My dog has an inoperable cancer tumor on is front foot/leg and just started 'experimental'

[sinkingfeeling]

micro-chemo and cold laser therapy. The goal is to shrink the tumor and its 'eruption' to the point that they could remove the rest by surgery.

Has anybody else ever had a dog treated this way? They inject the chemo drug directly into the tumor and then stimulate the cancer cells with the laser.

[glinda]

1. I am sorry your dog is sick. Mine is also. How expensive is this?

My Hattie has an inoperable tumor also..... am looking for ways to help her... if I can afford it.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Initial visit with X-rays was $210 and each treatment is to be $80.

[glinda]

3. Thanks. Can you keep me posted on results? I need to look into this although

the tumor is internal on my pup...but maybe.....

[Walk away]

7. It certainly sounds worth a try. Especially since to cost is reasonalbe.

The only experimental cancer treatment I have seen personally is different from yours. I have a client with bone cancer who originally lost a leg and went through the standard treatments. When that route was exhausted they went to the big animal surgical center and tried a new form of chemo. It gave her dog another four years of life and during that time he ran and played and even did agility.

The cost was unbelievable. Close to $20,000. A lot of money for anyone.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. I wish you the very best

[Curmudgeoness]

5. I hope this works for your pup.

It is always so difficult to decide how to treat some of the diagnoses that we get. I have never tried this or heard of it, but let's cross our fingers. Were there other options? I always worry about experimental treatments, but some of them actually do work so it is worth it to try.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Other options were poor. Surgery would remove 3/4 of the leg and require reconstructive

surgery, grafts from stomach, 3 week hospital stay, and cost $7000. Radiation would require a trip to Colorado State (860 miles one way), 21 'hits' across 21 days, putting him 'under' for each of those, and leaving him there for 4 weeks.

[Curmudgeoness]

9. Interesting that experimental treatment

would be so much less expensive than traditional treatments. I am really shocked that amputation of the limb would be so expensive and grueling. Let's hope this does the job! Poor baby!

[TorchTheWitch]

6. I hope everything goes well

Sounds like they found it in time to try to get rid of it. That's a big plus. I guess all you can really do is keep at it and see if it's working.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you and your pooch!