[jlaack]

I am also sorry to hear about your dog's diagnosis. I also wanted to mention the statitistics you initially posted are very positive but probably incorrect... The odds in favor of survival are much, much lower than what was posted.

Did your vet xray the lungs? If not you may want to consider doing so. This xray gives a good indication of how problematic the cancer is... Once there is evidence of disease in the lungs it is likely the cancer has spread beyond the tumor in the jaw meaning the prognosis is not good and time is shorter.

I agree with Anne and Liz; if possible feed your dog a raw, cancer starving diet. Cancer cells thrive on Carbohydrates so the diet should be very low in carbs. Cancer cells have a harder time using protein or fat to survive so the diet should be high in protein, moderate in fat. I would also recommend an immune booster since cancer is oportunistic meaning the immune system is not functioning properly. We use Immugen by Thorne Basic Research. It comes in a capsule but we open the capsule and dump it into raw meat so getting our dog to eat it isn't a problem. We use an herbal supplement called Hoxsey Bonsett too with is basically a detox specifically aimed at cancer cells.

While we did treat our dog with conventional medicine too; removing the only tumor and chemotherapy follow up we are also doing the above. Our dog will be two years out from when we started treating in April of this year.

I wish your dog the best. I know how difficult it is to deal with the news and the decision surrounding the diagnosis.