I have a Dobermann :) a big soft dappy male dobie. (AND a cat, people, and a cat!!! But I'm a closet dog person really... ahem) he's almost 4, complete with two giant dangling dog-bollocks. And he is batshit insane, as most dobes are. Likes nothing more than to cuddle, cuddle, cuddle, and suckle his blanket, bark at postmen, and cry when we don't let him off his lead in the park when he wants to go and play with the other doggies - he loves all doggies, even the ones who don't like other dogs!
As for the hospital, I just replied above about that. Good ol' NHS looking after me at the mo, but I'm thinking of going down the insurance route, as the NHS are so damn stretched that I'm only getting the bare minimum of care. The unit I'm at covers SIX London boroughs, so you can imagine how stretched they are :(
( Bathory, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 20:46, 4 replies)

Pets are the best medicine : )

( girlinthehole, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 20:57, closed)

I'm sure...
Except for cancer.
And all diseases.

But they cheer you up!
( 6821isnotmyPIN Bored cig., Sun 17 Oct 2010, 6:05, closed)

You need to get fixed to look after it, they're like kids, they don't understand these things, they just want the person who smells like squrels (to them) to give them their food.
If you got the insurance, bung yourself down the local Priory, you'd be with a doctor in the morning and a base of a plan by the evening.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 21:12, closed)

That's what I'm hoping :) the downside was getting access to the insurance through my dad, who for years has believed I'm not sick. Until he saw me the other day and woo, I have all the insurance details now. Just sorting out what I am and aren't covered for and it's bye bye NHS, hello perhaps finally getting better. 7 years is far too damn long.

On the other hand, don't fancy grinding up the dog and eating him as medicine ;) but he certainly does help with keeping me going. Dobes are such a damn sensitive breed too, so he's uber anxious at the moment, bless him.
( Bathory, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 21:16, closed)

Aye, it's an easy one to brush under the carpet until it gets to your stage.
Going private is only better in emergancys, which this is.

Dogs are stunning in that respect, unconditional love and will take your secrets to their deathbed. They know when something is up, they can just tell.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 21:42, closed)

dogs are shit
we all know this
( mongychops, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 21:46, closed)

Nah', no dog is shit, any that where people reckon the dog is shit, it's 'cus their owner is shit.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 21:52, closed)

i hate dogs, let us never talk of this again

( mongychops, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 21:57, closed)

Eeee I love dobes
They're absolutely nuts, and soft as anything
( Major Turd for tonight only, Sat 16 Oct 2010, 23:44, closed)

I had one of those
She died in May this year, she was almost 13 years old and I cried for a week.
( His Popiness the Hole Invaded Poland on, Sun 17 Oct 2010, 20:18, closed)