We went to our vets yesterday with a view to her having the op yesterday but we both decided to let her try her medicines a bit more to see if they worked on her ulcer. But she was sick last night in the early hours and shes been sick 3 times this afternoon. So i decided to phone the vets we saw in Leeds who did the endoscope for some advice. He said that if the medicines hadn't worked within 2 weeks then he thinks it could more than likely be a tumour causing the tummy acid and to operate sooner rather than later.
I've decided to go with this vet instead of our usual vets because he is an actual specialist in his field at stomach surgery, he's called Tom Clarke and works at Abbey House in Leeds. I couldn't get anyone better to do poppys op. She will have her ulcer removed on Monday and he will look behind to see if there is a tumour causing it. If not he will have to look inside her pancreas as there is a rare occurence in dogs that small tumours can develop there and cause an excess of acid production. He will aoso takes biopsy's from almost everywhere including her lymph nodes.
Has anyone else here gnoe through a similar op or even radical tummy surgery. I am sure she will be fine but there is always the worry with surgery and of the findings, just feel so upset cos i feel useless and cant do anything for her. Shes fine in herself until the sickness starts. But i must admit she is getting very picky on her food, sometimes even refusing it, now that isn't what i call a well labrador, as we all know they LOVE their food.
Any help would be very much appreciated. Her problems started at the end of January, they thought it was a mild nagging pancreas probolem in the beginning so she was treated with low fat food, but it just didn't improve so she was endoscoped in the end which found the ulcer.
Love Hazelx
I've decided to go with this vet instead of our usual vets because he is an actual specialist in his field at stomach surgery, he's called Tom Clarke and works at Abbey House in Leeds. I couldn't get anyone better to do poppys op. She will have her ulcer removed on Monday and he will look behind to see if there is a tumour causing it. If not he will have to look inside her pancreas as there is a rare occurence in dogs that small tumours can develop there and cause an excess of acid production. He will aoso takes biopsy's from almost everywhere including her lymph nodes.
Has anyone else here gnoe through a similar op or even radical tummy surgery. I am sure she will be fine but there is always the worry with surgery and of the findings, just feel so upset cos i feel useless and cant do anything for her. Shes fine in herself until the sickness starts. But i must admit she is getting very picky on her food, sometimes even refusing it, now that isn't what i call a well labrador, as we all know they LOVE their food.
Any help would be very much appreciated. Her problems started at the end of January, they thought it was a mild nagging pancreas probolem in the beginning so she was treated with low fat food, but it just didn't improve so she was endoscoped in the end which found the ulcer.
Love Hazelx
