Devastated that our companion for 8 years has bone cancer - she's in today for a biopsy to see if its the aggressive (90% likely) or localised version and therefore what we could do. Not great as it is in her hip so pretty brutal.
VERY conscious that it is for HER and not for US. If it is the bad one, amputation, pelvis rebuild, chemo would only give her another year before spreading further and a brutal 3 month recovery, which we consider selfish. If it is localised then the same process could give her another 3-4 years which is more normal lifespan, greyhounds do well on 3 legs met several, hence the biopsy.
VERY conscious that it is for HER and not for US. If it is the bad one, amputation, pelvis rebuild, chemo would only give her another year before spreading further and a brutal 3 month recovery, which we consider selfish. If it is localised then the same process could give her another 3-4 years which is more normal lifespan, greyhounds do well on 3 legs met several, hence the biopsy.
the girlfriend has a whippet/greyhound cross, he already has a rebuilt hip after running into a concrete bin.
