Leslie:
Is the 2.89 on the tumor large? I do not know the size comparison with what, an eraser on a pencil??- and it could have been that large all this time and the idiot at the vets did not know or reading it incorrectly?? Blessings
Patti
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Leslie:
Is the 2.89 on the tumor large? I do not know the size comparison with what, an eraser on a pencil??- and it could have been that large all this time and the idiot at the vets did not know or reading it incorrectly?? Blessings
Patti
I'm not sure what is considered a normal size for an adrenal gland. I'll have to research that! :o
I'm at work and can't post alot but dogs with pheos don't always have high blood pressure. That is why most are never diagnosed. The blood pressure only goes high when the tumor is active (it emits basically adrenaline) and trust me it almost always happened at night with my Annie so by the time I drove 5 hours to the closest IMS her BP was normal.
Gotta go but I will check back in later. Kim
I just checked Zoe's ultra sound from April 2013. Her left adrenal measures .96cm cranially and 1.1cm caudally. I can go back to her original ultra sound to get the original measurement from 2010when I get home tonight unless I can find it here on my work computer.
Dr. Mark Peterson blogQuote:
Pros and cons of Lysodren vs Vetoryl
So which drug to use—mitotane or trilostane? If the dog has PDH, she should respond clinically to either drug (1,4-6), but if an expanding pituitary tumor is present, that might lead to neurological signs within a few months (3,7). If the dog has an adrenal tumor, the standard doses of mitotane would be unlikely to help, but this failure to control the cortisol levels would help "suggest" that an adrenal tumor is the underlying cause (1,8,9).
Use of standard doses of trilostane, on the other hand, is more effective in lowering cortisol values in dogs with adrenal tumors so this may be the way to go if the client refuses any additional workup (6,10). However, if adrenal carcinoma is present, this drug would do nothing to stop tumor invasion or metastasis. And again, if the dog has non-suppressible PDH with a pituitary macrotumor, this might lead to neurological signs within a few months.
Hi Everyone:
I am still as confused as ever about all this. I don't know if she has Pituitary Dependency and a pheo or just Adrenal dependency. I am waiting for the IMS to email me some answers to the questions I asked. It doesn't seem to me that this adrenal gland is large according to the info Leslie sent me. Of course my vet is away again, won't be back until Monday. Blessings
Patti
Patti,
Stop and breathe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are going to give yourself a heart attack or a stroke!:eek::eek:This will all become clearer and sort itself out. I feel very confident that it will. Right now you are still in shock and understandably so.:o You have all of us here helping in every way we can. You and Tipper have literally tons of love, prayers and support surrounding you. We aren't going anywhere, so stop and breathe! Xxxxx
Hi Everyone:
The IMS has not emailed back my answers yet. Her assistant did call me however and tell me that she would want to check the tumor in 6-8 weeks unless I decided on surgery. They are to set up a consult with a surgeon for 125.00. I do not know if I should do this as they will not tell you how much this will cost until then. I could pay out 125.00 for a consult and have her tell me how much it will cost only to find out I cannot afford it. I would sell my car, but then how would I get her around? If anyone can give me a cost for this I would appreciate it. I told them to call me after Monday to set something up as I am overwhelmed right now, and need time for the forum to help me sort thru this. My other question is how much of a life span is this going to give her if I do this operation. I have searched on the forum and seen many different estimates from 1 year to 5. For 1 year is it worth putting her thru this bad surgery, or letting her go on as long a she possibly can like this. What if they remove it and she then has a pituitary one also?? I have been through 1000 scenarios in my head today. I have to take Tipper to the consultation, and do I really want to make her do this again after yesterday?? She is fed up with all this, it is making her crazy and me too. Blessings
Patti
Hello. Again, let's focus on the facts. We don't know what we are dealing with and you don't have enough info to make a decision re surgery yet. The only way you get that info is with the consult.
I would have no idea how much it cost but its definitely in the thousands of dollars. Oh boy that really helped huh? If you want I could add adrenal tumor to your thread title and then those that have dealt with them would tend to come in and read... trust me that is how it works. ;):)
You asked about Annie's breathing problems. I found the part in her thread where I linked videos. One showing her stumbling on stairs (her legs would give out suddenly and then she'd run around like a puppy), another with the breathing/body shaking and lastly a link just to show how her stomach was huge (from enlarged organs) - Glynda and I were having a conversation at the time and a big tummy like this is NOT a cush dog - it's a skinny dog with enlarged liver, heart etc.
Go til you see the video links:
http://www.k9cushings.com/forum/show...?t=933&page=72
Kim