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Have you seen an oncologist? Osteosarcoma occurs most commonly in the long bones, while chondrosarcoma is more commonly located in the nose and the ribs. Chondrosarcoma, from what my oncologist told me, is less aggressive and does not metastasize as easily. Generally, as a result, if you can remove the primary tumor, you may have several years left with your dog. I know you said surgery is not an option and I may be way off base, but just because of where it's located, I wanted to mention this.
You may also want to look into artemisinin - there is good evidence that it slows the growth of or in some cases shrinks (or gets rid of) tumors. You can start with the most conservative approach possible, which is what Dr. Couto recommends - 100 mg Artemisinin daily at bedtime, but there are more detailed protocols including use of artemisinin derivatives (artemether and artesenuate) and curcumin. Feel free to PM me for more info or check out the artemisinin_and_cancer yahoo group.
I'm so sorry you have to deal with this.
ETA: Sorry, I'm an idiot, I see now that you did a biopsy, which probably differentiates b/w osteo and chondrosarcoma.
yes, she had a biopsy - and yes it is osteosarcoma and yes the tumor is located on the rib -- and yes i have already ordered the artemisinin (but the biopsy results were just back on wednesday, so it has not even had time to arrive yet) - we will start it as soon as it is delivered.
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kyle - you and charlie are in our prayers today -- i am sorry that we have in common the osteo diagnosis this week - just sucks. i am praying for charlie. rivie's tumor is on her ribcage - so there will be no surgery - my heart hurts and my stomach is in a knot
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our hugs and best wishes to flash on recovery. i hate that we have this new diagnosis in common with each other - we are so glad that flash has his surgery behind him and ready to put up his dukes and fight.
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wednesday we got rivie's biopsy results back - it's osteo. her tumor is on her rib, firmly attached. we drove to oklahoma city yesterday and saw a wonderful vet surgeon for consult, but surgery is not an option this time. we will continue to do what we have always done -- just love her. all advise, thoughts, prayers appreciated - my heart hurts.
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thank you for all of your great advise - please see update on original post and all prayers appreciated! thanks - teri
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rivie had her rabies vaccine on 6/17 (thursday) - and the vet gave her a good look over then because of her age (dob 11/6/98). on saturday a.m. the 18th i noticed a walnut to lemon sized knot on her side about 2" back from her "armpit" and down towards her tummy. of course i phoned the vet right away, but thought it was probably a reaction to the vaccine, as we would have seen this knot, and i think he would have felt it in the exam of her. he confirmed that it was his belief it was a reaction and to watch it and if it wasn't down in size in a week to phone him back. well - 6/25 i thought it was still about the same size - maybe a little smaller, but not much....i phoned to ask if i could just run her by to ease my mind - the only part that troubled me was the location - more towards her tummy and on a rib - i thought this a very strange location for them to give the rabies shot (if indeed it was at the injection site). i was, i admit, miffed because they told me he was REALLY busy and it was not convenient, (come on -- we have been GREAT clients for a really long time) but went to check with him when i insisted. they came back on the phone and told me it would take at least a month to go down and were just pretty short with me (ERRRR). i thought i should google "rabies shot reactions" to make sure this was OK info and now am a bit scared -- anybody else have any experience/info/advice for me??? thanks in advance!!! teri
UPDATE 7/2 -- thank you so much for all your great input! yesterday i was still just a bit uneasy with the situation. i went to the vets office and just asked to speak with the tech - i explained the whole story and showed him on a dog where the lump was.....he said go get her and let the dr take a look right away. dr was so nice and appologetic - said it was not at all what he was thinking and took an x-ray....she will have biopsy on wednesday - PRAYERS APPRECIATED!!! thanks in advance - teri
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i will always remember the newsclip of genie jumping out of the back of the limo!!! we'll miss you genie-girl!
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lots of hugs & prayers coming your way - put up your dukes lacey!!
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great news!! thanks for keeping us posted - know you have your hands full...you're in our thoughts & prayers
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Sounds similar to what Clark had (although it had nothing to do with processing food). He was diagnosed with immune mediated punctate keratitis. The vet used a camera and took a picture of his eye through the scope, Clark's eye looked like a field of stars, so many pin point spots
. Long road to recovery, but he is fine now. If you want I still have the report from the opthomologist I can send you a copy.He was treated with Cyclosporine 0.2% 3.5Gm Ophth Ointment.
Hope your baby is feeling better.
i would LOVE a copy of that!! would you like for me to pm you e-mail addy or street addy? thank you so much !!
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no - they said it wasn't panus. said he had an auto-immune disease causing him to not process food well - thus causing the calcium and cholesterol spots on the eye - they did a thyroid test at the opthomologists office and said they would be in contact with my vet - we go back to specialist in a month - got tacrolmus ointment for his eyes twice a day.
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i'm not sure -- as much as it cost, i would sure think that was possible
i would guess they would send something in writing to my vet -- and i'm sure i could get that from them. -
many thoughts & prayers coming your way -- feel better, tootsie!! you, too, diane!
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How old is he?
he was born 5-11-03 -- he's my baby -- and just a baby at that thank you for responding, burpdog!!!
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when we got win a couple of years ago, he had some pin sized spots on his eye - since he had a broken leg at the track, the vet thought they were probably related to track dirt. recently the spots on the left eye got much bigger - our vet ran lab work to check calcium level & other assorted tests and made us an appt with the doggie opthomologist. our appt was yesterday - they ran thyroid tests there and said he 1. had old scar damage from some sort of parasite and 2. current spots were both cholesterol and calcium spots and were probably due to an auto-immune disease of some sort - we are to check on the thryoid test results - see opthomologist again in a month and they will confer with our regular vet -- any advise/help/experience with this sort of thing??? thanks in advance for any help!
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you know we're all roo--ting for you lacey laine!!!
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adding prayers for peter's family - i know peter took a piece of your hearts with him - but he left you a piece of his here for you forever
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add my appologies - just seeing this post - just completed a paypal - should be coming your way - and THANKS for all you do!!!
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prayers, tears & hugs to you as you get through these days when your heart hurts.....yes, he took a piece of your heart, but he exchanged it for the piece of his he left here with you --
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may your beautiful memories and those beautiful pictures comfort you -- also the prayers, tears & hugs sent to you from all your gt friends - cinder took a piece of your heart with her, but left a piece of hers here with you, too. thank you for sharing beautiful photos and thoughts --
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what a beautiful tribute to batman you wrote, i've had tears since the first post -- so sorry for you loss & you're hurting heart
. Long road to recovery, but he is fine now. If you want I still have the report from the opthomologist I can send you a copy.
i would guess they would send something in writing to my vet -- and i'm sure i could get that from them.
...and Another Osteo Diagnosis
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i would be so very interested in any info/help you can provide me!! i can find almost nothing on the web re:osteo on the ribcage. and yes, i am already astonished at the rate of growth - when i found the lump on june 19 (2 days after raibies vacine, vet checkup that was great, and awesome bloodwork -- see my earlier thread on possible rabies shot reaction!) the lump was "pecan to walnut" sized. since vet (who is wonderful) had just seen 2 days prior he suggested watching it a week. then the biopsy and a weeks wait for the results -- and now the tumor is between golf & tennis ball sized. i would be thrilled for anything you can share with me about beachers osteo --thanks so much.
thank you for all of your loving posts - i feel the comfort of others for sure.