Posted on 08/01/2022 10:23:56 AM PDT by Salamander
My PTSD dog/best friend goes for chest x-rays tomorrow to see if his osteosarcoma has spread or not.
You got it.
If they biopsy it’s very painful and would have nixed the choice to do SRT treatments.
So no.
Plus they admit it’s so hit and miss as to be basically useless.
You have to hit that one spot that ‘might’ have cancer cells.
Most in the dog osteosarcoma groups got back “ inconclusive “ for results.
It’s a nightmare.
He gets mushrooms, turmeric and fenbendazole 3 days on, 4 days off, just because I’ll throw everything at this to try and help him.
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Our oldest male Rat Terrier developed sarcoma all over his body after being neutered. He had sired 4 litters of wonderful pups. He remained vigorous for 6 months before it was clear that a rainbow bridge appointment was necessary to relieve him of the increasing burden.
I cry for everyone’s pets.
Though the dog cancer groups have been a blessing, emotionally they’re draining.
Almost every day someone loses their heart to this horror and I cry with them even though I never even met their dog.
No I’ve never heard of that.
I’ll research it.
Thank you.
For those of you with cat best friends I offer this:
Give your cat alkaline water to drink to keep away the kidney failure they so often get.
It works!
He also plows us out when we’re snowed in.
The guy is an angel.
Yes. You can read his story. It’s mycancerstory.rocks. There’s been articles posted here on ivermectin and cancer.
I’m so sorry you also got a double heartbreak.
Hrafi’s half sister Seven dropped dead November 7 21.
I’m not as tough as everyone thinks, especially for stuff like this.
My own troubles I can walk off mostly but my dogs?
I fall apart.
Speaking from first hand experience. Our first Lhasa bitch only lived 13 years. At the end I noticed her teeth were caked with plaque. The second Lhasa bitch I trained to get her teeth brushed daily and she lived to 16 years age without ever getting sick. She died only from old age.
Prayers up for your best friend and faithful companion.
Have you noticed shrinkage on the leg tumor?
It gives me a measure of peace to be able to look at the urns of my pups. Even if a person doesn’t favor cremation for human relatives, it’s the only way for me for my pups. Not that I will, but if I were to ever move, I know I can take them with me. Not something you can do if they are in the ground.
Prayers up. I know what you are going thru, been there many times with my pets.
We have some neighbors that would help us out that way but most of us are so far apart that the only neighbor I can see is my daughter and SIL that live on the farm. It’s great that you have somebody to help out. That is more important as you get older.
Twenty years ago, when my husband was nearly killed in a wreck, I came home from the hospital or the rehab every day to find a sack of veggies of some kind on my porch. They knew I wasn’t able to put out a garden that year so they made up for it. You know they are there even when you can’t see them. :-)
in with you
“DO not forget to brush the dog’s teeth. It is the best defense against infections of heart valves, kidneys, etc. not to mention tooth aches which the dog will never complain about.”
This is SO true and a lot of people overlook the teeth. I seem to spend a big part of my morning brushing dogs teeth.
A year ago, some scum bag tossed a 10-year old medium size house dog out on the side of the road. She roamed the countryside for two weeks before ending up at my house. She begged and cried to come in, so I let her in. She is the sweetest dog I have ever had. She is perfectly trained. I don’t know why anybody would do this to her. Anyway, I adopted her legally through the Humane Society. Her teeth were terrible. I had them cleaned at a little over $600. She had one pulled. Six months later, last week, I had them done again for another $600. I have been brushing hers and the teeth of my other two housedogs. All three love their tooth brushing. Dogs can get heart issues and other sicknesses from bad teeth just like people can.
A local church has a “Blessing of the Animals” service at our local park each year. I try to go.
It is stable and not growing.
The SRT radiation treatments theoretically kill the tumor in situ.
He did have the “rare side effects “ of inflammation and “skin burns “ but they’ve healed up and his hair is growing back.
The hock itself remains as it was when this all started.
He is finished his chemo and now goes for Zometa infusions to rebuild the bone as much as possible and chest X-rays every 3 months which is what tomorrow is.
It’s a waiting game to see how well the chemo worked to knock out the micro tumors that may have been elsewhere.
Some dogs live years beyond their diagnosis and that is what I pray for.
*I* need the time to find my footing and some kind of inner strength to survive him leaving me.
As of right now, I am nowhere near that or even remotely “ ready “.
I think my heart would stop when his does, if I don’t get enough time to mentally find my balance.
Needless to say my PSTD is hitting levels I never thought possible.
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