Thread: Nasal cancer and prednisone

Quote: Originally Posted by Woof Woof Woof! We had a dog on prednisone that lived with nasal cancer about 18 months before it spread (or maybe it was a new cancer) to the liver and bladder. The dog became bloated and tired and passed away within a week. Because she was on prednisone, she had an appetite up to the moment she died. Whatever happened to the tumor???My thriteen year old has a facial tumor...I had part removed but the rest is too...

Thanks so much to everyone for their sympathy and kind words. Savannah gave so much joy to me over the last 9.5 years. It was the past 2 weeks that were the most difficult. There is nothing I would rather do, at this very moment, than to wipe the mucus from her nose or clean her eyes. God, this is hard. Sharon

Dear Sharon, My friend had to put her dog down a few weeks ago. And she went through the same agony of trying to judge the right time. She would call me and say, "What do you think?" and I would say, "I don't have the answer," because I knew that it was something she would have to decide. In the end, it became absolutely clear to my friend when the time was right. Just as I knew instinctively when my...

My dog is on a minmal dose and only takes one pill a day. I know it's a steroid and I know all the effects. Along with the hoxey like formula he went into " a remission" so to speak (tumor is still there but not growing) fairly quickly and the tumor shrank some, away from his brain so it stopped all his symptoms and he's like his old self, other than the little snort from his right nasal cavity. He had started on a...