Monday, November 16, 2009

If your dog has died from lymphoma, can you please tell me what the end stage symptoms are?

My dog has been diagnosed with lymphoma and I have read/heard it moves fast. The lymph nodes on both sides of her poor little neck are really getting big and I'm afraid it won't be long until she'll have breathing difficulties. At that time, I plan to have her put to sleep. I absolutely hate the thought of it as she is the best, smartest, most well-behaved dog I've ever had, but it's not fair to let her suffer just so I can have more time.





Anyway, will there come a point where she can't breathe or will something else happen first?

If your dog has died from lymphoma, can you please tell me what the end stage symptoms are?
Each case is quite different.My girl was diagnosed and treated with chemo for 14 months.She was put to sleep due to a large tumor in her chest causing her difficulty breathing.
Reply:They are not absolutely identical when they come to the end.. But you will know.. I guess basically the inability to eat, the vomiting and the diarrhea, and the look in her eye that said ' Please let me go ' was what did it for me.
Reply:We are putting our dog down tomorrow three short weeks after she was diagnosed with lymphoma. She has had two masses removed and has been on prednisone since then. I am absolutely positive that we are making the right decision. She is listless, is having a very hard time controlling urination (due in part to the medication), has little interest in food and needs to be carried up and down the stairs. A month ago she was running and none of these things were an issue. She mostly wants to be left alone and the look in eye tells me that she is tired. There were never any problems with her breathing, but instead the cancer has apparently spread to her bones. Sit down next to her ,,, it sounds silly, but they have a way of letting you know what's best for them.


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