Ok, I know I need to call my vet and schedule an appointment, but honestly he is pretty old school and didn't think chemo was the right path the first time I asked. I just need a sounding board right now... bouncing some ideas and questions.

1. Barret is a 4 yeard old mixed breed dog that had his front left leg amputated June 11 due to a large Hemangiopericytoma in his armpit/upper arm area. 

Surgeon thought she was able to remove enough tissue from the pectoral muscle to prevent regrowth, but it isn't out of the question that it could come back. 

3. I was initially told that chemo doesn't have much effect on this cancer, but my own research shows it can be effective in dramatically slowing the growth of soft tissue cancers. 

4. I'm terrified the tumor will come back. It will be inoperable if it does. Then what do we do? (I'm getting ahead of myself)

5. Should I look further into metronomic therapies before any regrowth occurs, or just keep a close eye on the site to watch for signs of regrowth before pursuing it (I don't know if its "safe" enough to put a potentially healthy dog on low dose chemo to prevent regrowth or if it would be better to wait until cancer actually presents itself.)

6. Say regrowth starts, I put him on metronomic therapy. How long are they on it? For life?

Thanks for being a sounding board to get all this out of my head!

Heather