Yearly Archives: 2013
The Art Project
| September 18, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Part of my curriculum this semester is a comparative medicine class that consists of mostly group work 2x a week on various subjects. There is usually a quiz, and then discussions. We are required to individually write a “portfolio” entry every week that is either reflective, discusses clinical relevance of the subject, do further research […] more
Very important question!!!!!
| September 13, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I’m currently scheduling my life through May 2015….that’s right – this month I’m picking my clinical rotations and scheduling externships through my GRADUATION from vet school. Even though I’ll get a total of 5 weeks vacation between April 2014 and May 2015, only one of those weeks will be “guaranteed” – ie only one is […] more
I’m a better blogger than vet student…..
| September 12, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I was lamenting in an email for being behind on my blogging posts and was reminded that blogging is suppose to be fun. And really, that’s the problem – it’s not that I love blogging so little – it’s that I love it too much! I’m pretty good at putting off my riding (or even […] more
Mel’s running
| September 11, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
On Sunday I ran the Buffalo Stampede 10 mile race for the 4th or 5th time and a friend on facebook asked me to describe my training program. The first thing to establish here. I’m not a good runner who is looking to be elite. I’ve always been slow, but steady distance runner. Using interval […] more
It’s a riding day
| September 10, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
It’s been that kind of day. The kind of day that by 6am I knew I HAD to get into the saddle for my mental health, because 2 days post 10-miler PR (personal record) I was NOT going for a run. Do you know how you don’t want your day to start? By finding 5 […] more
How to change a tire
| September 9, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Still working through some back posts and don’t have time to compose a new post with all the current “happenings” today, but if your curiosity just can’t wait – here’s the short story: Saddle update: it works – there’s more to the story, stay tuned Interval training post and thoughts – I PR’ed my 10 […] more
Almost-the-Last-part Acid Base Balance: Potassium, Acid/Base, Elyte supplementation
| September 8, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Vet & Sports Medicine |
Moving onto Potassium. Recall that for most of the sodium discussion we were talking about ECC. This is because the majority of Sodium is outside the cells. Do you remember where the majority of Potassium is stored? Inside the cells (ICC). Recall that we can only measure what is in the plasma, which is part […] more
