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Proper boundaries
| March 18, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Alternate title: How not to make endurance into a god. Much like the Lord of the Rings “ring of power” I find that any activity that comes to consume your life, has a way of perverting best intentions. Endurance is that activity for me. Endurance can come to occupy a place in my life in […] more
CC – Abby Answer!
| March 16, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
And the answer to this week’s CC is……Atrial Fibrillation! Congratulations to Dom who was at the writing of this post, the only commentor. Dom got very close to the answer because they identified it as an “arrhythmia” and pointed to low Potassium as a possible contributor. What is A fib? There are 2 phases in […] more
Control freak
| March 15, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
You were going to get a seminar post today, but as it seems I have forgotten my seminar notes at home, so instead you are going to get a post recommendation and my thoughtsMugwumps posted something quite nice…… It’s about her dog, but it’s also about her horse. Expecting perfection and then correcting from there. […] more
Wed Clinical Consult – Abby
| March 14, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Updated 6:33pm – ECG is now showing up! Disclaimer – obviously it is no longer Wednesday and this is posting on Thursday….so get your answers in by Saturday! I’m in clinics today, and I’ve decided to start a new when-ever-I-get-around-to-it-semi-regular-possibly-every-wednesday series. I’ll give you a case presentation, and then on Fridays I’ll give you the […] more
Lyme disease
| March 12, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Why am I up at 4 in the freakin’ morning? That would be becuase of that gosh dang blankety blank rash on my arm. Remember when I sad that it was similar to a poison oak reaction? I said that because very few other contact dermatitis reactions (and trust me I’ve had a few….) are […] more
Home from the convention
| March 11, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Home from the convention!!!! I had an AMAZING time, please consider going if you’ve never been. There’s nothing like being able to see and talk to all those people that you have an “internet relationship” with. I met several people for the “first time” after reading their blogs and corresponding on line for YEARS. It […] more
Welcome to the AERC convention
| March 8, 2013 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
I have now been up for over 20 hours. I am exhausted. Why I am writing a blog post instead of sleeping or drinking beer with girls down stairs? Not sure. I got a piece of advice from a veterinarian at the last conference I went to: when going to a convention, chose one subject […] more
