The Bionic Vet

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Anonymous — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:49:48 GMT

ignore me... i just finished watchin the one with the collie cross and i have confused the two! lol

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Anonymous — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:44:13 GMT

[quote user="charliv"]

I have to say I would agree with you there, some of the things he does are fantastic but I too draw the line with the osteosarcs, when they showed that dog playing at the end of the show he was still lame and therefore still uncomfortable on that leg. If the owners were so keen to have surgery to extend his life why not apmutate the dog's leg, he was a young dog that could cope with it and would have had a very quick recovery from surgery instead of two months taken to recover out of his short life.

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are you sure the dog was lame on the leg from pain and not just from nerve damage?? to expect a dog like that to have full 'normal' movement in joints and muscle after that much trauma to the nerves, bones, muscle, tissue... etc i think you would be a bit presumptuous. I mean the spine was farked! as well as the knee joint!

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Katie B — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:16:05 GMT

Found it on Iplayer, yey!

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Saskia Quinn — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:54:39 GMT

[quote user="Sal (the 1st) Holesworth VN CMH Chyp (M)PNLP"]

I dont think I have ever worked anywhere where the ops list has been decided on the availability of nursing staff 'right we need to get on the nurses finish at 8' - usually its been a case of 'we ( as in the royal we ) will be finishing late' Its great if thats what really happens because that shows some respect for the nurses time. ( or there is the possibility the overtime rate is quite expensive if used ) But giving the benefit of the doubt maybe it is respect?

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I have to say Sal, that our practice is very much like that! There have been days we have had to cancel non urgent operations due to little or no nursing staff. Maybe its because we have such a busy workload, that the role of the nurse is a very important one in the working day.

On saying that, all our vets do is operate - we do the rest - x-rays, fluid therapy, bandage changes/redresses, blood samples, etc etc

Maybe we are one of the lucky practices? Sometimes I wonder though lol!!

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Phrin Vernon RVN — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:17:16 GMT

[quote user="FINNIGAN"]

watched last nights, my views maybe changing a bit, i felt a little uncomfortable watching, the collie recovery and the cat broken pelvis, mm not sure now, and his interview technique ,mm ,well that was interesting!! felt sorry for the poor girl, would be petrified of dropping that 13000 pound drill!!!!!

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Haha! Ditto!

I even dreamt about it last night

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SmegSlayer — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:31:55 GMT

[quote user="NorthernLass"]

Subtitles are great for these situations (Teletext 888)

I use em all the time as my hearing is c**p ..... :)

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the subtitles on i-player are often...interesting...to say the least and not just with this show

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NorthernLass — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:37:18 GMT

Subtitles are great for these situations (Teletext 888)

I use em all the time as my hearing is c**p ..... :)

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Fuzzyduck — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:01:18 GMT

its a series, on wednesday nights bbc 1 at about 10.30 or 1045pm

Think there are 3 more episodes left you can probably watch the past ones on i player or something

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Sal the 1st — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:59:52 GMT

last episode on bbc i-player

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Katie B — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:45:59 GMT

I have no idea what you are talking about but gutted that I have missed it, will it be repeated? I love Vets On Call although it's based in Ireland and sometimes I find it difficult to understand what they say, love that program!

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Sal the 1st — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:18:34 GMT

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FINNIGAN — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:25:49 GMT

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Claire Cameron — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:44:18 GMT

[quote user="Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA"]

Sorry Claire if I am coming across as annoyed, and I have looked at this thread a few times today, and just could not let it go without saying my piece on it.

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No need to apologise Sandra. We all have our opinions

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Nick Shackleton — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:14:30 GMT

[quote user="charliv"]

[quote user="Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA"]

[quote user="Claire 'Duke' York RVN MBVNA"]

[quote user="Polly SVN"]

I'm all about Oscar the cat, that was wonderful to see.

But that labrador, I don't feel 100% about- He said it took two months to recover, was then going to start chemo, and all of that for a maximum two more years life? (possibly a lot less, and with ongoing chemo all that time etc.)

That to me did not look like a good gamble on quality of life.

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I can see your point, but, the Labrador may have had his life extended and with good QOL. What is wrong with that? Yes he took two months to recover but he now has fantastic QOL and is happy......?

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As someone who has lost 3 dogs to osteosarc, I have to disagree, obv this has not happened to these people before, and when she was ssaying she would do it agin if any of her other dogs in the future got it..... I think I can pretty much gaurantee she wont. You know whay.... because you know they are going to die, and yes it may...... and its a very optimistic maybe 2 years, but I give it a yr max with the chemo..... without 1month-4 tops, and during that time you look at every sniffle, and worry your *** off at the slightest change in demeanour..... That is not enjoying your pet, thats waiting on it dying.

Sorry Claire if I am coming across as annoyed, and I have looked at this thread a few times today, and just could not let it go without saying my piece on it.

Ostesarcs... means its already somewhere else, it just has not reared it's ugly head yet.

My 1st dog who died was 1 yr old, Igot 1 month before she stopped eating and could not walk to the end of the garden path....because it was in her lungs, my second was 14 yrs old and pts also 1 month after onset lameness. I got 4 months out of my third before she fractured her leg and I had to put her to sleep. I would never put any animal through that type of surgery, and any of mine who get it in the future will be pts at diagnosis, as I will not put myself through the fracture scenario again.

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I seen lots of dogs in my referral nursing time that have done really well after amputation and follow up chemo and I'm not just talking little tiny dogs, I'm talking rotties and dobbies and the obvious one Flat coats!

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Charlotte Fitzgerald — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:18:42 GMT

[quote user="Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA"]

[quote user="Claire 'Duke' York RVN MBVNA"]

[quote user="Polly SVN"]

I'm all about Oscar the cat, that was wonderful to see.

That to me did not look like a good gamble on quality of life.

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I can see your point, but, the Labrador may have had his life extended and with good QOL. What is wrong with that? Yes he took two months to recover but he now has fantastic QOL and is happy......?

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Sorry Claire if I am coming across as annoyed, and I have looked at this thread a few times today, and just could not let it go without saying my piece on it.

Ostesarcs... means its already somewhere else, it just has not reared it's ugly head yet.

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Steph Phillips — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:00:18 GMT

One of the vets who works at our practice knows him.. Noal was a year ahead of our vet in vet school in Dublin.. and apparently, according to our vet, he used to be a right poser.. like modeling etc.. lol.. I can't imagine it myself!

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Fuzzyduck — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:42:03 GMT

From what ive heard hes a bit of a workaholic, i think he pretty much works 20 hours a day, heard he likes operating at 2-3am! He obviously is a very skilled and pioneering surgeon but i can imagine it would be a bit of a nightmare to work for!

Least i hope he has dedicated night staff, the practice looks lovely, and it would be great for learning but i dont think id want to work there

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Nick Shackleton — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:24:34 GMT

[quote user="SmegSlayer"]

Maybe but from what i've heard he does loads of consults all day then starts ops at 5-6pm.

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That's poor time management then on his part! Our vets used either to consult or operate, unless it was an emergency.

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:45:42 GMT

[quote user="Claire 'Duke' York RVN MBVNA"]

[quote user="Polly SVN"]

I'm all about Oscar the cat, that was wonderful to see.

That to me did not look like a good gamble on quality of life.

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I can see your point, but, the Labrador may have had his life extended and with good QOL. What is wrong with that? Yes he took two months to recover but he now has fantastic QOL and is happy......?

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Sorry Claire if I am coming across as annoyed, and I have looked at this thread a few times today, and just could not let it go without saying my piece on it.

Ostesarcs... means its already somewhere else, it just has not reared it's ugly head yet.

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sisterscope1 — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:33:01 GMT

midnight, pah...that's early. Did theatre on call for years and years, you can bet your life the septic bellies would crash and burn 10 minutes from leaving theatre in ITU - meanwhile you had 2 hours of cleaning ahead....that's life, that's the job, I choose to do it..

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SmegSlayer — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:14:41 GMT

Maybe but from what i've heard he does loads of consults all day then starts ops at 5-6pm.

Maybe it's because it's just gone 10pm now and i'm about to go to sleep coz i'm really not a night owl (or morning person) that it seems nightmareish

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Nick Shackleton — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:27:10 GMT

[quote user="Claire 'Duke' York RVN MBVNA"]

[quote user="SmegSlayer"]I've heard he operates well past 10pm- nightmare![/quote]

A lot of referral practices operate late as there are decdicated night staff so doesn't really matter what time the patients recover as owner's aren't collecting them

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I've been in theatre at midnight with septic abdomen in the past!

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bongo — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:10:37 GMT

im not suprised they operate past 10pm some nights with the procedures they do! definately not to be rushed!

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Claire Cameron — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:52:38 GMT

[quote user="SmegSlayer"]I've heard he operates well past 10pm- nightmare![/quote]

A lot of referral practices operate late as there are decdicated night staff so doesn't really matter what time the patients recover as owner's aren't collecting them

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SmegSlayer — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:46:18 GMT

I've heard he operates well past 10pm- nightmare!

It's very interesting but I would HATE to work their- I'd die of boredom just dealing with orthopaedics, actually would be very happy to never go into theatre again. Just do medical nursing