Sear Karlin, Brady was the first recheck on the mesh. He did mention to me that he wants to get the other 9 in for re-checks. It's been almost 9 months since...
Hi Everyone, I have just returned from Cornell as well with Maggie May. Maggie as some of you know has not been well for some time and we took her back to Dr....
Permission to crosspost: <<UK Cavalier Club members had their 2006 AGM yesterday & our Chairman also announced some new SM initiatives:- The Club will be...
I thought I'd give an update on Leo. I've had Leo on a doubled dose of frusemide, twice a day now, for a bit over a week, rather than a single morning dose. ...
Karlin - I just give Rory the pills in his food so I don't forget. It's usually close to every 12 hours. Maybe sometimes every 8 hours. But still better than...
I only feed once a day in the morning, so a mnemonic based on feeding method won't work for me! :^) Maybe a regular treat would solve the problem. I'm still...
I found this human SM study at a link from the ASAP site (American Syringomyelia Alliance Project) website. This is the same type of study that was done on...
This is so interesting, thanks so much for posting this. ... (American ... study, ... this ... that ... Interesting ... some ... applications ... with ... for ...
We've noticed that Abbey will sometimes quiver when we touch her shoulder or neck area. She doesn't do it every time, but I noticed it again yesterday when I...
When my Daisy was about 9 months old we would find her in dark corners of the living room and she would be trembling (same as quivering, I would think) being...
Abbey does have other symptoms, she has the malformation but not SM. She does the scratching, butt scooting, head rubbing, and has yelped occassionally. She's...
I am told that the North Carolina study results (on SM and CSF flow) are to be presented at the US neurology meeting in late May so these will be publicly...
On June 1, at the 2006 ACVIM Forum in Louisville, Kentucky, Dr. Cerda-Gonzalez is scheduled to present two papers: "Morphology of the Caudal Fossa in CKCSs"...
can anyone tell me about the aftercare when your dog has had the operation on sm as we are still undecided about having the operation on my 5 mouth pup. :(...
Hi Veronia My Emma had decompression surgery last June at age three years. Her surgery was done by Clare Rusbridge. Emma was severely affected and her SM was...
-Veronica, On a five month old pup,.... I wouldn't even think about it, one so small and affected that young, please re-think. I have lost three dogs with SM,...
Crossposting permitted: MVD is now officially part of the international CKCS genome scan project. Gaining a better understanding of the genetic component of...
I posted these to the CKCS-SM discussion list but thought hose here not on that list might find it of interest. These are the types of discomfort experienced...
Dear Karlin, Thanks for printing all those symptoms. It helps us with SM dogs to understand them a little better. Wouldn't is be great if they could tell us...
... It sure would. Leo is vomiting a bit and I notice vomiting and nausea is on the list. I think I am going to try him on gabapentin and see if that helps...
Interesting that less than 20% describe facial/neck tingling, which is what we presume the dogs are feeling that causes them to scratch? I think Rory has...
Karlin, It is interesting. Brady had bouts of vomiting when he was young and no reason was ever found. I wonder if it had anything to do with SM. He had other ...
Dear Kendall, Brady had a problem with the top of his head also, He didn't want anyone to touch it. I'm certain he had headaches. He also seem to have a...
Abbey doesn't like to be touched on top of her head either. She also quivers some times if her neck and shoulders are touched. We're considering adding Gap....
In case people are posting and finding delays as to when emails are coming through -- Yahoo has said this is due to serious email flooding problems caused by...
Extremely interesting. It states a definite association with the steep, short back of skull and the malformation. You can download a pdf of the study but it is...