From:
mjanke@miamiferret.org
Date: 2004-12-29 22:54:55 UTC
Subject: RE: Essiac... Have you tried it?
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <1589784.1104360895461.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
I'm not a vet but it seems to me that just palpating something doesn't give much of a diagnosis as to what it could be. The adrenals sit right above the kidneys. Could they be enlarged? Tumor doesn't necessarily equal cancer. Tumors can be benign too.
I believe more details as to what it is will need to be known before you can plan a course of treatment.
mike
Author wrote:
> Hello, I'm new to the group. My older ferret was palpated yesterday at the vet's and I
> was told that she has two big tumors on her kidneys. Prognosis was poor for
> surgery, or even long-tern survival, but I'd like to keep her as comfy as possible in
> the time she has left. (If the tumors are on her kidneys, what type of cancer is that
> likely to be? I was too shocked yesterday to ask my vet.)