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Simon Neuhoff — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:46:04 GMT

We must be odd then - we cheerfully ignored our (recued) cats lump that appeared on his flank. Eventually several months later we did a dental and had a look at the lump - turned out to be an old hernia.

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Hannah Wynne Richards — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:24:23 GMT

Definitely second that I always panic totally about my own

Wynne

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Bob Russell — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:28:46 GMT

I have a coughing Staffie (mine!) - anyone else I would tell them not to panic at the moment. My dog has been X-ray'd (nothing very obvious) is on granofen, antibiotics despite being quite OK in herself.

Oh she is a bit lame so CT here we come! Perhaps whole body MRI is next!

Many of us are pretty useless treating our own animals and a second opinion is handy to put things into perspective.

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Lorna McHardy — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:55:42 GMT

I'd like a smiley to signify sticking ones tongue out and going "prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt"

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james herriot lied — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:48:52 GMT

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And she spent two and a half hours crashing through breakwater, woods, and rabbithole infested sand dunes the day before she went lame this time, so I wasn't exactly surprised.

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Be honest, now: aren't you glad not to have you as a client?

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Lorna McHardy — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:37:24 GMT

LOL. Yes, ok, I am totally unable to evaluate my own animals with any rationality whatsoever, especially Jenny. I once asked a passing cardiologist to look at her because I thought she was horribly bradycardic (she'd been a bit off colour so I thought I'd better have a proper look at her), only to be reminded that because she is used to spending lots of time in veterinary surgeries and relaxed to the point of catatonia when there, her heart rate isn't going to be very high, is it. The cardiologist was very kind and clearly trying hard not to laugh... :0))

There are definitely no thorns in the pads, though. I checked those! She's always been a very active dog, and does occasionally go lame; generally I regard it as a metacam deficiency if it goes on for more than a couple of days, whereupon it settles down very quickly, as you'd expect. And she spent two and a half hours crashing through breakwater, woods, and rabbithole infested sand dunes the day before she went lame this time, so I wasn't exactly surprised. Only she's not getting any better.

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james herriot lied — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:13:53 GMT

Whoa there.

A bit of perisoteal reaction to some interosseus action.

Lorna, let somebody else take a look at your dog - big deep breaths now. They'll probably pull a great big thorn out of one of the pads (!).

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Lorna McHardy — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:12:48 GMT

I'm sorry it's not better quality; it's a photograph taken off the x-ray taped to a slide viewer at home; and as I said, it wan't the best ever to start with. I'm looking at the irregularity pretty much all down the shaft on both radius and ulna, worrying about periosteal reactions, and reminding myself that I can see no lucency in the bone

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Dagmar Steele — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:34:11 GMT

Sorry Lorna,

it's always so much more difficult with your own!!! I do know the feeling when you feel completely unprofessional all of a sudden! Anyway, I'm by no means an x-ray expert, but is the bit worrying you the "break-up" in the radius compacta half way down? It is actually very difficult to see on my monitor, but I'd like to see more angles. Awaiting more expert responses than mine and good luck!!!