It's a stitch up

RE: It's a stitch up

Julian Earl — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 15:50:29 GMT

About vets operating on people.

Some years ago my assistant sutured a head wound after I bashed my head on an open window's frame She was impressed that I refused the local but I reasoned that forcing local between skin and bone would hurt more than suturing the wound. So it was done and my scar is barely visible,. She used Vicryl swaged onto the needle so a very small piece of kit. Disappointingly she didn't repaiir the shattered window as well!

RE: It's a stitch up

J G Wray — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 10:49:30 GMT

[quote user="grumpyoldman"]Not the kind of cars worthy of client interest and attention? A few years ago I had a silver Subaru STI type UK prodrive ,which came in for lots of stick about the gold wheels ,so learned my lesson to some extent, pick something that looks ordinary. Interestingly when it was new, clients thought I was making too much money ,but as it aged and got to 10 years old ,they still thought I was making too much money because I was not buying a new car every 3 years but craftily pretending I could not afford it and stashing even more away instead. [/quote]

Had a visit yesterday from a local farrier who wanted to show me his new car, a Porsche Cayenne. There was a discussion about how a smelly farrier is driving a Porsche whilst I'm driving a humble Golf GT something or other. I agreed that this is not appropriate and how things should be and he offered me a drive down the motorway just to understand how wrong the situation is, which was nice of him. I'll definitely have to fix this. In the meantime I pointed out that I would never own a brown car even though he claims it is bronze, but am very happy for him to park in the car park. The more footballers cars there the better really.

RE: It's a stitch up

grumpyoldman — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 22:43:14 GMT

[quote user="Anthony Todd"]

Truly there was a practice principal with a new Mercedes and his named space in the client car park at his practice.

The assistants loved it.....

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Then he sold it all to CVS and the meek inherited a sign written berlingo van or bought themselves a Skoda.

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Anthony Todd — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 22:23:21 GMT

Truly there was a practice principal with a new Mercedes and his named space in the client car park at his practice.

The assistants loved it.....

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Gareth C. — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 19:47:09 GMT

[quote user="Evelyn Barbour-Hill"]

[quote user="grumpyoldman"]Torn between replacing the Mercedes 220CD Estate with another one or going for a 3.0 Litre D Audi A4 Quattro estate. Prefer not to go above 35-40k if possible.[/quote]

[quote user="grumpyoldman"]No need to be flash,[/quote]

Irony?

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he needs something big to fit the peripatetic kit in!

RE: It's a stitch up

grumpyoldman — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 21:40:19 GMT

[quote user="Anthony Todd"]Make sure you park it round the back without a parking space with your name on it!![/quote]

Not the kind of cars worthy of client interest and attention? A few years ago I had a silver Subaru STI type UK prodrive ,which came in for lots of stick about the gold wheels ,so learned my lesson to some extent, pick something that looks ordinary. Interestingly when it was new, clients thought I was making too much money ,but as it aged and got to 10 years old ,they still thought I was making too much money because I was not buying a new car every 3 years but craftily pretending I could not afford it and stashing even more away instead.

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Anthony Todd — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 23:54:44 GMT

[quote user="grumpyoldman"]No need to be flash[/quote]

Make sure you park it round the back without a parking space with your name on it!!

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Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 23:44:20 GMT

[quote user="grumpyoldman"]Torn between replacing the Mercedes 220CD Estate with another one or going for a 3.0 Litre D Audi A4 Quattro estate. Prefer not to go above 35-40k if possible.[/quote]

[quote user="grumpyoldman"]No need to be flash,[/quote]

Irony?

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grumpyoldman — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 22:40:19 GMT

[quote user="Anthony Todd"]Porsche Boxster[/quote]

I hate small steering wheels, and terrible clearance, also do a few house calls. Torn between replacing the Mercedes 220CD Estate with another one or going for a 3.0 Litre D Audi A4 Quattro estate. Prefer not to go above 35-40k if possible. No need to be flash, the clients think your making too much money from their misfortune. I remember one of the vets on the ill fated panorama programme about Medivet driving around in an SLK. T.V really focused on it.

Know what you mean though ,met a dentist this weekend, retiring at 44 to concentrate on his property portfolio and escape the terrible patients. Only a tiny practice in a nice place !.

RE: It's a stitch up

Anthony Todd — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 20:41:01 GMT

[quote user="grumpyoldman"]

[quote user="Rob Davis"]Did she let you do it? How much did you charge her? [/quote]

Yes , and no money changed hands , I was down on a packet of 6-0 vicryl, 0.2ml of lidocaine and a 46 beaver blade. No scars and no reoccurrence. Took about 2 minutes ,not a 2k job really.

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Yeah, yeah,what about the Porsche Boxster he said suited you..... ["couldn't handle a P turbo though"]

RE: It's a stitch up

Anthony Todd — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 20:38:24 GMT

[quote user="grumpyoldman"]No scars and no reoccurrence.[/quote]

Yeah. vets realise that if the stitches irritate the patient attacks them...

Sorry, realised it's not the stitching; the wound's got "infected" so swab and culture.

Just bad luck [hence elizabethan collars are routine now.....]

PS plastic surgeons realise this and have the art of suturing, if only others would realise this.....

Think of kissing your geraitric maiden art and you'll get the idea.

RE: It's a stitch up

grumpyoldman — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 20:09:59 GMT

[quote user="Rob Davis"]Did she let you do it? How much did you charge her? [/quote]

Yes , and no money changed hands , I was down on a packet of 6-0 vicryl, 0.2ml of lidocaine and a 46 beaver blade. No scars and no reoccurrence. Took about 2 minutes ,not a 2k job really.

RE: It's a stitch up

Jill Butterworth — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 16:13:01 GMT

Ha ha, I stitched both with the same kit. I suppose I should have done the dog first, really...

The dog got analgesics, but not the husband, (but they both got local!)

They were both very good and neither needed a Buster collar.

RE: It's a stitch up

Anthony Todd — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 13:15:58 GMT

[quote user="Jill Butterworth"]

I once took a small mass off my husband's back... I used to call it the rice krispie. The dog cut herself and I happened to have a sterile kit at home, so I gave hubby the privilege of first pass at the clean kit....

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In this age of "mixed" marriages I'm not sure whether you stitched the dog or a human??

How did he or you explain the Buster collar??

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Niall Taylor — Sun, 12 Mar 2017 09:45:38 GMT

[quote user="Jill Butterworth"]I once took a small mass off my husband's back... I used to call it the rice krispie. The dog cut herself and I happened to have a sterile kit at home, so I gave hubby the privilege of first pass at the clean kit....[/quote]

Ahh... and who said romance was dead?

Niall

RE: It's a stitch up

Jill Butterworth — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 23:02:00 GMT

RE: It's a stitch up

Rob Davis — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 17:18:05 GMT

[quote user="grumpyoldman"]

A quiet news day ?.

Private minor and cosmetic surgery is expensive. My youngest daughter developed a 7mm benign cyst on the side of her nose. She went to the GP and asked for it to be removed . He flatly refused and said the NHS did not do that sort of thing and it was not a problem. Well, like most pretty young women she did not see it that way and wanted it removed but the cost of private surgery was preventative at £2000.

I can see people seeking alternate sources of minor surgical help for all sorts of reasons.

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Did she let you do it? How much did you charge her?

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grumpyoldman — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 16:58:58 GMT

A quiet news day ?.

I can see people seeking alternate sources of minor surgical help for all sorts of reasons.

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rhmrcvs — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 15:53:43 GMT

Don't think 200 enough to risk getting involved with them ......

Bet it hasn't happened at all.

However as far as I'm aware it is not illegal for a vet to do that. We are not allowed to prescribe or give medication eg administer an anaesthetic but vets are able to treat people as long as we don't say we're doctors. Obviously illegal for docs to treat animals .

RE: It's a stitch up

Bob Russell — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 09:55:45 GMT

Pay rates are certainly poor enough for this to be a little more tempting!

Any half decent clinician would be aware that knife injuries are often much more serious than the skin wound.

Is a vet really going to take the chance of a manslaughter charge for £200?