I am turning in to a paranoid wreck :(

[Jesstickle]

I think what makes me even worse is that BH is a good, solid lad and (touch wood) doesn't really ever have issues. He pulled up lame for the first time in his seven years after a particularly hard weekend and I instantly started thinking about having him shot. This is not the behaviour of a rational person I don't think.


At least I'm not alone by the sound of it though I think we need a bulk buy on valium to help us all cope with life as a horse owner!

 

[Hippona]

It's what coming on HHO does to you, reading all the horror stories day in day out makes us paranoid!! we discover new diseases and conditions to diagnose our horses with, we panic that any unusual behaviour must be pain related and call out the saddler, back man and vet and question every decision because so and so on HHO does it differently

So true...ignorance is bliss

 

[Littlelegs]

In 21 years mine has been lame twice. Once with an abcess when she stood on a nail, which sounds scary but was minor, & after damaging her ligaments in a field accident. There's been a few times she's been unrideable, eg when she got badly mauled by a pit bull, once after a fall her backend was a bit stiff, sinusitis, one deep cut, and a cold once. But I find I'm sometimes paranoid she's too healthy. Even after doing her ligaments, the vet was shocked at how little she was lame compared to the damage. And at 23 has no signs of age, needs 5 more minutes to warm up if I ride straight from the stable if she's been in all night than she did in her youth, but nobody else would notice that, still more supple than many younger horses. So sometimes I worry she'll just suddenly age overnight, or that she's been too healthy & is due some issues. Mainly though I watch like a hawk for any subtle signs she needs to slow down. I suppose I'm paranoid that because she's genuine she'll push herself to keep going. But really I know her well enough that she'd let me know, so yes I could be called paranoid!

 

[milesjess]

I can get like this. But my way of coping is...

When I'm not at the stables that's it, I don't worry or think 'i should of done this' or 'no rugs and it's raining'... Once I've left the yard I switch my worries off.

It's hard to explain but it works for me!

 

[Old Bat]

I hope you're feeling a bit better today....its not raining for a start! Please may I join as well? Milesjess is right about compartmentalising but its easier said than done. chin up!