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Going to the vet, but seeking experienced advice
Hi,
My dog is 16, I've posted about him occasionally. He has a vet appointment tuesday morning, but since about three days ago something new has popped up. In his scrotum area he has what appears to be a large round ball. He's been neutered since he was 5 weeks old, I've had him since he was 2 weeks old, a rescue. Needless to say, I'm very attached to him as he is to me. But back to this, what seems to be a cyst... a very large one about 2 inches in diameter. It doesn't affect him, that I can see, still high energy level, no apparant pain, no discolouration, no limping, no problem rising or sitting, no problem walking or jumping on my bed. He's eating and drinking well. But he keeps scratching at his groin area and licking it. I can move the round area and touch it, it's not hard but not soft either and only on one side. Interestingly after he urinates it seems to shrink to about half its size. Could it be an infection? I'm giving him an extra walk each day now (now at 5 walks a day) as he seems to need to urinate more. As I said, he has a vet appointment on tuesday morning for his annual check-up, he was just there in January and had blood work done with no issues. He also has some lumps on his chest area but the vet says its fatty deposits (they've been there about 2 years now without complication). Has anyone any experience with anything similar? And if it is a cyst, will he need surgery, he has a heart murmur of 3 to 4, the vet is very hesitant to sedate him. Just to be clear, money is not an issue, him being sedated is. Please respond either here or through my e-mail account if you have any advice. Thanks Trish |
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"Trish Dunphy" wrote in message ... My dog is 16, I've posted about him occasionally. He has a vet appointment tuesday morning, but since about three days ago something new has popped up. In his scrotum area he has what appears to be a large round ball. Needless to say, I'm very attached to him as he is to me. But back to this, what seems to be a cyst... a very large one about 2 inches in diameter Interestingly after he urinates it seems to shrink to about half its size. ........I had a dog with a growth in the genital area that turned out to be a histiocytoma - a benign type of growth. But it didn't pop up over a few days. Is it in the area of the prostate or where the testicles were? Could be an infection. Hard to say. I'd take some very fresh urine in to be analyzed and get some bloodwork done - at least a CBC and chem highlights. best of luck to you and your oldster please post back buglady take out the dog before replying |
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"buglady" wrote in message ink.net... "Trish Dunphy" wrote in message ... My dog is 16, I've posted about him occasionally. He has a vet appointment tuesday morning, but since about three days ago something new has popped up. In his scrotum area he has what appears to be a large round ball. Needless to say, I'm very attached to him as he is to me. But back to this, what seems to be a cyst... a very large one about 2 inches in diameter Interestingly after he urinates it seems to shrink to about half its size. .......I had a dog with a growth in the genital area that turned out to be a histiocytoma - a benign type of growth. But it didn't pop up over a few days. Is it in the area of the prostate or where the testicles were? Could be an infection. Hard to say. I'd take some very fresh urine in to be analyzed and get some bloodwork done - at least a CBC and chem highlights. best of luck to you and your oldster please post back buglady take out the dog before replying Well we survived the vet visit and surprisingly it went well, the lump is another cyst that is enlarged due to Maggot's constant scratching and will go back down to nothing as his allergies are dealt with. Unfortunately, for the third visit in a row he still has not received his yearly vaccinations because of allergies. So we go back next week to see if everything is under control enough to get them then. He had his senior blood work done and we'll get the result tomorrow as well as a urine sample was taken. I'm so proud of him, I know he's uncomfortable with his red itchy eyes and itchy belly but he didn't even moan as Dr. John poked and prodded, an amazingly pleasant trip to the vet! Thanks buglady for your advice Trish http://www.dogster.com/pet_page.php?i=132206&j=t |
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.. . Well we survived the vet visit and surprisingly it went well, the lump is another cyst that is enlarged due to Maggot's constant scratching and will go back down to nothing as his allergies are dealt with. ,,,,,,huh.....strange.........wasn't a lymph node? Unfortunately, for the third visit in a row he still has not received his yearly vaccinations because of allergies. ........your dog is 16 years old. Doesn't need one more vaccination, _for anything_, ever. Please don't vaccinate this pup any more. I'm surprised your vet is pushing vax on such an oldster. Tsk tsk on him. If you need some good sites to read let me know. Vaccinations will only exacerbate the allergy problem at his age (or any age if you ask me). He had his senior blood work done and we'll get the result tomorrow as well as a urine sample was taken. ........please post back when you get the bloodwork! buglady take out the dog before replying |
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"buglady" wrote in message news "Trish" wrote in message .. . Well we survived the vet visit and surprisingly it went well, the lump is another cyst that is enlarged due to Maggot's constant scratching and will go back down to nothing as his allergies are dealt with. ,,,,,,huh.....strange.........wasn't a lymph node? Unfortunately, for the third visit in a row he still has not received his yearly vaccinations because of allergies. .......your dog is 16 years old. Doesn't need one more vaccination, _for anything_, ever. Please don't vaccinate this pup any more. I'm surprised your vet is pushing vax on such an oldster. Tsk tsk on him. If you need some good sites to read let me know. Vaccinations will only exacerbate the allergy problem at his age (or any age if you ask me). He had his senior blood work done and we'll get the result tomorrow as well as a urine sample was taken. .......please post back when you get the bloodwork! buglady take out the dog before replying His bloodwork came back and was described as "perfect" except for a little decrease in protein, I was told this is normal in a dog his age and that it was nothing to worry about. I'd love to have those sites you mentioned. I should explain, I'm not so sure allergies describe it properly, his body can't break down protein properly so he's on z/d however he has gotten into the cat food and this caused the recent flare up. Thanks Trish |
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"Trish" wrote in message .. . His bloodwork came back and was described as "perfect" except for a little decrease in protein, I was told this is normal in a dog his age and that it was nothing to worry about. .........that's great! I'd love to have those sites you mentioned ........since my links are on my other browser, which is broken, I'll post this site, which has a lot of links: http://www.dogaware.com/misc.html#vaccination The first one (at IVIS) is a discussion by Dr. Schultz, DVM, who has spent years on this issue. ........I'd also suggest looking at the pages at the Senior Dog Project, which is a great site: http://www.srdogs.com/Pages/care.fr.html There's also a Yahoo list called Beyond Vaccination. may your oldster have many more happy days buglady take out the dog before replying |
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