Princess Havana Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 (edited) Hi Guys, Im new on the forum... Just yesterday my partner and i were told that our 2 1/2 year old Female Amstaff "HAVANA" was dignosed with Maglignent Lymphona stage 3. This of course is such a shock to us and we are absoultly devostated. We are off to dicuss all open options with our vet for her treatment today. Can any one please help with any kind of advice would be greatly appreicated. we are situated in Morphett Vale, South Australia Thank you Deneka Edited March 16, 2011 by Princess Havana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keira&Phoenix Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Hi Guys, Im new on the forum... Just yesterday my partner and i were told that our 2 1/2 year old Female Amstaff "HAVANA" was dignosed with Maglignent Lymphona stage 3. This of course is such a shock to us and we are absoultly devostated. We are off to dicuss all open options with our vet for her treatment today. Can any one please help with any kind of advice would be greatly appreicated. we are situated in Morphett Vale, South Australia Thank you Deneka So sorry that you, your OH and poor Havana are going through this. I have no experience with cancer in dogs or people really so no advice just well wishes. I hope that your vet is able to give you some viable options to help Havana. Also its mandatory to post pictures of new dogs and also to keep us updated on progress. Again all the best with her treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kia Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Hi Guys, Im new on the forum... Just yesterday my partner and i were told that our 2 1/2 year old Female Amstaff "HAVANA" was dignosed with Maglignent Lymphona stage 3. This of course is such a shock to us and we are absoultly devostated. We are off to dicuss all open options with our vet for her treatment today. Can any one please help with any kind of advice would be greatly appreicated. we are situated in Morphett Vale, South Australia Thank you Deneka Hi Deneka, I can well understand your shock at this news in such a young dog as I felt that way when my aussie girl Jaffa was diagnosed at nearly 9 years of age. There are treatment options available. I didn't opt for treatment after speaking to a friend with a Border Collie who treated her young dog. It was just too expensive unfortunatly. We did get several months of quality life for Jaffa after the diagnosis but when she started showing signs of pain we gave her her wings. I have heard of someone in WA who had a well performing Border Collie in agility who did treatment and changed her dogs diet with remarkable results. Have you notified the breeder of Havana? While they may not have any experience with this it is important that they know. Thinking of you and Havana....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Havana Posted March 16, 2011 Author Share Posted March 16, 2011 thanks Guys for the replys already. So the vet appt didnt go to well. defianlty not what we were expecting. Havanas diagnosis is Mast Cell Tumour Grade 3. Vet discussed a few options but the best one is too operate and remove all the tumour and then to follow with Chemo. He said that given her age (almost 3) we should definalty look at going ahead with it... he said that the surgery is major and there can be some major setb backs and if all goes well chances of a cure is high. Our vet has put us onto a Specialist ( Dr Charles Kuntz) he works from a place called SouthPaws in VIC... we are paitenlty waiting to see if they will take her.. so again if anyone has any feedback advice we greatly apprieicate it. fingers crossed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staranais Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 There are several people on the forum who have had MCT in their dogs, hopefully they will post & share their experiences. Good luck with the surgery and treatment. Do they know what stage the tumour is at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Havana Posted March 16, 2011 Author Share Posted March 16, 2011 Stage 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Keira&Phoenix Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 She is gorgeous. Poor boofer must be feeling out of sorts and sore all over. I am sure you are taking good care of her. Good luck with your referral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbigail Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 My goodness.. I am going through the EXACT same thing at the moment... I am at a loss of what to do because my little girl is 9 and money is tight at the moment! Fingers crossed for your girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareyJ Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 So sorry to hear about both Havana and Abbigail. We lost our 21 month old GSP to cytosystic sarcoma (like lymphoma but worse!) last year so we understand exactly what you are both going through There are some fantastic support groups out there. Whatever treatment option you chose, may it be chemo or diet change and care or something different, there are some fantastic success stories out there. Doing the best you can within the resources you have and providing them with a safe loving environment means you have done everything for your babies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Havana Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 So sorry to hear about both Havana and Abbigail.We lost our 21 month old GSP to cytosystic sarcoma (like lymphoma but worse!) last year so we understand exactly what you are both going through There are some fantastic support groups out there. Whatever treatment option you chose, may it be chemo or diet change and care or something different, there are some fantastic success stories out there. Doing the best you can within the resources you have and providing them with a safe loving environment means you have done everything for your babies. Hi CareyJ, Yes so our news just seems to be getting worse and worse, im just praying for some goods news. So we found out monday she has Mast Cell Tumour stage 3, thursday we took her for an ultrasound just so they could look around a bit more b4 we said yes to surgery. Results came back friday and they werent good, vet said she has another apple size tumour on her other side of stomach he wasnt that clear on weither or not it was related but he said it was more than likely. so we opted no for surgery whcih was meant to be today. he recommened that we start chemo to see if they can shrink tumours, then they will reasses wiether or not to remove it. so she will start chemo as soon as she can.. geez its killing me... hopefully we are doing to right thing. as for her diet we have changed around a bit. she doesnt seem to be eating alot.. loves bbq chicken and cheese as for her meat loaf i make she takse her time eating... is it still ok to give dry biscults? i have made an appoitment to see an hollisic vet this week so hopefully he can help a bit more in the way of her diet and vitamins. just got to keep remembering we are doing this for her not for us and as much as it would kill me to give her,her wings when do you know enough is enough? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareyJ Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 We chose to go with chemo because we had the means to do so and surgery wasnt an option for the type of cancer Leila had. It meant that we were able to say that we tried and we were totally guided by the advice from our vet, who was lovely and completely open and honest with us. In hindsight - nothing would have helped I dont think. We tried to made some quite drastic changes to Leila's diet...but we just didnt get enough time. Bear in mind your girl also had a relatively significant surgery so do the best you can with getting her to eat. We went with the theory, if she wants it, she can have it - to make sure we kept up her strength - if there was any meat & veggie leftovers from whatever we had for dinner, she got them. We chose to stop feeding biscuits - but continued to let her steal cat bickies! There is a good cottage cheese and honey recipe (I think I got it from on here or at least the idea for it) which is high in protein and dogs go crazy for. What else did we feed? cheap butchers mince, eggs, pumpkin. Most of these things arent too expensive when you take out the biscuts. If all else fails and she wont eat it but will the biscuits - feed them! Apart from not eating as much, how is her personality bearing in mind the surgery and unusual vet visits? A lot of people say "you will just know when enough is enough" and that did happen with us - Leila stopped being her - she wouldnt eat and had to be given pain relief - that was enough. Until that happened we were on the plan that the vet had set for us. Hang in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareyJ Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 I forgot about sardines and yoghurt too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbesotted Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 have you popped into the palliative care forum and read thru Ollies story? will give you a better idea of what is happening. i will add my Lucinda lived with MCT grade 3 from aug 2002 until feb 2009.. no clean margins. Lucinda was holistically treated and lived a full and happy life mostly guarding er beloved flock. Ollie had both chemo and is holistically treated ( a perfect combination i feel). keep positive and keep the faith helen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Havana Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 We chose to go with chemo because we had the means to do so and surgery wasnt an option for the type of cancer Leila had. It meant that we were able to say that we tried and we were totally guided by the advice from our vet, who was lovely and completely open and honest with us. In hindsight - nothing would have helped I dont think.We tried to made some quite drastic changes to Leila's diet...but we just didnt get enough time. Bear in mind your girl also had a relatively significant surgery so do the best you can with getting her to eat. We went with the theory, if she wants it, she can have it - to make sure we kept up her strength - if there was any meat & veggie leftovers from whatever we had for dinner, she got them. We chose to stop feeding biscuits - but continued to let her steal cat bickies! There is a good cottage cheese and honey recipe (I think I got it from on here or at least the idea for it) which is high in protein and dogs go crazy for. What else did we feed? cheap butchers mince, eggs, pumpkin. Most of these things arent too expensive when you take out the biscuts. If all else fails and she wont eat it but will the biscuits - feed them! Apart from not eating as much, how is her personality bearing in mind the surgery and unusual vet visits? A lot of people say "you will just know when enough is enough" and that did happen with us - Leila stopped being her - she wouldnt eat and had to be given pain relief - that was enough. Until that happened we were on the plan that the vet had set for us. Hang in there. Thanks for all the Info CareyJ, She seems alot more alert last couple of days, but that might be the medication she is on....Chemo is due to start by friday, monday at the latest.. so i will update and let everyone know how she is going. As for her diet i have found a place in adelaide that does it, so i have made an appoitment to see them. have you popped into the palliative care forum and read thru Ollies story?will give you a better idea of what is happening. i will add my Lucinda lived with MCT grade 3 from aug 2002 until feb 2009.. no clean margins. Lucinda was holistically treated and lived a full and happy life mostly guarding er beloved flock. Ollie had both chemo and is holistically treated ( a perfect combination i feel). keep positive and keep the faith helen Hi Dogbesotted, reading through some stories has given me more and more hope, i just hope she will be ok when the chemo starts.... its been a very stressful couple of weeks. thanks for your kind words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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