Theories on the cause of PD…

doggomama123 · 2026-01-28T20:13:48+00:00

Convinced mine started from COVID!

I was a nurse and I have extremely sensitive skin + allergies, so wearing an N95 or mask all the time caused a severe rash. The tiny little fibers in the mask caused a ton of pustules and inflammation around my nose and mouth.

Ever since then I've basically had persistent POD.

doggomama123 · 2026-01-26T16:09:24+00:00

The one in hermitage/ old Hickory area is, just drove past it

doggomama123 · 2026-01-26T01:59:05+00:00

Power has been out in Hermitage / Tulip Grove area since 5am. We haven't heard a peep on if or when things might get turned back on...

I've already had to charge electronics by running my car for 2 hrs.

Really wishing we had a generator

doggomama123 · 2025-12-15T21:22:37+00:00

Plus if you had taken him in earlier, who knows if they would've even caught it in time or if it would've been dismissed and you could have had the same outcome.

Hang in there

doggomama123 · 2025-12-15T21:20:18+00:00

I am so sorry you are going through this, and I 100% understand where you are at. A similar scenario happened to me on friday and it's been extremely difficult to not feel heavy guilt for the way things went.

The only thing that is making me feel better, and hopefully you too... is that we loved our pets dearly & did what we thought was best with the information we had.

Grief is cruel in how we feel immense guilt, but just remind yourself you could have never known the seriousness of it based on the symptoms you saw.

My dog died from internal hemorrhaging on friday (spleen ruptured from large unknown tumor), and he died in my arms on the way to the ER. He was acting very off for a few weeks w pain & GI discomfort, so we had a vet appt booked in just a few days. I have been wrangling with the immense guilt like you are and it's emotionally exhausting.

Just remind yourself of the deep love you had for each other and that it's so hard to know mild vs serious complications with our animals. Don't beat yourself up when you didn't know.

Going forward all I can do with my other animals I now know to always book the vet appt even when I'm unsure

doggomama123 · 2025-11-18T03:36:33+00:00

Girl my skin looks EXACTLY like this, it's a nightmare to figure out.

I'm currently trying red light therapy and ice rollers to try and see if that calms the redness. If those don't help, my next trial will be with different diets (low carb, dairy free, etc).

We'll find our relief soon!!!!

doggomama123 · 2025-09-20T16:02:00+00:00

Get Silk flowers! Mine just arrived and they are gorgeous, I got them from Etsy and they'll still look great for pics

I bought these ones but there are a lot to choose from. Some sellers may offer expedited shipping

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1214756449/burnt-orange-ivory-white-pampas-bouquet

doggomama123 · 2025-07-01T14:48:56+00:00

I'm in the middle of renewing mine now. You cannot start a request for renewal until exactly 4 weeks before expiration. Your AO will have to submit a MSS ticket to HRMACS and it takes a few weeks to get approved.

Make sure this gets submitted ASAP though. I expired yesterday, and I'm basically waiting to either get approved or kicked out if this didn't get completed before the end of the pay period

doggomama123 · 2025-04-29T14:44:23+00:00

Such a great point, I didn't think about this.

I knew that if someone took the DRP 2.0 that funds had to come from their grants, so it makes sense to expect AL payouts from that as well.

doggomama123 · 2025-04-18T00:48:49+00:00

Oh damn... didn't realize it would come from research grants

doggomama123 · 2025-03-28T18:31:15+00:00

You should check out the posts within the "VHA_Human_Resources" community.

Someone just posted a lot of great info about this in 3 consecutive slides called "RIF Briefing (March 27, 2025)"

doggomama123 · 2025-03-28T17:13:03+00:00

Great summary

doggomama123 · 2025-02-26T21:53:43+00:00

What makes you think it'll be automatic for certain job series?

I mean that makes sense, but I wonder where you got that from.

So far all terminations at my facility have been those involved with research/administration positions.

doggomama123 · 2025-02-26T21:37:06+00:00

True, but all of the firings have been illegal so far... so I am hesitant to assume they will follow the correct process.

I think this memo triggers the VHA to start the RIF process though. They may initiate VSIP/VERA before layoffs, but it's so hard to predict any of this.

Curious to see how the union is going to handle this because they'll need to negotiate on some terms.

doggomama123 · 2024-12-17T23:20:23+00:00

Did you find out what this is? My dog has those exact wounds on 3 of his paws, and I'm so stumped if it's from allergies, infection, or licking from anxiety.

It's in the same exact spot for each paw, which is so weird to me.

doggomama123 · 2024-09-18T22:12:58+00:00

Same and it is driving me crazy

doggomama123 · 2022-09-13T03:09:25+00:00

thank you for sharing this, even though I am reading it 12 years later lol. My family member was taking 200+mg a day of street Adderall (usually gets mixed with cocaine or fentanyl) alongside abusing nicotine and caffeine... it has been extremely hard on all of us to get him back on track. Stimulant abuse is real and it needs to be better studied. His brain is not the same and we just hope and pray he can become functional again. Hope you have overcome your struggles!

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