It's going around... a few people at my job are out with it. I got some nasty virus last month, but it wasn't the flu thankfully.Tessablue wrote:sent my dissertation in and immediately got the flu. Bet this is related to the fact that I always get sick on vacation. Joke's on you, constantly stressed body, I'm going to have a real job with real hours soon! Hopefully!
And now you wait to hear if it'll be accepted as is or what changes they would like to see? Good luck with the flu.Tessablue wrote:sent my dissertation in and immediately got the flu. Bet this is related to the fact that I always get sick on vacation. Joke's on you, constantly stressed body, I'm going to have a real job with real hours soon! Hopefully!
There are a lot of career options in the field of animal science. Have you considered aiming for something that holds out a better chance of reliable income, and do the companion animal bit as a minor? If we (that is the world) are heading for times of economic hardship (and I for one think we are), paying someone to train their dog may be one of the non-essential expenses that people would cut from their budget, and instead look up "obedience training for dummies" on the internet. One of the other more acceptable career goals might appease your parents and still keep the dog training dream alive.TapitsGal wrote:I'm so tired of getting no support from my family or parents. When my younger sister chose her college major and it was something she's passionate about (recreational therapy) and when my older brother chose his major(political science) my parents were extremely supportive and willing to help them pay for college and courses etc. when I decided on MY major( biological science degree at a local community college with the plan of transferring to the local state university and getting a companion animal science degree so I can go on to become a dog trainer) I'm told to quit wasting my time and everyone else's time on a nonsense degree I can never make a living on and that I have to completely find a way to self-fund college(not a big deal I get grants) and that even though my car is in the shop, I am not allowed to take THEIR car tomorrow and go meet with my academic advisor to pick summer classes but I CAN take the car and volunteer doing my pet therapy and "I'm lucky they are allowing that"
I give a public presentation next week, after which my committee "grills" me on my dissertation and suggests edits (they probably haven't read it). Then I make those edits, hand it in, and then I'm a doctor I guess. Exciting, but would be a lot more exciting if I could actually find a job in the next month or so. Was supposed to have funding over the summer but the NIH has, uh, run into some difficulties for some reason.Catalina wrote:And now you wait to hear if it'll be accepted as is or what changes they would like to see? Good luck with the flu.Tessablue wrote:sent my dissertation in and immediately got the flu. Bet this is related to the fact that I always get sick on vacation. Joke's on you, constantly stressed body, I'm going to have a real job with real hours soon! Hopefully!
Holy COW. My dog had 15 teeth removed and it cost less than that. But I go to a vet clinic that also does payment plans and gives discounts if you are under a certain income level.TapitsGal wrote:My dog somehow fractured her tooth to the pulp yesterday. She went in for her yearly shots today and I had the vet look at her mouth. He said the tooth has GOT to come out. He quoted me at nearly $560 for the extraction of ONE tooth and that is minus the dental cleaning. If we leave the tooth in it will become infected abscessed or both in six months to a year. I am extremely limited income. My mom helps me out by paying for my dogs yearly vaccinations but anything extra beyond that I pay...im also on disability so yes I'm extremely stressed right now trying to figure out a way I can afford this surgery
Shouldn't you then get on the ball and find a vet that charges less and/or is willing to work out a payment plan with you??? Your dog should not have to risk a painful infection much less losing her life while you're polling the internet whether that vet is overpriced or not.TapitsGal wrote:So I'm right that price is obscene?
In a person, getting a tooth out that has fractured to the pulp isn't simply an extraction but would get you referred to an oral surgeon.starrydreamer wrote:Holy COW. My dog had 15 teeth removed and it cost less than that. But I go to a vet clinic that also does payment plans and gives discounts if you are under a certain income level.TapitsGal wrote:My dog somehow fractured her tooth to the pulp yesterday. She went in for her yearly shots today and I had the vet look at her mouth. He said the tooth has GOT to come out. He quoted me at nearly $560 for the extraction of ONE tooth and that is minus the dental cleaning. If we leave the tooth in it will become infected abscessed or both in six months to a year. I am extremely limited income. My mom helps me out by paying for my dogs yearly vaccinations but anything extra beyond that I pay...im also on disability so yes I'm extremely stressed right now trying to figure out a way I can afford this surgery
Do you have any other options?
Indeed. I just had a vertical root fracture removed in the last two weeks by an oral surgeon. But still, I think TapitsGal should get a quote from another vet and/or see if the current vet does a payment plan. Because yeah, the dog needs that tooth out.Catalina wrote:In a person, getting a tooth out that has fractured to the pulp isn't simply an extraction but would get you referred to an oral surgeon.starrydreamer wrote:Holy COW. My dog had 15 teeth removed and it cost less than that. But I go to a vet clinic that also does payment plans and gives discounts if you are under a certain income level.TapitsGal wrote:My dog somehow fractured her tooth to the pulp yesterday. She went in for her yearly shots today and I had the vet look at her mouth. He said the tooth has GOT to come out. He quoted me at nearly $560 for the extraction of ONE tooth and that is minus the dental cleaning. If we leave the tooth in it will become infected abscessed or both in six months to a year. I am extremely limited income. My mom helps me out by paying for my dogs yearly vaccinations but anything extra beyond that I pay...im also on disability so yes I'm extremely stressed right now trying to figure out a way I can afford this surgery
Do you have any other options?
Yes, and getting it out sooner would probably be better than waiting a few months.starrydreamer wrote:Indeed. I just had a vertical root fracture removed in the last two weeks by an oral surgeon. But still, I think TapitsGal should get a quote from another vet and/or see if the current vet does a payment plan. Because yeah, the dog needs that tooth out.Catalina wrote: In a person, getting a tooth out that has fractured to the pulp isn't simply an extraction but would get you referred to an oral surgeon.
