Help, I am so worried about my girl.....:(

[GreyhoundGirl]

She turned 4 in Feb.

Vet visits usually cost 150-200$ +

depending on what gets done.

The bump wasn't always there. And it's only on one side.

[beeniesmom]

That is insane just for a check up.
She is a bit young to have cancer, I think.
What do your parents think. (I am assuming you are underage).

[GreyhoundGirl]

My parents said that if I want to see if there's anything wrong with with her that they would drive me to the nearest vet ( we live out of town ). Presuming I paid for it.

They also said If she was sick, they would pay to put her down. ( I cried so hard at this ) How encouraging.

[GreyhoundGirl]

would cancer affect her physically?

She is running just as much as normal, and eating just as much as normal. It doesn't seem to bother her.

[I_luv_rusty]

Rusty has a lump on his side too.... but the one he has is from when he got hit by a car years before we got him. (or something like that) I wouldn't worry too much!


Edit: How you say you can feel under it... I can do the same with Rusty.

[GreyhoundGirl]

I can't help but worry, she's all I got. It just came to be a few weeks ago, so it can't be from a crash or similar incident...

[I_luv_rusty]

I can't help but worry, she's all I got. It just came to be a few weeks ago, so it can't be from a crash or similar incident...

Hmm I have no idea then, I'll take a picture of Rusty and show you what his looks like. His is very noticable, when he lays down it sticks up and his fur around it does too.

[beeniesmom]

Does the lump seem attached to her or can you feel around it (like as if it was a ball under her skin?

[GreyhoundGirl]

Ummm... It's not attached to her chest, if i pull it up, I can feel under it.

( if it isn't cancer ) Would something like this get smaller without treatment? I think it's smaller than it was a couple of days ago.

I guess it's sorta like a ball between her chest and skin

[beeniesmom]

It sounds like a cist to me, from the description.
When you do get enough $, take her and get it checked out.
If it's a cist, it may go away on it's own.

[GreyhoundGirl]

It sounds like a cist to me, from the description.
When you do get enough $, take her and get it checked out.
If it's a cist, it may go away on it's own.

If it is a cist, how long would it take to go away on it's own?

[MajesticCollies]

It could be just a fatty tumor. But even that you should have it removed. My Steele boy had a fatty tumor on his cheek. I had it removed in April. Some grow to a certain size and stop and some just keep growing. You should have it checked out for sure.







I got the worlds greatest vet. He let me assist in the whole procedure. I believe he was short on help that day. So since I helprd remove it alls he charged me for was the anesteisia(sp?) and meds.

Any how you really should get it checked out. We will say a prayer for your fur baby here at Majestic Collies.

[GreyhoundGirl]

Fatty tumor ?

[MajesticCollies]

Fatty tumors are always normally Benign. Lots of humans get them and just keep them without removal and no health problems. Its Just Steele is a Conformation Ring dog and I couldn't put him back in with the tumor on his jaw. I did have a biopsy and that is all it was. Thank God.