My 9-1/2 year old Boston has developed a small lump in the left front arm
pit - the size of a small grape. I think it is a fatty deposit because it
moves around a lot when pushed and is not hard. It doesn't seem to bother
him in the slightest either. I am going to watch it closely before going
to the vet because I know they are going to want to operate and I hate to
have him put under again (tooth extraction two months ago) and suffer threw
the post surgery pain if it is not necessary.

Feedback?

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"Grinder" wrote:

My 9-1/2 year old Boston has developed a small lump in the left front arm
pit - the size of a small grape. I think it is a fatty deposit because it
moves around a lot when pushed and is not hard. It doesn't seem to bother
him in the slightest either. I am going to watch it closely before going
to the vet because I know they are going to want to operate and I hate to
have him put under again (tooth extraction two months ago) and suffer threw
the post surgery pain if it is not necessary.

Feedback?



The dog won't have to be put under for a fine needle biopsy, which I
would have done. Lumps in arm pits could be fatty tumors, but could also
be lymphoma.

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"Grinder" wrote:

My 9-1/2 year old Boston has developed a small lump in the left front arm
pit - the size of a small grape. I think it is a fatty deposit because it
moves around a lot when pushed and is not hard. It doesn't seem to bother
him in the slightest either. I am going to watch it closely before going
to the vet because I know they are going to want to operate and I hate to
have him put under again (tooth extraction two months ago) and suffer threw
the post surgery pain if it is not necessary.

Feedback?



The dog won't have to be put under for a fine needle biopsy, which I
would have done. Lumps in arm pits could be fatty tumors, but could also
be lymphoma.

"montana" wrote in message
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"Grinder" wrote:

My 9-1/2 year old Boston has developed a small lump in the left front
arm
pit - the size of a small grape. I think it is a fatty deposit because
it
moves around a lot when pushed and is not hard. It doesn't seem to
bother
him in the slightest either. I am going to watch it closely before
going
to the vet because I know they are going to want to operate and I hate
to
have him put under again (tooth extraction two months ago) and suffer
threw
the post surgery pain if it is not necessary.

Feedback?



The dog won't have to be put under for a fine needle biopsy, which I
would have done. Lumps in arm pits could be fatty tumors, but could also
be lymphoma.

I will ask about that vs. surgery (I don't know how he will sit still for
it). If it is a fatty tumor or lymphoma no treatment will be needed. The
fatty tumor is no big deal and I would not want him to go through treatment
for lymphoma (something I personally would not do either - sometimes the
treatment is worse than the disease).

"montana" wrote in message
...
In article . net,
"Grinder" wrote:

My 9-1/2 year old Boston has developed a small lump in the left front
arm
pit - the size of a small grape. I think it is a fatty deposit because
it
moves around a lot when pushed and is not hard. It doesn't seem to
bother
him in the slightest either. I am going to watch it closely before
going
to the vet because I know they are going to want to operate and I hate
to
have him put under again (tooth extraction two months ago) and suffer
threw
the post surgery pain if it is not necessary.

Feedback?



The dog won't have to be put under for a fine needle biopsy, which I
would have done. Lumps in arm pits could be fatty tumors, but could also
be lymphoma.

I will ask about that vs. surgery (I don't know how he will sit still for
it). If it is a fatty tumor or lymphoma no treatment will be needed. The
fatty tumor is no big deal and I would not want him to go through treatment
for lymphoma (something I personally would not do either - sometimes the
treatment is worse than the disease).

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"Grinder" wrote:


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I will ask about that vs. surgery (I don't know how he will sit still for
it). If it is a fatty tumor or lymphoma no treatment will be needed. The
fatty tumor is no big deal and I would not want him to go through treatment
for lymphoma (something I personally would not do either - sometimes the
treatment is worse than the disease).



Of course, what you choose to do is up to you. We had a dog (nearly 13)
with lung cancer that we chose not to do surgery on, but we needed to
find out what was going on with him and basically set up a hospice
situation for him so he wouldn't suffer. We have another dog (12 at the
time) who had a mast cell sarcoma which we had removed and he has had no
recurrance. I have several friends with dogs who have had cancer who did
go through radiation and or chemo and wasn't as traumatic as people
chemo by a long shot. Had chemo been an option for Spencer's lung
cancer, we would have done that. Chemo was not recommended for Tracy's
mast cell sarcoma. Chemo is very different for dogs than for people.
Again, I'd want to find out what that lump was, for my own peace of
mind, but also so my dog could get help for pain, if needed.

In article . net,
"Grinder" wrote:


snip

I will ask about that vs. surgery (I don't know how he will sit still for
it). If it is a fatty tumor or lymphoma no treatment will be needed. The
fatty tumor is no big deal and I would not want him to go through treatment
for lymphoma (something I personally would not do either - sometimes the
treatment is worse than the disease).



Of course, what you choose to do is up to you. We had a dog (nearly 13)
with lung cancer that we chose not to do surgery on, but we needed to
find out what was going on with him and basically set up a hospice
situation for him so he wouldn't suffer. We have another dog (12 at the
time) who had a mast cell sarcoma which we had removed and he has had no
recurrance. I have several friends with dogs who have had cancer who did
go through radiation and or chemo and wasn't as traumatic as people
chemo by a long shot. Had chemo been an option for Spencer's lung
cancer, we would have done that. Chemo was not recommended for Tracy's
mast cell sarcoma. Chemo is very different for dogs than for people.
Again, I'd want to find out what that lump was, for my own peace of
mind, but also so my dog could get help for pain, if needed.

"Grinder" wrote in message
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I will ask about that vs. surgery (I don't know how he will sit still for
it). If it is a fatty tumor or lymphoma no treatment will be needed. The
fatty tumor is no big deal and I would not want him to go through
treatment
for lymphoma (something I personally would not do either - sometimes the
treatment is worse than the disease).

.......Actually lymphoma is one of the few cancers that do respond to chemo.
Hoping for the best......
buglady
take out the dog before replying

"Grinder" wrote in message
ink.net...
I will ask about that vs. surgery (I don't know how he will sit still for
it). If it is a fatty tumor or lymphoma no treatment will be needed. The
fatty tumor is no big deal and I would not want him to go through
treatment
for lymphoma (something I personally would not do either - sometimes the
treatment is worse than the disease).

.......Actually lymphoma is one of the few cancers that do respond to chemo.
Hoping for the best......
buglady
take out the dog before replying

Grinder wrote:
"montana" wrote in message
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The dog won't have to be put under for a fine needle biopsy, which I
would have done. Lumps in arm pits could be fatty tumors, but could also
be lymphoma.


I will ask about that vs. surgery (I don't know how he will sit still for
it). If it is a fatty tumor or lymphoma no treatment will be needed. The
fatty tumor is no big deal and I would not want him to go through treatment
for lymphoma (something I personally would not do either - sometimes the
treatment is worse than the disease).

I had the same initial attitude when Dylan's squamous cell carcinoma was
discovered - that I didn't want to put her through the misery of chemo.
After a discussion with her veterinary oncologist, we decided to go ahead
with radiation and chemo, still with the proviso that if it looked like it
was making her sick, we'd stop it immediately. He explained that the doses
are much lower (relative to size) than they use for humans, because they
are not trying to keep the cancer at bay for the rest of a human life span,
but for a dog life span. As it turned out, she sailed through the
treatment with what appeared to be minimal discomfort. And she's still
with us, nearly two years later, healthy except for hip dysplasia that
we're currently treating. Was it cured? Probably not; but it appears to
be in remission.

But I'm hoping that your dog only has a fatty tumor!

FurPaw


--
Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever.

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