On 11/18/2007
Tickers Mom wrote:
This is my first post. First of all I wish you all the best in this fight for the lives of our pets and my sincere condolences to those who have lost the battle.
Ticker is a 12 yr. old female Westie just diagnosed with TCC. She will have laser surgery tommorrow (11/19) to "blast" the tumor away. I know that the TCC will probably return. The good thing for Ticker is that she had no symtoms and TCC was discovered accidently when an ultrasound was done to get a liver biopsy. Her Vet said that she would probably die of something else before TCC would kill her. After reading many posts on this board, I am not that optomistic. Her Vet said that she will be on Piroxicam. I am also planning to give her Graviola becuse of what I have read on this board. In surfing the web on Graviola, I found that a university has just started conducting some trials for canine TCC on a product called Gravizon which apparently contains graviola and other materials. I wondered if any one is using Gravizon and what have the results been.
Thank you for any comments and help.
HI Ticker and fellow Westie Mom..Our beloved Westie, Spike, 12yr and 8 months, was diagnosed last Friday. We are taking him to a specialist this Friday to get a scope and biopsy. His tumor is 3 cm and his prostate is enlarged to 3 cm on ultrasound to see what's what. We have him on peroxicam , a stomach med cimetadine, and glucosomine for the lining. It all started with UTI's that didn't clear up. Spike threw up after 2 days on the meds but now he eats a scrambled egg, rice ,and veggie cheese in the morning before the pillls and so far so good.He appears happy and eats well and can go thru the night w/out peeing. Most of the time he pees yellow but at the end he has a few drops of blood. I found out recently that Westies and Scotties are really prone to this disease and there's even a study going on for Westies on this. I want to ask about introducing the gravicon or graviola. Did you do that along with traditional meds like piroxicam ? Please if anyone can answer that I would really like to know. Ticker's Mom. . Please let me know how she did with the laser surgery. My heart is with you and all of us going thru this right now.