You can get the bisphosphonate, Alendronate 70mg (brand name – Fosamax) from Sams Club or other discount pharmacy for $9.00 a box.  Our Rx for PEZ is 4 boxes at a time and is given everyday with some peanut butter.  If you aren't doing amputation at this time, I would also consider K9 Immunity, K9 Transfer Factor and Omega-3 fish oil with Tramadol and Proxicam.  Also, we have had PEZ on Essiac vegicaps and Artemisinin from Holley Pharmaceuticals.

Now since you are in PA, it's not that far, but I would recommend Veterinary Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Group (VOSM).  Their website is http://www.vosm.org .   The surgeon I would recommend is Dr. Peter Lotsikas… he is awesome!!!  Dr. Lotsikas has advanced training in orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, and surgical oncology.  He constantly communicates with you via in person, phone and email.  You can send him an email and in no time, he's replying.  Great guy!!!

As for the vet who told you that Buddy only has three months left to live without amputation and chemo is full of s#1t!!!  Our PEZ received the same diagnoses from a surgeon in Annapolis who seemed more concerned about money then he did about the welfare of PEZ.  If we didn't proceed with amputation and chemo, he gave PEZ 2-4 months to live.  We decided to go with Chinese meds and holistic treatments and we were able to prolong PEZ on four legs for another 8 months before she suffered a pathological fracture which required her leg to be amputated at VOSM in Columbia, MD… and PEZ is still going strong with no mets in her lungs to date.  One thing to remember, question everything vets tell you and talk to the people here… they are an excellent source of information.

Good Luck!

Scott, Charlotte & PEZ