| Thanks Maggie. Through my work I care for a lot of people with cancer, so I'm familiar with how humans respond - I guess I just wondered if dogs were different - people usually tell you when they have pain, but I wasn't sure what indicators a dog will give. I was also worried that as she's such a 'trier' she will go on doing things when she really shouldn't, and that I would mis-read the signs.
I'm so glad that I took a friend's advice to wait a couple of days and didn't do the knee-jerk reaction thing and have her put down immediately. Ironically, she's getting a bit better each day with the anti-inflammatories. I suspect that she had chronic pain from her arthritis, and that the anti-inflammatories she's having for the bone cancer pain are also working on the arthritis. Yesterday the was up on all four legs and rough-housing with my other dog, whereas before she was limping very gingerly on three legs. Life's a funny thing!
Thanks for replying, and good luck with your own battle. I agree that it's very healthy to talk about it, and people don't do that enough. I'll send some white light your way. Nic.  |