Fitzie wrote:
kate wrote:
Hey Fitzie,

Yes I know what that is about when you go to the Vet. My dog took
forever to pick up and manoevure into the car. Once we got there it
was party time, sniffing around etc.
I'm sure the Vet thought I was making it up when I told him of the
dog's deterioration.
We are very aware of the effects of pred. Already he has had 2
decreases in dosage in 2 weeks.
He is still very good which we are pleased about as we have seen no
deterioration since the lowered dosage.
We realise there will probably be a point where we will have to say
this is the correct dosage that will give him quality of life albeit
the side effects, however, we are hoping to be able to rid him of the
pred altogether if posible.
The worrying thing for us presently is that while he has come back
physically, big time, we still do not have a diagnosis after 12
weeks!!!!!
We still have to be guided by the Vet on whether/what we test him for
next. We really want to know what is wrong with him and from what you
have said and from what I have researched,I do not want him on pred for
any length of time. It has given him a quality of life we could not
have envisaged 3 weeks ago, but we are not naive enough to know this is
not for good. It's a waiting game again.

Cheers,Kate

Hi Kate

My dog was finally diagnosed because we happened to see a different vet
on his next visit. He took a blood sample and sent off a report to the
Werribee Vet Clinic, which is also the teaching hospital for Melbourne
University in Vic. I made an appointment for my dog to go up there but
the vet rang to say that they agreed with his diagnosis.

After the first bout of pancreatitis, we stopped the cortizone but he
began to be in a lot of pain quite quickly so we had to change his diet
to really bland things. Even with the pancreatitis and the cancer, that
first time after he ran down to greet me after being on the cortizone
for one day, I still think it was worth giving it a shot. It gave him
three years that he wouldn't have had otherwise.

Keep us posted.

Fitzie

Hi Fitzie,

Were you using the prednisone tabs or injections???
Cheers,
Kate