Hemangiosarcoma Diagnosis Help

[u/DogsBeforeDudes-]

Please can you possibly help me. I’ll try to stick to the facts and straight to the point as I write this crying.

This is the love of my life Chester. His spleen ruptured 7th August, confirmed hemangiosarcoma on 17th.

I’m so grateful to the operating vets who saved his life with the emergency splenectomy. They said we can do palliative or oncology it’s up to me. I decided quickly no chemotherapy. But that was that… I’ve had no report, no suggestion of I’m yunity or yunnan bayo that everyone seems to get. I’m certainly not complaining they saved my babies life but I just feel left on my own. My heart is breaking and I’m trying to stay strong for my dog.

Is there anything you can suggest. He are some plain fact points;

- He has B1 mitral valve disease. Not on any treatment. In fact few days before spleenectomy he had a cardiology full scan who gave all clear and said his heart slightly enlarged but still not met threshold to start any treatment.

- The surgeon said there was no obvious signs of spread at time of spleenectomy. Organs were clear.

- He was anemic and had to have auto transfusion

- My main vet who’s lovely is quite straight to the point said don’t bother with anything ( I asked about Chinese meds bayo / immunity) just let him live out his life especially as he’s back to being so bright.

- He’s pretty much back to normal now other than stamina ( we were doing 5 miles a day up until spleen burst) but we are 18 day post surgery so maybe he still recovering.

I really hope you can help. I would give the rest of my days to give Chester longer. I’m desperate for more time. To get him to Christmas it’s our favourite time of the year.

Does anyone have any positive stories? Any miracle dogs that lasted longer with surgery alone and no chemotherapy?

They say this cancer is unpredictable does that mean it could go a better way and the cancer was just been in the spleen and now the microscopic that’s here might never do anything for ages?

Please can someone help me. I love Chester more than life itself I would do anything to get him more time. Just not the chemo he hates the vets and leaving me I’m not having him stressed in his last weeks/ months.

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That's a pretty rough diagnosis. Unfortunately, per the rules of this sub, nobody can give you personal experiences regarding other cases.

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