Chemotherapy for dogs.
Does anyone have experience with going this route and would you care to share your experience?
Our vet has referred us to a veterinary oncologist. Any experiences with specialists?
We are just trying to educate ourselves at this point. Thank you very much for your replies.
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We have never pursued it. We give them a good life as long as we can, even giving up the bed once in a while
. But when that diagnosis comes about, and it has twice now, (we foster dogs, so we deal with more than most people) we elected to euthanize them when they became too uncomfortable beyond good pain pills. I now always hold them when they go. I took one in, and it was a miserable experience - before I learned about sedating them beforehand. The other passed away at home, perhaps a combination of a long-time enlarged heart and pain medication.
I have a vet friend who said he would never put his dog through the treatment. And, true to his word, his long-time friend got cancer and he waited until that time came about, then euthanized him. He said the length of time in treatment, their sickness, pain, what your dog actually gets out of it, the cost, etc, all combined to make him less of a believer in that for his own (And most) animals, although he does tell clients to speak with a specialist for their own decision if they have the resources.
On the other hand, I saw several people bringing their dogs, who mostly didn't look miserable, in to Washington State Vet School when we were having knee operations done on two of our dogs, so there are people who go that route.
But I am not the type that looks back and wonders what difference it would have made, or need them to undergo this because I can't make a decision. (It's the only time I drink any more, after it's over - 'cause sometimes it's more than I can stand. But that's just me. It doesn't really help, though, it's just a reflex).
That's such an intensely personal decision, however, so I am just speaking about myself here. Don't read anything else into it, and don't take it as advice. Just look on it as someone else's experience, because you have to live with whatever you do.
We wish you well.
Thanks.... I was hoping to get some answers here, I guess. 
I just think that an internet group that is specifically for people with pets going through or about to go through chemo would likely give you a better opportunity to get even more specific information from a wide range of people all going through the same thing as well as be able to provide moral support that's also more specific. Of course you could get the same thing here but it would be a lot less information, and though of course this group can always provide moral support for pretty much any pet issue, you'd be likely to get more specific support in a group designed for and populated by people that are all in the same boat as you are.
Just a suggestion for something to look into that could be a great help to you that you may not be able to get enough of just here. Personally, I'd do both this group and a specific internet group geared toward the particular problem I was facing since I'd want as much info and hand holding as I could get.
Best of luck to you and your fur baby that all goes well.
