CancerCompass message board discussion started by Rusters on 7/6/2007 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,14092,0.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Hello, im writing as i discovered this site and thought that this seems to be the best place to source information.My 18 year old Jack Russell offensive word removed , has recently been diagnosed with bladder cancer of the bladder wall and i have felt left high and dry by my vet, with no treatment options being offered.Rusty has been on Robert Mc Dowells Herbal treatment for three weeks now, yet i have noticed little difference. The problem being her recurring or rather ongoing urinary infections, which have not cleared up with the use of antibiotics or the herbal treatments, since the onset from December 2006. I have found information on bladder cancer, but little on the treatment of UTI.If anyone could help with little Rusty's dilema, i would very much appreciate it.Thankyou Jo x  Rusters Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT Hi Jo - look into the Navy Protocol for your dog.  My dog had late stage bone cancer at 12 and was a big dog and not one that I wanted to have the vet amputate his limb (nor did my vet want to).  he suggested the Navy Protocol (named after a young Golden Retriever pup that first received the treatment and became cancer free after being diagnosed as late stae with no chane of survival).  My vet was also a cancer specialist so I chose the Navy Protocol and my dog lived longer than pathology thought he would and he had complete quality of life due to the Navy Protocol.  It is being used by experienced vets for many types of cancers - but the type of cancer determines the particular "cocktail" mix of medicines.  You can probably find some info on the internet - I do know that they are starting to test on humans and actually many of the targeting therapies now available for humans are doing the same functions in theory as the Navy Protocol.  Basically the cocktail, boosts the immune system, blocks the blood supply to and production of the blood vessels that feed the cancers and usually and anti-inflammatory which helps the cells remain normal and not mutate.  Even cancers of the blood have a cocktail they can use.  Worth checking into because it is not expensive and does seem to hold some cancers at bay if nothing else to give the dog some quality time.  karen Worriedsick Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT Hi karen, Thanks for the quick response, thats super!Thankyou for the info on Navy Protocol, as i have not come accross it. As you know, anything with anway good success rates is worth a whirl. I shall get researching now.My sympathies to you, and gratitude for helping others in the situation x Rusters Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT You're welcome Jo x - I did finally remember that my dog's particular mix of drugs was Tamoxifin (a breast cancer medicine to target blood supply and production of blood vessels to the tumors),  doxycycline for the antibiotic for the immune system and celebrex for anti-inflammatory.  My vet called them in to my local pharmacy.  Thanks for your sympathies regarding my beloved dog, but what you don't know is I just lost my Dad to esophageal cancer on June 4.  It was very rapid - he was misdiagnosed as having thyroid cancer in the beginning of March and in a few short weeks had a feeding tube, lost about 30lbs., then a tracheostomy - he couldn't even swallow his own saliva or speak because the tumor was paralyzing his vocal chords.   Long story short, his first round of chemo, killed his intestines, colin and liver and fortunately, he passed very peacefully.  I feel it was divine intervention and God's way of ensuring my Dad did not have to endure the horrible end stage of that cancer.  Like my dog four years ago, my Dad never had any pain (it was horrible, but no pain) except the last day.  I was able to intervene on behalf of  my wonderful dog to ensure he did not suffer, and God intervened for my Dad to ensure the same.  Anyway, good luck and remember that sometimes we have to look in different directions for miracles.  Karen Worriedsick Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT