My 10-year-old Lhasa Apso mix was diagnosed with lung cancer. We are guessing on her age and her breed as she is a rescue dog. She was nearly completely blind with cataracts at a very young age and dry eye. About a year ago was diagnosed with a heart murmer. She receives medication for all of the above. In about April she had a terrible fall down steep hardwood floors and was diagnosed with cancer after x-rays in July. Any chance the spot in her lungs was a result of the fall? She has a good appetite. She was given 6 mos to 1 year to live. Surgery not an option (I think because of heart murmer & location of spot on lungs). Suspected mestastasize.

Greetings, I have a bishon/poodle 8.5 yrs old. The vets (2) That I went to, 1 on 07/13 and the 2nd on the 14, 2018, stated that they are not sure if my dog has lung cancer. The dog had a cough for a few days mainly after eating grass outside, but it stopped. About a week ago he stop running and was lethargic. He was eating and drinking until about 4 days ago when he refused to eat and drink. On the 14 of Jul, I took him to the vet where Xrays showed what I consider a large black spot in the lungs. The vet stated that it was probably lung cancer or a virus. However, the vet was not sure. The second vet also took X rays and stated the same thing. His blood work is fine, except fpr PLT at 99, RETIC at 217, and NEU at 11.81. He still urinates slightly and has small bowel movements. Nothing was found in his feces, his heart rate is still normal at about 125, but his breathing continues to be fast(panting). No cough, no blood sputum or in feces and urine. Temp 102.5, but on 2nd visit 103.5. No wheezing or murmur in lungs or heart except for the panting, lethargy, lack of appetite. I'm forcing fluids with a small syringe to keep them hydrated and feed him biotic drinks. Meds given initially Doxycycline qd, 100mg, po w/meals and water which I forced for 4 doses stopped, went back to 1st vet who Rx Fluconazole 50mg, po, bid; Mirtazapine 15mg, po, 1/2 tab, qd. 2nd vet Rx Enrofloxacin 68mg, po, 1/2 tab bid; plus S.Q 150-1000 MLS. CBC/Chem unremarcable. Fungus serology pending. How would I know if it is cancer vs fungus? Thank you for your time.

Hello My German shepard is 11 and half year old. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in december 2015. 1 y ago the mass was 10 cm. I refused to get her operated because of her age and other problems. Now we had blood test done and she has high wbc (24,00) which hasn t got down after a round of antibiotic and the vet states that this is probably from that mass and that we have nothing to do. Also creatinin is high (184) which dont go up. What can I espected?

Just found out our almost 10 yr old Lab, Henny, has a golf ball sized tumor in his left lung. During the last 3 months his hearing has disappeared, his left eye has been oozing mucus. His diet has been normal. Saturday he came back from a walk and plopped down on floor and pretty much hasn’t moved for 48 hrs. He finally peed today for first time in 48 hrs. He can’t walk without appearing to be in severe pain. He won’t lift his head. He basically just stays in one position. Our question is should it be time for the last trip to vet? Or surgery?

My 12 year weimaraner, Storm was diagnosed with primary lung cancer in February 2018. She was not a candidate for surgery due to where it was and her history and age. She had two tumors removed five years prior. One was cancer the other was not. She has been mostly okay for the past year but with occasional coughing. She has been on prednisone and tramodol as needed. I try not to give her the prednisone too often because I know it makes the tumors grow. She has kept her weight on, mostly because we've been feeding her anything she wants. She's always had a good appetite but on Monday she wouldn't eat or drink anything. I took her to the vet on Tuesday. They took some x-rays to see if the tumor had spread. The Dr thought she may have an ulcer and gave her medication for that and nausea medication. They also gave her IV fluids and she seemed to feel better. She ate well the rest of the week until today. This morning she wouldn't touch her food. She vomited mucus with blood and her stool had blood in it. I took her to the vet and he said it would be hard to determine why she's throwing up blood. He said due to her cancer it could be coming from one thing or multiple. He gave her some more nausea medication and tramadol. He also said she looks really good for her to be at this stage. She hasn't lost any weight and she likes to play. I think that's why it's so hard for me. She looks perfectly normal and other than the occasional cough. She's had very few symptoms until now. When do you if it's time? What do you do? It's breaking my heart.

Our Golden Retriever turned 10 in July. Last week he had a cough and we took him to the vet. They said not kennel cough, upper respiratory infection and gave him med's. His cough didn't get better so we returned Monday and they did X-rays. He has lost a few pounds but still eating and drinking. Less energy and the cough is still there. We can't get him to an oncologist until next week. What should we do. The radiology report says cancer but the oncologist says he is not symptomatic. He has been healthy until this

My English bulldog just turned 10 in October and we just found out he has terminal lung cancer... I feel that we have taken brewski to the best Vets we can find numerous times for different things throughout his life and a lot of vets contradict each other and there has never been a for sure answer for anything and I now fear that this is such a serious diagnosis it’s hard to trust one vets opinion on what’s best. I know he is getting old and this may not be reversible. We knew something was wrong based off the coughing fits he would have and he even passed out once we had to take him to emergency vet in the middle of the night 2 months ago and they told us he is in perfect health and had a “strong heart“. How did they not see the multiple golf ball size tumors in his lungs in their x-rays? What can we do? Is he in pain? How can we make him comfortable? Anything helps, I am lost & heart broken.

Our 10.5 year old Jack Russel/Beagle/Poodle was diagnosed with lung cancer yesterday. He had been coughing for about 7 months now before we go this diagnosis. When we initially took him to the vet to find out about the cough they thought it may be allergies or kennel cough. They gave us medicine for that and it didn't go away. I took him back and they did X-rays and said that his heart looks a little enlarged and thought that may be the issue so they gave us some medicine for that and then sent us to get a more thorough X-ray and his heart came back a little abnormal, but fine. Then they recommended a CT scan of his lungs. The vet then said that 95% of his right lung was covered in tumors and they do not recommend surgery since they think it's already in the "branches" that connect to his trachea. This was all in the time span of 7 months of trial an error and numerous tests. They have quoted us a time frame of 2-4 months before our Iggy will leave us for good. My question is, since our baby is not going to go through chemo or surgery (as recommended by our vet), how can we make life more tolerable for him? Everytime he sees us he gets excited and that causes him to go into a coughing fit. It's excruciating to experience. In everyones experience on here, how much longer do we have him if we do put him on cough suppressants and pain medicine with one lung completely covered in tumors already? This is the most horrible of pains I've ever had. My heart is breaking as I watch him sleep, knowing our moments are now limited. I tell him I love him and I do not want to prematurely have to go the euthanization route. Please advise.

13 days ago our 8yr old pitbull went in to ER for labored breathing. Doc did xrays and said he has metastatic neoplasia. They prescribed him tramadol for pain and told us we needed to make a decision that night. We took him home and went and got a 2nd opinion the next day. Dr tested for lymphoma and pulled serum for a fungal serology and both were negative. We decided to keep him on comfort care with prednisone 20mg x2 daily, tramadol 1.5tabs 50mg x3 daily, famotidine 1.5tabs x2 daily and Baytril 136mg x2 daily for a small uti. Over the last 10days he was doing great. Eating normal, pee normal, tail wags, happy, ox saturation normal, his respiratory rate was between 45-60 everyday and he had some bad nights where it seemed worse but days were always good. One morning he woke up around 1:45am and was having even more trouble breathing. I had missed his dose of tramadol by 1hr so I gave it to him and he relaxed and went to sleep. Next day he was worse, extending his neck out to get air. Took him to the vet and they confirmed abdominal ascites that happened over night because he didn't have the bloating the day prior. Vet talked us into euthanasiabecause nothing else could be done according to her. Now I am torn up because in the moment it made sense because of her persistency but looking back we definitely could have drained the fluid and maybe started lasix because everything else was fine with him. Was there really anything else that could have been done? Does lasix extend the life of lung cancer patients in some cases? Would fluid return normally? Thank you!