My dog needs blood work in October to recheck, so I’m going to ask about the possible correlation. That floored me because she got the fatty tumor when she was about 1 year old. I kept asking about it and was concerned so they finally did a biopsy and reassured me it was nothing serious. Then out of the blue she has cancer.
She is doing fine though, thanks. It’s been a year of surgeries, though. First, she swallowed a Kong ball that wasn’t hers. I don’t even know when or where she got it. It could have been buried in the yard for all I know. That was an emergency surgery. Then the thyroid. I keep telling her she can’t have any more surgery! She looks at me and offers her giant paw, so I think it’s a deal.
Wow, that must be one big dog to have swallowed a Kong ball! Poor girl. The thyroid thing bothers me, though because of the prevalence in humans and now apparently more common in dogs. I have read that hypothyroidism in humans is thought to be related to an iodine deficiency so could possibly be applicable to dogs. I read a lot of alternative health advice on various topics but alternatives for dogs is hard to find. I have four, so I am always on the look-out. My youngest dog is quite the wild child —she will be one in a few days— but she is the only dog I ever had that I felt it necessary to use a shock collar. Even so, the first consideration I had with her is NOT to put the prongs directly over her thyroid. Just seemed like a bad idea. So we moved to the side. And actually we have never even had to use the “shock” part of the collar—she responds well enough to the low “ping” sound. And I just make sure those prongs are on the side of her neck, not over her thyroid. But with all of that said, I don’t think the others’ advice in this thread about dewormers such as ivermectin is a bad idea because parasites do indeed create cysts full of eggs. Then become “tumors” known as cancer. It’s only been the last few years this fact has started to become more widespread. I will post a link to an interesting discussion I recently listened to about this topic (for humans). Remains to be seen/heard for dogs.
ETA: unable to post link at this time due to phone issues. But the video I was thinking about is by Dr. Lee Merritt entitled “Parasites:A New Paradigm” and you can find it on Rumble where she goes by the name, “The Medical Rebel.” Again, this discussion/presentation is about parasites in humans, not dogs, but I would think similar concepts would apply.
My friend’s daughter just had her thyroid out. She had had some of it removed several years ago and recently the rest. I thought that was weird because she’s young. But they’re huge C19 vaxers. Ridiculously obsessive about it. In fact, his daughter was one of the very first cases of c19 in their county in 2020. She’d been on Spring break or something and came back just when the whole hysteria started. But now her mom has breast cancer and it’s ominous sounding. She had a double mastectomy and is due for aggressive chemo and radiation. It’s like... wow. What’s going on?
Anyway, about the dog- mine had hyper-thyroidism. It’s very rare in dogs. Most dogs have hypo. Cats get hyper and it usually isn’t cancer but when dogs get it, it’s rare and the prognosis is poor. But things seem good at the moment. I’m not on the bandwagon with all the human “early detection” stuff but our doggos can’t tell us what’s wrong and I have been good about getting her in for annual checkups. I’m glad I didn’t blow it off. She’s everything to me. The Kong ball was slightly larger than a golf ball. You can put treats inside. I’m not sure where she got it but I guess they have various sizes. I have to be really careful about toys and chew things because her mouth is big and she could choke. She once at 4 frozen Pepperidge Farm turnovers all at once. LOL and she kept it down! She’s very silly.
My dog needs blood work in October to recheck, so I’m going to ask about the possible correlation. That floored me because she got the fatty tumor when she was about 1 year old. I kept asking about it and was concerned so they finally did a biopsy and reassured me it was nothing serious. Then out of the blue she has cancer.
She is doing fine though, thanks. It’s been a year of surgeries, though. First, she swallowed a Kong ball that wasn’t hers. I don’t even know when or where she got it. It could have been buried in the yard for all I know. That was an emergency surgery. Then the thyroid. I keep telling her she can’t have any more surgery! She looks at me and offers her giant paw, so I think it’s a deal.
Wow, that must be one big dog to have swallowed a Kong ball! Poor girl. The thyroid thing bothers me, though because of the prevalence in humans and now apparently more common in dogs. I have read that hypothyroidism in humans is thought to be related to an iodine deficiency so could possibly be applicable to dogs. I read a lot of alternative health advice on various topics but alternatives for dogs is hard to find. I have four, so I am always on the look-out. My youngest dog is quite the wild child —she will be one in a few days— but she is the only dog I ever had that I felt it necessary to use a shock collar. Even so, the first consideration I had with her is NOT to put the prongs directly over her thyroid. Just seemed like a bad idea. So we moved to the side. And actually we have never even had to use the “shock” part of the collar—she responds well enough to the low “ping” sound. And I just make sure those prongs are on the side of her neck, not over her thyroid. But with all of that said, I don’t think the others’ advice in this thread about dewormers such as ivermectin is a bad idea because parasites do indeed create cysts full of eggs. Then become “tumors” known as cancer. It’s only been the last few years this fact has started to become more widespread. I will post a link to an interesting discussion I recently listened to about this topic (for humans). Remains to be seen/heard for dogs.
ETA: unable to post link at this time due to phone issues. But the video I was thinking about is by Dr. Lee Merritt entitled “Parasites:A New Paradigm” and you can find it on Rumble where she goes by the name, “The Medical Rebel.” Again, this discussion/presentation is about parasites in humans, not dogs, but I would think similar concepts would apply.
My friend’s daughter just had her thyroid out. She had had some of it removed several years ago and recently the rest. I thought that was weird because she’s young. But they’re huge C19 vaxers. Ridiculously obsessive about it. In fact, his daughter was one of the very first cases of c19 in their county in 2020. She’d been on Spring break or something and came back just when the whole hysteria started. But now her mom has breast cancer and it’s ominous sounding. She had a double mastectomy and is due for aggressive chemo and radiation. It’s like... wow. What’s going on?
Anyway, about the dog- mine had hyper-thyroidism. It’s very rare in dogs. Most dogs have hypo. Cats get hyper and it usually isn’t cancer but when dogs get it, it’s rare and the prognosis is poor. But things seem good at the moment. I’m not on the bandwagon with all the human “early detection” stuff but our doggos can’t tell us what’s wrong and I have been good about getting her in for annual checkups. I’m glad I didn’t blow it off. She’s everything to me. The Kong ball was slightly larger than a golf ball. You can put treats inside. I’m not sure where she got it but I guess they have various sizes. I have to be really careful about toys and chew things because her mouth is big and she could choke. She once at 4 frozen Pepperidge Farm turnovers all at once. LOL and she kept it down! She’s very silly.
I’ll look up your Dr Lee Merritt info. Thank you!