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@johnny87 Hi - yes, of course. Basically what it ended up being was that he must have fractured a bone in his paw and because we didn’t notice it and have it treated, it healed in a wonky way which basically created a lump on his bone. The vet thought it was bone cancer because of the hard lump...

@jezza1 Hi - yes!! He is still doing fine. Thank you so much for asking 💖

@chris73 Wanted to provide an update, because it appears you were right. She didn’t notice any evidence of the moth-eaten appearance of the bone that she would expect to see on x-ray if it was osteosarcoma. She thinks the bony changes might be due to a fracture that healed wrong because it...

@kat07 I am so sorry for your loss. I appreciate you sharing your story and for your kind words of encouragement.

@sterkarm Thank you so much for sharing your story. I’m glad she’s still with you and trucking along.

@airflight69 Thank you for your insight and encouragement. She actually didn’t mention biopsy, and only provided me a paper with the quoted cost for the sedation and x-ray. But I certainly will let her know that I would like a sample to be retrieved for biopsy while he is already under...

@bn123 Thank you so much. I’m just terrified because she didn’t even mention any other possible differentials — just went straight to being suspicious of osteosarcoma. I appreciate your reply so much.

Has anyone had a vet suspicious for bone cancer, but the diagnosis ended up being something less sinister? Took my 6 y.o. intact male working-line GSD to the vet today and was NOT expecting her to immediately say she was suspicious of bone cancer. Took him because he has had recurrent but...