[Dailydrool] lymphoma and other cancers

[Beverly Szaton]

 Here is my advice based on twenty years and losing 4 dogs to cancer and
having one with cancer now.
LISTEN TO YOUR VET AND THEN,
LISTEN TO YOUR HEART.

What do you want for Buster Frecklefeet? What does he want? Would he be ok,
be happy away from home or getting chemo, being sick part of the time? Is
that something you can handle? Making him sick to make him (maybe, since
there simply are NO guarantees here) better?  If my dog is under 8 then the
answer is that we do whatever is possible, whatever sounds reasonable. (And
whatever we can afford, alas.)
I have a dog who probably would do just fine away from home for weeks and
even sick for weeks on end, he would probably bounce back. I have another
who would die before they could treat him, of terror, and sadness, and
lonliness, sure he had been abandoned.

So you need to take the dog's personality and age into consideration, and
then your wallet, and then what YOU can stand to do. You can explain to a
person why you are making them sick to make them better, but not a dog.

The least mentioned and maybe the most important part of treating a dog with
cancer of any kind, is how deep your pockets are. Nobody wants to look at
that, but let me tell you now, it isn't cheap. John and I are both retired.
This means our abilty to treat a major disease may be limited.

The older I get the more convinced I am that quality time with your dog is
worth any amount of money and that sometimes, it is the best choice. NOT
ALWAYS.
The younger the dog the better the chances of a cure. At least with
Lymphoma. Listen to your Vet, and then, Listen to your heart.



MomPerson to Warf(ATB lymphoma) Walker (ATB Lymphoma at age 3) Zelda (ATB
Multilobular Osteosarcoma of the skull) Quiller ( ATB Chondrosarcoma)
Mitchell (ATB)
Nigel, Llewis, Conley and  Cooper (Osteosarcoma.) (Not, decidedly not ATB)
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