How's Calley?
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MollynSkooter
Member Since 2014
I was wondering the same thing.
..I am glad you posted this....I sure hope she is feeling better. ..
..I am glad you posted this....I sure hope she is feeling better. ..
Kris10mo
Member Since 2014
Calley is hanging in there. I have her on Turkey and giblets pate dinner exclusively and she has only vomited once in the past several days. She is still wanting to eat 24/7 though. I am trying to save up money to have an ultrasound done, hopefully to either rule out or diagnose a cancer or something big internally that is causing her voracious eating/losing weight issues.
I have her up to 2 units/twice daily and her numbers are still high.
I am going through my own health issue right now (bad mammogram) so I am not keeping up with a lot of things
Thanks for asking about Calley.
Kristin
I have her up to 2 units/twice daily and her numbers are still high.
I am going through my own health issue right now (bad mammogram) so I am not keeping up with a lot of things
Thanks for asking about Calley.
Kristin
BJM
Member Since 2010
Re: bad mamography
There are lots of benign conditions which look "iffy" on these. I spent 4.5 hours this summer, getting the initial mammogram, then a special digital scan, and then an ultrasound before they said you're fine, see you next year. Next year, I just take the day off and bring a few books.
If you have fibrocystic breast disease or very dense breast tissue or a tendancy to grow benign tumors, it can be difficult to read the initial x-ray and be certain what you are seeing. That's why they'll order extra scans or tests or biopsies.
There are lots of benign conditions which look "iffy" on these. I spent 4.5 hours this summer, getting the initial mammogram, then a special digital scan, and then an ultrasound before they said you're fine, see you next year. Next year, I just take the day off and bring a few books.
If you have fibrocystic breast disease or very dense breast tissue or a tendancy to grow benign tumors, it can be difficult to read the initial x-ray and be certain what you are seeing. That's why they'll order extra scans or tests or biopsies.
BJM
Member Since 2010
The surgeon will likely want to do a biopsy first, to figure out exactly what they're dealing with for certain, and then discuss the best way to manage it for you. I've got coworkers who are cancer registrars, so if you have any questions, feel free to pm me and I'll get whatever info I can for you. A somewhat technical, but good reference, is http://emedicine.medscape.com. The site is free and requires registration.
And I was glad I was OK, too. I was beginning to plan out what I was going to need to do to make sure the cats would have a home and be cared for and the condo & assets put in a trust for my housemate so he would have a place to live, but couldn't spend it the minute it became available, and ... yeah, my mind went there in 4+ hours.
And I was glad I was OK, too. I was beginning to plan out what I was going to need to do to make sure the cats would have a home and be cared for and the condo & assets put in a trust for my housemate so he would have a place to live, but couldn't spend it the minute it became available, and ... yeah, my mind went there in 4+ hours.
MommaOfMuse
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Kris
Sorry to hear about the bad mammogram. I know that worry all too well. (Twice cancer survivor) hopefully if there is something truly there its been caught early and can be easily taken care of.
Mel and The Fur Gang
Sorry to hear about the bad mammogram. I know that worry all too well. (Twice cancer survivor) hopefully if there is something truly there its been caught early and can be easily taken care of.
Mel and The Fur Gang
atajev
Member Since 2014
I'm so sorry to hear about the bad mammogram, Kris. Keeping my fingers crossed for you. Of people I know who have gotten a result that required follow-up, I know MANY more people for whom it turned out to be nothing than people who had anything that needed to be addressed.
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