Finally I can contribute! lol

My dog polly is in both drugs currently and I just re-filled her prescriptions last night!

So for the Cyclophosphamide- 25 mgs (which we have to quarter for her size of 15 lbs) a qty of 30 was 67$ without any kind of insurance. If we had bought 100- I was told it would have been around 200$. Since this is the first time doing this with polly, we decided to go with the lower amount since that will already last us 4 months.

As for the Carprofen for a 2 month supply for polly it is 58$.

We are doing the metronomic protocol and sat down and priced it all out for polly. We are finding the 5 step protocol to cost us 90$ a month for all of the meds and vitamins and we have started her on a high protein diet- which we make and mix into grain free merrick canned dog food and that is running around $30 a month for the canned food and another $25 a month for the free range chickens and beef and carrots etc.

The reason we chose to go wirth the metronomic protocol, was that our vet had a ton of luck with it. Dogs with more advance cancer than polly made it a full year this way. Shes treated many and all of them are living longer with this treatment then the others who chose different options.

We are also only giving polly triple filtered water, which we also boiling before giving it to her. We live in an area with wells and septic tanks and after reading some of the cancer books we realized that our water could have all kinds of contaminants in it. I never even thought about that.

So far (its only been 2 days on this metronomic protocol) Polly is doing great! This morning she even pushed another dog out of the way to get to the water bowl, which she hasnt done since amputation. So we are starting to see that old fiesty girl come back-which is just amazing!

Good luck! I hope Jackson is doing great!

Polly is on a 5 step; which includes the cyclo and carprofin, as well as doxy and then 2 different immune system boosters. 1 for bones (since she has osteosarcoma) and 1 for whole body.

Everyone has made it very very clear to wear gloves when administering the cyclo. So I got out a face mask and gloves and a pair of scissors from the dollar store and cut them all into quarters last night.

She is actually taking it every night, since she has never had any problems with her bladder or anything else for that matter. Before the cancer diagnosis, I swear I thought she was a super dog because she never ever got sick. In the 4 years I've had her not even a doggie cold.

The doxy we order online. The cyclo we got at target. A lot of pharmacies do not carry it, expecially in the low milligram amounts because a human taking that medicine, would need a much higher level. So before you fill it, call around and see who has it. Like I said, my target had it, but not CVS, rite aide, giant or a local phamacy. So it was a little frustrating. Most can order it though and since you have time, you can always have them do that.

The carprofen- we got though the vet.

I dont think the prices are hateful. We didnt do IV chemo because we just couldnt afford it after the cost of the amputation. The specalist said the 4-6 treatments would run between $500-700, each...

I like this plan since my vet has had so much luck on it, and studies show it to be very effective. Plus giving it to her on a daily basis makes me feel like I am really doing something to help her kick cancers butt!

Good luck, keep us updated! This forum is so amazing with information and other peoples experiences. It so amazing.

Because I am still new to all of this, I do not really have any additional thoughts on this discussion, but I just wanted to say that since we are probably going the metronomic chemotherapy route with our Bailey girl, I am finding it really helpful to read about everyone's discussion on this topic.  So, thanks.  (I do not know yet what particular drugs our vet wants to use for this treatment.)