tumors

[elizabethm1]

My dog was diagnosed with tumors again after an ultrasound was performed. One in her abdomen an 2 on her liver. Last july she was also diagnosed with tumors after an ultrasound. At that time she was suppose to have 4. Turned
out after doing a catscan she had only one tumor on one of her liver lobe that was removed and the biopsy was done
twice and both times it came up not cancer. last year when she was opened up the dr saw nothing else but the one tumor. Now again its like we are reliving what hapened a year ago. How accurate are ultrasounds? she does have a lot of those fatty tumors that have been biopsy as well. Could the ultrasound be picking these up and giving false readings? Of course the drs always say the outcome is not good. But they were wrong last time. Has anyone else
been through anything like this?

[ginger899]

You can't be sure exactly what this is. It may or may not be a tumor, and then you can't know what sort of tumor it is.
On the other hand, it could be many things from a bad sprain to arthritis....to something deeper and more serious.
While I am definitely an advocate of alternative treatments (I use herbs a lot with good results) I wouldn't use an alternative treatment without first being certain what I am dealing with. Some alternative treatments, natural or not, may have no effect at all on the problem, especially if mis-diagnosed.

This needs to be checked out by the vet.

[katbill60]

my 12 yr old rott/ shep mix front leg just started swelling its right at the elbow joint .I cant afford a vet visit but have sarted supplement to help reduce if it is a tumor also using msn for inflamation. was told it could take up to 8 weeks for supplement to show signs of shrinking. Nu Vets is what i have .its been 3 weeks .is there anything else i can try.affordable? she cant bend or walk on it .please anyone who can help? thank you