My dog has TCC please help

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My dog has TCC please help

by Doodlealert on Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:00 AM

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Hi
I have a 10 1/2 year old staffordshire terrier who has been through a lot. 8 months ago she has blood in urine and we thought it was a UTI. Long story short they found a very small mass on her bladder. A rare case I was told, her tumor was located on her dorsal bladder wall thus it was able to be surgically removed. I went ahead and did this but at the time of the surgery her kidneys started to fail. They closely monitored her and were worried so took a biopsy of her kidney. She ended up having renal amyloidosis which is basically kidney disease and is rare in her breed. They told me that she had 2 fatal diseases. Her recovery was a week of hell and I thought I was going to have to put her down then.
8 months later which is now, she has been doing great. You would never know she has been sick. So she gets check ups very often and she got a UTI recently. Today she had her ultrasound and they tumor has come back in same place. I don't know what to do. The problem is her kidneys are stable and doing well but they still aren't very good. They did say that surgery was an option again but would have to remove 75% of her bladder which would be hard for her to hold urine for a while. But it is scary because of her kidneys to put her under again. The other option would be to start her on a low dose of Piroxicam and she how her kidneys respond to that. I am at a loss. The vet said that the cancer will keep coming back. I wish they could tell me, if I do the surgery again she will live another year or more. But they can't. And recovery would be harder this time around I think. She is so happy right now and doing well. I just don't want to see her get sick. Does anyone have experience with this?

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by medoncvettech on Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:00 AM

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I don't know the specifics of your dogs case, but has your doctors mentioned anything about radiation or chemotherapy?

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by Doodlealert on Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:00 AM

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Yes they don't want to try chemo because of her kidneys and radiation they never recommend for bladder cancer.

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by Ireanna on Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:00 AM

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My 11.5 yr old Golden was diagnosed with the same bladder cancer; however, the location of her tumor was inoperable.  I was in tears after learning that there was nothing they could do --they gave me little hope that she would live past 3 monhts and spoke about putting her down.  We went to the best vet at OSU Animal Hospital.  They gave me info on peroxicam and said I could try it.  I'm glad I did because it worked for her.  When I say work, I just mean she is still with us.  She has bouts of bladder infections but she is still herself - eating well and has spurts of energy here and there.    They gave me another medicine called cytotec (spelling?) which coats the stomach.  She never got sick from taking the medicine (although all dogs are different).  I would give it to her right after she ate, just so she had something in her stomach...as we do when taking medicine.   I took her back to the vet a year later and they were shocked.  Her blood work still wasn't that great but she is doing well.   I take her off the medicine every 6 weeks or so for a few weeks at a time, as I heard it works better that way .  My girl will be 13 this April, and although I know time is still probably limited, I feel blessed to have had this xtra time with her.  I wish you all the best.  Listen to your gut and go with it.
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