What DOESN'T stress you out?

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Virginia Campbell — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 15:28:57 GMT

I like being able to deal things that would have stressed me as a new grad. A few weeks ago I dropped the pedicle on a bitch spay and just thought, "Hey ho, that hasn't happened for years", extended the incision, retrieved the pedicle, ligated it and finished the spay. I told the nurse recovering it what had happened then went for lunch (on time, as the spay hadn't taken me much longer than planned) and home that night without once being struck with the fear that my ligature wasn't secure enough, because I knew it was. As a new grad I would have coped (and did, as I did drop one as a fairly new grad) but it would have taken longer, my heart rate would have been much higher and I would have been a bit worried about it till the next morning.

RE: What DOESN'T stress you out?

Julie Innes — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:59:28 GMT

[quote user="Evelyn Barbour-Hill"]Why's it called combat training?[/quote]

It involves lots of punching and kicking! Moves from various martial arts, set to loud music.

I reckon I could defend myself pretty well, as long as the right song was playing at the time

RE: What DOESN'T stress you out?

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:55:29 GMT

[quote user="Julie Innes"]

[quote user="Evelyn Barbour-Hill"]

[quote user="Julie Innes"] combat training[/quote]

You're in the TA?

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No! It's an exercise class! Very good stress relief

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Why's it called combat training?

RE: What DOESN'T stress you out?

Julie Innes — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 14:53:05 GMT

[quote user="Evelyn Barbour-Hill"]

[quote user="Julie Innes"] combat training[/quote]

You're in the TA?

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No! It's an exercise class! Very good stress relief

RE: What DOESN'T stress you out?

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 01:15:06 GMT

[quote user="Julie Innes"] combat training[/quote]

You're in the TA?

RE: What DOESN'T stress you out?

Sarah Keir — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 17:09:38 GMT

I guess travel is what you make of it. I was started young, having lived in rural Madagascar for a year aged 5 years old.

RE: What DOESN'T stress you out?

Bob Russell — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 13:55:05 GMT

Nobody (sane) can describe getting to the airport, checking in and boarding a plane as anything but stressful particularly if travelling with children.

A bit of a break on the plane (except the queue for the loo) before the stress of landing, being glared at by passport control then the wait for luggage on the carrousel also more than a bit stressy.

Finding transport to the hotel (or me trying to tell a Thai taxi driver the address of our house!) is not exactly a recipe for relaxation.

Arriving to a perfect cup of tea is that moment of bliss though!

RE: What DOESN'T stress you out?

Julie Innes — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 10:45:15 GMT

Things that make me happy:-

Running on time. Happy clients. Chatting with clients I have known for years. Clients whose animal I euthanased coming back in with a new pet and big smiles. When my team support me well (the norm!) When I diagnose something uncomplicated and fix it (eg pyo). Seeing my "work experience" students on the brink of graduation as vets!

Away from veterinary life? Jigsaws, logic puzzles, music, travelling (I don't get stressed, I love it!), combat training, wine, friends and family (although my children do sometimes stress me out, as does my father!)

RE: What DOESN'T stress you out?

Sarah Keir — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 17:03:17 GMT

[quote user="Michael Woodhouse"]

[quote user="Sarah Keir"]How exciting - all those new experiences to explore! You never know, you may find out something you didn't already know and you will certainly come back a different person to the one who left.[/quote]

No. If you take a donkey, put it on a plane and fly it to every country in the world, what have you when it comes back - still a donkey. Travel has never changed me. I don't own sandals or a guitar.

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I would hope you are not a donkey. You can learn from your experiences! Or perhaps you are the proverbial donkey?

RE: What DOESN'T stress you out?

Michael Woodhouse — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 00:33:03 GMT

[quote user="bob lehner"]And that's probably just MW crossing the border into Lancashire...[/quote]

I am married to a Lancashire lass, for some people that sentence contains not one but two surprises.

RE: What DOESN'T stress you out?

Michael Woodhouse — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 00:30:38 GMT

No. If you take a donkey, put it on a plane and fly it to every country in the world, what have you when it comes back - still a donkey. Travel has never changed me. I don't own sandals or a guitar.

RE: What DOESN'T stress you out?

bob lehner — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 18:34:29 GMT

[quote user="Michael Woodhouse"]Packing, travel, funny money. Is it safe, can you drink the water, where are we going to eat, what are we going to do? Have we packed enough jumpers? Do we need a coat?[/quote]

And that's probably just MW crossing the border into Lancashire...

RE: What DOESN'T stress you out?

Sarah Keir — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 18:07:40 GMT

[quote user="Michael Woodhouse"]

[quote user="Silvia Maldonado"]Holidays does not stress me [/quote]

They stress me. Packing, travel, funny money. Is it safe, can you drink the water, where are we going to eat, what are we going to do? Have we packed enough jumpers? Do we need a coat?

Work vastly less stressful!

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How exciting - all those new experiences to explore! You never know, you may find out something you didn't already know and you will certainly come back a different person to the one who left.

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Francisco Gomez — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 12:55:29 GMT

[quote user="Michael Woodhouse"]

[quote user="Silvia Maldonado"]Holidays does not stress me [/quote]

They stress me. Packing, travel, funny money. Is it safe, can you drink the water, where are we going to eat, what are we going to do? Have we packed enough jumpers? Do we need a coat?

Work vastly less stressful!

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Silvia probably spends most of her holidays in Málaga like me. If so, beach, tapas, siesta and catching up with old friends... definitely not stressful.

RE: What DOESN'T stress you out?

Michael Woodhouse — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 11:59:56 GMT

[quote user="Silvia Maldonado"]Holidays does not stress me [/quote]

They stress me. Packing, travel, funny money. Is it safe, can you drink the water, where are we going to eat, what are we going to do? Have we packed enough jumpers? Do we need a coat?

Work vastly less stressful!

RE: What DOESN'T stress you out?

vetbl.locum — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 11:51:46 GMT

Drinking ............................In moderation, of course, hiccup!

RE: What DOESN'T stress you out?

Silvia Maldonado — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 09:28:32 GMT

Holidays does not stress me

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Gillian Mostyn — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 08:09:36 GMT

Had lovely couple of days in a small local practice. Nice team, appreciative clients and reasonable workload. And saw a really cute puppy.

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Niall Connell — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 22:48:46 GMT

Even though I’m heading home a day early, I thoroughly enjoyed BSAVA Congress again. Although Continuing Professional Development through learning is important, it’s the social interactions that make these events brilliant. You always meet so many wonderful people, too many to mention. It’s people who make our veterinary and nursing professions so special.

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Joyce Whitehead — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 22:45:51 GMT

Thank you Francisco, I think this is a good thing to bring up, as we all have good and bad going on. I was off today so had a nice day dog walking and lunching with my (grown up) daughter. But the week has been mixed. A 2am GDV on Wednesday, meant very little sleep, but the dog is still with us, and doing fine so far. And the team took over on Wednesday morning so I could have a couple of hours of much needed sleep.

The night before our recent graduate had a call out late at night to an 8 year old Dobermann with acute respiratory distress, in heart failure with DCM. I arrived to help her, and with the owner, decided to let the dog go, she was struggling to breathe. And yesterday, a spaniel with IMTP who went downhill suddenly, and again the owners had decided she had had enough. Both of those euthanasias went smoothly, the dogs slipped away peacefully, and the owners were grateful for our work, however sad that might be.