With luck I get paid on time this month.

@emmasfriend do you have puddy ?

@Royrogers
A neighbour's dog got a thorn in its eye.
The cost exceeded that of a human having a cataract operation privately

@emmasfriend every where in us too.

@emmasfriend would be interesting to know why

@Royrogers
Most veterinary practices round here have been bought up by private equity companies when the original vet has retired and sold out.

Edit: still not sure if I have spelt Veterinary correctly !

@emmasfriend like human medical care in the US!

@samueltyler2 cuz young doctors come out of med school so deeply in debt, they can't afford to buy a retiring doctors practice

@saragoodtimes That is partly true, but already many practices around here have become either part of huge practices, Summit Medical Group, Atlantic Health Care, etc., and become simply employees. The average debt among recent graduates at my medical school is now over $230 K

@samueltyler2 which is why so many of the best students are choosing other fields. positive Katie would have if not offered a full ride

@saragoodtimes I look at the scholarships at some schools now because of the amazing philanthropy at some. I know we disagree a lot about this, but health care should really be consider the right of all, the cost of education into the field paid for by the general funds, aka government, and the incomes should still be sizeable, but perhaps scaled more fairly.

@samueltyler2 eventually it will come to that, gov't will realize there is a shortage of doctors and provide programs to get students into med programs where they come out not so heavily in debt

@saragoodtimes There is already a severe shortage. Unfortunately, it seems that there is more interest in introducing lower cost PA/NP instead of encouraging more physicians.

I just got over a severe dermatitis. I was reassured by some of my friends/colleagues that they fit me in as an emergency, when have you ever heard of a dermatologist having an emergency patient. I had a peculiar pattern of dermatitis, it probably is a good teaching case. As a former academic physician, i realized i should record the progress so i took sequential images. They are medical images, if you understand. I am sure Alan would be intrigued by them. If he is interested, i do have a PowerPoint presentation, but we will need to figure out how to get it to him confidentially, without exposing my identity. If interested we can discuss in PM.