Sorry, meant I am now using it, not I am not using it.

Just got back home from X-rays. Which was pretty tough on him considering he panted and hyperventilated the whole way/ shivered. It was a 45 min drive. The X-rays were great didn't see any masses and he done an all around view with X-rays. Both sides, back & belly. I spoke with him about options and what he's seen in his clinic and he said he has seen it go both ways, he has removed tumors from the toe and them not come back and has also removed them and they were back in two months or so. He said even with an amputation it still a gambling game. They can show up anywhere. It's all about keeping Cosmo happy and if he don't like car rides and if I don't want to spend his life weather it be 1 month to 5 years dragging him in and out of appointments and car rides is up to me. So I went forth and ask. Dr, if it was your dog what would u do? He said he would not do a leg amputation bc he wouldn't want to put his dog thru that not knowing if he's still only going to live 6-9 months or so. It has really made my mind shift on weather. Leg amp is best. But like he said as well as many of u that has told me if it comes back, it's worse. So Idk what to do. My family says let him live his life the way he is, let Cosmo enjoy being Cosmo. But then again those beautiful brown eyes look at me and it breaks my heart to feel like I'm just going to let it go. But then again amp his leg I feel like it will slow him down a lot and he will get depressed. So what's best? That idk.. What am I going to do?? That I don't know.. All I know is I'm going to give it a week and just pray God put the right people in my life to help give me direction of what needs to be done. And as of today he is on pepsid and Benadryl daily for the rest of his life. And the good news about his X-rays makes me feel good too. But my question is, if we play the waiting game even tho the tumor is gone can it still spread to his lymph nodes or organs? I'm a mess, I know and maybe I think to much but I feel like my world is crashing down. All I want is for him to be happy and not have a care in the world. But it scares me to death to lose my best friend. As in sure all of you felt the same way. I've already changed his diet from doing research online to boiled chicken, turkey, turkey meat, liver, he loves yellow peppers and red peppers etc. I plan on buying some samples of the honest kitchen to see if he likes it and trying the k9 immunity plus too. Is there any other supplements or things I need to be doing?

yes he seen the MedVet oncologist in lexington ky this past monday. she just went over with me what a mast cell tumor was and they produce, he pathology report and treatment for him which was radiation, amputation, chemo, and watchful waiting. Radiation included 19 rounds five days a week for 4 weeks and would be at a farther location which was almost 5 hours away and would be $6000 and with him not likeing to travel and the cost of the treatments wasnt really ideal for me espically her saying he will lose his paw pad and nails and have what looks like burns on him. Then she said the next route would be amputation. see where it was between the two toes they couldnt get clean margins all they got out was the tumor itself or they would have to take two toes and he couldnt walk like that so therefore it would be a complete leg amp. next on the list is chemo, then watchful waiting. Today when i spoke with my local vet he stated that cancer in itself is nasty and noone wants to hear the C word. with that being said even with leg amp he still may have pop ups of tumors again. without the amp theres a chance the tumor may come back and if it does it will be more aggressive. he did mention chemo too saying that all it does is buy time and shrink it and hes seen some animals have nasty side effects and they cancer still defeat the animal after chemo. So which left me with nothing besides complete lose of words as to what im going to do. its all sounds like i will feel liek a failure to my baby. I do not want to let him down. He ask me , Is cosmo happy? i said yes very, other than traveling so much to doctors since december. Other than that hes a spunky little guy that rules the roost!

I ahev a quick question for anyone who has used the k9 immunity, is it all just capsules? is there different ones? If so which is the best?

Im also going to try the honest kitchen dog food for his new diet. any advice on that? (Flavors)

Should i be giving  him any other things such as supplements?

Whats some of the things yall have done on your own as far as diets, Supplements maybe even holistic vet? remedies? Anything??

I feel like my honest options in my head is Amp, Chemo or see if it comes back and if so then amp. Which idk much about chemo or how costly it will be, all ive been told is it can blow up in your face and that it just shrinks the cells and that they have seen dogs get really sick with it. The last two days i felt like amp was the best but after talking with cosmos vet and him saying if it were his dog he wouldnt put it through all of that and just keep him ona  good diet and supplements. But i couldnt live with myself if i didnt amp and it came back on the toe more aggressive, even tho i can still amp the leg if it came back the second time. Or put him through chemo and it still come back and him stay sick or watch and see what happens and get him on a good diet and supplements, no wonder people feel so confused with what to do with any kind of cancer. What would yall do? I understand yall say whats best for cosmo and make sure he has a happy life. But let me know what u would do? &b hopefully karen will get in touch with me and give me some information and help me some. & if any of you would want to contact me via email that is fine with me & actually i would love that. my email is marleymaynard@yahoo.com

thats a great idea. Ill do that ASAP. As soon as im good and calm and thinking clearly... Thanks Jerry! Id still like for some people to give me some feedback on the supplements like k9 immunity or others. Anything that will help him and boost his immune system..

We just started on the K9 immunity earlier this week.  They are chewable.  Otis is eating them so far, but they clearly do not taste like a treat.  My concern is that he already gets 1 dasaquin, 3 fish oils (both for arthritis) and now (so far) 3 K9's (not sure if he should be having more - minimum dosage).  That's a lot of stuff.  Going to talk to the oncologist next week to get her view on the K9's.  As long as the vet believes they do no harm, and he keeps willingly eating them, will probably continue.  One thing - oncologist specifically did not want us trying new supplements in the first couple of chemos, concerned with being able to distinguish between a chemo reaction and a new supplement reaction.  You might want to hold off until you decide on whether to do chemo.

Well, one thing is - there are no guarantees no matter which way you go.  I agree with Sally, that it sounds like the radiation is probably off the table.  Way too much time in the car, which is too stressful for Cosmo.  There's no way to know whether or not the mct will come back or not.  With amputation, you don't have to do chemo, many people do not do it.  Not sure how much experience the oncologist or your regular vet have with amputations, so it probably wasn't fair of either one of them to say what they did.  You know Cosmo the best.  And time for dogs is much different than time for people - like Sally said, 12 months is like 7 years.  So if amputation could buy Cosmo 6 months, that really is over 3 years!  Since his amputation, Murphy hasn't really slowed down a whole lot.  He can still run, chase squirrels and even dig holes in the yard with just 1 front paw!  He gets more tired when going for walks since he hops.  But honestly, I think he's the happiest dog in the world!  And looking around this site, it seems like most of the dogs are really happy, not depressed.  They're happy because they're not in pain anymore.  The wait-and-see approach is fine, too.  It doesn't add any more stress at all for Cosmo.  No added car rides back & forth which is great for him.  But I think either way you're going to be watching and waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Donna