Day 6, Vet Number 5

Visiting with the vet is an interesting experience at best.

Getting answers you want nearly impossible.
And at worse, leaving with more questions than answers.

I recommend you do as much research as possible BEFORE you visit so you know what to ask.

Just to enlighten this small group, I have narrowed in on my hypothesis on this whole thing.

2 months ago, Sandi had surgery to remove 2 tumors (masses) from her skin.  One on her back and one on her chest.  My long time vet and I have been monitoring these for some years and they did not seem to be a bother.  So we left them. 


Before now I had never heard of MAST cell cancer.
Wow, what an enlightenment.
MAST cell cancer manifests in the skin from "nobody knows how".  

When you surgically remove skin masses, you should biopsy them.
We opted not to as I felt these were benign, and the vet did not seem to be worried.  I cannot recall what the vet said, but there was NO mention of MAST cell cancer.


Long story short, I very strongly feel the surgery spread the MAST cell to her liver and this is where we are.  The timing is pretty much EXACT.  


OK, what is done is done.  So we move forward and figure out what to do now.
I am a now person and don't dwell on the past.

This afternoon I see vet number 5 and i hope to get some info (good or bad) to make the decision.


more later on this...