I’d like to correct a logical error we, as veterinarians, have been making, that we should look at as more of a typo. In veterinary medicine we should change the spelling of alone to allone. I have felt alone and helpless in my darkest times. I am a thirty-four year old veterinarian with ADHD, elementary… Read More
I’m a Vet and a Panicky Pet Owner – and Here’s Why Specialists Rule
I’m not the calm, logical pet owner you’d expect a veterinarian to be when my own pets’ health and wellness might be in question. I’m the pet owner who calls ASPCA Poison Control when Biggy steals a bag of Crispy M&M’s because I can’t figure out the EXACT chocolate content. I’m the spouse who freaks… Read More
There, I Said It: I Was Fired
Welcome to There, I Said It- a column where we give you, the reader, a chance to get something off your chest in an anonymous fashion. Be it embarrassing, frustrating, or just something you didn’t want to admit out loud, it still might make someone else having a bad day feel just a bit better. If you… Read More
Why I Love Being a Practice Owner, Bruises and All
I’m a practice owner, and I LOVE it! While I’m new to this practice owner thing, I’m not new to business. Nonetheless, I wonder some days why I do not experience compassion fatigue or depression. It would be easy to do with the demands of my profession, especially with this new step in my career. I… Read More
Five Things I Wish I Could Tell Younger Me About Vet Medicine
Ever since I watched Doc Brown leap out of a frozen DeLorean and tell Marty McFly they’re going Back….to the Future, I’ve dreamed about all the ways time travel would make my life better. The trilogy taught me some important lessons: namely, mucking about with gambling winnings is an overall bad strategy, as is meeting… Read More
You Can Survive Burnout: How To Regroup When Your Year Really Sucked
In the ups and downs of life, we have good years and bad years. Some years are like a dream you never want to leave, filed away in the wistful memory banks as “The Amazing Summer of 2011” or whatnot, and others are particularly nightmarish beast-years you want to set on fire and never mention again…. Read More