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I diagnosed my cat with diabetes today. Now I'm freaking out because I am supposed to fly to New York in a couple weeks. My husband works 24 hour shifts so I don't know who will take care of her and do her insulin etc. while I'm gone. I'm also freaking out about how much her care is going to cost (mostly about how my husband is going to react when he finds out how much insulin and syringes cost).
I always cringed for my diabetic cat clients when I told them their total for a bottle, needles and food. I can't believe how much more cat insulin is than for people/dogs. Very sorry to hear that for your kitteh and your wallet. 🙁 Maybe on your job hunt, you should inquire as to free treatment/food for your animules...
 
Ok. So I love my job as an RA for freshmen....but they are so annoying almost ALL THE TIME.
My floor is the "problem floor," and they are always drunk, high, screaming, running around, swearing up a storm, and/or blasting music 24/7. I can't stand it anymore and can't wait until I'm graduated and in vet school next year. *sigh*
 
Hatin' on vet school and third year pretty hard today. Tired of my total self worth boiling down to a number (associated with a letter) on a piece of paper. If someone told me I had to repeat the last week, I'd probably just leave. That's the point I'm at.
sorry tt. good news is that the classroom stuff is almost over.
 
Hatin' on vet school and third year pretty hard today. Tired of my total self worth boiling down to a number (associated with a letter) on a piece of paper. If someone told me I had to repeat the last week, I'd probably just leave. That's the point I'm at.

I feel you sister. Hang in there.
 
super super grumpy this morning - i am so annoyed that the guy who "mows" (aka weed whacks) the lawn decided to show up at 7am. i had 30 more minutes of sleep planned that i really desperately needed. 😡
 
Seriously UPEI?! I get having a delayed opening with "further announcements" to give yourself time to see if the snow will stop. But you can't keep delaying all day. Just freaking call it so I can actually plan my day and be productive instead of waiting for your last minute announcements!

Edit: And now we have to drive in on crappy roads just to go to ONE class. This is total bs.
 
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Seriously UPEI?! I get having a delayed opening with "further announcements" to give yourself time to see if the snow will stop. But you can't keep delaying all day. Just freaking call it so I can actually plan my day and be productive instead of waiting for your last minute announcements!

Edit: And now we have to drive in on crappy roads just to go to ONE class. This is total bs.

Yeah, roads are way worse than yesterday. I wish they'd call it independent of the fact the had one yesterday. Safety first.
 
Yeah, roads are way worse than yesterday. I wish they'd call it independent of the fact the had one yesterday. Safety first.

Seriously. And all of UPEI is on Spring Break so it only affects us. It's not like we're getting a free day out of it, we're all studying for exams right now.

Just makes me angry that I'll be wasting several hours digging out my car, driving in and back, going to work despite the fact that no one is going to come in today, and then poking a cadaver while my lab partner snapchats. When I could be at home studying. Ugh. This semester is so frustrating.
 
Seriously. And all of UPEI is on Spring Break so it only affects us. It's not like we're getting a free day out of it, we're all studying for exams right now.

Just makes me angry that I'll be wasting several hours digging out my car, driving in and back, going to work despite the fact that no one is going to come in today, and then poking a cadaver while my lab partner snapchats. When I could be at home studying. Ugh. This semester is so frustrating.

And it's still snowing out here...
 
I just ate so many French fries. And bought two boxes of samoas. Bad coping mechanisms, bad!

Today I ate entire container of 5 layer dip to deal with my frustration over our interrupted snow day. I really need to learn to control my stress eating.
 
We just finished our "semester break" (Feb 13-Feb 17th). That's it.

You don't have reading week?????????

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You don't have reading week?????????

UPEI itself gets a full week of spring break, but AVC just gets 3 days plus a weekend. Really frustrating since it wouldn't exactly kill them to give us an extra two days.
 
You guys get a whole week? We get a day :/

Reading week = Canadian spring break though. No other breaks. 🙂

UPEI itself gets a full week of spring break, but AVC just gets 3 days plus a weekend. Really frustrating since it wouldn't exactly kill them to give us an extra two days.
Technically it is our reading week. Doubles as spring break. It's wonderful -_-

That has got to be THE BIGGEST PILE OF CRAP I'VE EVER HEARD.

Seriously. Freaking lame.
 
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Touche 😛
actually, thinking about this a little more, we get a 4 day weekend at Easter because Friday and Monday are VERY big religious holidays here (they wouldnt have anyone to staff the school otherwise haha) but practically everything on the island is closed those days. we don't get any time off in the fall though
 
My 10 year old Great Dane (11 next month) has megaesophagus. Tx is famotidine, cerenia and a sucralate slurry (which needs to be given an hour before or 2 hr after a meal) 5-6 small meals a day, and vertical feeding (like a bailey chair)/keeping her in vertical for 15 minutes after feeding. First, I'm a student. I do not have the ability to go home and feed my dog every 4 hours or less. Second, I will now need to get up at 5:30am to treat so that I can wait an hour to feed the dog before leaving for school. Third, how do you get an old, stubborn dog who would rather just starve instead of eating some times to eat in a vertical chair (and how do I get a chair in Grenada anyway?) She's going to throw a hunger strike if I can get her to go into the apparatus anyway, and it is known to increase risk of bloat to elevate feed.

My poor baby. Am I evil for wishing it was something in the bloodwork that was fixable easily instead? I just want a happy healthy dog, and she was doing so well last term!
 
We had a client call today saying that she hadn't heard from us and was wondering about the status of her pet's ashes (her pet passed away at the clinic about 3-4 weeks ago; new client that brought him in with an undiagnosed, severe heart issue). The day he passed away I was the receptionist. The owners were unsure if they wanted to privately cremate or have us take care of the remains. After talking to them, they made the decision to privately cremate. I circled it multiple times on the chart and both the doctor and tech knew that he was to be privately cremated. So our tech put his body in a black bag (reserved for cremations).

Fast forward to Tuesday when I got the call. Checked where we keep the ashes - no ashes. Checked the freezer - no dog. Called cremation service and asked if they had him. The gentleman on the line said he remembered the dog's name (very uncommon and cute name) and said he'd look for the invoice. He called me back 30 minutes later and said that he had no record/invoice for that pet!!

Today I double checked with the tech that was there that day. She was absolutely positive that she bagged him correctly; she can remember it very clearly. It would be strange if they still had him at the cremation service because we have already received the ashes of pets that were euthanized last week!

I'm so confused. Where are his ashes?! This is one of my biggest fears when dealing with clients. I've actually had nightmares where I misbag a pet and the ashes are never received by an owner.

We are going to call the service again tomorrow just to double check. This whole thing is stressing me out!
 
My 10 year old Great Dane (11 next month) has megaesophagus. Tx is famotidine, cerenia and a sucralate slurry (which needs to be given an hour before or 2 hr after a meal) 5-6 small meals a day, and vertical feeding (like a bailey chair)/keeping her in vertical for 15 minutes after feeding. First, I'm a student. I do not have the ability to go home and feed my dog every 4 hours or less. Second, I will now need to get up at 5:30am to treat so that I can wait an hour to feed the dog before leaving for school. Third, how do you get an old, stubborn dog who would rather just starve instead of eating some times to eat in a vertical chair (and how do I get a chair in Grenada anyway?) She's going to throw a hunger strike if I can get her to go into the apparatus anyway, and it is known to increase risk of bloat to elevate feed.

My poor baby. Am I evil for wishing it was something in the bloodwork that was fixable easily instead? I just want a happy healthy dog, and she was doing so well last term!
why would it be evil to wish for something easily fixable?! do the best that you can with your pet - not starving is preferential to starving. it might be "better" to feed a certain way, but if she says no, then reality is that it's better to feed her however she will eat. continue to love her and just deal with the bumps in the road as they come. its not easy, but it's all we can ask for because ultimately we want what's best for her, and she will certainly let you know her stance 🙂 <3
 
why would it be evil to wish for something easily fixable?! do the best that you can with your pet - not starving is preferential to starving. it might be "better" to feed a certain way, but if she says no, then reality is that it's better to feed her however she will eat. continue to love her and just deal with the bumps in the road as they come. its not easy, but it's all we can ask for because ultimately we want what's best for her, and she will certainly let you know her stance 🙂 <3

This. Also, I know that it's not terribly difficult to build a chair if you were looking to go that route.
 
Feeling pretty down for the last couple of days... found out that my husband's parents took out a loan in his name a while back.. the feeling of betrayal is immense.. I also feel pretty stupid for not checking our credit sooner.. naive to think that there wouldn't be any problems that we wouldn't know about..
 
Nothing like missing pub crawl in favor of an emergency trip to the VTH. Also, while freaking out about my bird I slipped down the stairs in my apartment and gashed my knee. :boom:
 
He's been yawning excessively for almost a week. Sounds silly I know, but tonight he was doing it much more frequently, I wasn't able to distract him from it as easily, and he was making wheezing noises while forcefully exhaling. I had been in contact with one of the vets earlier this week but because he's been eating and drinking and playful and acting normal in every other way, I wasn't terribly concerned. The wheezing noise was new as of tonight and really freaked me out and so I ended up bringing him in on emergency. The doctor on call had some bird experience but ended up calling in another doctor with more bird experience to look at him with her. Nothing particularly odd on physical and of course he wasn't going to give them a demonstration - luckily I have been recording it with my phone so they could see it. He's going back Monday and they're going to recheck him with the exotics specialist and run bloods, +/- rads. I have a feeling it's going to be something totally out there. 🙁 I've worked for an avian specialist for 6+ years and I've never seen anything like this. I can try to figure out how to post the video if anyone is that interested.
 
He's been yawning excessively for almost a week. Sounds silly I know, but tonight he was doing it much more frequently, I wasn't able to distract him from it as easily, and he was making wheezing noises while forcefully exhaling. I had been in contact with one of the vets earlier this week but because he's been eating and drinking and playful and acting normal in every other way, I wasn't terribly concerned. The wheezing noise was new as of tonight and really freaked me out and so I ended up bringing him in on emergency. The doctor on call had some bird experience but ended up calling in another doctor with more bird experience to look at him with her. Nothing particularly odd on physical and of course he wasn't going to give them a demonstration - luckily I have been recording it with my phone so they could see it. He's going back Monday and they're going to recheck him with the exotics specialist and run bloods, +/- rads. I have a feeling it's going to be something totally out there. 🙁 I've worked for an avian specialist for 6+ years and I've never seen anything like this. I can try to figure out how to post the video if anyone is that interested.

I'm assuming dr. D is going to see him since she's here for our exotics block, she is super amazing awesome - your bird is definitely in the right hands. Sending good vibes both of your ways.
 
I'm assuming dr. D is going to see him since she's here for our exotics block, she is super amazing awesome - your bird is definitely in the right hands. Sending good vibes both of your ways.

She is. She already knows about what's been going on and I'm glad she's going to be around to see him. So far everyone has been super nice and accommodating - which I'm super grateful for. Thanks TRH 🙂
 
Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery for the most adorable and entertaining bird.
 
He's been yawning excessively for almost a week. Sounds silly I know, but tonight he was doing it much more frequently, I wasn't able to distract him from it as easily, and he was making wheezing noises while forcefully exhaling. I had been in contact with one of the vets earlier this week but because he's been eating and drinking and playful and acting normal in every other way, I wasn't terribly concerned. The wheezing noise was new as of tonight and really freaked me out and so I ended up bringing him in on emergency. The doctor on call had some bird experience but ended up calling in another doctor with more bird experience to look at him with her. Nothing particularly odd on physical and of course he wasn't going to give them a demonstration - luckily I have been recording it with my phone so they could see it. He's going back Monday and they're going to recheck him with the exotics specialist and run bloods, +/- rads. I have a feeling it's going to be something totally out there. 🙁 I've worked for an avian specialist for 6+ years and I've never seen anything like this. I can try to figure out how to post the video if anyone is that interested.
I know how you feel 🙁. A month or so after I brought my bird home she started having an increase in what had been intermittent breathing problems that we were never able to diagnose when she lived in the hospital and I would totally freak out when she would have episodes. She'd get really agitated and open mouth breath with a highly increased respiratory rate and I would panic. She also did a lot of wheezy exhaling (still does) and intermittent episodes of frequent yawning. But we never found anything obvious on her chest or skull rads and chalked it up to being secondary to her disability. She's not so bad these days but still has episodes and I still sometimes panic a little bit. But I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you get a quick & easy diagnosis :xf: (and a treatable one!)
 
He's been yawning excessively for almost a week. Sounds silly I know, but tonight he was doing it much more frequently, I wasn't able to distract him from it as easily, and he was making wheezing noises while forcefully exhaling. I had been in contact with one of the vets earlier this week but because he's been eating and drinking and playful and acting normal in every other way, I wasn't terribly concerned. The wheezing noise was new as of tonight and really freaked me out and so I ended up bringing him in on emergency. The doctor on call had some bird experience but ended up calling in another doctor with more bird experience to look at him with her. Nothing particularly odd on physical and of course he wasn't going to give them a demonstration - luckily I have been recording it with my phone so they could see it. He's going back Monday and they're going to recheck him with the exotics specialist and run bloods, +/- rads. I have a feeling it's going to be something totally out there. 🙁 I've worked for an avian specialist for 6+ years and I've never seen anything like this. I can try to figure out how to post the video if anyone is that interested.

Poor bird! Hope it's nothing serious. What lousy timing for you too. 🙁
 
A girl I know is raising money for childrens cancer research - wonderful thing to do. She posts about how she's at a talk given by someone from a prominent cancer research center about how they're making scientific advances in treating cancer band how amazing it is to be able to contribute to that.

I want to comment and ask her how her employers (HSUS) feel about her support of research that has had to have had a ton of animal use incorporated to get this far. (Normally I wouldn't let it bother me too much but other vegans on my Facebook have been hitting the animal models are tortured slaves trail hard lately and it's wearing on my ability to hold my tongue.)
 
(Normally I wouldn't let it bother me too much but other vegans on my Facebook have been hitting the animal models are tortured slaves trail hard lately and it's wearing on my ability to hold my tongue.)

That's how I feel about everyone in my facebook newsfeed that has been indiscriminately and un-informedly hating on zoos lately... I almost lost it the other day, but decided I didn't want to start a comment war with people who aren't going to change their minds because of anything I say on facebook, regardless of whether I back my arguments up with facts, or the fact that I have actually worked in zoos and understand how they work and the welfare concerns of the animals a little better than they do...
 
A girl I know is raising money for childrens cancer research - wonderful thing to do. She posts about how she's at a talk given by someone from a prominent cancer research center about how they're making scientific advances in treating cancer band how amazing it is to be able to contribute to that.

I want to comment and ask her how her employers (HSUS) feel about her support of research that has had to have had a ton of animal use incorporated to get this far. (Normally I wouldn't let it bother me too much but other vegans on my Facebook have been hitting the animal models are tortured slaves trail hard lately and it's wearing on my ability to hold my tongue.)

They probably feel the same way about it that Mary Beth Sweetland feels about her animal-based insulin: it's fine when it benefits them and/or cute children that HSUS will be torched for speaking out against, but anyone else who does it is a murderer.
 
Don't mean to derail the conversation, but I need to rant on the rant thread. I am so irritated right now. I was not accepted to vet school, so I decided to go get a master's degree, but all of the application deadlines for fall admission for the degree programs I was looking at were back in January or early February! I am so irritated at myself for not looking at that earlier, but all I could think of was my admissions decisions for vet school! So now, I have to wait until the end of the year if I want to apply for a master's degree, but by then I'll have already re-submitted my application for vet school. So I'm feeling very stuck, and I don't know what to do, and it's a terrible feeling. I just want to feel like I'm making progress. :arghh:
 
I just ate so many French fries. And bought two boxes of samoas. Bad coping mechanisms, bad!
This is my coping mechanism. Eat myself into a minor food-induced coma.

My sympathies & well wishes to everyone struggling with something! (My rant feels less important - I'm rather upset & frustrated about a supposed friend taking advantage of me via work but....this thread calmed me down & is making me focus on my impending clin path doom).
 
Don't mean to derail the conversation, but I need to rant on the rant thread. I am so irritated right now. I was not accepted to vet school, so I decided to go get a master's degree, but all of the application deadlines for fall admission for the degree programs I was looking at were back in January or early February! I am so irritated at myself for not looking at that earlier, but all I could think of was my admissions decisions for vet school! So now, I have to wait until the end of the year if I want to apply for a master's degree, but by then I'll have already re-submitted my application for vet school. So I'm feeling very stuck, and I don't know what to do, and it's a terrible feeling. I just want to feel like I'm making progress. :arghh:
You should go talk to the Grad advisor at your school. I don't know what your whole situation is but at my University they give A LOT of leeway about deadlines and are always interested in getting new grad students.
 
My beloved truck may be on its last legs. I will be SO SAD if I have to give it up. Fingers crossed that it's something fixable that won't cost me a fortune. :xf:🙁
 
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