[Njagdu] Vet costs

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Suzanne.
A biopsy doesn't cost much, at least not at my old vet.  They just stick a
needle into the lump and look at the cells they get under a microscope. 
Yours sounds like a fatty lump, but it's always best to check.
Trouble is a lot easier, and cheaper, to deal with early than late.

Someone on the NAGDU list has VIP pet insurance, and my neighbor was just
elling me about VPI insurance.  I think I'll check them out.
Tracy

> Hi, Lynn and Tracy,
> Where do you get pet insurance? I've thought about it myself. I just found
> a
> lump on Taj's side which is making me nervous. It seems sensetive to
> touch,
> and I'm hoping it's just some sort of innocuous cyst. I really don't even
> have a few hundred to do testing on it. I'm thinking it's not cancer
> because
> it's fairly large, but feel sfluidy. It is not hard.
>
> Yeah, Tracy, I'm always shocked with the bills too. I had a wonderful vet
> where I used to live who would charge me for meds only. but that's hard to
> find.
>
> Suzanne
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: njagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:njagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org]On
> Behalf Of Lynn Reynolds
> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 9:34 PM
> To: New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [Njagdu] Vet costs
>
>
> Hi Tracy,
> I do not have pet insurance, but I am considering it.  I think that when
> pet
> insurance first started, it did not include regular check ups.  But from
> what I understand, some of them do now.  Just a regular visit with all the
> regular shots and vaccines, plus heartworm and flea treatments, they run
> over $400 including a 10% discount for service animals.  I had Jake in
> over
> night because he ate something he wasn't supposed to, he was on fluids and
> all that.  Thank God he passed what he ate and there was no further
> treatment or surgery which would have been the next step if he wasn't
> going
> to pass it, because that cost me $1700.  It is very expensive.  But you do
> what you got to do.
> Lynn
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: <njagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 9:07 AM
> Subject: [Njagdu] Vet costs
>
>
>>I had to take Ben to the vet yesterday for what I think will turn out to
>> be nothing.  He had an exam, urinalysis, and a blood test, and it came
>> to
>> $260!  I was shocked.  Is this typical?  Have I forgotten what vet trips
>> cost? This was our first time at a new vet, since our old one went out
>> of
>> business.  It seems like a big practice, with a small lab on the
>> premises,
>> so maybe that's what I'm paying for.  I want the best care for my dogs,
>> of
>> course, but... When I bring both dogs in for their annual check-up in
>> the
>> spring, I can see that it could easily cost me $500-600, and maybe more.
>> If I were unemployed, it would be prohibitive.  I'd have to switch back
>> to
>> GDB, just for the vet stipend.
>> Anyone have pet insurance?  Is it working out well?  Too bad Benny can't
>> be on my Blue Cross.  He needs a prescription plan too--heartworm pills
>> are $7 a pill, as I recall.  Way more than my cancer-fighting pills,
>> which
>> are covered by my insurance.
>> So, I'm just wondering, are these costs typical, or not?  And I'd love
>> to
>> hear about any experiences with pet insurance.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>>
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