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Dot has a suspected Uterine

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Wiebke said:
There is always a risk with any operation and it is always a jump of faith that you need make when you commit. No surgeon or vet will ever have a 100% success rate.

However the quality and experience of the operating vet and his nurses team for the recovery period can make a huge difference in the overall success rates. The quicker a vet is during an operation (that is where practice and experience is coming in and where Simon's true genius is lying), the shorter the time under GA and the smaller the risk of complications.
Simon also uses a different anaesthetic to the one most commonly used by general vets; piggies come round noticeably easier as I know from my experiences in past times.

PS: There is one more aspect with spaying a younger sow that you might want to consider - you do not have to worry about ovarian cysts as she gets older, as the ovaries are coming out, too. And with both your piggies neutered, you have totally free hand in finding a new companion if one of them dies. Like neutering, spaying won't change social behaviour. Dot is simply not coming into season anymore. ;)
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Just read this, thanks. Sorry i missed alot of posts
 
Lady Kelly said:
Uterine just means "of the uterus" which is why Debbie was asking a uterine what. I assume some sort of growth if there is a lump and potential that it has attached to the bowel (not sure if cysts can attach). I have had one sow spayed. I'm sure she was 4 and a half at the very earliest when she was spayed and that was due to sizeable cysts. She sailed through it no problems at all so I think if this is a case where you are being told she will need it at some point, I am always more inclined to go through it while they are healthy and strong rather than waiting for it to be more of a problem and for them to have started losing weight.
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Missed this post yesterday, sorry, thanks for the support
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
Thanks il have a read of this ☺.

What were the exact symptoms beforw the spay. Lets say when you first noticed. Because Dot is still active but just not quite as much. Id say about 80%
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The most obvious symptom was bleeding from her back end. Not loads, just a little bit most days for about a week, then it’d stop and not come back for a couple of months. So of course when it happened I took her to the vets, we thought possibly UTI so gave antibiotics and after a few days it stopped so we thought the antibiotics had worked. Then it would start again.

If anything her weight increased, I think a combination of the weight of the tumour and that she wasn’t as active. She was fairly bright and looking/eating well, but I’d very rarely see her popcorn so she was a bit quiet. She’s back acting like a youngster again after the op!
 
Dill&Pepper said:
The most obvious symptom was bleeding from her back end. Not loads, just a little bit most days for about a week, then it’d stop and not come back for a couple of months. So of course when it happened I took her to the vets, we thought possibly UTI so gave antibiotics and after a few days it stopped so we thought the antibiotics had worked. Then it would start again.

If anything her weight increased, I think a combination of the weight of the tumour and that she wasn’t as active. She was fairly bright and looking/eating well, but I’d very rarely see her popcorn so she was a bit quiet. She’s back acting like a youngster again after the op!
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Matches Dot exactly. Glad you found my thread. I really want the old Dot back, i have almost forgotten what she was like before.
 
I dont really want to wait until may for dots op. But i run the risk of working long hours if i get her sorted any earlier. Which means if she doesnt eat, i will be leaving her for up to 10 - 12 hours a day.
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
I dont really want to wait until may for dots op. But i run the risk of working long hours if i get her sorted any earlier. Which means if she doesnt eat, i will be leaving her for up to 10 - 12 hours a day.
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If she wasn't eating well, immediately post op, you could always put her in the vet for syringe feeding. I've done that when I have needed to go out for the day and have had a poorly piggy.
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
If she wasn't eating well, immediately post op, you could always put her in the vet for syringe feeding. I've done that when I have needed to go out for the day and have had a poorly piggy.
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I forgot to mention. I get last minute stop outs at work, so could have to leave her a week. What do you think to me waiting until may? Like i said she is eating and poocorning and drinking. I think the loxicom is helping
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
I forgot to mention. I get last minute stop outs at work, so could have to leave her a week. What do you think to me waiting until may? Like i said she is eating and poocorning and drinking. I think the loxicom is helping
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Get Simon to advise you. He is the man in the know! :-)
 
VickiA said:
At some point we all have to stop pondering the imponderable and trust our vets and our instincts. The best person to answer all your queries is really Simon, your vet. He will guide you through timings, post op care etc. All the best x
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Very well put, @VickiA

@SkyPipDotBernie, you've got an excellent vet, who won't mind answering your questions. You can always send an email to [email protected]
 
Just want a little advice if anyone can help,
Basicly when Dot first got the symptoms of straining to poo, blood in urine, hunching to poo alot, and laying in loads of different positions trying to get comfy.( last july) ...

My vet i dont want to keep mentioning his name but you know the vet i use. He xrayed Dot and found what he said looked like a lump on her bladder wall that was most probably too risky to operate on. So anyway we started Dot on some antibiotics, things cleared up but came back again weeks later.

Dot has carried on since last july, to now with the odd flare up of discomfort here and there, but keeping a good weight on her and eating fine, so i wasnt too worried.

But last week as you know, Dot has been seen again because i was worried about her, this time my vet thinks its that uterine problem, possible tumour thing( sorry I'm not clued up). I just cant work out if it is still the bladder issue or a new issue? He didnt look at the xray last week, and i wish i asked, what makes him think its now the uterine problem and not the bladder, seems as the xray shown a bladder growth last year?

Before i email and look like I'm challenging someone at the top of their profession. Maybe these two problems are close by inside the body
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
Just want a little advice if anyone can help,
Basicly when Dot first got the symptoms of straining to poo, blood in urine, hunching to poo alot, and laying in loads of different positions trying to get comfy.( last july) ...

My vet i dont want to keep mentioning his name but you know the vet i use. He xrayed Dot and found what he said looked like a lump on her bladder wall that was most probably too risky to operate on. So anyway we started Dot on some antibiotics, things cleared up but came back again weeks later.

Dot has carried on since last july, to now with the odd flare up of discomfort here and there, but keeping a good weight on her and eating fine, so i wasnt too worried.

But last week as you know, Dot has been seen again because i was worried about her, this time my vet thinks its that uterine problem, possible tumour thing( sorry I'm not clued up). I just cant work out if it is still the bladder issue or a new issue? He didnt look at the xray last week, and i wish i asked, what makes him think its now the uterine problem and not the bladder, seems as the xray shown a bladder growth last year?

Before i email and look like I'm challenging someone at the top of their profession. Maybe these two problems are close by inside the body
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Just email him and ask the question. He won't be offended. Say you may have misunderstood something as you were upset and worried that your guinea pig might need surgery and you would just like to clarify the situation.
 
furryfriends (TEAS) said:
Just email him and ask the question. He won't be offended. Say you may have misunderstood something as you were upset and worried that your guinea pig might need surgery and you would just like to clarify the situation.
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Ok yea i will, I'm just rubbish at wording things, the good thing is, Dots symptoms match exactly to another members thread she showed me about their pigs uterine problem, that was operated on. So it looks like my vet is bang on with his diagnosis
 
They're both brilliant vets and are quite happy to answer questions or listen to any suggestions @SkyPipDotBernie.

Simon was very open and honest about the risks of surgery for one of my boys. It would be a very difficult surgery with little chance of success. We really appreciated Simon's honesty.
 
Seriously just talk to Simon. Any good vet would rather spend time answering questions and explaining things to put a pet owner at ease. The bladder and uterus are nestled together so it could just be the presence/absence of certain symptoms or just how treatment has been responded to that could have changed his mind
 
Lady Kelly said:
Seriously just talk to Simon. Any good vet would rather spend time answering questions and explaining things to put a pet owner at ease. The bladder and uterus are nestled together so it could just be the presence/absence of certain symptoms or just how treatment has been responded to that could have changed his mind
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I would prefer to speak to him in person, but that could be quite difficult in his job. I'm glad you said the bladder and uterus are close together, this has pretty much settled my head. It all makes sense now. I think il just see what he finds when he operates.

I think now that Dot never had a uti, and doesnt have intertestial cytsitis. The blood is coming from the growth whatever it may be.( the blood isnt very mcuh atall and very diluted). Actually she could have had an infection, thats a lie lol
 
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Jaycey said:
They're both brilliant vets and are quite happy to answer questions or listen to any suggestions @SkyPipDotBernie.

Simon was very open and honest about the risks of surgery for one of my boys. It would be a very difficult surgery with little chance of success. We really appreciated Simon's honesty.
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How did it go? Thanks for the support 😊
 
SkyPipDotBernie said:
How did it go? Thanks for the support 😊
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Simon called me during the operation to let me know how it was going and we opted not to wake him up. It was a very complex surgery (he had a very large, complex tumour). I was gutted but Simon kept me informed at all times.

I've had Simon operate on my pigs since then, with lots of success and I would never hesitate to have him do it again.
 
Jaycey said:
Simon called me during the operation to let me know how it was going and we opted not to wake him up. It was a very complex surgery (he had a very large, complex tumour). I was gutted but Simon kept me informed at all times.

I've had Simon operate on my pigs since then, with lots of success and I would never hesitate to have him do it again.
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That must have been horrible bless him. Sorry to hear that
 
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