Hi Kathy, and further to Willem's reply!
>the vet is recommending chemotherapy. Does anyone > have any experience with having their dog go through this? If so, please let > me know. She doesn't know what to do and we don't know what dogs go through > on chemo. Having a dog on chemo is not as frightening as it first sounds! First the dosage is much less than that given to us human beings, quality of life is judged most important here! Also dogs do seem to tolerate the treatment much better than humans (perhaps because they do not understand what is happening and so have no fears as long as the owner stays calm) and they do not lose their hair, though areas where biopsy has been done and hair shaved may be slow to grow back! My Samson with highly malignant T-cell 3 lymphoma underwent chemo, we had an additional six months of glorious time with this boy where you wouldn't have known he was sick at all! Initial prognosis was a few short weeks even with treatment, a few days without! Find Sam's Story on my website below. Willem has also replied to your intial mail re. his Newfie, Simba, who had an additional nine months of precious time despite advanced bone cancer! Simba's story is on the In Loving Memory of pages on my site, url below! These two cases are of dogs with terminal illness who had chemo to prolong life, extreme cases! > I have a friend who's 6 yr old dog was just operated on for a brain tumor. > The tumor was benign I am no Oncologist but would hazard a guess here that that they are recommending chemo as a back-up/just in case! (Human) friend of mine had brain tumour, benign, removed a few years ago, she too underwent chemo as a fail safe just in case removing tumour kicked into action some latent cancerous growth! Hmm! Few years ago, was fifteen years ago! Paula is doing fine! I spoke to her last week! Wishing your friend's dog all the best and a long and happy life! You can mail me privately if you want more information [EMAIL PROTECTED] All Love, Jean, Sunny, Sim, Barney and the Gang XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX http://bernese.biz
