Tuesday Aug. 23 ... Vet called ...

Bruce" has Stage 2 M.C. Cancer =(

.. we wait and see if anything else occurs in the next 3 months and proceed from there. Tumor has been removed... and He is healing from that... just starting his 2nd week with the big cut and stitches.. stitches come out next week... > this is so hard... I love him SO much!!!

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Prognosis/Grade-2 MCT: It is reported that 50-75% of dogs with Grade 2 MCT survive long-term (beyond 35 weeks). Another study concluded that 44% of dogs with Grade 2 MCT survived long-term (over 4 years) after nothing more than complete surgical removal of their tumors. Yet another author reports a 45% mortality rate.

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CANCER ~Dogs * Mast Cell Tumor

Help your - Dog Check them Often

      >>>>>>>>>>>> Another Reminder… <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

PLEASE CHECK your DOG for Lumps &  bumps… Under the Skin or On the skin

MAST CELL – Cancer  if not found early enough … =(   … Can take your Dogs Life.

Physically take YOUR HANDS  and “” TOTAL TOUCH EXAM””   your dog all over … Firmly Massage the complete BODY of your Dog…  to feel for these tumors… Please….

 

They can be hard to detect and sneak by your Vet… so do Not depend On your vet to find them…. ~~~ It takes time to TOTAL TOUCH Exam your Dog ~~~~

 

http://www.kateconnick.com/library/mastcelltumor.html

http://www.vetinfo.com/dmastcell.html

 

 

Hi Ivy, how Brucey boy doing? Those were really big openings the vet made. Is he healing up good? Hows about a new thread, this one will probably get lost, as people don't usually go back to the old threads. For me, I just come straight here and try to remember which thread I posted on and need to read. In email, I get the email digest, but it does not tell me which post got a responce from.