Still has a long road ahead, but doing better. Thank goodness!
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shew...thank goodness!
 
cuitlamiztli said:
...my dog died suddenly this morning 🙁
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I'm very sorry for your loss, but I was wondering if they have told you anything yet. I hope they do soon and you can have closure from this. I'm not sure what to say to you to make things ok, but I'm sorry and that it's ok to grieve. Holding it in will only make it hurt more.
 
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