Aerosmom

Wow! Alan looks fantastic. What a brave boy and so so handsome. He has a wonderful family who has helped him too! You can see his eyes just shining in the last picture.

Prayers for sweet Oliver.

Just want to chime in too. She always has great advice and is quick to respond to questions! Your input is invaluable.

Circle of Grey has some very informative links. I hope you can keep him comfortable until your vet is available. Edited to add: if Bullett isn't putting any weight on the leg, you might want to have it x-rayed. Is it the same one in which the osteo showed up? It might be broken, because the tumor grows out and weakens the bone.

Deuce will be in our prayers! Hope it's nothing.

Sending prayers for a great check up for Deuce.

I've been giving Snickers 100 mg/day since shortly after we learned of her OS. The original oncologist (who has left the hospital) was very positive about it and said by all means give it to her. I hope it helps.

I'm sorry to hear such sad news. Love every moment wtih Saulie. It's so devastating to have your world ripped away from underneath you with a cancer diagnosis. Each day will make you stronger. They live for the moment and you have to learn to enjoy that moment with them.

The only experience I have is with Cricket, who has been on Pred for about 10 months now. The highest dose she's taken has been 20 mg (10 mg a.m./p.m.) a day. She has spinal cord disease of unspecified origin. Even the 20 mg a day makes her hind end weak and her belly bloated. We have tapered down to a lower dose, but just haven't found the right level and have to bump her back up after relapses. I'd ask some questions about reducing the dose.To my limited experience 50 mg/day seems high.

I think it just takes greys a looong time to regrow hair. Snickers is still pretty bare where her amputation was, but it took Cricket a good six months to regrow her patch that was shaved for ran MRI. The sinking part, I don't know -- Snickers lost a front leg. She still will turn and look at the area a few times a day as if she's surprised her leg is gone. Maybe someone with a rear amputation can give you some feedback. Hope the chemo goes well this week.

Snickers is a very recent tripod -- about four weeks. So far we've cut our walks short by a little bit, but she's still going about 20-30 minutes. I let her be my cue. I haven't noticed any issues yet, but a lot of her walkng is done on dirt paths. She does seem more uncomfortable on asphalt. Winnie is three years into osteo? Wow! What are you doing for her? Did she have chemo and what supplements?

I have no input but for you. I'll be praying that it's nothing.

I'm only part-way through the chemo with Snickers, and it's osteo and I'm confused about the chemo so I may not be the best feedback, but I chose chemo based on her prognosis, age and quality of life. It's a really hard decision because you can't ask Artemis what to do. Try to find out what other dog owners have experienced with that particular chemo drug. OSU is wonderful about getting back to you -- don't hesitate to ask them.

I'm the first to admit that I'm not up on chemo protocols nor am I a vet. If I had two different protocols recommended by two very qualified vets (both boarded), I'd be very eager to find out what the differences are between the two. Just because something is the "newest, greatest thing" doesn't always make it better, but conversely, a particular procedure or protocol almost always has room for improvement. The vet himself is the best person to ask. There may be a very good reason for his recommendation. The only way to know is to ask. Lynn That's the trouble...I did ask. The first oncologist, who is boarded and experienced, said that there wasn't much evidence that the double-agent chemo gave any better results. I was happy with the Carboplatin as a single agent and trusted his opinion. There is a slight difference in experience levels -- the first vet has more experience and is a diplomate, board certified. The second vet is scheduled for his boards this month although has limited his work to oncology. It sounds like there are different schools of thought among oncologists and no one is really sure what the definitive answer is. Because of this ambiguity, I wanted anecdotal feedback from other grey owners who have chosen particular treatment courses and what their dogs experienced for side effects, etc.. My gut feeling is to revert to the Carboplatin only -- but I welcome any feedback or opinions.

For background, Snickers saw a board-certified oncologist for her intiital consult and first chemo treatment. He set up a five-dose (I think I may have written four earlier, but I just checked his consult notes) plan for Carboplatin. Before her second treatment, he left the group and now a different doctor, who is younger (the other is in his early 40s I think) and just taking his oncology boards this month, proposed alternative doxy/carbo for a total of six. I'm a little puzzled,why the new vet changed the protocol established by an experienced oncologist. I did go ahead and do the doxy for Snickers on Tuesday, with the assurance from the vet that we could revert to Carbo only. I e-mailed OSU, and they say they haven't experienced much difference between results of single-agent Carbo and doxy, and there isn't much in the way of statistics to support the double-agent chemo. OSU administers only doxy as a single-agent too. Any opinions, experiences, even statistics would be helpful. I'm leaning toward the Carbo only because it has fewer side effects, especially since doxy can have cardiotoxicity.

I've heard it can take longer for some dogs to have WBC in the right range. I noticed that you mentioned Sophie had chemo just two weeks ago -- they have Snickers on a three-week cycle. Maybe Sophie just hasn't had enough time in between the treatments. Hugs to both of you.

I'm so sorry you are facing this. My heart goes out to you.

She's beautiful. I love her give me a marshmallow smile.

I'm saddened to read this about your Jilli. I hope you can find a good solution to keep her as pain-free as possible. Too many of us are dealing with cancer with our greys.

What great news!!!! He looks great! I'm so happy for your family.

Hugs and prayers I'm so sorry you are facing this Devon.

What a beautiful tribute to your girl. I knew I couldn't make it through it without the tears, but it's nice to read about how special she was to you. My heart breaks for you and your husband. for beautiful Lilah

It was rather graphic! Let us know what happens though. Hope Boris is okay.

Hi Welcome to Greytalk! I love your pictures. Bella is beautiful. I'm looking forward to seeing more photos. You'll really enjoy GreyTalk.