lmpthoma

[whitecloud]

the vet said my dog has lympthoma. has anybody had this in any dog .can it be somthing else than lmpthoma. all the test came back neg. he is not showing sighnes of sickness and it has been 3 months. but his coat is thinning out. the glanes in his neck chest and hind legs are swollen.i have had him on meds the sweeling went down a little. i have had him on meds.the life span on a dog with this is 3 months and he is acting fine.i just think it might be something else allso he is on thyroid meds.any thoughts

[nmplott]

remember when doc's give the life expectancy it is an average so some dogs that are given the 3 months may only make a few day and other months beyond the estimated time of death. There are always going to be a chance one doc is right or wrong. Did you get a second opinion, after all even the best doc is just giving you his educated guess.

[buckshot]

I posted this last night on the UKC forum on the same subject.

I had one put down a few days before christmas with full blown lymphoma in all lymph nodes.

From my understanding life expectancy at that stage is about 2 months and that's about how long she lived at that stage.

She was an old hound and I let nature runs it's course on the old girl until I stepped in and called a vet out to put her down when the cancer finally took it's toll.

About 2 years prior, I had a tumor removed on one of her inside eyelids.

When the cancer started in the lymph nodes, it came like a tornado and spread quickly.

Here is a story of a guy who treated one with it.

http://www.pyrbred.org/lymphoma.html

She was fine then all of sudden her health deterorated quickly. She went downhill and then took a second life and then went down hill even quicker....When quality of life went down, that is when I called the vet out to the house.

She went went from being a healthy looking hound to dropping weight quickly. ABout a week before she passed, she went blind. Vet thinks that the tumor I had removed from her eyelid 2 years earlier may had spread to her eyes.

I have never seen a dog go from healthy to like that in a little less than 2 months.

I hope a second opinion gives you a different diagnosis.

[whitecloud]

remember when doc's give the life expectancy it is an average so some dogs that are given the 3 months may only make a few day and other months beyond the estimated time of death. There are always going to be a chance one doc is right or wrong. Did you get a second opinion, after all even the best doc is just giving you his educated guess.

thanks for the thoughts .