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Hi Sally,
You made me laugh so hard 
yes, I can see myself moving up the ranks ...
I absolutely love your sense of humour and the positive, funny way you talk to all of us here.
You are as adorable as your cuddly doggies, it must be real fun having you as a mommy 
Sending you lots of kisses and cuddles to the doggies 
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
Aha, British. I thought that or Canadian based on your spelling (I'm Canadian).
Congratulations on your top standing in the Worry Wart Club.
I agree, Sally's dogs must have a really good time with her and their special treats and celebrations. Every day's a pawty at Sally's
Kerren and Tripawd Kitty Mona
Hi Kerren
No, I am not British, I am Portuguese but my partner is English.
I moved to the UK 20 odd years ago, then back to Portugal for 10 years, then South of France for 5 and now we are back here for the past couple of years.
Eurydice is Portuguese but her parents and grandparents are French and Italian, an international family, hey 
I have lots of Canadian friends mainly from Quebec and Toronto and my daughters lived in Vancouver for a couple of years when they were young. What a beautiful place ! We love Victoria island, we couldn't believe it when a big bear crossed the road in front of us looking very, very relaxed ...
Your country is really, really beautiful Kerren!
The only struggle we had was with the weather as we went from very pleasant, hot and sunny weather to ... cooooold ... but what joy to see snow and seals live!
Sending you, Mona and Eli lots and lots of kisses and big slobber from miss cow here
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
One of the things that dealing with cancer changes is our reactions to something different.
Before the diagnosis with something odd (like sneezing!) we would say 'huh, that's weird' if we even took note at all.
After diagnosis it's more like 'OMD!, WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!?!?!?!?'
I don't think I shared this story with you before...
Tri-pug Maggie had mast cell cancer which usually presents as lumps you can feel. Mag's amputation was the result of her second MCT, I had read that in dogs who have more than one MCT recurrence is very likely so I was hyper-vigilant about checking her for lumps. More than once I found what I was sure was a new tumor on her belly only to flip her over and find that it was one of her tits! More than once!
Karen
Tri-pug Maggie survived a 4.5 year mast cell cancer battle only to be lost to oral melanoma.
1999 to 2010
So true. I hear Otis snoring lightly sometimes, and I sit there wondering if he snored before. He must have, but I honestly don't remember. It just didn't hit my radar as being important. And, since I have two dogs - I have twice the worrying. If I am going to worry about Otis, I have to worry about Tess too, especially since she is a year older! It's only fair.
Otis - 106 pound lab/Dane mix, lost his right front leg to osteosarcoma on Febuary 9, 2016. Four rounds of carboplatin completed in April, 2016. Lung mets August 25, 2016. Said goodbye too soon on September 4, 2016. Lost his adopted sister, Tess, suddenly on October 9, 2016. likely due to hemangiosarcoma.
Wherever they are, they are together.
Hi Karen,
I so love Maggie's story and am trying to relax more now.
Problem is one doesn't know what is expected and what isn't so anything gets us wandering ...
I was worried about Eurydice's sneezing but didn't think anything bad of her licking her butt for the last week or so, I was happy to see her behaving like a dog again!
Then a couple of days ago she had some blood but as she missed her cycle this year I just thought ok, it's happening late, and didn't think much of it.
When she went for her blood tests I mentioned it to the vet en passant and he said it could be cystitis resulting of the chemo or a bladder infection because her defences are obviously not what they were before amp and chemo ... or it could be her late period.
Nothing serious in any case but see ? It didn't even dawned on me it could be something else apart from her cycle whilst the sneezing got me really worried ... aaaaargh .....
Anyway, she is doing great and her eyes tell me she is happy so I am happy too !!!
Sending you lots of kisses and cuddles
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
I can picture you monitoring Otis snoring, I wonder what he thinks, as he must be aware mommy is watching him with her eagle's eyes full on in our case there would be no possible doubt as my girl has always snored like a trooper !
Yes, only fair you worry for both Otis and Tess but it must be exhausting to have "double" eagle eyes searching all the time 
Sending you lots of kisses and cuddles
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
Oh, I'm so glad that someone else is at the top of the Worry Warts now! It was me for awhile there, so happy to pass over my sash & crown 
(see post "what does mct look like")
Donna
Donna, Glenn & Murphy
Murphy had his right front leg amputated due to histiocytic sarcoma at 7 years old. He survived 4 years, 2 months & 1 week, only to be taken by hemangiosarcoma at 11 1/2 years 6/12/17
Read about Murphy's Life on Three Legs
Yep, you experienced members have to step aside. Us newbies got you beat.
Otis - 106 pound lab/Dane mix, lost his right front leg to osteosarcoma on Febuary 9, 2016. Four rounds of carboplatin completed in April, 2016. Lung mets August 25, 2016. Said goodbye too soon on September 4, 2016. Lost his adopted sister, Tess, suddenly on October 9, 2016. likely due to hemangiosarcoma.
Wherever they are, they are together.
Hi Donna,
Couldn't find your post "what does mct look like" but I can imagine it was something as silly as Eurydice's sneezing
Thanks for the sash & crown I will keep it until somebody else deserves it better than me
Sending you lots of kisses and cuddles
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
Cassie had a strange lump on her foot and I was absolutely convinced she must have a mast cell tumor. I thought if I saw pictures of what the tumors looked like it would help me know for sure. I was a hot mess! I really needed to be pulled back from the edge of the cliff! She had it removed & the pathology came back as an abnormal growth of normal cells (I forget the technical name for it). Thank goodness for everyone here, because they did indeed pull me back from the edge & kept me sane
Donna
Donna, Glenn & Murphy
Murphy had his right front leg amputated due to histiocytic sarcoma at 7 years old. He survived 4 years, 2 months & 1 week, only to be taken by hemangiosarcoma at 11 1/2 years 6/12/17
Read about Murphy's Life on Three Legs
Here is the post Donna talked about: What does MCT look like?
Tri-pug Maggie survived a 4.5 year mast cell cancer battle only to be lost to oral melanoma.
1999 to 2010
Thanks Karen!
Donna, Glenn & Murphy
Murphy had his right front leg amputated due to histiocytic sarcoma at 7 years old. He survived 4 years, 2 months & 1 week, only to be taken by hemangiosarcoma at 11 1/2 years 6/12/17
Read about Murphy's Life on Three Legs
Hi Donna,
I read the post Karen kindly forwarded to me.
Yes, I see your point about being pulled back from the edge ... how could you know it wasn't something nasty ?
Let's celebrate and raise a toast to all our silly worries hurrahhhh may we all have but silly worries
Sending you kisses and cuddles
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
benny55 said
. . . . Now go grab that CHOCOLATE and enjoy the sugar rush it gives you!!
Sally, my butt has gotten as big as the back side of a barn. We've got to find an alternative!!!
Harmony became a Tripawd on 10/21/14 (MCT). She left us way too soon on 11/1/14.
"We miss you so much; our love, our heart, our Harmony."
- Pam, Ron and Melody, Meesha, Doublestuff and Mariah Carey
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