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<blockquote data-quote="TennesseeTuxedo" data-source="post: 1070846" data-attributes="member: 16965"><p>Hahahah...I was kidding...to a point, but did you ever stop to think why it is when we go to the doc and get a scarey diagnosis we go get that "second opinion" but when we hear what we are hoping to hear we take it as gospel?</p><p></p><p>Classic example: Week before last our little house dog, Bebe, was very puny so I asked my oldest daughter to run her over the the big box pet store for a diagnosis. They told her the dog had a cancerous growth in her anal area and to quote the vet "she's on borrowed time" and must have surgery in the next 4-5 days to the tune of $1,200. They did prescribe a couple of antibiotics to deal with an infection she had in her anal sac and sent the dog home. I told them thanks but no thanks to the surgery and we took her to a local small animal vet for a "second opinion". They agreed with the infection diagnosis and the antibiotics prescribed but they were skeptical about the cancer. They did say it would be a good idea to bring her back in a week or so and they would put her under anesthesia and thoroughly flush her anal sacs and check out a small knotty growth that had them concerned.</p><p></p><p>I dropped her at the vet this morning and that's where our little friend of 12 years is right now. The doc called me about an hour ago and sure enough he's 90% sure she has cancer so he offered me two options: 1- perform a biopsy to have the growth analyzed before taking further actions or 2- he would go ahead and attempt to remove the tumor today. I could tell by the sound of his voice he wasn't too confident in his skills in removing the growth today so I said let's just go with a biopsy and make our plans accordingly.</p><p></p><p>Second opinions are a tricky matter but I'm still glad we got one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TennesseeTuxedo, post: 1070846, member: 16965"] Hahahah...I was kidding...to a point, but did you ever stop to think why it is when we go to the doc and get a scarey diagnosis we go get that "second opinion" but when we hear what we are hoping to hear we take it as gospel? Classic example: Week before last our little house dog, Bebe, was very puny so I asked my oldest daughter to run her over the the big box pet store for a diagnosis. They told her the dog had a cancerous growth in her anal area and to quote the vet "she's on borrowed time" and must have surgery in the next 4-5 days to the tune of $1,200. They did prescribe a couple of antibiotics to deal with an infection she had in her anal sac and sent the dog home. I told them thanks but no thanks to the surgery and we took her to a local small animal vet for a "second opinion". They agreed with the infection diagnosis and the antibiotics prescribed but they were skeptical about the cancer. They did say it would be a good idea to bring her back in a week or so and they would put her under anesthesia and thoroughly flush her anal sacs and check out a small knotty growth that had them concerned. I dropped her at the vet this morning and that's where our little friend of 12 years is right now. The doc called me about an hour ago and sure enough he's 90% sure she has cancer so he offered me two options: 1- perform a biopsy to have the growth analyzed before taking further actions or 2- he would go ahead and attempt to remove the tumor today. I could tell by the sound of his voice he wasn't too confident in his skills in removing the growth today so I said let's just go with a biopsy and make our plans accordingly. Second opinions are a tricky matter but I'm still glad we got one. [/QUOTE]
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