35. Katie Ford and Naomi Mellor

Borborygmi: Noises From The Veterinary World

One thing I’ve really noticed since doing these podcasts is how amazing it is that when you start being honest and open about things that you find other people have been through the same things as you. I was quite ashamed for a while that my working life was affected by having varicose veins in one of my legs, and was blown away when I started chatting to Katie Ford - a small animal vet and digital entrepreneur - and found she’d had the same thing - in fact, much more severely than me. We’ve both got family history, and we’ve both had surgery in the last 12 months, both utilising the private system for this.

So here we are talking about vets and our invincibility complex, why you never think you need health insurance until it's too late, and...our old lady legs.

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