Caroline emigrated to New Zealand and suffered chronic regional pain syndrome after a traumatic distal radial fracture in 2008. I am a vet. I graduated from Liverpool in 1997 and in 2003 I moved to New Zealand. I did return to England in 2014 when my Dad was ill, but came back again… Continue reading Caroline Murray, veterinary surgeon
I was eleven years old. I was crossing the road to get the school bus. There was a car behind the bus and it pulled out and hit me. I’ve been told that my twin went ahead of me and that I pulled him back. He got a hairline fracture to his right elbow… Continue reading Helen – Mum of two
TRIGGER WARNING: SUICIDE This post is by a member of the veterinary community, who wishes to remain anonymous. Some identifying details have been changed. My sister was sassy. She was pretty. She had confidence and was sure of herself and she was bright. She had a bit of an attitude: the week… Continue reading Veterinary Surgeon, survivor
Claire lost her hearing after contracting meningitis as a small child. She started her undergraduate degree three times and is currently working as a research chemist at the Université de Rennes in France. There is a place where the hearing live and a place where the deaf live. I have fought against this… Continue reading Dr. Claire Jones, research chemist
TRIGGER WARNING EATING DISORDERS I was born in Singapore and grew up in Malaysia. Ethnically, I am Chinese. My given name is Kan Huey Sing, but I adopted the nickname “Christine” as I got tired of people not remembering or being able to pronounce my real name. I was home-schooled for secondary school… Continue reading Christine, veterinary surgeon
TRIGGR WARNING – ATTEMPTED SUICIDE This is the real Helen’s brain. Her name and some identifying details have been changed. I’d always been the crazy horsey girl at school, and had it confirmed at university that I wanted to be an equine vet. So when I received a job offer for an equine… Continue reading “Helen,” BVSc (hons), MRCVS
Libby lost her income when the twin towers went down. She became a vet as a mature student and then was hit by a car. Hello – this is me, Liz, the interviewer, who mostly writes in the first person. For Libby, there has been a small change of plan. Not because Libby can’t tell… Continue reading Libby Kemkaran-Thompson MA VetMB MRCVS
Photo thanks to Dan Arkle My Brain went wrong. I noticed that I was in hospital. It said Derriford Hospitals on the sheets and I was wired up to a drip. I asked a nurse what was going on; she didn’t answer. She said not to play with my line, please. Look,… Continue reading Liz Buchanan, who assembles this blog
I think I have an illness that many doctors don’t believe exists. ‘Andrew’ will remain anonymous. I have known him for over ten years; he is a real person. Acute Mercury poisoning involves exposure to a large amount of Mercury over a short time period: people get very ill very quickly. No-one… Continue reading “Andrew,” electronic engineer
Anne – pink wetsuit, on the left at Crookes Valley Park I’m swimming outdoors right through the winter. I’ve always been a fan of walking around reservoirs and there’s always been a sign saying something like: ‘Don’t Swim Here. It’s always twelve degrees or less -‘ That’s a lie, by the way, because… Continue reading Anne Garage: outdooor swimmer
