I am 53. I started going to my vet just after he set up his practice, and I was probably 18. We have become good friends. He has had bone cancer, has gone through some experimental treatment. So far he is doing well. My RSD fascinates him. When fmichael posts a medical paper that I can't figure out, I forward the info to Doc and he helps me figure it out. He knows a lot about ketamine as it relates to animals, as he has been using it daily for years. He is interested in the use of ketamine for RSD, but so far, he thinks I should wait for more research before I do any infusions, although I do use it topically.

I have watched him cry like a baby when he has given the final injection to put my dogs to rest when they were old.

He has had to take another vet into the office in the last three years, due to his health. I was not sure how I felt about another vet taking care of my animals after all these years, but he found a really great person, as well as a great vet. I have a mobility service dog, and Dr. Anne gave me her home phone and cell number, with instructions to call anytime if Josie became ill.

How many of our own docs would do that?