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11-26-2015, 06:06 AM | #1 |
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| Found mass on my wee Alfie's bladder! Hi everyone, at the moment I am waiting on results of a biopsy done on a mass that has been found on my wee Alfie's bladder. But I am absolutely out of my mind with worry. Alfie is 8 years old and we noticed he had blood in his urine months ago. It didn't show every time he peed and so in September I took him to the vet to get checked. It turned out they found a stone in his bladder which they removed there and then, gave him antibiotics and painkillers. He was on the mend pretty quickly and then about 3-4 weeks later we starting noticing the blood again. So they tested his urine again and scanned him and found nothing but just the occasional crystals so gave him a 10 day antibiotic injection. About 3 days after that injection finished we noticed the blood again. So I took a urine sample in on Monday and they said they found no crystals but a lot of blood. So they examined him on Tuesday and that's when they found the mass on his bladder. So I am waiting to see what type it is but I just can't understand how they did not see this in September when they were doing the surgery. The nurse said to me that when they did the surgery it could have aggravated his bladder so it could have happened because of it. I am so worried as I keep reading about TCC!! Although the vet told me it could be a benign polyp and can be removed with surgery. But I have read on the internet that this is rare. They also told me that it was not near any vital structures and therefore easy removed. Help, I am so sick with worry.
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11-26-2015, 07:23 AM | #2 |
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| I am sending out prayers for your Wee Alfie.
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11-26-2015, 08:35 AM | #3 |
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| Thinking of you and your little Alfie. |
11-26-2015, 10:17 AM | #4 |
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| Try not to google too much .. it can scare the heck out of you. And, try to remember that if you worry today about something you have no control over, it is a waste of what could be a good day. Try to relax until you know exactly what you are dealing with. I have found that many of the things I worried most about were wasted worrying...I hope that is the case here with your baby boy. Will keep him in my prayers....please keep us posted.
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11-27-2015, 03:35 AM | #5 |
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| My husband and I took Alfie and Penny for a walk along the promenade after work yesterday. My DH tried to take my mind of it all. Alfie gets himself so worked up when he knows he is going out that he tires himself out before he starts his walk. So he kept just sitting down and breathing hard at the end of the walk that we had to lift him. I kept telling DH that shortness of breath was also a sign of this cancer and he said no, it's because he tires himself out before he starts. So rang the vet today, I was told the results are in but the vets are all in surgery so they would have to ring me back. Can receptions not give out the results or does it have to be the vet?
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11-27-2015, 05:41 AM | #6 | |
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11-27-2015, 05:45 AM | #7 |
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| Thanks ladyjane, just thought if it wasn't serious receptions could give them to me. Here is my wee Alfie at the vets on Tuesday doing his meerkat impersonation.
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11-27-2015, 05:56 AM | #8 | |
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Praying for good news for Alfie....
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11-27-2015, 06:44 AM | #9 |
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| There are a number of benign bladder growths, and I hope it turns out to be something benign. I'll be thinking of you and Alfie.
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11-27-2015, 08:05 AM | #10 |
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| Alfie is adorable! Love his meerkat impression. Praying for both of you that the mass is benign.
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11-27-2015, 08:11 AM | #11 |
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| I am not actually too sure what I picked up the other day from the vet but the only test results they have are the ones they took which is the protein and blood in his urine. I'll not get the results until Tues-Fri next week.
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11-27-2015, 03:15 PM | #12 |
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| Prayers for your sweet Alfie.
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11-27-2015, 04:12 PM | #13 |
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| Alfie is so cute & very funny!! Am praying for you both. It is so hard waiting.
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12-07-2015, 01:04 PM | #14 |
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| Thankfully they found no malignancy and no bacteria in his urine. There is a few struvite stones there but not many to be concerned about. The was saying that they need to speak to a food specialist about his diet as he is on a prescription diet for calcium oxalate stones. The growth is on the back end of the bladder and therefore easily removed but they have given him another antibiotic to see if that clears up the blood before thinking of more surgery as you never know what they will find in the walls of the bladder. He also said that all can change in time so i've taken this that there is a possibility that it could get serious but at the moment they are happy with him. When I had him up at the vets on Saturday I got to speak to the vet that preformed his surgery and he said that it doesn't look like a tumour he has normally seen on a bladder. I have taken that he meant a malignant tumour and he said that he could have just been from his surgery. He also reckons they will not change his food as he needs to be on this food to stop the calcium oxalate stone returning which is common in yorkies. So so relieved but that wait was awful. Thanks everyone for all the prayers and we'll wishes too. Wee Alfie says thanks too. xx
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