Posts Tagged ‘Milo’
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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Milo cancer diary part 9 – scans
It’s been a couple of months since Milo finished chemo, and he’s now had two surveillance scans. The August one could easily be described as ‘not great, not terrible’. An area that was still of concern from the previous scan had improved, but there were some new signs of wall thickening. Nothing that would be […]
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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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Tags: cancer, chemo, chemotherapy, CHOP, diet, food, lymphoma, Milo, protocol, weight
TL;DR A £7000 policy isn’t enough to cover a single chemo protocol for lymphoma, especially given the likely costs that will have stacked up before getting to a diagnosis. My insurer, ManyPets, have been prompt in paying smaller claims, but much slower on the bigger ones. But there’s been no quibbling or hassle, and I’ve […]
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Tags: cancer, chemo, chemotherapy, claim, insurance, lymphoma, ManyPets, Milo, protocol
It’s Milo’s 2nd birthday today, which is a landmark I feared he’d not reach four months ago. Since his last setback things have been ticking along very much to plan: The only cloud on the horizon is that his scan at NDSR didn’t show full remission, which the oncologist would normally hope for at that […]
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Tags: blood test, cancer, chemo, chemotherapy, lymphoma, Milo, neutrophils, protocol, white cell count
This wasn’t as much of an unwelcome surprise as the last time. We knew that the Cyclophosphamide hit him hard last time around, and despite a reduced dose, and some weight gain, it seems to have had a similar impact this time. A low white cell count (and low neutrophils) meant it wasn’t safe to […]
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Milo was supposed to have his third dose of chemo today, an injection of Vincristine, but that didn’t happen, as his white cell count was too low. It was a bit low when he went for his Cyclophosphamide tablets last week, but the specialist gave the green light to proceed. This time around it was […]
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Tags: blood test, cancer, chemo, chemotherapy, lymphoma, Milo, protocol, white cell count
January 2023
Pupdate I shied away from mentioning that Milo was ill last month. I guess I was hoping that he’d bounce back soon, and I didn’t want to worry anybody. But January brought terrible news, as it seems he has lymphoma. He’s started chemotherapy, and I hope I get to mention what he’s been up to […]
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TL;DR Milo was only 18 months old when we noticed the lump on his neck, and it took some weeks to reach a diagnosis, but it seems that he has cancer (bad), specifically lymphoma (very bad), more specifically lymphoma with Mott cell differentiation (aka Mott cell lymphoma [MCL], which is maybe less awful than other […]
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Tags: cancer, chemo, chemotherapy, dachshund, diagnosis, lymphoma, Milo, Miniature Dachshund, Mott cell, oncology, vet
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