>but due to some good advice from my friends here and from a few
>knowledgeable vets (Big thanks to Dr WIlliams), the problem has been
>fixed!  Dr Finkler in Roanoke did the cryosurgery for us.  I'm told it
>was the biggest tumor he's frozen yet!  They (Dr Finkler and my vet, Matt
>McCormick) had to freeze the darn thing 4 times!
 
Dear Kim:
 
these thanks go to Mark Finkler (a terrific vet in Roanoke who has an
open mind and is willing to try all the new techniques - he can do the
traditional surgery, the cryo (thanks to Charlie Weiss in Potomac who
started this technique), and the bilateral salvage with vena caval
ligation(thanks to Joe Bock in Golden, Colorado).  If you're in souther
VA and looking for a top-flight vet, Mark Finkler's your man!
[Posted in FML issue 3224]