Lymphoma
Hi; I'm new here although Sam Tsang and I are/were facebook friends for a couple of years.
My husband and I just lost our beautiful Yardley on December 12 after a 21 month battle with mycosis fungoides (CTCL), a rare form of cutaneous lymphoma. We felt we were successfully treating this disease until there was a sudden shift early in November.
Is there anyone here that has had a diagnosed case of lymphoma with their corgi? I am trying to gather as much info on this as I can although we lost our battle.
My husband and I just lost our beautiful Yardley on December 12 after a 21 month battle with mycosis fungoides (CTCL), a rare form of cutaneous lymphoma. We felt we were successfully treating this disease until there was a sudden shift early in November.
Is there anyone here that has had a diagnosed case of lymphoma with their corgi? I am trying to gather as much info on this as I can although we lost our battle.
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Permalink Reply by Joanna Kimball on
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It was a much more common disease in Danes, my other breed. I saw it a lot there, and owners were having some success with chemo. Corgis seem to pretty much live forever and a day. I am SO sorry to hear about Yardley and it sounds like you were exceptional owners.
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Permalink Reply by Nancy Geddes on
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Dear Carol: Please accept my heartfelt condolences on the loss of your corgi. As a cancer survivor myself, I can only imagine your feelings of helplessness and letting go of your loving dog. May you find peace. Sincerely, Nancy Geddes
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Permalink Reply by Carol Powers on
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I also had heard that Corgi's live forever...we are just so upset that ours did not. He was just gorgeous, funny, brilliant - arrrghhh - the pain of his loss is just now starting to ease. It has been excrutiating; he was the light of our house.
Anyhow, I had heard from one vet I contacted during my research phase on the disease and treatment that my dog was the 7th corgi she knew of that had lymphoma. I hope this is not a trend.
Bull Mastiffs are another breed that have a genetic predisposition - by 65% - to this disease.
Thank you both for your replies.
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Permalink Reply by Natalie, Lance &Tucker on
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I do know of at least one other member here that lost her dog to cancer, not sure what kind though. So sorry to hear about your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
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Permalink Reply by Joanna, Rainy and Calvin on
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Algy also has lymphoma and sadly, there is nothing we can do to treat it. He has a blood disorder (ITP) that, when added to the lymphoma, well, when we try to treat the one, the other will end up taking him. We found out about the lymphoma this summer, when he was rushed into the ER and had to have his spleen removed because a tumor had ruptured.
So far he is doing OK. He is as chipper as ever. Just old as he just celebrated his 11th birthday. The swelling in his lymph nodes is getting worse pretty steadily. He goes in every three weeks for blood work. It's probable that he has had the lymphoma for a while now, but it was being beaten back by the steroids he takes to fight his blood disorder. I don't know what specifics you are looking for, but please, if you ever want to talk, I am sure I could benefit from your experiences as well.
I am very sorry to hear that Yardley did not make it. I know that corgis can't live forever and that something has to take them. I just wish it could be old age, and that they could all be so lucky to go peacfully and happy. My thoughts are with you and your family, as it is always difficult to lose an old friend.
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There are always treatment options. All the best to your Algy and you.
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Thank you to all of you who have left your condolences today. I appreciate all of your support and kind words!
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Permalink Reply by Lisa Rogers on
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Hi, Carol
I am new as well...My corgi, Pocket underwent a byopsy today. They are sending it off to make sure what we are dealing with. He developed a huge mass on his head, above his right eye. It grew from the size of a marble to the size on an egg in a month. He is only 5. The surgern just said it was very hard...I am so scared. How did Yardley's develop?
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Hi Lisa; crossing my fingers for you and sending positive thoughts your way!
I should maybe blog our experience sometime so that I can share it with other interested people. He had a couple of flaky skin patches that couldn't be resolved with antibiotics so our vet biopsied 3 of them. That's when we found out he had canine epitheliotropic cutaneous lymphosarcoma (when I first heard that word my stomach lurched) or mycosis fungoides as it's more commonly known; a very rare form of skin lymphoma. This is a T-cell form of lymphoma (or a non-hodgkins type) that attacks the skin.
He had surgery to remove other lumps years earlier - one was a spindle cell carcinoma at the rabies vaccination sight.
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This is my second dog to die from cancer. My sheltie I had for 12 years. Pocket is so special.
I am beginning to think vaccinations are not the way to do.
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OMG; he's not dead is he? You can do chemotherapy, radiation, etc. It's all available if you source it out and there have been many happy (ier) endings with treatment. However, it gets pricey so I don't want to preach about it. We took a holistic route with chinese herbals through a special vet instead of going full aggressive chemo, at the start, then added small doses of chemo last summer with the herbs and Yardley appeared to be doing extremely well. The vet lost control of the situation on us this past November (grrrr; more on that some other time) otherwise, he would still be with us I believe.
This holistic vet took him off all shots, put him on a raw food diet and so on. He thrived for a long time until the end. There is a new school of thought that vaccines may be causing these cancers; none of it proven. Also, purebreds seem to have a very high incidence of cancers unfortunately.
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Permalink Reply by Stephanie on
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So sorry to hear of your loss - I thought of you this weekend when my two were getting a warm bath and blowdry at PetSmart and I came home to an empty house for the first time in a LONG time. I realized how much they are a part of my life and how much I would miss them if they were gone and it made me think of how sad you must be without your little sunshine. Please know that you've been in my thoughts and my heart is heavy for you.
The spindle cell carcinoma at the rabies vaccination site - was there a lump at vaccination? I've read that that happens a lot and I wonder if it's any sort of indicator.
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