Mast cell tumors are a funny thing and I learned that with one of my patients. They can look like anything on the outside—they can be flat or raised, they can be hairless or haired, they can be cutaneous or subcutaneous. You really can’t look at a mass and say, “Yup, that’s a mast cell […]
Cancer Sucks–but Oncology Rocks!
I am currently on the second week of my oncology rotation, and this has been one of my favorite rotations so far. I know you might be thinking, how can such a terrible disease bring on such feelings? Well, let me tell you. Oncology patients happen to be some of the sweetest patients I have […]
Celebrate the Little Victories
Recently, I spent a day in the teaching hospital on an Oncology rotation. I kept trying to coach myself for what I thought would be a day full of sadness and depressing diagnoses. However, as I have come to learn…veterinary medicine is anything but expected. The Oncology residents and faculty clinicians were some of the most […]
