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So there is going to be About 3 weeks between Ti's chest X-rays and his surgery. Should I make them run the chest X-rays again before surgery? I do not want to amputate if lung mets are visible, but I'm afraid they were done too early.
I think it's whatever you are more comfortable with. Jill had 2 weeks between diagnosis of the met her in her leg and her lung x-ray and surgery and they did not think another x-ray of her chest was necessary before surgery HOWEVER, she is a cat and osa does tend to spread at a slower rate in kitties. Is there a chance in just 3 weeks something could have appeared, yes...but 3 weeks is not so much time. I'm not one to dissuade someone from x-rays, I'm the crazy x-ray lady and if I could would have Jill's chest x-rayed once a month, but at a certain point along this journey you need to figure out where you can save some money and I think this would be one of those times.
Good luck and keep us posted!!!
Jill is a 9-year-old tuxedo kitty. She was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma in June 2012 on her toe in her right hind leg. Her leg was amputated on 12/12/12 and she completed four rounds of chemo (2 of Carbo, 2 of Doxy) in April 2013. "Like" Jill's facebook page: https://www.fac.....tty?ref=hl Proud member of the WINTER WARRIORS!!!! Her blog can be read at http://jillsjou.....ipawds.com. xoxo
Thank you!
I think I may be getting paranoid because my little pit bull keeps smelling Ti's knee (where the cancer is) and is now smelling his breath too.. could just be the medicine that he is smelling, but it's freaking me out.
Yeah, I think Happy Hannah was about three weeks in between too......talk about freaking out, I actually cancelled jer first surgery appointment because I was so fearful!!!
I'm sure your other pup is smellingnthe effects of the meds in Ti's system...no worries there at all. As far as the knee, yeah, he's probably smelling his "injury"...
((((((((HUGS))))))))
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle too!
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
Agreed, it's whatever you're comfortable with. The best thing you can do is be a strong advocate and if you want something for him, ask for it. Keep in mind however that even with x-rays there can be microscopic mets too small to be picked up on a radiograph. If you really want 100% certainty then a CT scan is the way to go. Costly, but it will pick up things that x-rays can't. However, that test is a double edged sword as Zeus people learned, so you really gotta weigh what you're comfortable knowing, and not knowing, as well as affordability.
Since the thinking is that most dogs with OSA already have micro-mets by the time the cancer is discovered, even if they do have micro-mets but nobody knows for sure, there's no rule that says they will rapidly succumb to the cancer. For example, we didn't do follow up x-rays with Jerry and at 17 months out, that's when two large mets were discovered. Well, those mets couldda been there the whole time, we don't know. What we do know is that he was having a blast all along, and continued to do so, mets or not.
Cancer treatment often feels like a 100% leap of faith, just because there are no guarantees. Follow your heart, live in the Now and you can't go wrong.
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