I know, and it didn't help that my fininces were shaky, so I wasn't running to the vet as first port of call for everything slightly odd-looking :-(
I'm just so scard that they might not be able to get it all out, and I'll end up losing my beloved 19 year old horse to cancer like I just lost my beloved 19 year old cat (To a very different and much less operable cancer, I know, but these feelings of terror about such things are not predicated on logic :-/ )
The specialist won't be back until the 3rd of Feb (so next Wednesday) and from there he can look at when things can be scheduled. The vet I spoke to said it was likely the specialist would want to look at the eye, and then plan out how best to proceed, and then go forward with a surgery. Which means likely a couple of trips in. So probably surgery in the next couple of weeks but not as fast as I'd like :-(
Yes, though I did tell her (the vet) that it seems to be spreading more rapidly recently - she said that they might consider whether it made sense to use some of the same chemotherapy meds (for direct application to the eye area from the sound of it) they would probably include as part of the aftercare is a course of treatment to be given between now and surgery time - both to try to hold back further spread, and to possibly even shrink the tumor a bit in the time between now and when surgery goes ahead
Hey, Meg ~ of course you wouldn't react on a small amount of redness in the eye! He's a white horse, and I can think of few albino coloured creatures that do not carry a slight redness in their eyes. The white persian bullies on my mooring certainly always have a problem with their eyes.)
You have nothing to blame yourself for ~ although I could feel your fear and anxiety for Pico last night at yours. *big hugs indeed*
*that said, I know I kept blaming myself a lot for the incident with Happy at Baker street, wondering if I should have done something different.
*hug* Thank you, and yes, I know you know all about those hind-sight worries that maybe one made some mistake in matters of caring for a beloved animal friend
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I'm just so scard that they might not be able to get it all out, and I'll end up losing my beloved 19 year old horse to cancer like I just lost my beloved 19 year old cat (To a very different and much less operable cancer, I know, but these feelings of terror about such things are not predicated on logic :-/ )
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You have nothing to blame yourself for ~ although I could feel your fear and anxiety for Pico last night at yours. *big hugs indeed*
*that said, I know I kept blaming myself a lot for the incident with Happy at Baker street, wondering if I should have done something different.
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*hugs*.
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