Two PTSs today. I work a few hours a week at a veterinary clinic.

[spiderpig]

10. I recently read of the unusally high cases of suicide & depression

among veterinarians. My own doc knew what I was going to say before I did.

It's worse now than in his med student days (he went to the best, and his tuition was $6000). Vet schools are even more demanding than human med schools, and vet graduates often carry a larger student debt than their counterparts. Yet their income is significantly lower than physicians.

Add to that, most vets go into the profession with empathy for animals, and they not only have to deal with innocent animals, but giving sympathetic yet realistic counseling to their owners. I could never do it in a million years.

Maybe we should have a Hug Your Veterinarian Day.