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…that?”) in almost any situation, it all goes way better - because in the end her fear isn’t a match for her desire to learn.
Her diagnosis with osteosarcoma:
She came in from the backyard with a limp on a Saturday and as she’d had a soft tissue injury the previous year (from which she fully recovered…
… which we’d never seen happen before. I flew back Friday, picked her up and took her straight to the ER. That’s where we got the shock diagnosis of osteosarcoma.
Big decisions in context:
It was a blow, and there have been lots of tears and the full rollercoaster you might expect. Fortunately, the…
…diagnosis, and learn our options. The ER doc had already given us some great pain meds and a high-level overview of the standard of care for osteosarcoma, as well as telling us the disease was aggressive and should be acted upon quickly if we decided to treat it.
The ER vet also kindly told us that…
…the opportunity to give June some great care.
Timeline and treatment plan:
Juno (9.5yr, 37lb hound mix - 34lb post amp) was diagnosed with osteosarcoma during a visit to the ER for a limp and loss of appetite on 6/16/23. She had her leg amputated on 6/29/23 and started her first of six rounds of
…Chris and Rusty, welcome. I'm sorry you are dealing with osteosarcoma, it's a tough diagnosis to get but we are here to support you through treatment and beyond!
MedVet is an awesome clinic practice, you are so…
…the odds and outlive the prognosis. So try not to focus on those numbers and statistics. Remember, Rusty is his own dog, with his own physiology. Osteosarcoma can be mean and unpredictable, there's no doubt. Some dogs will live a shorter time than the prognosis, some will exceed it. Immunotherapyis giving
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…and regional to areas, like Colorado. Torigen is commercially available but they specialize in soft tissue cancers and no real data on use with osteosarcoma or on combining it with chemo, although they were willing to try it. I’m just too torn on this topic specifically.
In the meantime, Nora had her
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…for pointing Megan to that topic, Michelle!
Megan we are sorry you and Max are dealing with osteosarcoma. We are here to help however we can. Please feel free to ask any questions you'd like, and know that you are not alone.
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…Jessie thanks for starting a new topic and giving the whole backstory.
Does anyone have experience with combining chemo and immunotherapy for osteosarcoma?
Great question. Some links for you:
Ophelia had an amputation, chemo, and the ELIAS vaccine. I'm asking her Dad Michael to chime in here.
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…connect you with Bowie's mom if you'd like.
Dexter also had chemo and an earlier immunotherapy vaccine.
Also, any experience with younger dog osteosarcoma survival rates?
I'll let others chime in here. Dexter, mentioned above, is one of those younger dogs, as well as our old pal Bart.
Hope this
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