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That's sad news; especially as she's doing so well on 3 legs. Hope one of the locums will be sble to help...is there anyone who could drive with you if you do have to see a specialist? As a person with a terrible sense of direction I can empathize with you about getting lost...  |
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Poor Pebbles, excuse if I have missed something, has she had a diagnosis on this problem? Is she regularly vaccinated? Dawn. |
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BD - she saw a different vet in Feb time, and was diagnosed with pre-cancerous scabs due to sun damage. Not sure what being vaccinated has to do with it, as they are on her nose. I have had her for 17months, not sure about vaccinations before but would doubt it, so I started the vaccs last year, and she got her booster this year. The vet has just rang, and the only thing that she can physically do for her is cryotherapy. This was mentioned by the other vet earlier in the year, and I did some research on it and decided not to do it, as there are no guarantees it will work, and it might not last all that long, plus I know of a person who said it is uncomfortable. My other concern at doing it with her is that she will need a mild sedation every time they do the treatment, and we would be looking at a minimum of 3 treatments 2 weeks apart - I have expressed my concern about it to the vet, who said it was an extremely mild one so should have no side effects - she has already had 3 sedations this year, and blood tests 6 months apart as both times the vet was convinced she had kidney probs. OTher than that, options are radiotherapy, which isn't an option due to distance, or take her to the specialist, which is in Chorlton, and the other side of Manchester to me, so I would get horrendously lost, so dont really want to go down that route either. So still no idea what I am goign to do, the vet says that we should try the cryotherapy as we wont know how effective it is till we have tried it, but she didn't really convince me (and got loads of questions due to the research i had done!!) |
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Over vaccination causes huge problems in Cats aswell as Dogs, things like Dermoid Lupus cause sores on the nose that flare up and reduce at times, I wondered by the way you were talking if the Vets didnt know what it was and it could of been a possibility. Hope she is ok. Dawn. |
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Ah right. I do highly doubt that she has been over vaccinated, her first owner obviously never took her back for the pin removal, and when she was taken from her second owner, she had to go straight to the vet as she had a skin prob and conjunctivitis. I have been thinking a lot since my last post, and at the moment I just dont think I can put her through any more vet visits at the moment, and esp not put her through treatment that would require yet more sedation, might not work, and there is a chance it will return after the treatment. And the trip to the specialist is a minimum of 50 mins each way, prob more so with my lack of direction, so not sure I want to push that either. And at the moment, she is still acting the same, so I wonder if they bother me more than her. |
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Stick it on your todo-list for her. If she's not that bothered and would mind the vet trips, seems like the best thing at the moment? |
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I have had cryotherapy twice for pre-cancerous facial lesions, and it is NOT uncomfortable...stings a bit then scabs over, later scab falls off, no scar. No local anaesthesia required. If Pebbles were mine, I'd be inclined to wait and see..that was an interesting point about the lupus... |
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Interesting that you say it isn't uncomfortable, as someone on another forum said it was. The only reason why sedation is needed for PEbbles is that she dislikes any part of her face (apart from her ears) being touched, so the vet has no chance of doing it and her stay still - it would normally be done without. So, as she would need a mild sedation, she would also need to be pr3e-starved and spend part of the day at the vets. At the moment, I just dont think it is fair on her, I may reconsider this decision in a few months, but while she isn't seeming in pain with it, then I am going to leave her to get over everything she has already been through. I just wish that someone could look at it and say whether they are still pre-cancerous or not, as that might affect my decision. |
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Believe me. BH, I have a really low pain threshold & am a coward about needles, etc., so when I say it wasn't uncomfortable...it really wasn't! Was scared to death that it would hurt, & it was over so quickly with only a little sting that I couldn't believe it!! Poor Pebbles; hope very much that it gets no worse & she has a respite from vet visits for a while! |
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She went for her weigh in today, and has lost weight  She was 3.99 just after the amputation and 7 weeks on is down to 3.60 - not a massive amount I know, but still enough to worry me, esp as she has been eating well. Will have to see what happens when she goes back in 5 weeks time, fingers crossed I can get her to put some weight on by then. I decided yesterday that if she had lost weight (I had a dream she lost 1/4 kg, not far off) then not going through with treatment at hte moment was the right thing to do. Teh vet looked at them and agreed that they are looking bigger, but didn't push me when I Said that I thought Pebbles had had enough this year, and that I wasn't going to go through with it, esp not as they dont bother her. |
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