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Originally Posted by ladyjane  I saw that you suggested supplementing. What bothered me is this woman you mentioned....this quote from your other post:
This woman is totally against meds she follows food is your best medicine hypocrites (?) I bought the book but she was the one that told me about the dds plus and coconut oil i get now and she researches everything thoroughly - i will try to find info |
yeah i agree i am not against meds and use them but prefer not to if I don't have to as have seen side effects of them sadly and when all goes good then great but sometimes things go bad as we have seen here when the pred made her dog worse
so i do not put 100% of my trust in anyone anymore - I do my homework and work along with specialists mostly as if you put your trust 100% in one person you may be very disappointed - I understand the vet is very good but was wrong here as this was not lymphangastasia as diagnosed and given pred for it as the dog did not have low protein, low cholesterol or low calcium and dog got worse on prednisone so the good thing is the dog was sent to a specialist before this could have been a very bad outcome. This is a good vet in that respect as many have big egos and will not go to specialist just keep trying things. My vet mentioned lymphangastasia to me and i sent the blood work who has studied blood work for 40 plus years she said NO WAY because of the above and dd has perfect blood work as well and i told my vet sorry no way from everything i just read and i consulted a specialist so sometimes they are just grasping for a diagnosis to give us something to go on. Turns out dd had cpea not lymphangastasia as he suggested. Our vet also has a phd from ucdavis so sorry you really have to be diligent in educating yourself when it comes to your own health as well as the health of your dog and trust your gut instinct. I have been through alot with dee dee and have seen many mistakes by the professionals they are only human and every dog is unique and you are with the dog 24/7 not the vet and many times they spend 15 min in a room with a dog and move on to the next room.