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Post by stewartt on Jul 11, 2007 5:48:27 GMT -5
we took bazooka to the vet over the last month and was told he has bone cancer high in the palvic area it,s a very aggrsive cancer the vet is sending the exrays to a radiooligyto conferm her thoughts
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Post by greys4us on Jul 11, 2007 6:04:04 GMT -5
Sending prayers, and keeping you in our thoughts. Hope the news is good and the xray shows it is not cancer that is causing Bazooka problems. Give him a hug for us.
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Post by samrob on Jul 11, 2007 7:32:25 GMT -5
so sorry. Keep us updated.
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Post by jiffer on Jul 11, 2007 13:12:54 GMT -5
I'm so sorry!
May your days together be full of happy moments.
If you need to vent, share photos or stories, anything, please feel free.
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Post by tara on Jul 11, 2007 14:40:47 GMT -5
I hope all turns out well. Sending prayers to you and Bazooka. Tara
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Post by tango on Jul 11, 2007 14:51:55 GMT -5
You and Bazooka will be in our thoughts and prayers. We lost Blitzen last december to bone cancer. Please share your pictures and a story about Bazooka. lol
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Post by genia on Jul 11, 2007 15:07:03 GMT -5
I hope it doesn't turn out to be cancer. We lost a male borzoi to it almost two years ago - he had it in his leg. It's so discouraging because there's not much that can be done and it's so fast.
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Post by clealand on Jul 13, 2007 0:16:01 GMT -5
I've lost 2 hounds to bone cancer (one greyhound and one Scottish Deerhound) as well as another greyhound to a very aggressive cancer in her jaw that caused a massive tumour. I spent over $1000 on the one with the mouth cancer to no avail - she had two operations within 3 months and the cancer grew back at a greater rate after the 2nd operation to the point of she had to be euthanized within 6 weeks of it. My point is that prayer is in order and keep the hounds quality of life in mind before you get too radical in treatments. The bone cancer can be very painful for the hound and sometimes the best thing you can do is make a judgement call for when it's time to give the hound the peace it deserves. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
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Post by sdsandiford on Jul 13, 2007 16:37:08 GMT -5
So sorry to hear that. We'll be keeping Bazooka in our thoughts!
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Post by tango on Jul 13, 2007 19:11:37 GMT -5
So sorry to hear about Bazooka. Blitzen had cancer in his front left ankle and the vet said we could have the leg amputated and he could get around just fine on three legs. As that was the most horrific idea to us, we did not even consider that as an option, and by that point the cancer was no doubt already throughout his body. It would only have delayed the inevitable, and he would have spent the rest of the time he had recovering from some really major surgery. We had to make that really tough decision when we knew he was having more bad days than good - that it was our responsibility to decide when enough was enough. As a wonderful lady told me afterwards (someone who ran a boarding kennels in Komoka) it was a show of respect that we could let him go for his sake and not hang onto him for ours.
We know you will make the right decision when the time comes.
Thinking of you.
Liz and Harry and Banjo
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Post by kjw on Jul 13, 2007 19:35:45 GMT -5
Sending prayers to you and Bazooka.
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Post by rexation on Jul 16, 2007 15:10:03 GMT -5
My thoughts and prayers are with you. As a person touched by cancer I know how shocking the diagnosis and its implications are to you and your family. Hold on to all the wonderful memories you have with Bazooka and make every moment you have with him filled with love and joy. Three months ago I opened my home to Rex (aka Kup’s Beetle). He is by far THE BEST dog in the world – not that I’m bias . I cherish every moment I have with him and try to be the person that he thinks I am. On my first visit to the vet, two days after brining him home, she suggested Rex has cancer in his front ankle. I refused to believe her as the diagnosis was made just by looking at the joint; also Rex is only 4 and full of energy, limping only after a long walk or a run. For those of you that have experience with bone cancer in greyhounds/dogs what are the symptoms? What should I look for and what questions should I ask the vet?
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Post by jiffer on Jul 16, 2007 21:16:52 GMT -5
My thoughts and prayers are with you. As a person touched by cancer I know how shocking the diagnosis and its implications are to you and your family. Hold on to all the wonderful memories you have with Bazooka and make every moment you have with him filled with love and joy. Three months ago I opened my home to Rex (aka Kup’s Beetle). He is by far THE BEST dog in the world – not that I’m bias . I cherish every moment I have with him and try to be the person that he thinks I am. On my first visit to the vet, two days after brining him home, she suggested Rex has cancer in his front ankle. I refused to believe her as the diagnosis was made just by looking at the joint; also Rex is only 4 and full of energy, limping only after a long walk or a run. For those of you that have experience with bone cancer in greyhounds/dogs what are the symptoms? What should I look for and what questions should I ask the vet? Congratulations on Adopting Beetle/Shadow. He's a sweetie. As far as I know, Bill had his ankle xrayed and checked out, and it came up negative for Cancer. My guess would be that it's an old injury that healed odd. You should double check that with Bill. You can't tell it's really cancer unless you have it xrayed and examined by a Radiologist. In some cases, a biopsy is necessary. In serious diagnoses such as cancer, I always think having a second opinion is best.
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Post by genia on Jul 17, 2007 7:39:58 GMT -5
the first symptom our male borzoi had was that he started holding his front paw up. We thought he had just sprained it or had hurt his pads. When we took him to the vet, she x-rayed him and found that there was a tumor there. She did a needle biopsy - took some cells with a needle, and it came back positive for cancer. Our vet said that we could have his leg amputated, but it would only give him a couple of months longer. We chose not to go that route - why have surgery like that if it's not going to do much - and just let him live out what time he had left in as much comfort as possible. One thing she did tell us was that often dogs are very stoic about pain and to use the pain medication liberally.
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Post by stewartt on Jul 22, 2007 19:19:16 GMT -5
it is with sad news we had to let bazooka go to the bridge on thurs. night his cancer was in his pelvic and thurs nighthe had a frature we miss him dearlyhe will always be in our herats
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