Kelly and Buddy
Member Since 2018
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Buddy and I are trying to get back into our routine of posting. I read many of your comments and it took a good week before I could even log on without tearing up.
After the cancer diagnosis, it seems like a thousand other things happened in life (including being in the middle of a not so amicable divorce) and I have had a hard time completely accepting that road ahead of Buddy is short. Fortunately, Buddy is still doing well. I have switched to a highly recommended vet that is much closer (compared to the 45 minute drive to my previous vet).
The vet's recommendation was to stay the course, with no treatment at all, until Buddy begins to show some symptoms of the cancer. So far, other than the mass in his neck, you would never know he had lymphoma. I have struggled with whether or not this is the right decision but given how difficult he has been to regulate, I also have serious concerns about adding steroids to his daily regimen.
I hope all you and your fur-babies are doing well. I am anxious to jump off here and read some of your posts and catch up on everyone.
For those of you that know Buddy, here's a picture I took a few days ago. My microwave is up high (top is about 6 feet high) but that didn't stop Buddy from getting up there, checking out what was in the cabinet and then finding himself disappointed that he couldn't open the microwave! Needless to say, lymphoma has not been able to touch his crazy hunger drive!
Buddy and I are trying to get back into our routine of posting. I read many of your comments and it took a good week before I could even log on without tearing up.
After the cancer diagnosis, it seems like a thousand other things happened in life (including being in the middle of a not so amicable divorce) and I have had a hard time completely accepting that road ahead of Buddy is short. Fortunately, Buddy is still doing well. I have switched to a highly recommended vet that is much closer (compared to the 45 minute drive to my previous vet). The vet's recommendation was to stay the course, with no treatment at all, until Buddy begins to show some symptoms of the cancer. So far, other than the mass in his neck, you would never know he had lymphoma. I have struggled with whether or not this is the right decision but given how difficult he has been to regulate, I also have serious concerns about adding steroids to his daily regimen.
I hope all you and your fur-babies are doing well. I am anxious to jump off here and read some of your posts and catch up on everyone.
For those of you that know Buddy, here's a picture I took a few days ago. My microwave is up high (top is about 6 feet high) but that didn't stop Buddy from getting up there, checking out what was in the cabinet and then finding himself disappointed that he couldn't open the microwave! Needless to say, lymphoma has not been able to touch his crazy hunger drive!
