From:
motorcityferrets@hotmail.com
Date: 2003-03-05 16:00:57 UTC
Subject: can't urinate - post surgery update
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <19173804.1046880057053.JavaMail.root@scandium>
hello again all! howard had surgery yesterday and is doing well. both adr=
enals were bad; the left about 1/2 long - malignancies. :( HOWEVER, both =
seemed to be "tidy;" that is, not overgrown and wrapped all up in other tis=
sues/organs but pretty easily accessible. thus doc completely removed the =
left, removed just about all of the right and used the cryo freezing to hit=
the remnant and surrounding areas for possible renegade cells. :) we alw=
ays discuss his confidence level for how much he was able to get to and his=
confidence level in this case is high! :)
i received several e-mails and have seen many more posts to the group. i d=
idn't expect that relief from the surgery would happen so fast, i sure hope=
howard responds as quickly! he has many cysts on the bladder. i apprecia=
te that perhaps the re-route wasn't necessary as the prostate might have go=
ne down on it's own after surgery; we did discuss this possibility. we dec=
ided to go ahead rather than take the chance he'd need a second procedure a=
t some point. after all, we never know if adrenal surgery gets all the ho=
rmone producing problem, no matter what can be seen iwth the naked eye. wh=
en our friend's sylvester had his re-route several months ago his pee-probl=
ems never really resolved...but then his adrenal problems never resolved de=
spite two cryo surgeries since he had bad malignancies. we're not sure how=
old howard is but he's at least 5 (teeth)...since the re-routes our vet ha=
s done have been so successful (the re-route itself, critters may have had =
other issues) we figured it would be the most prudent choice. =
so now howard has a brand new hole! :) we'll try not to tease him too mu=
ch. meanwhile i'd like to assemble the messages both from the group and th=
ose i received from e-mail into a handy dandy "what-to-do" article for fol=
ks. i've learned a great deal about this condition: what causes it, how i=
t affects the body, what can be done in the short term and how to make the =
decision about long term relief. i truly appreciate the information and i'=
d like to see all your good advice and shared experience help someone else =
in this situation someday. :)
thanks again, all! =
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