[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: lump - update
- From: Kay Reamensnyder Betty Doerpinghaus <bedkar@xxxxx>
- To: <lonnagsd@xxxxxxx>, GSD list <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 23:00:31 +0000
Our Sassy had a grade 5 tumor in a caudal breast when she was 5 years old.
The VET resected the one breast and then we went to an Oncologist. The lab
report said she had only one small edge (on the resection) that was
questionable.
The oncologist said we should observe her and have her checked frequently.
She is 10 1/2 now and has had no recurrence.
The opinion of both Vets was that spaying (at her age) did not stastically
improve
her outcome. For spaying to have an effect on the occurrence of Breast CA, the
bitch
should have been spayed before her second heat cycle (as a youngster).
Needle biopsy of both tumors might help in deciding what to do....at least you
would know
what kind of tumor you are dealing with.
-Kay Reamensnyder and Betty Doerpinghaus
-Home of Bedkar German Shepherds
-bedkar@xxxxx
-Visit our Website: www.bedkargsd.com
> From: lonnagsd@xxxxxxx
> To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] lump - update
> Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 16:41:22 -0600
>
> Hi everyone,
> Thank you to all that sent suggestions as top what the best option would be
> concerning my old girl Raven.
> My first post is below, following that is what the vet found during the
> office visit. .....................................
> I have a unspayed female that has developed a lump in one of her rear
> breasts, it has not really grown much since we discovered it (in Feb.), she
> was in heat at the time, the lump is about the size of a large marble and
> very firm to the touch.
> We have an appointment to see the vet but my questions are do I spay her and
> remove the tumor at the same time? Do it in two surgeries? Do I just spay
> her? Just remove the tumor? Just watch it to see if it grows?
>
> Raven will be 10 years old in June.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Well at the vet in addition to the breast tumor a small one the size of the
> tip of your finger was found in her mouth, it is a firm lump solidly attached
> to her upper gum just above her front incisors, and extremely close to her
> canine when she closes her mouth, this lump is hard but has what appears to
> be a layer of free moving skin over it. Raven is eating, drinking and acting
> like her normal self, now we have two lumps to be removed, the cost is a lot
> more than I was expecting up to $1100 not including a spay, but we will try
> our best to come up with it, my question now is I am having blood and urine
> work done prior to surgery but what are her long term chances, I have never
> in 40 years of having dogs run into a mouth tumor, any one know anything
> about them? My line usually lives 13 to 14 years and Raven is 7 generations
> of my breeding,
> Any suggestions would be great. I know this is a long shot but is there
> another way besides surgery of treating the mouth tumor? I am really
> concerned surgery could really damage her upper jaw, depending on how deep
> the tumor is.
>
> Thank you,
> Take care,
> Lonna
>
>
> Lonna Fisher
> Sunflower Reg'd GSD
> "Life is uncertain - eat dessert first"
> http://members.tripod.com/~lonnagsd/index.html
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