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I am home most of the time so I've been very eagle eye on him. So far since starting trilostane he had one bout of diarrhea several days ago and it was a one-time occurrence. I attribute that to...

Update on Winston

Yesterday we had Winston's first ACTH test since starting Vetoryl 12 days ago. Vet left a voicemail and said his pre level was 1.4 and his post was just over 2. She didn't email...

So, I've been having increasing anxiety about medicating, even though I feel like I should give it a shot. To be honest, the dosing is what has been bothering me the most even though it was decided...

I am so so thankful that this group exists and that there is such a vast knowledge and first hand experience of Cushing's from actual dog owners and I think that is pure gold. I am very scared for my...

Lori - thank you for clearing that up!

I guess we'll go with once a day to start based on the specialist recommendation. Today I read a PDF of all the fine print information (ALL OF IT) for...

Squirt's Mom - we haven't had the 3rd chest x-ray performed yet. He's going in this Thursday for the chest X-ray and that will determine whether or not to continue the antibiotics course. The...

Hello and Happy New Year! Winston and I are back home in California after a trip back to our family in New York during the holidays. We got the chance to go and visit Winston's trusted vet while we...

Marianne

Glad I'm not the only one who scrutinizes a bit! In my mind, there are lots of little telltale signs that dog may not show when we are actually at the vet, behavior wise as well, and...

Additionally, the specialist also just days later diagnosed him with Pneumonia. Also a bit puzzled...I did mention that there was one afternoon we were in the car and we heard him have 3 small coughs...

The specialist confirmed Pancreatitis. I asked her if it was just an acute episode or chronic and she said "chronic". I'm puzzled as to where she came to that conclusion.
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So happy to have found this forum! Here are my dog's lab results. FYI, the labs results that they emailed me from the ER (CBC and UA) look totally different format wise from what I'm used to seeing...

Hi srdoglover. I'm in the East Bay and I contemplated going to UC Davis, SAGE and VCA Bay area specialists. I ended up at VCA Bay Area Specialists in San Leandro because a couple of folks I talked to...

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My dog, Winston, a 12 yr (almost 13yr) old pit/chow/boxer mix was diagnosed with Cushing's last week. I had actually suspected it for close to 3 years now but each time I asked any general...