regrowing tumor? EDIT: i think it's back...

[ATez]

I'm not 100% sure but when i feel Pickle's neck i think i can feel something in there. He wiggles a lot so it's kinda hard to tell but i think i feel a small ball. Once a tumor is removed and the scar is healed how long can it take for the same tumor to grow back? And can it leave something out of place like what i feel on his neck? Nothing is visibal to the eye and he's acting like Pickle, running all over and very excited. I HAVE noticed tho that since his second surgery (tumor on the neck, first was on his tummy) he's been eating more slowly. Oh and at some point it opened up, his neck. It is normal i feel something there? I really can't get a good hold of it tho, Pickle is one wiggly rat!

Because he was eating slow i thought maybe something is wrong with his teeth so i took him to the vet, turns out something was jsut stuck there. he's still been eating slower since

 

[lilspaz68]

I'm not 100% sure but when i feel Pickle's neck i think i can feel something in there. He wiggles a lot so it's kinda hard to tell but i think i feel a small ball. Once a tumor is removed and the scar is healed how long can it take for the same tumor to grow back? And can it leave something out of place like what i feel on his neck? Nothing is visibal to the eye and he's acting like Pickle, running all over and very excited. I HAVE noticed tho that since his second surgery (tumor on the neck, first was on his tummy) he's been eating more slowly. Oh and at some point it opened up, his neck. It is normal i feel something there? I really can't get a good hold of it tho, Pickle is one wiggly rat!

Because he was eating slow i thought maybe something is wrong with his teeth so i took him to the vet, turns out something was jsut stuck there. he's still been eating slower since

How long since Pickle's surgery now? It's probably best to feel it every week and feel if its growing or staying the same...it might just be scar tissue and you are now paranoid, which is totally understandable.

 

[Moon]

Or if it's right near the surgery site it could be an abscess... they can take a while to pop up

 

[ATez]

It seems like it's around where his scar was... and yes i gotta admit i am paranoid. First surgery on the tummy was in early december, second surgery was a month ago, then it opened up, then he got stitched closed and was on metacam & baytril for a week. I'll continue to monitor the little ball and will update this thread if anything happens.

 

[ATez]

I'm calling my vet tomorrow and asking if they have a spot for me. The small ball in pickle's neck grew big enough for me to really notice between my fingers and when he woke up tonight his eye was a bit squinty with some red around it. I really REALLY hope it's only an abcess but i think it's most likely a tumor. If it is this is gonna be his third one in 3 months... damn this sucks! Watching him running and climbing all over the place. He's still young and fit but his body is going to give in before his time.

I don't know what to do. If it's a tumor i WANT to get it removed but with the purchase of the CN, hammocks and liners i'm more then broke right now! Ugh... i wish i never got them! Then i'd have the money for him. Let's say it is a tumor is it possible it's going to shrink down with the implant later?? I really don't know how that thing works. If it's an abcess does he still need surgery? Yeah, i could do payments monthly but by the time i'm done paying a 400-500$ tab he's going have 2 more grown back!

What do i do? Do i give him the best life he can have or do i go with another surgery?! I'm at lost, i don't want to seem like a bad person but i really feel like i've tried to save him and that no matter how much money i put into him eventually a tumor or a surgery will end it or he won't recover one day.

He's a special little guy to me.

 

[victoria]

It doesn't sound like it's a mammary tumour but maybe some other type of tumour and malignant at to boot It's unlikely the implant will help if it's not sensitive to hormones.

If it were me and the tumour grew back that quickly I would not get it removed because it would just grow back and there would be a question in my mind as to whether Pickle were happier or better off going through surgery after surgery. You can get Metacam and later Prednisone to shrink the tumour and buy him some time to enjoy his new palace and lots of human loving, but that's about it. If you do want to go through surgery though, you have to do it soon before it becomes inoperable - I know with Amy she has little time left and surgery was never an option.

 

[jorats]

If it is indeed a tumour growing back in the exact same spot as the other one, then I would think it's more of a sarcoma, if that's what it is, no sense in having it removed.

 

[ATez]

He had a brain tumor, he had a cancerous tumor growing back on his neck, there was no saving him. We took an apointment this morning to have a tumor removed and on the way there the little guy lost all control of his back, wouldn't move at all when you held him and Pickle was a squirmy guy, he puked, drolled, has red around his eyes.

We might have been able to get meds to slow it down or ease his pain but i didn't want him to have to suffer more.
If it wasn't the PT making him suffer the tumor on the neck would have chocked him, it has already grown the size of a toonie.
I gave his little body to science if it can help with studies in any way possible to help a little rat in the future.

We were able to give him an extra 2 months and a half and in a way i'm glad it happened when it did otherwise he would have had surgery on top of PT attacks and his little life would have been a living hell. I'm going to miss him so much...

 

[hopefloats]

I am so sorry for your loss! rest now little one

 

[victoria]

I so sorry :sad3:

 

[Joanne]

Awwww, sorry that you lost your little boy...

 

[Dazzle87]

Oh I'm so sorry :sad3: you made the right decision for him though.

 

[Bundyrats]

I'm so sorry for your little guy. That is really sad news. :cry: