Why doctors' businesses are called "practices"

[SiberianDVM]

You would think that after 18 years of doing something, you would pretty much have seen it all. But.

This week I saw a 6 year old Lab mix dog for an acute lameness. I have been this dogs' vet ever since she was adopted from the pound as a puppy. Very nice dog. Never had any major problems.

She was very lame on one of her hind legs. Looked just like a cranial (anterior) cruciate ligament tear: except no drawer movement. So I took radiographs: Notice that the right leg is about 1cm shorter than the left and the lytic lesion in the distal right femur. Osteosarcoma with a pathological compression fracture.

So sad.

[Bravo]

What can you do for a dog like this??

[SiberianDVM]

What can you do for a dog like this??

Same thing as for people: full limb amputation, followed by chemotherapy, except in dogs no prosthesis. Most dogs do quite well on 3 legs; luckily God gave them an extra.

But in this case, the owners elected euthanasia. Sad.

[SiberianDVM]

My dawg is skinny:

Gee, I wonder why: hookworm and whipworm ova in fecal sample, 100X magnification. The worms are getting more to eat than the dawg is.

[Rockford35]

Sweet. I find that so fascinating, and at the same time, so saddening.

I don't envy you Doc, but I applaud your efforts nonetheless. It takes someone special to deal with that on an everyday basis.

I take back everything bad I ever said about your golf game. Everything.

Except your putting. Atrocious.



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[SiberianDVM]

You haven't seen me try to hit an iron shot into a green. It's far worse than my putting. Last week I s*****d 3 wedges into the woods.

In my defense, I was nervous; playing with 2 70s shooters I had never met before, on a course I had never played before. And my underwear kept crawling up. Next week I'm going commando.

Funny, at the range, I can stick iron shots right on the pin.

[Rockford35]

Funny, at the range, I can stick iron shots right on the pin.

That's because you wear the thong there.

Don't ever be intimidated by other players or you're done before you tee off. The best bet is to play within your game and KNOW that you can pull the shot off.

Skulled wedges are brainless. Everyone does it. It's from taking a peek to see where the ball is going. Too bad you see it sail 15 feet off the ground 50 yards into the bush. Uggghh....

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[SiberianDVM]

That's because you wear the thong there

Hmmm. Mental image there I could do without.

Could you imagine everyone at your club showing up Sunday morning wearing only a thong, hat, and shoes?