Lameness and trip to the vets....please read (also in VET)

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My horse had stem cells implanted into a large core lesion in his SDFT 7 weeks ago. He is on walking out in hand (now on 20mins a day) Any way as time has gone i have noticed he still isnt sound - its not drastic but just not him so to speak. Farrier had a look last week and noticed that in walk it is noticable but trot he seems fine!

Contacted the vet he was referred to and he has said he shouldn't be lame and it may be an idea to get either my 'normal' vet to take a look or run him over to Newmarket for them to look!

Spoke to my normal vet and he has said that he would rather the referred vet to look as he knows what he is dealing better than he does (which is fair enough)

What would you do? I need to ring the vets in the morning...

Obviously I want the best for him but the only reason im slightly unsure is due to the fact that it is noticable in walk, and i dont want them to think im wasting their time, that combined with the fact that the insurance company are being a pain and I may be facing a bill easily in excess of £2000 already! And a trip to the vets is only just over hour and a half but means id need to take a day from work!!

Cookies, cake and Wine if you get this far! x
 
Thats my gut feeling on it all! urgh why are horses so comlicated! Iv been counting down the days to take him back for his first scan - now he needs to go back 5 weeks early i dont wanna take him incase its not good!
 
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I can sympathise with you after going through similar with my old warmblood, I know the thought of bad news puts you off but surely it's better to find out sooner rather than later to increase the chances of finding a solution to the prob *hugs*
 
i do sympathise with u, ive been havin a problem with my geldings check ligament for nearly a year now!! i would go 2 the vet in newmarket, i know its an unwanted expense!! but it will give u a better idea of what is goin on, i would b concerned if my horse was lame in walk.
 
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