>I don't know whether to be pleased or not! A couple of hours ago I nipped
>back on to rpca for updates on Sam etc and instead of having more than 2
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> Tweed
> <puzzled>
You didn't miss a post from me regarding Sam, but thank you for thinking
about him. I do appreciate your comments about asking the vet if Sam's
tumor is a primary. I suspect it is but I'm going to ask anyway. The one
thing everyone agrees on is that feline osteoporosis is not as bad as canine
osteoporosis. I don't know that this is a good thing necessarily, but at
this point I'll take anything they'll give me. I'm sorry you lost one of
your dogs to this disease but I'm glad I have you to ask questions of when I
have them.
Julie
tension_on_the_wire - 28 Sep 2006 06:01 GMT
> You didn't miss a post from me regarding Sam, but thank you for thinking
> about him. I do appreciate your comments about asking the vet if Sam's
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> Julie
Hi Julie, it's a typo, right? Osteoporosis v. osteosarcoma?
I'm assuming that since you are still talking tumor, you meant
osteosarcoma. And more than likely, by the way, you are
right about it being a primary tumor because osteosarcoma
is by definition a primary bone tumor and any metastasis
or secondary tumors would come up most often in other
tissues like lung, liver, brain and other non-bone places.
Here's hoping it is resectable.
(no, not respectable 8^P)
--tension
Christina Websell - 28 Sep 2006 20:03 GMT
> I do appreciate your comments about asking the vet if Sam's tumor is a
> primary. I suspect it is but I'm going to ask anyway. The one thing
> everyone agrees on is that feline osteoporosis is not as bad as canine
> osteoporosis.
You have now confused me. I thought you said Sam had osteosarcoma.
Osteoporosis isn't nearly as serious.
I don't know that this is a good thing necessarily, but at
> this point I'll take anything they'll give me. I'm sorry you lost one of
> your dogs to this disease but I'm glad I have you to ask questions of when
> I have them.
I will try and help but I don't think I will be much use to you. As Pearl's
osteosarcoma was a secondary from her spleen and her shoulder had crumbled,
while she was under anaesthetic for the x-ray I told them not to let her
wake up.
For a primary I think there is more hope.
Tweed
jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 28 Sep 2006 20:55 GMT
> > I do appreciate your comments about asking the vet if Sam's tumor is a
> > primary. I suspect it is but I'm going to ask anyway. The one thing
> > everyone agrees on is that feline osteoporosis is not as bad as canine
> > osteoporosis.
> You have now confused me. I thought you said Sam had osteosarcoma.
> Osteoporosis isn't nearly as serious.
Hey, come on guys. She's distraught, and made a mistake. Osteoporosis
is a much more common condition, so it's not surprising she wrote that
instead.
Joyce