You've already been through the ringer Boomer, so we know you can handle this!  Have your pawrents let us know how you're doing!

Pat & Spirit Ruthie

Hi Boomer's Dad,

We are looking at amputation soon for our 7 year old German Shepherd female as well. I have been doing a lot of research on the amputation and post surgery recovery. I have posted under Abby dog. We are also in Canada  and I have met with the people from a Canadian company that is doing research on a  product that helps with amputation surgery and recovery. It was designed specifically for human phantom limb pain which can be a problem in dogs and humans. It seems to be a very interesting and promising product that seems to help with the recovery from the surgery. (It is not a cure for cancer). It is called Farabloc and is made and sold in British Columbia. It is very inexpensive and it used to cover the bandage and dressing area after surgery. It is being tested in several major hospitals in the USA and Canada. If you Google it you will find lots of information about it. The company is interested in doing some research on animal surgery to compliment its studies on humans. I think I am going to try it, and you may be interested. You can contact the company on their website. They are not charging me anything if I want to try it, as long as you and your vet surgeon will give them feedback. I only mention it because I saw you were in Canada and may be close to the company. I am only interested in exploring as many options as possible that may help our pets and I am not intending to promote or sell any products. Who knows if this will work or not. But it is not invasive and it only a post surgical wrap that may or may not help with the cell membrane structure of nerves and tissue that are sensitive to electromagnetic fields. They have had some success with reduction of inflammation and pain for post surgery. Not always, but it does seem to work in some cases.

What is MTC tumor? It seems that it is slow to metastasize and not that aggressive. We are looking at this possibility for our dogs fibrosarcoma grade level 1, which is why we are not rushing immediately to amputate, but it will have to be done, probably sooner rather than later. Fibrosarcoma is Mesenchymal tumor Cancer. I was wondering if that is what MTC stands for. Fiibrosarcoma is also slow to mets.

Abby dog

I'm not sure if you saw – but I posted some pictures of Denali's rear left amputation and a small update – Day of surgery – hopping along like a tripawd should, Day after – needed quite a bit of help getting around, next day home – hopping around the house, still unsteady, I'm helping her while she's outside.