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Whatever you do, don't give anymore Vetoryl. Hope everything will be ok.

If used properly, he is better off on medication. That was too high a starting dose. Should have been no more than 20...

Please, if there is one available, go to an emergency clinic ASAP. This can be life threatening,

I would get to an emergency vet ASAP.

We all seem to go through similar experiences and then all of a sudden, everything falls into place and your baby is in maintenance. So take heart - there is light at the end of the tunnel!

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About those prednisone pills. I get 1 mg tablets from Walmart :) They have a line in the middle and we cut them in half. I buy the Lysodren from Walmart as well. My vet was getting $8 a...

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I have a 14 year old Wire Doxie, Katie - she will be 15 in January. :D She was first diagnosed with Cushings about 2.5 years ago and it has been quite a journey to get her adjusted. She...

Hard to believe that Katie will be 14 in January.

She has been doing okay. Loading the Lysodren was a lot of trial and error.

Dr. Peterson said to put her on 1/2 mg of pred as she seemed quite...

Super relieved.

Since cancer is such an unpredictable disease - glad its gone.

I felt like I was waiting for her to die with nothing to do to stop it.

She is doing well - altho she keeps...

Katie had her resection. She is now cancer free!

She did not develop diarrhea this time and we are keeping her on the maintenance dose and the pred.

My vet was great. She kept her two...

Retested Katie on Wednesday and her results were 1.1 pre and 2.1 post. Good thing I decided to test her when I did. Since she is on 1/2 mg of pred a day, she is acting totally normal. If I had ...

The vet said there was not enough skin to resect right now - so will wait a few weeks.

She gets her stitches out tomorrow.

Katie is going to the vet tomorrow for her to look at the incision.

I think the first thing to do is to check if this has already spread. Mast cell tumors can cause itching - which Katie had in...

My vet wanted to go back to loading her - and we will deal with the Mast Cell tumor. Really the only way to address it is to try to resect it - but she doesnt think there is enough skin. I have...

Dr Peterson sent a report to my vet and it pretty much agreed with what she was doing - including the loading mechanism.

She thought we should go with his recommendation of low dose pred while we...

The worst part of dealing with an illness is always waiting for the vet to call.

Hope everything is ok.

Well I was hoping to get some level of comfort and assurance and unfortunately, didnt get that at all.

Not so sure about that. He did mention the dose - 1/2 to 1 mg per day - which is very low. But he also said that if we gave it to her that we wouldnt have to worry about the medication because we...

You have some very good points.

I have gone over the conversation in my head over and over and have to really wonder.

I dont want to put Katie on pred for the rest of her life - which he was...

Any thoughts anyone?

Well just got back from Dr. Peterson and have to say I am VERY disappointed.

I found him very vague and unfocused. My vet had sent him a lot of paperwork and I dont think he even read it.

He...

My vet had left a message on my cell - but never spoke to her.

Left a message that I stopped the lysodren because of severe diarrhea. I was able to control it by giving her rice - so she is ok....

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I have wire doxies and have bred and shown them, so know something about the breed. One of mine also has Cushings - she is 13.

Quite a balancing act with the arthritis and whether to treat...

One of the problems is that the vet doesnt officially work on Thursdays - so may have to wait.

Katie's stool is loose and cant tell if its from the antibiotic or from the lysodren. She is acting...

Will have to see

We have an appointment with Dr Peterson on Sunday.

Katie had a growth on her stomach that suddenly bloomed to the size of a golf ball and the vet felt it needed to come off as it looked like it...