GASTROINTESTINAL STROMBAL TUMOR

Gosh Sandra, I'm sorry.  If you want to put her on a grain-free/high antioxidant (cancer) diet that's cooked, holler and I can help you with a simple one.  Any wisdom from the vet?

Oh, I'm sorry to hear this.    

What can be done Sandra?  Did Ricky say?

Sandra, I thought Kaycee was gone, right?  This was information from a post-mortem?

This is why Lynn's on a home-prepared diet developed and balanced by an expert, despite my long experience in this field.  I'm 99% sure she's got a good bit of Golden in her (I may join a Golden list or forum if you've got any good suggestions) and I know there are so many health problems in the breed.  I have no illusions that diet alone can magically change genetics (as you know), but I want to get an early start trying to stack the deck in her favor!

I know you do everything you can to get information about things that come up with your dogs, and I really appreciate your willingness to share.  It would be so easy to crawl in a hole, or lash out in all directions trying to lay blame where it doesn't belong.  God bless you for your efforts to put two and two together in a sensible way and try to help others, in the midst of real emotional events! 

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I know you do everything you can to get information about things that come up with your dogs, and I really appreciate your willingness to share.  It would be so easy to crawl in a hole, or lash out in all directions trying to lay blame where it doesn't belong.  God bless you for your efforts to put two and two together in a sensible way and try to help others, in the midst of real emotional events! 

  Very well said; you're a strong person and a great example for others Sandra. I'm guessing that you mean Honey and not Kaycee. I'm so very, very sorry; you've had so much to deal with this past year. Did your vet remove all of the tumor; has he said anything about Honey's prognosis? Sending healing vibes for Honey and {{{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
 

Yes, KayCee is gone.  She died May 25, just abut 48 hours after the softball size tumor was removed.  It had been less han a year since she had had ultrasound on her tummy due to malformed kidney and there was no sign of it. 

 she was fine on thursday, i mean she played with Honey, ran up and down the fence with Honey barking at the dogs, ate well.  Friday mornining she refused breakfast  and threw up, and being the worry wart that I am, i got into the vet that afternoon.  Her blood work wa great--but he couldl feel that mass and he decided to operate that afternoon.   Normaly a bowel tumor removal takes 30 to 45 minutes, but bcause of the location of her's, it took 1 1/2 hours an hereally didn't think she would make it thru the night,. He had never seen one in that location and he had removed many bowel tumors.

Rickey had actually called when the report camr in but i was out and jerry took the info, but couldn't remember what it was called.   I just  got around t asking and it was not a kind I had ever heard of.  We lose goldens all the time on my golden forums to several different kinds of cancer--60% of all goldens will die of cancer. The tumor, as I said, as about the size of a soft ball and one side there was about an 1" of small intestine sticking out and on the opposide side, about 1" of large intestine sticking out.  Just totally surround that area.  Couldn't see her appendix at all, totally encased.

 Now Honey's tumor removed last Tuesday from her chest was totally a fatty tumor, no cancer cells were found at all. I had been so worried since it wa ony 2 1/2 months since I lost KayCee to that huge, ugly tumor.  You can imagine i did breath a HUGE sign of relief.  She gets her stitvches out Friday.

OHHHHH, OK, I got confused about who was who.  Well, I'm happy to hear that Honey is OK.  And, thank you for mentioning this type of tumor, I had never heard of it before. 

Lori

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Now Honey's tumor removed last Tuesday from her chest was totally a fatty tumor, no cancer cells were found at all.

 Whew; that's a relief. I'm really glad Honey's okay and sorry for thinking you meant Honey instead of Kaycee. Thanks for posting about the tumor; you must still miss Kaycee very much.

Oh Sandra -- I'm so sorry I screwed that up!!  That's what happens when I try to think before coffee!  my bad!!

I CAN SEE WHERE THERE IS CONFUSION.  JUST LAST WEEK I WAS POSING BOUT HONEY'S LUMP, WHICH TURNED OUT TO HAVE NO CANCER CELLS.  THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I AM TLKING ABOUTTHIS WEIRD TUMOR AND I SURE SEE HOW FOLKS COULD GET MIXED UP.