On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 09:09:13 +0100, "Diana"
wrote:



Hi Diana

I am so sorry you are having to deal with this. I have fallen hard
for my new GSD girl, and I'd be a basket cae if anything like this
befell her. We'll say a prayer for you and Stone.

Thank you for the info. This is the disease I had read about, but
apparantly didn't know the acronym for.

I could join a yahoo group - IF - I knew the precise name of it. I
can email Yahoo, but the firewall prevents me from visiting the
website.

Thanks


I don't know of any non yahoo lists, but you can learn a lot about CDRM on
the list's web site and from some of the links, and maybe from there find
another list.

http://server3003.freeyellow.com/dmroster/index01.html

Stone was diagnosed with CDRM on the 4th April 2002. CDRM stands for chronic
degenerative radiculomyelopathy, in the US it is more simply referred to as
degenerative myelopathy.

Very basically, it is an auto immune disease which affected the spinal
chord. Syptoms might not be so obvious at first but signs might be that you
hear the toenails scrape the surface of the ground as the dog walks. It is
very common in GSD's but is known to affect a few other breeds. The nearest
human equivelent is MS.

We were treating her for this and we just put her apparant awkwardness down
to impared nerve function. Our vet never said for one minute that her hips
were also bad ~ but that's a different issue and a good reason why our new
pup will be visiting a different practice.

Diana

I lost my old dog to a Mammory tumor that turned into Cancer and
posioned her rear quaters. I wanted to get her operated on but being a
poor old man, did not have any money nor was I able to find any money
from anyone. So I took her to the vet and let him put her to sleep while
I cried of a broken heart and the fact she had to be put down asleep.
It is Hell being old, alone, and having to live on Social security and
then lose your constant companion. Yes I cried and still do, Oh my
puppy dog!

I lost my old dog to a Mammory tumor that turned into Cancer and
posioned her rear quaters. I wanted to get her operated on but being a
poor old man, did not have any money nor was I able to find any money
from anyone. So I took her to the vet and let him put her to sleep while
I cried of a broken heart and the fact she had to be put down asleep.
It is Hell being old, alone, and having to live on Social security and
then lose your constant companion. Yes I cried and still do, Oh my
puppy dog!