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To finish my RHA! If I go in on Wednesday and Friday afternoons, just a couple of hours each day, I can get certified then go onto the full GBAR!

Yayyyyyy! Happy dance!

I'm ok once I'm there and doing something, it's getting out the house knowing I may have to wait that is one of the hardest parts, once I'm talking and achieving something I start to enjoy myself.

So on Weds & Fri at 2-4 - and I intend to start this week - please send lots of be-strong-and- confident vibes! I'm so excited!

(Can you tell the RHA/rodentology is all I want to do? rolleyes)
 
Me and the Swedish piggy tribe will be sending you so many be-strong-and- confident vibes you will have to sign up for a large PO box!

Congratulations! Fantastic news for pigmanity!
 
I'm so pleased for you - I've had agrophobia for years and I know just what you mean about waiting around being the worst thing.
 
That's fantastic Laura. I know you can do it.

Am sending you lots of confidence and have fun while you're doing it vibes.
Flumpet, Delilah adn Minx send you some piggy kisses because they think you'll like them. x
 
Well done I'm sure that you will be fine doing once you do it a couple of times, the first day is the hardest and then once you start doing what you love you wont be able to tear yourself away!

Good luck and think positive, i know you can do it! :)

x x x
 
lots of luck from me and wheeks from misty and millie! :) you can do it!
 
I've no idea what all those letters mean but I'm very impressed. All I can say is you are a font of all knowledge and you inspire confidence in your reader. What ever you set out to do you will do fantastically well at it. Go Girl. Yeh, yeh! xx>>>xx>>>
 
Imagine how miserable and disappointed you will feel for the rest of your life if you don't do it. You don't want to feel like that do you? So go for it. You can do it.pow-pow
 
Woop woop! You go girl!

Good luck vibes are winging their way over from (a very grateful) Yossi, Little Bud and myself. It really seems like helping piggies and piggy owners is your "calling", so keep your focused on your goal and I'm sure you can follow your dream x
 
Thank you everyone, I will print this thread off and take it with me in my bag! :)

I have been to see Vedra this afternoon (had to get dental pigs sorted and collect some fluids etc.) and had a good chat so I know the plan, Mondays and Wednesdays are more likely, just building up diagnostic skills and also injecting more pigs, learning x-rays etc. Now I know what I'm going to be doing I can't wait, I am so excited, I want to go now and I don't want to come home. :))

I actually went to see her twice, first visit was so busy (6 cars before me) I figured we'd go buy a newspaper from the shop instead, so we did, then came back out an hour or so later and actually got to see her and get piggies sorted. I did have bad anxiety the first trip, I so nearly didn't go and I so nearly asked Mum to stop the car and take me home, but I didn't and ended up having a great afternoon! After I got to see Vedra I went to a slightly bigger (but still small) shop and bought some Minstrels - figured I may as well break into a bit of a run while I was going good.

I also have part 1 of the GBAR course to be reading through while I finish the RHA. Saves time.

All your be-strong-and- confident vibes are already working, will keep tapping into them on Wednesday. :)
 
Wow, this afternoon was a real achievement. Well done. Am so looking forward to hearing about your studies. :)
 
That is fantastic news, your piggies will be so proud of you.
Step by step you'll do it hun
xx
 
Sorry for not updating sooner. Last week was utterly pants, I got very down again as I was struggling to get out and about. I haven't yet attended the clinics Vedra wanted me to sit in on, the good old mental block set in and I couldn't get past it, didn't even make it into the car! :(

However, after the lows of last week, I did make it to Vedra's today to get my dental pigs sorted, I asked to watch the dental work being done (trying to make it another learning opportunity) but Vedra wouldn't let me, think it's because she had another student there. Once I'd worked the anxiety out of my system (I stopped being a nervous phobic wreck after about half an hour of waiting) I was happy to stay but it didn't work out like that. (I went to buy a newspaper again.)

I'm feeling that if I can build my confidence up by walking the dogs, going for bike rides and popping to the local shops (then ones further afield) I will be in a better, more reliable position to train with Vedra, probably the normal 3 day residential to finish the RHA then volunteering as she suggested to further build up my skills. I'm still unreliable at the moment which is no good for Vedra, so maybe by taking that pressure off for a little while I can work harder on getting 'better' and be able to train more normally.

As long as I really do keep trying and keep taking steps forward, however small, I'll get there soon enough.

I'm still moving forward with all this, studying the GBAR (Part 1 is Anatomy), practicing the SubQ injections and preparing to learn more dental work. Every day that I don't get out to achieve whatever the goal was, I take a step forward in another way - instead of just giving up. rolleyes

Thanks for all the support again, especially those of you who spotted me last week on FB. xx
 
That's a good attitude, Laura! Most everything is a step forward with the right mindset and it creates a feeling of success that will carry you further yet!

Keep it up!
 
You're definitely taking the right approach to this. I'm really impressed by your efforts and achievements so far, and I know you have many more to come. xx
 
Well done Laura for not giving in!

I have been thinking of you and will continue to do so!
 
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