Hi ,I've recently joined this forum after my beautiful, 6 year old blenheim boy Rossi had been diagnosed,
with sm, by mri after 2 really bad pain episodes.We hadn't even heard of sm and hadn't recognised the symptoms of face rubbing and unexplainable yelping and lameness that he had displayed over the years. Rossi was my wedding present from my husband in may 2005, we are both 53 and been married before. It was love at first sight when I saw Rossi and I've adored him ever since. We feel so bad that we didn't realise what was wrong with Rossi because of our ignorance but as soon as he was diagnosed at ChesterGates referral hospital I vowed that I would do everything in my power to make his life as good and as comfortable as possible. Rossi was on Metacam and gabapentin but the neurologist told us to take Rossi off the metacam as it can affect the liver, longterm. Within days of this he had a couple of severe pain attacks so the vet and the neurologist said to put him back on it for a while. He has now been taken off it again and I can see the difference in him already, after a few days. He is so uncomfortable and doesn't know where to put himself. He runs about on his walks but afterwards he is very slow and hangs his head and is still rubbing and scratching. The gabapentin alone just doesn't seem to be enough on its own. We are not supposed to see the neurologist now until December.I don't know what to do. Should I ring and try to see him before then as I can't bear to see Rossi so uncomfortable. Does anyone else out there take their dog to ChesterGates and if so what meds are they on? Could anyone tell me what meds seem to work well for their dogs. I just don't know what to do.
with sm, by mri after 2 really bad pain episodes.We hadn't even heard of sm and hadn't recognised the symptoms of face rubbing and unexplainable yelping and lameness that he had displayed over the years. Rossi was my wedding present from my husband in may 2005, we are both 53 and been married before. It was love at first sight when I saw Rossi and I've adored him ever since. We feel so bad that we didn't realise what was wrong with Rossi because of our ignorance but as soon as he was diagnosed at ChesterGates referral hospital I vowed that I would do everything in my power to make his life as good and as comfortable as possible. Rossi was on Metacam and gabapentin but the neurologist told us to take Rossi off the metacam as it can affect the liver, longterm. Within days of this he had a couple of severe pain attacks so the vet and the neurologist said to put him back on it for a while. He has now been taken off it again and I can see the difference in him already, after a few days. He is so uncomfortable and doesn't know where to put himself. He runs about on his walks but afterwards he is very slow and hangs his head and is still rubbing and scratching. The gabapentin alone just doesn't seem to be enough on its own. We are not supposed to see the neurologist now until December.I don't know what to do. Should I ring and try to see him before then as I can't bear to see Rossi so uncomfortable. Does anyone else out there take their dog to ChesterGates and if so what meds are they on? Could anyone tell me what meds seem to work well for their dogs. I just don't know what to do.