On 7/21/2007
Gentleannie wrote:
On 4/3/2007 Jfitz wrote:
Hi- I have a 12 year old fox terrier (Ginger) who was diagnosed last October with TCC. She is on piroxicame and seems to be doing well. I want to know what to expect as her disease progresses. I am terribly afraid I will keep her alive past reasonable expectations or not recognize when she needs to be euthanized. Can someone tell me what to expect at this point? I actually took her to her Vet in to put her to sleep because she was having low urine output and seemed very quiet. My Vet told me that I was premature and actually put her in Xanex to help her be less restless at night. Can someone share their experience? My husband and I had vacation plans for May which I have canceled because I just can't leave my dog at this time. Am I over-reacting?
I know exactly how you feel! My dog Annie was diagnosed in March of 2005 and I canceled all travel plans, turned down every invitation and worried. Annie was put on piroxicam, but her tumor remained.
Well it is now 2007 and Annie's symptoms are getting worse and some days she seems very agitated. The vet put her on a medicine--tramadol-- that I have seen on this board. It is supposed to be for pain, but I am not sure that Annie's agitation is from pain. Anyway, it makes her sleep, so one way or another it resolves things.
It is getting harder for her to urinate and she has more accidents in the house, but otherwise seems happy. (She eats too much and is gaining weight which probably isn't good either, but everyone seems to agree that this is the time to spoil her)
My vet says she is doing well; so as long as both Annie and he think that, I'll believe them. I did finally just go on a week's vacation and nearly came home twice as I was so worried about Annie, but she was fine.
I wish you and your dog the best.
Marty
Hi Marty -my name is Ron, I have a 7 year old Scottie Winnie who was diagnosed in Nov 07 withj TCC. I was wondering the following:
where was the tumor located when your dog was originally diagnosed, what did you do for treatment and how is the dog doing now?
THX,
Ron