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First thing Wednesday morning. If I am able to go sooner I will if they get any larger. Right now they’re firm and I would say a little under marble sized. I don’t feel any of the other glands (knee, armpit, chest). I took her temp which is fine. I don’t see a reason for the swelling, I looked all in her mouth for an abscessed tooth or anything at all.

The only thing I can POSSIBLY think of is she slipped a few days ago coming up the stairs and bumped her chin. It was nothing dramatic and she didn’t even stop afterwards or show any signs that she’d done it. I don’t even know if injury can cause lymph swelling.
(We build a whole ramp for her after she did this)

My mother has to go have an extensive root canal Monday which means I won’t have the car. Tuesday is predicted horrible T-storms. So I’m going to try to hold out until her actual appointment, she is so bad with storms Id hate to combine that stress ontop of a vet visit.

Am trying to remain positive but I’ve nearly convinced myself it’s lymphoma :(

I see that it is sometimes treated with prednsione if chemo is denied, and that usually gives them 1-3 months. I question if it relapsed her, and starting pred caused slight remission, but now it’s showing because it has been about that long… and also read being on pred before start chemo can drastically lower chances of remission, so even if I were to consider chemo, the odds are very high against her.

Other symptoms she has that are on the ‘lymphoma’ list are increased thirst and urination. I know this is a Pred side-effect too. But, in the last month her thirst/urination has increased dramatically.

With her first attack(march 2015), she needed to pee every 4 hours or so when on the high doses of pred and water consumption was up, yes. But starting about a month ago, her water consumption is WAY up and she needs to pee every 2ish hours, and pees *a lot* each time.
I never withhold water but I do try to stop her/slow her down after shes stood there and drank and drank and drank by saying Sassy! Stop! – she will flat out ignore until the bowl is empty, then lick the empty bowl and want more. She’ll drink down I would say 3-4 cups of water at once. No difference after lowering the pred, either.

I read that often the only sign is the nodes. Additional symptoms are all very similar to Prednisone usage, so it’s hard to say (weakness, muscle atrophy, etc)

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