Guest UESBrindle Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 (edited) I'm not really looking for how to handle this at this point because I feel like we're taking all of the right steps here, but I was just curious if anyone else has ever dealt with this before? I think I posted a while back but didn't have the exact name - I understood it like arthritis, but this seems different. The surgery liason pointed me to this link for a pretty good explanation. So far William has had 2 sets of steroidal injections in both shoulders - one end of November, one mid-February. He did not seem to recover as fully after the second set, so now he's on 8 days of deramaxx and 2 weeks of strict rest and we'll see where we are after that. I am leaning towards managing it with meds for now to see how that goes and see what improvement comes. Trying to avoid surgery if possible. Just polling for past/current experience! Thanks, Elizabeth Edited March 15, 2011 by UESBrindle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Elaine Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 One of my dogs, Nampa, has this. I've been fighting it since May/June 2010. He had 2 cortisone injections in the shoulder and I've reduced his activity levels. Presently, he's not in any pain and that is what's important. However, I learned 2 weekends ago, the issue still exists and he's not sound enough for running. Unless that changes, he's retired from lure coursing and all other running activities. It's a bummer. I will not do the surgery on Nampa unless he gets much, much worse. Elaine @ DM Greyhounds http://www.dmgreyhounds.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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