I i will survive

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Merlyn @ Jan 23 2006, 09:11 AM) [snapback]33333[/snapback][/center]
Reek, aside from the gross needle in teh spine thing, was the surgery interesting to watch?
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Yeah it was! God I wish I had taped it. I had worn down my cartilege in my knee from too much mountain biking, and the doc shaved a spot of the cartilege to the bone. He then tapped the bone to make it bleed, which I guess coagulates or something and becomes the new cartilege.

Seeing it was just surreal. It looked like one of those submarine excursions in water.
 
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i knew this one fool in the military who chose to have the type of drugs where you stay awake while he had his wisdom teeth (all 4) removed.

He said it was so horrable he wouldn't wish that on any of his enemies.
fixed :P
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/raises paw

I was awake for all 4 of my wisdom teeth being removed as well. The last one was the worst, the doc actually put his foot up on the operating table to yank it out. And honestly, I felt very little pain...until the drugs wore off. Then I was sucking my food through a straw for almost a week.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(reek @ Jan 23 2006, 03:45 PM) [snapback]33397[/snapback][/center]
Yeah it was! God I wish I had taped it. I had worn down my cartilege in my knee from too much mountain biking, and the doc shaved a spot of the cartilege to the bone. He then tapped the bone to make it bleed, which I guess coagulates or something and becomes the new cartilege.

Seeing it was just surreal. It looked like one of those submarine excursions in water.
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that's cool. I love watching operations. I was so lucky to get to see a bunch of these open heart ops on dogs. I once got to see a doc put a cat's shattered femur back together using kershner apartatus and IM pins. Never really seen human ops irl though, but my folks were both in the medical field and I used to hear a lot of surgeries described by my dad. ( he was an oral sugeon.)

I suppose I got used to it, I tend to grin when people get all squeemish watching bloody stuff on tv or get freaked out by a bit of blood irl. I should also add that to this day I have been lucky enough not to have to witness anything realyl traumatic and gross in the human side of accidents and med stuff...but in the animal world... seen it all and it's not pretty but it is interesting.
 
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/raises paw

I was awake for all 4 of my wisdom teeth being removed as well. The last one was the worst, the doc actually put his foot up on the operating table to yank it out. And honestly, I felt very little pain...until the drugs wore off. Then I was sucking my food through a straw for almost a week.
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my buddy said the same thing, he said he didnt feel pretty much anything. he said what bothered him the most is when he put the "chisel and mallet" into his mouth and started smacking away.

I woke up when they were stitching me up, and the medication was starting to wear off, so i felt alot of pulling, which still makes me like tense up when i think of it.
 
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i knew this one fool in the military who chose to have the type of drugs where you stay awake while he had his wisdom teeth (all 4) removed.

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Heh, I had the type of drugs where you kinda float in and out of consciousness. I remember clearly saying something in French when the dentist asked me something, lol. But I also remember feeling at least one of my wisdom teeth being chiseled. It didn't hurt at all, but it was just like chiseling wood or something and I could feel the chisel break the tooth and the tooth crumble.

That's cool that you're in the vet business, Merlyn! I have a huge amount of respect for vets due to the sheer amount of knowledge they have. I mean a doctor just has to know the human body, but a vet has to know cat, dog, gerbil, cow, iguana, etc, etc.
 
I had my 7s removed instead of my 8s ( wisdom teeth) and i was under a GA for that I was 13.

my last root canal however took place without the benefit of freezing because I get SO anxious the drug is processed as fast as they can pump it into me.... i am all for anesthetic.


dentists................:ph34r: shudder
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Merlyn @ Jan 24 2006, 12:54 AM) [snapback]33421[/snapback][/center]
I had my 7s removed instead of my 8s ( wisdom teeth) and i was under a GA for that I was 13.

my last root canal however took place without the benefit of freezing because I get SO anxious the drug is processed as fast as they can pump it into me.... i am all for anesthetic.
dentists................:ph34r: shudder
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my major mouth sugerys-
3 wisdom teeth removed, along with 2 molars cuase the AF dentist cant catch wisdom teeth fast enough and they destroyed 2 molars
had an air pocket devolope inbetween my gums and bone, resulting in them having to cut ,my gums open go in and scrap the airpocket out and put some sealent crap in there

3 root canals. I loved the Air Force doctors- they gave me percicets for them :rolleyes:
 
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Heh, I had the type of drugs where you kinda float in and out of consciousness. I remember clearly saying something in French when the dentist asked me something, lol. But I also remember feeling at least one of my wisdom teeth being chiseled. It didn't hurt at all, but it was just like chiseling wood or something and I could feel the chisel break the tooth and the tooth crumble.

That's cool that you're in the vet business, Merlyn! I have a huge amount of respect for vets due to the sheer amount of knowledge they have. I mean a doctor just has to know the human body, but a vet has to know cat, dog, gerbil, cow, iguana, etc, etc.
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I was a veterinary technician actually, ( the person in between a vet and an assistant...we do a lot of the proceedures and the lab stuff but we don't diagnose or prescribe meds) worked in the field for 4 years and studied for 3 years. I don't do that any more I got really fed up of having to euthanise perfectly healthy cats and dogs and the business side of a vet's is really shadey.... it was not a good scene. But the medicine side of things was great. Sometimes I really miss that and yeah we need to learn many anatomies...we mostly study the dog, the cat, rodents, large animals cow, pig and horse. then if you want to you specialise... lizards, snakes, birds...etc...

My brother's wife ( who I used to work with before they got together) now specialises in avian medicine they have a bird sanctuary and she does a lot of whale stuff too.

very cool, she travels all over the world dealing with oil spills and bird rescue.



very interesting.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Merlyn @ Jan 24 2006, 01:00 AM) [snapback]33427[/snapback][/center]
My brother's wife ( who I used to work with before they got together) now specialises in avian medicine they have a bird sanctuary and she does a lot of whale stuff too.

very cool, she travels all over the world dealing with oil spills and bird rescue.
very interesting.
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now mer, please dont take this the wrong way but if you could do somehting liek that why give it up? i mean your sis in law probably could help you into that organization she works for.
 
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now mer, please dont take this the wrong way but if you could do somehting liek that why give it up? i mean your sis in law probably could help you into that organization she works for.
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I stopped because I started to hate the work. By the time they started the bird sanctuary I was living in europe and my life had taken an entirely different path. I've been out of the vet world for a while now and am happier for it.

and I do help them just not in the vet med way. there are many ways to make a difference not all of them obvious and in the lime light.

no offense taken, you ask a valid question.



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my major mouth sugerys-
3 wisdom teeth removed, along with 2 molars cuase the AF dentist cant catch wisdom teeth fast enough and they destroyed 2 molars
had an air pocket devolope inbetween my gums and bone, resulting in them having to cut ,my gums open go in and scrap the airpocket out and put some sealent crap in there

3 root canals. I loved the Air Force doctors- they gave me percicets for them :rolleyes:
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ha ha last time I saw my Canadian dentist it was for a filling and he insisted I take halcyon...more for his protection than mine since ihad a habit of smacking him when the drill hit a hot spot.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Merlyn @ Jan 24 2006, 01:05 AM) [snapback]33444[/snapback][/center]
I stopped because I started to hate the work. By the time they started the bird sanctuary I was living in europe and my life had taken an entirely different path. I've been out of the vet world for a while now and am happier for it.

and I do help them just not in the vet med way. there are many ways to make a difference not all of them obvious and in the lime light.

no offense taken, you ask a valid question.
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and you make a valid point. thats what i figured anyway. and what the hell is a job if you hate it? (sorry tiv)
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Shaggz1297 @ Jan 24 2006, 01:07 AM) [snapback]33446[/snapback][/center]
and you make a valid point. thats what i figured anyway. and what the hell is a job if you hate it? (sorry tiv)
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A constant income.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Fluffy @ Jan 24 2006, 01:08 AM) [snapback]33450[/snapback][/center]
A constant income.
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well, then look at it. if your making a well enough income and you hate it it is one thing. but if you have the choice to goo elsewhere and make the smae amount of money or more, well then its easy
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Shaggz1297 @ Jan 23 2006, 09:07 AM) [snapback]33446[/snapback][/center]
and you make a valid point. thats what i figured anyway. and what the hell is a job if you hate it? (sorry tiv)
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*changes into a cardigan and tennis shoes*
Can you say "You have to embrace teh suck," kiddies? I knew that you could...
*changes back into a flannel and slippers (er..)*
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Rankin @ Jan 24 2006, 01:22 AM) [snapback]33467[/snapback][/center]
*changes into a cardigan and tennis shoes*
Can you say "You have to embrace teh suck," kiddies? I knew that you could...
*changes back into a flannel and slippers (er..)*
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Cardigan and tennis shoes?!?!?!?!?

ROFL!
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Fluffy @ Jan 23 2006, 04:23 PM) [snapback]33468[/snapback][/center]
Cardigan and tennis shoes?!?!?!?!?

ROFL!
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what's wrong with cardigans?????
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Merlyn @ Jan 24 2006, 01:25 AM) [snapback]33471[/snapback][/center]
what's wrong with cardigans?????
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Nothing inherently, but added to someone like Rankin, and the image is too funny.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Fluffy @ Jan 23 2006, 04:28 PM) [snapback]33472[/snapback][/center]
Nothing inherently, but added to someone like Rankin, and the image is too funny.
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gosh I dunno... a Mon Cal in a nice cardigan is kinda cute :)
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Rankin @ Jan 23 2006, 04:32 PM) [snapback]33476[/snapback][/center]
*smacks Fluffy upside the head* Mr. Rankin's Neighborhood!
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cardigans and violence....


hey that would make a nifty band name
 
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