I am so very sorry about Bella. I just started reading your blog last Tuesday as my dog has been diagnosed with a TMJ root tumor and have found very little to inform me of what I am in for. "Months" to maybe a year at best is what I do know. It started with a very active lab that couldn't get enough of ball to suddenly couldn't open his mouth wide enough for it. First we thought it was Masticular Mytosis, then over active Lymph node, but now there is a growth on the TMJ. I want to thank you for blogging your and Bella's experience as it helps me with my thoughts as they are almost exactly as your blogs. All my sympathy, Jackie (and Zorro)
I am so, so sorry and thank you so much. As you can tell, she was my world.
Oddly enough, there was a lab mix at my work that was diagnosed with MMM, shortly after Bella. She loved playing ball and suddenly couldn't open her mouth. She is doing well and can open her mouth enough now to play ball again. I had never heard of it until that time.
They had thought that was what Bella had at first, but the blood test came back negative. Bella also never had any problems opening her mouth.
We did notice that the right side of her head had some bad atrophy that countinued to worsen and eventually, she couldn't close her right eye. I was using eye drops 3-4x daily. Her right nostril started to close in and her breathing got heavy.
Anyway, I had about 5 months with her when all was said and done. To a degree, the time was nice, but seeing your dog go downhill and knowing you can't do anything about it, is rough. Surgery didn't seem logical because of the location and there was a chance for it to return.
I hope you get more than 5 months with your boy. Again, thank you and I'm glad the blog has helped out.
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I am so very sorry about Bella. I just started reading your blog last Tuesday as my dog has been diagnosed with a TMJ root tumor and have found very little to inform me of what I am in for. "Months" to maybe a year at best is what I do know. It started with a very active lab that couldn't get enough of ball to suddenly couldn't open his mouth wide enough for it. First we thought it was Masticular Mytosis, then over active Lymph node, but now there is a growth on the TMJ. I want to thank you for blogging your and Bella's experience as it helps me with my thoughts as they are almost exactly as your blogs. All my sympathy, Jackie (and Zorro)
I am so, so sorry and thank you so much. As you can tell, she was my world.
Oddly enough, there was a lab mix at my work that was diagnosed with MMM, shortly after Bella. She loved playing ball and suddenly couldn't open her mouth. She is doing well and can open her mouth enough now to play ball again. I had never heard of it until that time.
They had thought that was what Bella had at first, but the blood test came back negative. Bella also never had any problems opening her mouth.
We did notice that the right side of her head had some bad atrophy that countinued to worsen and eventually, she couldn't close her right eye. I was using eye drops 3-4x daily. Her right nostril started to close in and her breathing got heavy.
Anyway, I had about 5 months with her when all was said and done. To a degree, the time was nice, but seeing your dog go downhill and knowing you can't do anything about it, is rough. Surgery didn't seem logical because of the location and there was a chance for it to return.
I hope you get more than 5 months with your boy. Again, thank you and I'm glad the blog has helped out.
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