Oh ffs I am knackered. I do not feel the slightest bit guilty for being off on holiday now. It is mental in work at the moment!
I did get to do my talk and I made it last 25mins
Had to be 10mins+ and everyone seemed really impressed. Talk about pressure, I had my mentor, the head nurse (my boss), and the head receptionist. *****! I gave them all a copy each and on my one I wrote my notes, so it looked like I was just glancing at my leaflet
Anyway, it seemed to go very well, everyone was impressed, I taught the head receptionist something new and she's worked for our charity for over 10 years. Oh yeah
And yeah, feel really good about that
Had a chat with my mentor after and we'd both spoken to the tutor today too. All good
We have a solid plan anyway! And it's not insane. I might even finish early :flirt2: But, we'll see...
Anyway, actual work was just, oh, horrible!! I didn't get my full break and kept running back to swig my coffee. I did quite a lot of actual running! One of our vets should have left at 6 and was still operating when I left at 8:10! Kitty had been shot
But my phone just did not stop, I so wanted to throw it out the window. But, again, all real life and death emergencies, nothing silly! The only "good" one was a diabetic dog had run out of needles so I got the owner to come in and I dispensed her a box and we had a chat. Nice lady
Everything else was just mental! Wont say anything though coz you must be sick of me over-sharing about work?!
Just had my tea and now I'm going to jump in the shower. I sorted the bunnies before work and also emptied the car boot and topped up the water and water canister. Tyres and petrol were done on Monday. Got my Sister's sat nav too! Just need the addresses.
Also need to pack tho! Wont need much, but yeah, feel so hectic.
Before I left work today I was an absolute wreck! Was really jittery (still am!) and tense and sweating like mad. Had to wash my arm pits and put fresh deodorant on
It was THAT bad!!
I agree Barbette, so many people don't take responsibility for their pets or learn how to deal with things. Ellie is fear aggressive, she's a nightmare to walk, and has a lot of issues. But I rescued her! She's mine and my responsibility! She's a Dogs Trust dog and they will always take back a dog. But why? I wasn't going to give up on her! And 13 years later she's still mental, but we've learned to cope and compromise.
Dave was an absolute horror when we got him. You couldn't go near him if he had food or toys and he was VERY dominant! Not a chance
Now I could literally climb in to that dogs mouth and take something out of it. He doesn't like being brushed or having his ear treatment or even his flea stuff, but he damn well puts up with it and I don't have hassle from him.
I guess I'm lucky that I know what I'm doing and I have experience. BUT when I got Ellie I didn't. I was 18 years old and only had a basic understanding of dog behaviour! So I learned about it, we went to classes, I took her to the specialists at dogs trust, I worked with her day in day out, etc... And I worked with Dave and got him to behave himself and stop being such a terrier
But some people aren't like that or they let it go too far until there is no other option. And it is sad and I hate being involved in these cases
And yeah, a waste of a life!!
Aye 4am was still twiddling my thumbs! With being on a late I didn't set my alarm till 12:30, but even with the crazy dreams I just didn't get proper sleep. Driving me insane!!
Oh Patty I couldn't work with humans. Humans are gross
But I do not what you mean. I think with human medicine we're usually so much more aware of what's going on, why we feel the way we do, what's being done to us, etc. We understand (mostly) what's going on. But with animals they haven't a clue!
Feel free to ask me anything about the mystery illness! Although I can probably call it CFS now. I will talk about it and am happy too
Deafness isn't the same, but I know what you mean. It is still hidden and some people have such little understanding and compassion for deafness it's awful! Have you always been deaf?
Hi Heather! Yeah my GP said to me that I am the most investigated patient he has ever had! Not sure whether to be proud of that or not lol! It's been awful and I suffered quite badly with the psychological side of it - for a good while I couldn't look at myself in the mirror, to me it looked like I was dying
, I couldn't bare to be touched or even touch myself, I really didn't cope very well
But coping better now!
I think my phobia had a lot to do with that, but I also felt so exposed. If that makes any kind of sense?
Omg you just described the light headedness perfectly. I'd a bit like being doped up isn't it? I also sometimes slow donn - which sounds odd- but my limbs go slow motion and my speech also slurs, a bit like I'm drunk. That is bizarre!
Oh yeah, I have times when I ban myself from driving. Last week when I got sent home I don't remember the journey to work
But after I drove home I didn't drive again for a day and a half. Last year I had whole weeks where I wouldn't drive!
My dizzy spells can be random but can also happen right after eating - never from starving - but from eating! When it happens after eating I get dizzy, I sweat like crazy, and get jittery. Which is why they're looking for the insulinoma - the starvation test. I assume I don't have that because the tests were done in Jan and I've not heard anything. I'm sure they'd be quicker to tell me I had a tumour?! Well, you would think
I haven't had the pull yourself together thing, at least not with this - definitely with mental health tho! But lots of people avoiding me, looking for other people at work instead of asking me, and I don't think my friends quite get it yet. But I'll happily tell anyone lol!
ME is getting a crap load of funding for promotion and research though, so you never know
Well, like Fibromyalgia, is kind of IS all in our heads, but just because our body is doing this to us rather than an accident or an virus doesn't make it any less real. It's still happening to us for whatever reason! People can do one
My weekends are 10.5hr shifts each day. Pretty much hell on earth if I'm honest! But we'll see how it goes
Anyway, must go get a shower now.
Cheerio for now.
Will do food in a bit!
Oh I lost another kg
xx
) And they have helped!! I have a steroid nasal spray and these whacking great 120mg antihistamines. They haven't stopped my year long headache, but they have helped calm it down a little.
