Laurielee
01-21-2008, 02:44 PM
Jake is my 11 year old lab. he is having surgery next week to take a fatty tumor off of his eye lid that started off a slow growth, but then in matter of weeks, it really took off. They did a full blood panel for the surgery. He came up as hypothyroid, reading of .4, and suggested a low dose of thyroid med of .6
The vet was perplexed at this because he has lost 12 unexplained pounds over a year, slow heart rate, he actually has more energy and lately, he was tested ahwile back for hyper-thyroid, but came back negative. And now he getting a intolerance to heat, meaning, the house is only 68-70 degrees and he goes out at night in the 32 degree temp to sleep. The vet said all of these symptoms are just the opposite of hypo-throid.
So just looking at any thoughts on this.
The vet did say a test can come back hypo if there is something else going on, but all of his bloodwork came back great. I am hoping its not something like cancer of something that doesnt show up in blood test.
Laurie
The vet was perplexed at this because he has lost 12 unexplained pounds over a year, slow heart rate, he actually has more energy and lately, he was tested ahwile back for hyper-thyroid, but came back negative. And now he getting a intolerance to heat, meaning, the house is only 68-70 degrees and he goes out at night in the 32 degree temp to sleep. The vet said all of these symptoms are just the opposite of hypo-throid.
So just looking at any thoughts on this.
The vet did say a test can come back hypo if there is something else going on, but all of his bloodwork came back great. I am hoping its not something like cancer of something that doesnt show up in blood test.
Laurie