From:
annamfuller@hotmail.com
Date: 2003-03-15 04:50:22 UTC
Subject: RE: Adrenal surgery vs. lupron injections
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <24706672.1047703822473.JavaMail.root@scandium>
i don't even know what to say.
i keep having nightmares about me being such a bad person. i have called many other vets that are out of town and they wouldn't even talk to me. the vet here with the advice from OVC has decided that to treat this, lupron is the only choice. no one is giving me straight answers. im sick with the fact that everyone is telling me different things. they are my children and i am helpless. i would give anything to make him better. i guess because i didn't notice this problem earlier on i am a bad person. i could have saved him so much pain, i could have saved my baby.
Author wrote:
> Author wrote:
> > with two glands that are approx. 4cm x 4cm what would be the better choice? Lupron injections once a month, or removal of adrenal glands? i would appreciate DVM input.
> Absolutely surgery - normal glands are less than 0.5 cm, anything over a cm in diameter is a carcinoma. This sounds like bilateral carcinoma. As Lupron will not stop the grwoth of the glands, without surgery, this one doesn't have a lot of time left...
> With kindest regards,
> Bruce Williams, DVM