the dreaded C word....

[WiskeyJaR]

Found out yesterday dutchess has cancer Waiting on Biopsy result to know if its benign or malignant. Frist of this week I saw a "scrap" on her front ankle, near the dew claw. I thought she just scraped it while running threw the woods. As week went on she kept digging at it and it started looking infected, so took her to see vet.
pic of sore...


Vet took a look under the microscope and said he was seeing both benign and malignant cells, he took a bigger (4MM punch biopsy) sample and sent it off to the vet collage, results due on Monday.

poor girl, fought off a heart murmor as a young pup, now this.
WiskeyJaR

[3Britts]

Hope everything goes well with the test. I had the same thing happen to a Springer of mine about 15 years ago. When the results came back, it was benign. Hope your dog's is as well. Keep us up to date.

[kninebirddog]

Oh My I am sooo Sorry to hear that

Hope they can take care of it with surgery..Will be praying for the best

[shags]

Best wishes for a good result on the biopsy. Setter mojo coming your way!

[ezzy333]

Let us know if it turns out to be cancer or just a benign tumor. I'm betting and sure hope I am right it is just a tumor of some type possibly caused by a thorn or some foriegn object. Let all keep our fingers crossed.

Ezzy

[wems2371]

My lab had a large hard swelling below the dew claw area a couple years ago, that appeared pretty quickly. We scheduled an appointment to have it opened up and possibly do surgery. My vet took one cut and called to tell me that it was an awful looking black matter and he was very worried, so we chose to operate immediately. I was totally in tears.........and my mind racing during the time. The day after the operation, we got the news that the tissue results came back from the lab and it was benign tumor. I have a feeling it had something to do with a thorn and the hunting we had done a week or two before.

Anyway, Best Wishes for Dutchess and your family. Hopefully it will be nothing serious. I know how it feels to be in limbo emotionally. It is good that you were paying attention, and therefore your vet can react swiftly. Please let us know how it goes. Denise

[WiskeyJaR]

THANKS TO ALL FOR THE GOOD THOUGHTS......

Just got a call from my vet, biopsy says its benign, AND IT SHOULD HEAL AND GO AWAY ON OWN. The vet school said no need to operate.

The vet called it a "histiocytoma tumor" and is currently recessing on its own.


Whew what a relief,
WiskeyJaR

[ezzy333]

Thats good news but exactly what I would have bet a lot of money on. The chances of a lump in that kind of a location is normally going to be due to an injury and if discover early and treeated when necessary seldom results in a cancerous mass. Specially when a dog is as young as yours. It bothers me a little if the vet was the one to even suggest cancer without any indication it was. You or no one else deserves to be scared till there is pretty substantial evidence that it really is cancer.

Ezzy