Canine Lymphoma?

I took my 8 year old german shepherd into the vet today because he started with diarrhea last night, and vomiting today. As I work in a vet's office, and am in school for veterinary technology, I didn't expect to hear much more than some type of GI issue or virus. He had no temp, and wasn't acting odd in any other way.





When the dr. did the physical, she got a serious look on her face, and after completing this, said that all his lymph nodes are extremely swollen.





We took blood and an aspirate of 3 of the nodes, to be sent off to the lab. His red blood cells are high, and his platelets are low.





My question is this-what type of experience does anyone have with this type of cancer? Does anyone know of any good sites to check out regarding options? I know the basics, and I know I can search the web, but I'm pretty upset right now and thought I'd throw it out to you all for any info.





Thanks.

Canine Lymphoma?
I know someone who had a rottweiler that just recently went through this. He was diagnosed with Lymphoma and the vet said that with chemo, he had a 50% chance of recovery. His owners did the chemo, did their absolute best to take care of him (took him to vet oncologists, made all their appointments, etc), and the dog did recover....but quickly went back downhill again. I don't have much other experience with canine lymphoma, but of the cases I do know of, the dog did not make it. It is apparently a very fatal type of cancer, however, 50% of dogs apparently do respond to the chemo, according to a vet I talked to, so it is worth trying anyways.