I would like to ask for advice from any of the veterinarians out there as well as any of you ferret experts. Here is my dilemma: Gismo has just been diagnosed as having an adrenal gland problem. He is four years old, had surgery for insulinoma in January of this year, and his blood sugar level currently stands at 63. Some days, he is quite active, others, he prefers to sleep a little more. He is currently on 3/4 of a 5mg tablet of prednisone once daily, and takes .1cc of proglycem twice daily. My vet advised me of my two choices: surgery or not to have surgery. He recommends surgery. My request for advice is this: with Gismo's blood sugar being at the reduced level that it is, how much more of a risk will that pose than if his blood sugar level were more normal? I realize that the longer I put this off, the risk becomes greater. I guess I am still very paranoid when surgery is mentioned, especially after what happened with Buddy. (For those of you who did not read Margaret's Babies: Buddy was diagnosed as having kidney/bladder stones, the x-rays showed something there, however, when the surgery was performed, the mass turned out to be fatty tissue. Buddy was not able to recuperate from the stress of the surgery and only lived for a month afterwards.). My vet has contacted Dr Rosenthal of New York and obtained her diagnosis. She also recommended surgery. I guess I already know the answer in regards to my decision, but that does not make it any easier, however, I still would like to get some input from you experts out there. Thank you A ferret Friend Margaret and her babies [Posted in FML issue 1730]