Hi there,

My dog, Dexter, has a lump. The vet took a sample and told me yesterday that it is a mast cell tumour. So he's booked in tomorrow to have this removed (along with a further 3cm's of surrounding tissue) and have the tumour sent away for biopsy. Now I'm aware of the Grade 1,2,3 and I'm praying it's a 1 but I'm just wondering if anyone else has been through this.

Dexter is 5 , still as mad as a box of biscuits and is showing zero signs of any illness. However I know this doesn't mean the cancer hasn't spread. I just can't stopping thinking about it. He's my best bud.!

Cheers guys,
Dan

No experience of this I'm afraid, but really hope things go well tomorrow and with the diagnosis

Me too - i'm on pins. It's the not knowing thats gonna drive me back to the evil cigarettes!

They'll cut it out tomorrow but I dunno what the delay in the biopsy will be.

I hope Springer is better soon!!

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Felix
Wish You Were Here

Please don't go back on the cigs, you must have worked so hard to come off them.
Have a drink instead, unless your an alcoholic of course
My heart goes out to you, it must be so worrying

I won't, not yet anyway. I'm not an alcohlic - dont worry.

I'm hoping to get him groomed today before his op as i imagine it'll be a while before i can have it done next and he soo needs it.

Can't seem to remain focused at work. I'll go on a super long night walk with him tonight as again, it'll be a while before his next one.

Been there done stuff like that, give him an extra cuddle from me

fingers crossed for him, my springer as a huge lump but they think its a fatty lump cos she wa soo overweight. let us know how it goes and dont go back o the cigs youll eed our energy when after the op to keep up with him!

My wonky old boy Cooper has had 2 mast cell tumours removed, to be honest they are the 'best' sort of tumour you can get (if you see what I mean!!) they are usually fine once removed. I know Cooper was bouncing from foot to foot and yapping within a couple of hours. Once removed you just have to keep an eye on them that they don't return but that's about it really.

Good luck hope he recover's as quickly as my old boy did.

that's made me feel better - he is strong as an ox - he once ate a pair of womens tights! full set. One leg of the tights went down his intesines and the other leg was constantly being vomit up then he'd swallow it back down.

He had it it removed and also some of his intestines had to be removed also. With a few days he was back to normal and remained "normal" since.

Like I said he isn't ill at all - I just hope it comes back at a benign tumour.

Anyone no how long it will take to get the results back once the tumour has been sent away?