Notes From a Vet

Just your friendly neighborhood veterinarian living the dream, which can sometimes be a nightmare. (she/her/hers)

[Notes From a Vet @NotesFromAVet]

I wish I made nearly as much money as clients seem to think I do. #paychecktopaycheck #studentloans #vetlife

[Notes From a Vet @NotesFromAVet]

The world has been on fire and I angrily deleted this stupid app and forgot my login info for an embarrassingly long time. Contemplating a move to 🦋if anyone is over there

[Notes From a Vet @NotesFromAVet]

This is one of the most dangerous propositions in the field. It's touted as a way to relieve a shortage that they are fabricating.

Should someone with 3 semesters of training be performing surgery?

What vet will be comfortable putting their license on the line for this?

[me, DVM @txdvm1]

Woof, lots of feelings here.

Yes, many private practices are being bought out and turned into corporate machines. But the veterinarians within them are still there to advocate for your pet.

This broaches an important topic and makes it an attack, which it didn’t have to be.

[me, DVM @txdvm1]

Also insurance, which everything is affected by in human medicine, skews everyone’s perspective on cost.

[Notes From a Vet @NotesFromAVet]

Sure, this career provides "moderate, controllable working hours" 😂

[me, DVM @txdvm1]

Putting my stethoscope on a pet for the first time and hearing a grade III/VI murmur.

#vettwitter

[dvm360® @dvm360]

Mental health in the veterinary profession is the focus of a new short film supported by @IndeVets. Actress #KateWalsh stars in The Dog as a veterinarian who is burned out and facing multiple challenges during an overnight shift.
https://t.co/t1y7s2Tmaw

[Notes From a Vet @NotesFromAVet]

@jeclsm Holy shit - worst I've done is forget to block my cell number for a single client 😬 I am so sorry

[Notes From a Vet @NotesFromAVet]

Making friends with my patients is literally the only thing that keeps me in this job

[Decoding Dogs with Dr Dennis @DennisWormald]

The three main reasons that many vets aren't like this are:

1) time - people are often intolerant of a vet running behind schedule, and so making friends with every single pet for 2-5 minutes might put you behind and lead to a mean grumpy client having a go at you for being behind.

2) fear of judgement - many clients would look unfavorably on a vet doing these things, believing it to be unprofessional.

3) lack of understanding - some vets don't realise that being friends with your patients is win-win and can actually 1. speed you up as your patient is more compliant if they aren't afraid of you, and 2. most people love it when you take the time to have fun with their pet and the people who judge you aren't worth seeing anyway so they can just go elsewhere!

[me, DVM @txdvm1]

There is some compartmentalization that occurs in vet med when it comes to euthanasia - I only teared up once yesterday despite performing 4 euthanasias.

But when I am not ‘on duty,’ I’m okay with tears about the best boys. Because dogs are, truly, the best.

[Notes From a Vet @NotesFromAVet]

@LaVeterinarian @Elasticguac @Nicole__Meiner Agreed - I've worked at multiple practices and have been out well over a decade and haven't seen halothane used

[Notes From a Vet @NotesFromAVet]

@txdvm1 It always seems the most fitting 😂

[Notes From a Vet @NotesFromAVet]

@loftytom @Cat_The_Vet Or - "you saw my cat 11mo ago, I reported nothing strange at home, didn't call you when I DID see something 3 months ago... but now I'm going to blast you on social media for "missing" a cancer diagnosis"

[Hillary Foalz @pinkunicorns4]

He’s been scratching for weeks but our vet couldn’t see us until next Thursday so we decided to come to the ER. #vettwitter

[me, DVM @txdvm1]

Your vet isn’t recommending sedation because they are lazy or scared or to make money.

Vets get hurt at a rate of over 4x the rate of other professions. Not all of it is avoidable, but this? It’s easy.

Follow instructions. Respect boundaries. Help us stay whole.

[Crash Test Gummies @punishedgummies]

The entire movie simply does not work if this song isn’t as good as it is. So rare for a supposedly genius work of art in-story to actually be any good, but this is everything it should be and more.

[Notes From a Vet @NotesFromAVet]

This is so real. I'm a single adult who has friends - most of whom don't live in state. I have family in driving distance who work long, inconvenient hours. I have coworkers I like but am not going to ask to take PTO to pick me up from a sedated procedure. There has to be a way

[Notes From a Vet @NotesFromAVet]

@Cat_The_Vet @martinhfilipe In the US they're trying to creat a role for technicians (nurses) to enable them to see appointments, prescribe meds, and even perform surgery under the "supervising" veterinarian's license 😬

[Notes From a Vet @NotesFromAVet]

@La_Nuit_Bleue @alprazosam18 Vet here - not all of us have DEAs, either. Practiced for many years without one and was still able to call in scripts. We do all have state licenses, though. I wish that would work to identify us 🤷🏼‍♀️