Posts Tagged ‘CHOP’
Today’s dose of doxorubicin marks the end of the third round of Milo’s second CHOP protocol. Each time I take him to the vets they ask how he’s doing, and I always answer “he’s doing really well”, because if he wasn’t there for chemo he’d seem like a fit and healthy young dog. When he […]
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Today marks the anniversary of Milo’s first visit to the specialist oncologist at NDSR. I don’t think I expected to still have him with us a year ago, so it’s great that he’s here and generally enjoying life. Since the last update: But, it’s not all been plain sailing. Milo seems to have been a […]
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A few milestones have ticked by since the last update: That’s all good news. Though it comes against a background of some blood tests showing low neutrophil counts, which have led to delays in administering chemo, and more vet visits. Insurance ManyPets seem to have slipped back into taking months to process claims. The first […]
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Milo’s scan at the end of last week showed some areas of concern, so it was back to the vets for a biopsy, which confirmed the reoccurrence of Mott cells. The lymphoma is sadly back, and so we’ve restarted chemotherapy with CHOP protocol again. We’d maybe got to a point where we were holding out […]
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After 6 months of chemo Milo has hit a major milestone – the end of his CHOP protocol. His most recent scan showed some improvement, and the specialist recommended ending his chemotherapy for now and moving to monthly scans to monitor the situation. The general idea is that the chemotherapy drugs will be more likely […]
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It’s been a while since the last entry here, because not much has been happening, which is mostly a good thing. Ileal wall changes Milo was back at the specialists NDSR at the start of June for the Doxorubicin that marked the end of his third cycle of the CHOP protocol for chemotherapy. He also […]
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