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Originally Posted by caseygina  it all happened so fast. ... we looked at the xrays and it was not what i was expecting. how could that possibly be cancer? i have seen enough of her xrays over the years and seen things that look worse. no "swiss cheese" or "moth like" anything. nothing but solid, healthy bone. |
I'm so very sorry you are faced with this. I can say that my sweet Angel Luna had an xray that simply looked "possibly" suspicious one week, that was deemed not to be OS....and two weeks later another xray showed very pronounced moth eaten bone. This disease ravages the body and is very aggressive. It IS hard to fathom, but there you have it.
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Originally Posted by jlaack I will just throw this out as the 'other' side of the coin. My dog will be 2 years out from when we began tx in April of this year. Yes the treatments cost thousands, tens of thousands is more accurate a figure, but IMO, we provided him quality and quantity of life overall. |
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HOW MANY Tens of Thousands you are speaking of here? Most people do not have the financial means to pursue this type of treatment, even if it is feasible for their dog, and it bothers me a bit that you keep bringing it up. It's a bit like dangling a carrot that can't be reached by MOST people, and just adds to the pain and distress the owner is already going through to think "if only they had more money" they could save their precious companion. Just my thoughts on the matter.