On 7/5/2008 Shillalah wrote:
One year ago my Lasa Nene now 14 years was diagnosed with TCC. She was immediately put on piroxicam, clavamox, and 3 radiation treatments. Within 2 days after her first treatment the blood in urine stopped and she became her old self, everyone was shocked! I also started making her own food and still do. She only had 3 chemo treatments, missing the other 3 because in Dec. 2007, 2 family crisis prevented me able to make the appointments. She is still on piroxicam once a day, and when she seems to be having a hard time uriniting, the vet puts her on clavamox. She needs to get another ultra sound this month. Her energy is great, almost as she was at 3 years old, and eats great, her hearing is going, but her urine normal, at least for now. At first the vet gave her 6 to 18 months. We are at 12 months and still no more blood or accidents, she does her normal bad, she just puts her head out the doggy door, but her butt is in the house! She is my shadow, my other little dog favors my boyfriend and could care less about following me. And I think that is cute too. I do not know why Nene is doing this good, maybe we caught this early, changing her diet to homemade health food, I just hope when she has to go to the Rainbow, it will be just old age, not cancer!
I have a 9 year old Cocker Spaniel who 1. Was told he had crystals and blood in the urine he was put on S/D food and antiobiotics. 2. After a month of antibiotics and the S/D food no change was found so he was put on Clavamox for 14 days. 3. Another Urinalysis said that there was still blood in the Urine along with abnormal cells. The vet said by feeling the bladder it seemed very thick (the lining) which means it is very possible he has bladder cancer. She put him on Baytril to try one last round of antibiotics and they he is scheduled for a sonogram next week along with a biopsy should they find anything interesting. The wierd thing is there are no tumors, just thickening of the bladder wall. She said that what happens is the the wall will thicken and shrink so that the urine can not be held anymore and it will pour out blood and urine. This is so confusing to me. He is so happy and playful and eats great and is so young to me. This dog is my baby, my destiny and my life and I don't know what to do. I am in the early stages yet I want to start to do everything possible to help. I am assuming a sonogram will tell me how advanced things are and how long to expect him to make it. Then what do I do? I look into his brown eyes and want to explain it to him. I can't imagine looking into those eyes for the last time. She said she felt no tumors so can anyone explain how there is cancer with no tumors. Any advice would help me so greatly. I am disabled and limited on money but would pay my last dime to save him or prolong his life. Generally does anyone know how painful this cancer is (my vet says he shouldn't be in pain) but I want to make sure. She said that I would know when it was time to take action when he starts to bleed and urinate without being able to stop it. Or if we want to take action early look for blood dribbles and this means it is getting worse. I am just heartbroken. Does anyone have time to help me understand all of this and what is best to do for him. Has anyone been told a time frame to expect him to live. We are in the middle of moving soon and Idon't know if I should put him through that stress and I am just at a loss. Please help. My email address is --Message edited by CancerCompass staff. For personal protection, email address removed. Consider private reply. Please review CancerCompass Member Guidelines at
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