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Originally Posted by dwerten  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. |
I dont think he diagnosed it as lymphangastasia....he thought it was that but when it did not respond properly he sent her to a specialist. Yes, he used steroids, but he needed to get that inflammation down so that the poor thing did not lose a lot of weight from the diarrhea. I think ANY vet would have done the same thing. This was not a common thing. This was actually diagnosed fairly quickly once she got to that vet...he followed the right path imo.
As for DD...it also turns out that the many months of diarrhea were not caused by that one dose of Metacam. Now..I am NOT saying Metacam was correct to give with steroids...only saying...well you know. You told me there was a vet who told you it was not that and you did not believe him. Sometimes the vets are right...I know it is hard to trust...but you also have to be careful listening to people who dont trust them at all like that woman you mentioned. That kind of thinking scares me.