Unfortunately it's not over...

Cochise

Cochise

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Yes the dreaded Lump appears to be back. It must be a very aggressive cancer for it all to be coming on so fast!
The angry red which we saw last Tuesday is indeed turning the salmon pink of the original tumor, and appears to be growing fairly rapidly. I was on the phone to the vet again last night and he came back today. He is getting onto the Equine Clinic as a referral, where they have all the operating facilities and two equine specialist vets. He will travel out there, the vets will have a look at him and will have their say on what is happening with the cancer.
I hope no one else ever has to go through this with their horses, its a nightmare, I can tell you that!
Hugs and kisses to the brave Cheeky horse!
My emotions are less varied on this, I have come to accept it more, and have resolved to do whatever it takes to preserve his health for as long as possible.
 
Ohh!!! Poor you!!! Thats so unfortunate! I hope you get some good news about it soon. do you know if they can remove it?


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My vet has already operated once and tried to remove the tumor. Unfortunately it has spread and another lump has formed. These other vets will let me know what they think...whether they can save the eye or not.
 
Poor you and poor brave Cheeky. I hope things work out ok for you both. Do you think he will cope with only one eye. We have a horse who has recurrent uveitus in one eye and after damaging the other eye and losing his sight in it is sometimes completely blind. He relies on his companion for support when this happens and although he can rarely be ridden he is still a very happy horse with a reasonable quality of life. I know some horses can cope very well with one eye and others cannot cope at all. I will keep my fingers crossed for you that if Cheeky loses his eye he will be one of the horses who copes well.
 
Oh Debbie, I'm so sorry that you both have to go through it again:( We all thought he was on the way up. Not much I can say to help, but I will be thinking of you both xxxxxxx
 
Fingers crossed for you - I hadn't heard you'd got problems :(

I just got guardian masks for my old guy (possible uveitis) and Fi (cos of the appy pink skin round her eyes and the floating ciliary bodies she has in her eyes).

It'll make them look like bugs, but I'm hoping it will help them both cope with the sun a bit better.

(Nutkin, do you use a mask for your uveitis sufferer ?)
 
(cvb - we used to have a uveitis sufferer livery, and we got the metropolitan police to send us a riot mask. we then put tinted plastic film over it to make sunglasses for him. worked a treat, and also stopped him rubbing it.)
 
No he is kept stabled through the day and turned out at night when he has an attack. What is the guardian mask. I have not heard of that before and also Es do you think the idea of sunglasses would work well for horses. I would love for Harry to be out all day enjoying the sun. He is not miserable being kept in but it means he has to rely on us humans for everything whereas when he is in the field he is with his best buddy.
 
The Guardian Masks are from US but have a UK distributor. You can get them with 80% or 95% lenses in them.

Have a look here and let me know if you want the UK person's email address !

I'm getting an 80% with nose cover and an 95% with nose cover, and then will use as appropriate with the two horses concerned.

They are not cheap but then neither is my horse's eyesight.....
 
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