Two more months have rolled by since the last scan and Milo has enjoyed a nice summer of long walks and no vet visits (apart from his routine vaccinations).

Sadly the most recent scan picked up some inflammation of the lymph nodes, which suggests that the cancer is back. But once again we’ve caught it early, so there’s no sign of alimentary issues and any corresponding illness. It’s weird having a dog who’s ill but not unwell.

So… back to chemo, and a slightly different protocol this time as he can’t have any more Doxorubicin (the H in CHOP). This time it’s going to be CEOP, which uses Epirubicin rather than Doxorubicin; but that comes at the end of the cycle, so we start off as before.

Past parts:

1. diagnosis and initial treatment

2. first setback

3. back on track

4. second setback

5. easing the pace

6. counting the cost

7. fat boy

8. done CHOPping for now

9. scans

10. relapse

11. remission

12. complications

13. more H

14. three

15. scans (again)