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

Hi Tracy

What a lovely story, it really is so important to just "be" with them. Enjoying the simple things like walks and spending time together. So pleased you have had such a good week.

It is hard to leave them, but I think it is important to get out and think about something else for a while or else it can become to all consuming and I do not think that is healthy in some cases. I hated leaving Flynn with my parents but I had too, bills don't pay themselves do they!! :D Must have been reassuring to see him snuggled up with your niece, nice to have family members who can step up when you need them.

Put those idiot others on "ignore" you don't need that shite right now. I had the same sort of comments though, first I was right pi**ed off!! :eek::eek: Then I just felt pity for them and ignored them, probably not the most mature thing to do, but that was my strategy and it helped :D xx

Evening everyone well we,ve had another positive and well weekend. My niece has went home, she stayed the weekend, and Woody has had a ball. She has pondered to his every need walked him, played with him and cuddled him and even got up with him during the night for the toilet. I felt a bit redundant lol but it was good to see them together as like me she is a massive dog lover and woody does so love her.:D He sure did wrap her round his paw but she knew it and just let him.

I also received a Get Well card for Woody and a new ball from his old dog walker that I became good friends with, I think she cried more than I did when I told her his diagnosis, it was good to talk it all out with her as I know she understands how I feel. I,m still staying positive about all this as it seems to be getting me through it, I still do have my 10 mins of despair but I just have to look at his sweet face and its all gone.

I hope everyone had a good weekend and all pups are well :)

Tracy and Woody x

That's great Tracy. Sounds like a really good weekend. I'm so glad you have your niece and your friend who understand. Every bit of support helps along the way.

huggers,
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Tracy:
So glad to hear that Woody had a great weekend with two people that love him so. You niece sounds delightful, and wonderful for Woody. I am glad you have a friend to talk to during this trying time. Tipper and I are praying for you and Woody. His avatar is so cute, I wish Tipper could meet him they would have a ball together. Tipper really has no use for other breeds, she really only gets along with her own kind! I guess she knows another crazy terrier when she sees one! Tipper goes for her Ultra Sound tomorrow, and I have prayed for her for days. Blessings
Patti

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Tracy:
So glad to hear that Woody had a great weekend with two people that love him so. You niece sounds delightful, and wonderful for Woody. I am glad you have a friend to talk to during this trying time. Tipper and I are praying for you and Woody. His avatar is so cute, I wish Tipper could meet him they would have a ball together. Tipper really has no use for other breeds, she really only gets along with her own kind! I guess she knows another crazy terrier when she sees one! Tipper goes for her Ultra Sound tomorrow, and I have prayed for her for days. Blessings
Patti

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Yeah Patti they are crazy terrier and they are both fighters of that I,m sure :D

Tomorrow is our oncologist appointment, Woody will be getting another US and a prostrate flush, but they have assured me he will be coming home with me ;) I have all my questions written down and I am as prepared as I,ll every be. Feel a bit sick and nervous but I,m sure once we get there it will be fine. So fingers crossed I should be back tomorrow night with a full update.

We will be right there beside you in spirit through the entire appointment. So when you feel that over whelmed feeling that any serious doctors appointment can cause, we'll be the angels on your shoulders passing on our strength to you. Once you hear back what they say tomorrow, you might have even more questions, so take notes of what they say, it will be easier to go back and review it than taking it all in at once.

Hugs!
Sharlene and Molly Muffin

Tracy:
I think it is a sign both Jack Russells are awaiting their fate tomorrow. I am with you 100%. So I will think and pray for you and Woody while I am awaiting Tipper's fate. It will be ok for both of us I am sure God heard me begging for 2 miracles. God Bless you both and know I am with you tomorrow.
Patti

I'm thinking about you today and how the testing is going.

Good luck to Woody. You show em Woody just how tough you are.

I,m back from oncologist and Woody is home too :D I am still pretty confused and overwhelmed I will give you the brief outline.

I saw Emma the IMS that first saw us the other week, we went over the test results from last time and how they were unremarkable except the adrenal gland (enlarged) and the lymph node (enlarged). I asked her how she had came to the diagnosis that Woody had Anal Sac Carcinoma, she said due to the position of the lymph node which is in the groin area then this is what it was likely to be. I explained that I had been fretting all week as I heard her say Anal Sac Carcinoma to me on the telephone and she said she said it was likely to be but I didn't hear her say that, but suppose I was upset and probably wasn,t listening. I then asked did Woody have Cancer and she replied defiantely yes, but we don,t know where the primary tumour is hence the reason for the tests today. I was really confused, so she asked Joe to step into the consult to explain more.

She was very nice and friendly towards Woody and explained in laymans terms that Woody was a puzzle, as the left medial iliac lymph node defo had Cancer in it, but on the scan they couldn't see the primary tumour and therefore wanted to do another scan and a prostrate flush. I agreed to this but told them I wanted him home tonight.

Woody was away for 4 hours before I was called to collect him. The results on this scan this time showed that the lymph node hadn,t got any bigger (yay) but it had cavited and the fluid flow was different so they took another biopsy of it and also more fluid to try and see what is going on. They also did a prostrate flush, which sounded awful when described to me as there was signs of inflammation but Joe was sure there was no sign of cancer on it but results will tell us more. Joe thought that Woody may have lymphoma but wasn't convinced as usually there is more than one node affected. They also took an aspiration of a lump under Woody,s armpit that was diagnosed as a fatty lump 2 years ago just to check and it was indeed just a fatty lump. So now I have to wait until tomorrow to get the cytology reports.

Now here is the good bit I think Joe the oncologist has said that maybe Woody just has that one lymph node that is cancerous and if removed Woody should do very well and may not even need any other treatment she even used the word "cured" in the sentence. Now I,m not getting too excited until I find out all the results but whatever happens it looks like the lymph node will be removed through surgery as early as the end of the week.

I asked lots of questions and got all the answers I needed and I even wrote them all down, so thanks to the power of all you angels I was able to keep a level head and get through it all.

So gloves and still on and we,re still gonna kick Terry,s butt :D

Well it's great to get some good news. By tomorrow you will have all your answers. I knew Woody was a tough little guy.

You kick it Woody !!