Jasper has a Tumor.

[Doggynook]

Hello everyone ,
I could sure use your help if possible. Jasper my Golden Ret (7) just developed a tumor on his back leg about the size of a silver dollar and kinda squishy, We took him to the vet and he said he believes that it is cancer but benign but won't no for sure until he operates and does a biopsy. He also told us we could wait but he didnt want us to wait so long that it grows bigger and then it would be more painful to Jasper and more costly to us.
The cost will be over $1500 and of course with two teenagers the money is very tight. My questions is has anyone's dog had tumors before? (The vet said they were very common in Goldens and other large dogs I never heard that before.) Has anyones dog recovered ? Over the past few days it does look like it has went down, but we are still very worried. Anyones story or ideas and help will be greatly appreciated. Is there anything I can do to make it smaller at home..I don't know, I'm just pulling ideas out of my head.. Sorry so long.



Thanks.

Tina

Jaspers picture is on the front page on my website.

 

[Saje]

Look up some posts about essiac and do a search on google.

 

[joce]

Try another vet. that is way too much money.My dobe had a lump removed on his side for like a hundred (this was like three years ago) and my dobe jsut got a huge lump removed and fixed for like four.

Get this one removed and tested but if another one develops its more than lieky the same thing and nothing to worry about.

 

[ledoc]

If the skin over the "tumour" area is ulcerated and oozing then you probably need to act sooner rather than later. If the skin is ok, the lump is well defined and not bothering your dog then you can probably afford to wait. Measure the diameter and note it down and re measure on a weekly basis for the next month or so. If it is getting bigger - then action is needed. If it is not growing then keep an eye on it.
Your vet should be able to do a needle biopsy and smear which are simple, inexpensive procedures, and send that to a lab to try to diagnose what kind of lump it is. Some, like lipomas, can be fairly harmless (generally speaking). Also have a good feel all over the rest of the pet to see if there are any other lumps evident - that can alter your course of action as well

 

[Doggynook]

Thank you so much for your help Ledoc. It made be feel better hearing it from a vet.and I will take your advice. Would you mind if I linked your website to my Dog site? I would love to be able to offer your site to my readers it would help them a great deal and you offer so much needed information. If you wouldn't mind and have a banner or ad please let me know..

Thank You Again,
Tina

 

[Renee750il]

Great advice, Ledoc

My big GSD/Akita mix had a tumor in his rear leg. Our vet told me that it was quite common in dogs with very muscular haunches. He removed most of it, but wasn't able to get all of it as it had tendrils growing down through the muscle tissue. I put Bear on a half cup of Essiac tea every day and the remainder of the tumor disappeared. He went on to be at least 14 years old (we never knew for sure, as he was rescued from the pound as an adult) and never had anymore trouble with tumors of any kind. Our vet was happily astounded at the difference the Essiac made - he'd never seen that type of growth just wither away and vanish before.

 

[LuvableLabs]

Midnite just recently had a mast cell tumor removed from under her arm. Midnite also has a bunch of fatty tumors on her body, but when her vet biopsy the one under her arm we found out it was a mast cell. Luckily it was not cancerous. The surgery cost well over $1,000, but I worked out a monthly payment plan with my vet since I'm a college student and money is very tight.

The picture of her in my avatar was about a week after her surgery. Since it was a large area and it was so hard to keep her from running a muck she began to get fluid build up. So after they drained it they wrapped her in yellow vet wrap and put a pink heart on the back. ​

 

[ledoc]

No problem - link away! have sent you an e-mail via your site.

 

[Boxer*Mom]

At that price they should have in house laboratory equipment to be able to tell you something right away! And also sent to a lab to test for further test factors. If you are lucky it may just be a cyst, which also grow larger like a tumor and can have tendrils too and reappear if not all of it is removed.

Let us know what the outcome is.

 

[kerrkat1]

tumor on leg

My 11 year old dog, Bo, also has a tumor on his leg. It is actually right above his foot and bottom of leg. He has one tumor(golf ball size) under the skin that doesn't bother him, but does get inflamed every once in a while but clears up within a week or two. But now a new one has come out of the original one and sticks out above the skin and is red and looks terrrible, but doesn't seem to bother Bo. I took him to the vet and he told me that it would be very hard to remove because of the location and not worth it if it doesn't really bother him. He gave me antibiotics and predinisone to see if that would help to reduce the inflamation/ infection. It hasn't helped at all. I'm going on vacation for a week in a few days and was hoping to get it cleared up before I left. I really didn't want to ask my friend who will be feeding him to also rebandage his leg every day..it it pretty "grose" to look at and mess with. I read about Essiac in one reply. I think I will try it. Any other suggestions????