Hormone imbalance

So I haven't been around on the forum much lately as a few weeks ago now I noticed a lump that I thought was on Steffs mammary.. It grew quite quickly from marble size to golf ball size and it worried me sick As soon as the vet examined her he said he didn't think malignant tumour(cancer) as it moved freely and wasn't "attatched" to anything So 1st thing he did was run some tests that showed she had a chemical hormone imbalance, he said this would have contributed to the lump, the fact Steff had quite an early season (7 months) also her growth..

A few days ago she was spayed and the "lump" easily removed and sent away for testing, that has now come back as being a benign mass ?? All I heard was NOT cancer

So now the next 3 weeks is recovery time and then she needs to spend another day undergoing more tests to see if after the spaying the hormones balance (or improve) then he said we will plan a course of action?? I was too excited to get my girl home and didn't ask what that action would be so if anyone knows how these things are handled I would appreciate your advice

Anyway sorry for the long post but I haven't felt able to speak about it until now so you just got a 3 week catch up on Steffi

>< >< for you & steffi, you must have been to hell and back Kylie, It's great news steffi's on the mend & recovering well. Thank goodness the lump was benign, great to have you back

Thanks Hayley There have been a few issues with Steff in the last 9 months but it looks as though a few of them may have been caused by crazy hormones it seems she has been a teenager since about 3-4months old The worst thing (after being told that it was highly unlikely to be cancer) was having her spayed i really wanted to wait a while longer, but hey ho its done now..

Us females and are crazy hormones have a lot to answer for I bet you've had lots of fun trying to keep her calm

At the moment she is still feeling quite unwell so, so far it is easy, she just sleeping a lot, the next few days will probably get harder though.. Once she feels a bit better in herself I'm sure she will want to be running around but we have at least 10 days for stitches to come out

Poor thing.

Can't really say about possible treatment until the vets manage to figure out what hormones were affected. I hope it all goes back to normal quickly though! ><

Eleanor wrote:Poor thing.

Can't really say about possible treatment until the vets manage to figure out what hormones were affected. I hope it all goes back to normal quickly though! ><

They had a sheet of results that had lots of numbers but I didn't get a copy of it I just wanted to get my sad looking girly home.. Fingers and paws crossed that spaying will balance it all out It has been pretty confusing.. I knew Steff was growing quite quickly, not excessivley big but she hasn't looked like a pup for a long long time and she only 10 months but now he says that is probably hormonal as well..

So glad to hear Steffi will be okay, even if she is under the weather at the moment. Sorry but I can't help out at all with what vets do in regards to this sort of thing ... I can send hugs for both of you >< >< and say it is great to have you back though

Kylie wrote:

Eleanor wrote:Poor thing.

Can't really say about possible treatment until the vets manage to figure out what hormones were affected. I hope it all goes back to normal quickly though! ><

They had a sheet of results that had lots of numbers but I didn't get a copy of it I just wanted to get my sad looking girly home.. Fingers and paws crossed that spaying will balance it all out It has been pretty confusing.. I knew Steff was growing quite quickly, not excessivley big but she hasn't looked like a pup for a long long time and she only 10 months but now he says that is probably hormonal as well..

>< Must be very stressful for you. Thankfully, if spaying hasn't sorted out the hormonal problems, the world of medicine is very good for controlling hormones.

Kylie wrote:


I was too excited to get my girl home and didn't ask what that action would be so if anyone knows how these things are handled I would appreciate your advice

Anyway sorry for the long post but I haven't felt able to speak about it until now so you just got a 3 week catch up on Steffi

Why not drop an email to the vet and ask them to explain what the action will be, you will then have a record of it to look back on too.

Thanks Kathy good idea It would be good to get the last lot of results to compare against the next lot in 3 weeks too..

Awww poor Steffi and you ><

Fingers crossed she's on the road to recovery now