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Butterfly Effect: Surviving the Unintended Consequences of the Worst 24 Hours of My Entire Career

By Bruce W. Francke, DVM

Ahh, the Uncharted Veterinary Conference! The highlight of my entire year every time I attend. A couple of hundred of our profession’s most enthusiastic, energetic, and successful people all gathered in one place!

Surely, such people are incredibly happy and content with their careers 100% of the time, right? Surely, they would be incapable of understanding the kind of stress and doubt that I often live within MY professional life, right? If I were honest with them about my struggles, they just wouldn’t understand.

Right? This is the way that it might feel going to a conference like Uncharted, especially to the uninitiated, the first-time attendee. You’d think “These people got it going on!” However, as a Founding Member, I’ve been lucky enough to get to know many of my fellow UVC’ers pretty well! I can tell you that we all have a story of a struggle or a time that we had to overcome adversity, just like everyone else!

I thought with all the struggles that our profession has with mental health, that sharing a time where I really struggled with mine may be helpful to someone! To know that they are not alone.

As I prepared this presentation, I feared that I may be “flying a bit too close to the Sun.” I knew that I was taking a chance talking about subject matter that has left an indelible mark on me, in front of so many people. I could have never told this story in public for at least ten years after it happened, but I decided to try. I believe that we can often be most helpful to others when we are brave enough to bare our soul, just a little.

I’m an incredibly fortunate doctor. I’ve had a great career. I’ve also been blessed with amazing family and friends but in truth, I’m lucky to still be here. This is my story. WE ALL have one!

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The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Unchartedvet.com editorial team.

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