It depends on the type of cancer and how far its spread. When Lady, my eski was diagnosed with a tumor on her heart, the vet and I discussed chemo (an operation would have killed her outright.). After talking to him and doing research, I found that the chemo would have added about a month and a half to her life span. Also considering her temperament, (she would have found the chemo extremely scary), I opted not to do that.
Instead, I did lasics (which reduced the fluids which were building up) and accupuncture which helped relieve the pain. Both were pallative, but she did have a good quality of life for the last month. When her coughing got to the point where it was uncomfortable for her (coughing whenever she moved), I put her down. It was the hardest thing I had to do, but I did it at the right time.) It depends on the dog, the life expectancy without the chemo and the quality of life they will have either with it or without it. Sandra Clark ============================== http://www.shayna.com Training in Cascading Style Sheets and Accessibility -----Original Message----- From: Tony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 2:14 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: it's confirmed... rocky has lymphoma anyone been through this with a dog? chemo, that is? any idea the costs i can expect, or the estimated time of life? On 10/17/06, Paul Ihrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > right on. > we just made the descision to bring our cat home & let her die of liver cancer. > figure if she is in pain but still happy, {puring, hanging out}. > it's better then being dead, & dandy. > > On 10/17/06, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > monday morning, 845 AM, we are going to the oncologist to at least > > find out our options. > > > > thank you all for the wishes, i mean it. > > > > tw > > > > > > On 10/17/06, Robyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Tony, that is horrible news. > > > > > > Hopefully Rocky can have all the Greenies he can eat and many > > > belly scratches, too, to make him feel at least a bit better... > > > > > > :-( > > > > > > > > > > > > Tony wrote: > > > > and yes, im as distraught as anytime in my life. > > > > i cannot even fathom the loss of him this quick in his life. > > > > i dont know what to say. > > > > > > > > but, i figured id let as many people know, so that in case i go > > > > off the deepend, y'alls know why. > > > > > > > > :( fuckin hostile > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:217718 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
