Confused and Overwhelmed-Diagnosed Anal Sac Carcinoma (Woody has passed)

Good for you for standing up and insisting that they provide you with a referral to someone who will do their job!

Honestly, the fact that he admitted that Woody didn't get the attention that he deserves is criminal. You are due a refund of some sort really.

I would find another vet as well. Maybe the IMS can give you some names?

Best of luck with the upcoming appoinment!

Woodys referral letter came in this morning, he,s not to be fed after 10pm on Sunday night oh dear he won't be a happy chappie lol. The letter says he maybe kept in overnight but I called them and the told me they always say that just in case to prepare the owner so fingers crossed he won't be kept in I couldn't bare that. The appointment cost is high so beans and toast this month but as long as Woody is all right I can live with that.

Glad you got the referral. Hoping and praying all comes out well. I know how expensive all this is. I wish for all of us these tests etc. were more affordable. It would make it easier for many to help their babies. Blessings
Patti

Today's the day we,re off to the IMS fingers crossed for some answers, back later with some answers hopefully

Hi Tracy,
Best of luck at your IMS appointment today. I too am hoping you get some answers for your sweet boy.

Hugs,
Tina and Jasper xo

Good luck today! :).
I hope they have the answers for you and Woody

Hugs
Sharlene and Molly muffin

I am saying a prayer for you and Woody that he gets the treatment and attention he so deserves, and that you get the answers you deserve. Blessings
Patti

I,m back but Woody is staying in the hospital tonight :( The IMS we saw was very very good and the consult alone took over an hour. They asked a load of questions. The IMS looked over his results that my own vet had sent through and as he has some elevated blood results, calcium, potassium, liver enzymes, phosphate she wants to do a full blood panel again, he has also to get a full urine urinalysis and urine culture, an ACTH test, a specific blood test that checks only his calcium, his urine is to be tested every hour or so for the gravity level, T3 and T4 bloods done and finally a ultrascan phew! As the US is booked in for 9 am tomorrow morning she suggested that Woody stay with them, I,m gutted but I know he,s in the best place he has his own nurse who I met her name is Julie and Woody took to her so don,t feel so bad but I did cry when they took him away. So if anyone would like to send Woody some "don,t be scared" prayers then I would appreciate it.

Now for the rant the IMS told me that reading through Woody,s results his T4 results showed something up, now I had them done weeks ago and my vet told me they were fine, but the IMS told me that with that result it warranted further investigation. To say I am disgusted with my vet doesn't come close to how I feel right now, I,m raging that I was told they were fine all negative when the IMS said it warrants further investigation. I,m so annoyed at myself for not pushing for a copy of his results then someone on here may have picked up on this. I feel like I,ve let Woody down.

Don't beat yourself up. You did the best you could. I definitely would be ringing up that vet for a partial if not full refund of what you spent. If he is not stopped he will do this to others. He has his nerve, he should be disgusted with himself! I am glad you left Woody as hard as it, is he is in the best place to get all this done. There is so much to learn about this disease, and when you are new to it, you are at the mercy of vets that do not know what they are doing, and that is criminal. All of us beat ourselves up regularly including me. You can only do the best you can. Try to have peace knowing you finally got him somewhere through your insistence. It was you who helped him and you are doing a very good job. I am confident they will fix Woody up. Rest up while Woody is in the expert care of others, you will need to be well when he gets out. Blessings
Patti

It's possible the GP vet just doesn't have enough training to recognize something was off while the IMS, with much more education and experience, could see it. I know from my own decades of trying to get a diagnosis on my thyroid disease, none of the GPs saw anything beyond the T4 results. It took a specialist to see further and know something was wrong. ;)