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Posted Anonymously	20. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Oct 27 2007, 1:43 PM EDT I just took our golden Buddy to the vets unexpectedly Tuesday of this week because he looked weak and stroke like (very listless). He died at the vets on the examination table. We are devistated. If it helps anyone out there, Buddy loved us and we loved him EVERY SINGLE DAY! . He was only nine years old and had no previous symptoms and had stomach cancer . Our female Penny is devistated. I know I'll get another golden and we will NEVER forget the "BUD MAN". Post reply 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
Posted Anonymously	21. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Nov 1 2007, 7:41 PM EDT \| Post edited: Nov 1 2007, 7:41 PM EDT I am sitting on the floor next to our 12 y/o golden boy, Riley. The Rye Guy has been living with hip dysplasia and arthritis in the shoulders up front. One shoulder is worse than the other, but even though he was down to his last good wheel, Riley was still the one out of our 3 goldens who wanted to go go go. He has been on a more or less gentle downward spiral -- until the last few of days. Riley hasn't eaten anything in 48 hours. I just cooked him some ground turkey, which he gamely tried to eat and then threw up. He hasn't moved more than 10 feet in the last 2 days unless I have carried him. He is sleeping now, head resting on his front paw -- except for the strange, sort of exaggerated regularity of his breathing-- he looks like he is just having a nap. I am struggling with whether or not to bring him to the vet hospital in the AM. I want to know what is wrong, on the off chance there is something they can do to get him back on his feet, but I know its a long shot. I also know that alone in a cage at the hospital without his people is the last place he wants to be, not that he wouldn't sleep through it. Riley is a huge presence in my life. He was so instrumental in attracting my wife that he was in our wedding. I've had him 12 years, her 9. I guess I owe it to him to try and figure out what is going on, so we at least have all the facts we can have when we make a decision. Sorry, Buddy...You are going to the vet tomorrow. Post reply 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
Posted Anonymously	22. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Nov 1 2007, 9:55 PM EDT \| Post edited: Nov 1 2007, 9:55 PM EDT How is Riley? I hope better, I am still and will always miss Bernard, goldens are sooo special. I am falling in love with the new ones but Benard will always be my number one. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Posted Anonymously	23. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Nov 13 2007, 3:39 PM EST HI....MY GOLDEN "BUDDY" JUST PASSED AWAY 10/11/07 FROM THE SAME THING....HE WAS 7 1/2 YEARS OLD....BY CHANCE I SAW SOME (PINK) BLOOD IN HIS URINE AND BROUGHT HIM RIGHT IN TO THE VETS....HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER TUMORS ON THE SPLEEN AND IT HAD TRAVELED TO THE LUNGS ALREADY...VET GAVE HIM 2 DAYS TO 2 WEEKS TO LIVE...HE LOOKED AS BEAUTIFUL AS EVER ON THE OUTSIDE ...NO SIGNS EXCEPT NEAR THE END HE WAS GETTING TIRED MORE OFTEN.......THEY GAVE ME SIGNS OF DISTRESS TO LOOK FOR.... AND WHEN THEY HAPPENED WE DROVE DOWN TO THE ALL NIGHT EMERGENCY VET....I DID NOT WANT HIM IN PAIN....HE DIED A FEW MILES FROM THE VETS WITH HIS HEAD IN MY LAP.....THEY ARE SUCH LOVING DOGS....DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA WHY THIS IS SO PREVELENT IN GOLDENS.????..SOMEDAY ....... PERHAPS, I WOULD WANT ANOTHER GOLDEN .....BUT IT IS VERY SCARY AT THIS POINT....THANK YOU FOR ANY INFO YOU MIGHT KNOW Post reply 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
Posted Anonymously	24. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Dec 23 2007, 9:31 PM EST Hello everyone, I am the "mom" of Jericho. We have happy news. We rescued a six year old golden after Jericho and Dakota died named Minnie. We call her Cinderella because she had a tough life and now she is the princess. She has healed our broken hearts. We still talk about our friends that died, but Minnie has helped us so much. I recommend getting another one. We are going to get another soon and stagger their ages so that we always have one of these fabulous angels. Life is only good with a golden around. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Posted Anonymously	25. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Dec 23 2007, 10:39 PM EST best of luck to all of you, you havew honored the ones you l9oved and lost by loving again Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Posted Anonymously	26. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Jan 17 2008, 10:54 PM EST Hi , my heart bleeds for you and Buddy - this must have been the most diffcult thing to ever experience. My golden is 12 1/2 yrs old and was just diagnosed with a tumor on his spleen after a collapsing episode (I'm assuming hermangiosarcoma) the tumor ruptured - I'm sure the ultimate human decision at this point would be euthanasia. Surgery is an option but do I really want to put him through all the agonizing pain and trauma of surgery, to prolong the inevitable for only 2- 6 months, this is if he even survived post op? My heart is breaking for everyone here. Question : why do so many goldens succumb to this disease. Is it me or does it seem to be getting even more prevelent - finding all these posts here on this board has floored me!! Post reply 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
Posted Anonymously	27. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Jan 17 2008, 11:03 PM EST Jan 17, 2008 - I just read your post and I'm going through the same exact senario with my 12 1/2 yr old best friend golden boy Bear. This is obviously an epidemic that needs to seriously be looked into. I found this board and couldn't believe what I was reading - only to wonder how many more there must be in reality that havn't posted to this board. What is going on with this breed? I'm going to talk to my vet about this tomorrow - these cases all need to be documented - there is something not right here going on. Post reply 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
Posted Anonymously	28. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Jan 17 2008, 11:09 PM EST "Google Wikipedia Hemangiosarcoma-HSA. Our Golden was 12 and died suddenly last night of the same thing as you..HSA of the spleen. He played all day and then just collapsed that evening before bed. He was panting and we took him to the 24 hour vet. 15 minutes later he haad died.....we had no idea. He was so good on the outside. Vet said this can happen very aggressively....even days. Jake collapsed that eve. bc his spleen ruptored due to the vascular tumor. When it ruptored blood got into his abdomen cavity and then he stopped breathing....HSA is devastating and there is no reverse. One day the Dog is great-the next day he is gone. :( " My 12 1/2 yr old Golden is going through the same thing today - tumor of the spleen - hemangiosarcoma - I'm so upset over this I can't even type this post - I was just researching this and was so surprised to see this is an epidemic - someone nneds to look into this further. Post reply 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
Posted Anonymously	29. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Jan 19 2008, 10:25 AM EST I am Jericho's mom, we felt exactly like you, from shock which we became angry. We have our new Minnie that comes from a breed line from England. We got her from a breeder in Ohio named Elaine Brent - info@oneash.com - you can Google her. Her goldens do not have that weakness for cancer of the spleen. We are going to avoid it this way. I am so sorry for what you are going through. You are so Blessed to get to have your golden for 12 and a half years, they are the greatest dogs in the world. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Posted Anonymously	30. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Jan 19 2008, 1:22 PM EST "I am Jericho's mom, we felt exactly like you, from shock which we became angry. We have our new Minnie that comes from a breed line from England. We got her from a breeder in Ohio named Elaine Brent - info@oneash.com - you can Google her. Her goldens do not have that weakness for cancer of the spleen. We are going to avoid it this way. I am so sorry for what you are going through. You are so Blessed to get to have your golden for 12 and a half years, they are the greatest dogs in the world." Hi - just wanted to come back to this board - can you believe my boy is still holding on, he is active and alert for the past 4 weeks - he has had two collapsing episodes since Nov.. I just changed vets - my old vet , in retrospect is an idiot - he had me believing my dog was dieing of liver disease (liver enzyme ALT was 3100) - and he treated him for liver disease - he never did x-rays nor did he palpate the splenic mass. In the past week - with my new vet (who I love) I have been able to discover whats really going on with my dear boy. He detected a mass right away with a gentle palpate of the abdomen. Thursday (1-17-08) He had x-rays which confirmed the splenic mass, the size of an orange. His chest x-ray does not show any metastisis to his lungs - but still can be there mircoscopically. The new blood work profile came back with everything in normal limits (which shocked me). The new vet wants to operate to remove the spleen and the tumor - I have to make a quick decision this weekend before he has another collapsing espisode (this happens when he is actively bleeding internally from the tumor). From what I have been able to research - about 1/2 of splenic tumors are neoplastic and likely to be hemangiosarcaoma. Not sure if I should take a chance and put him through all this misery (a spleenectomy is no joke , I actually had one myself). There may be a chance that it is benign. I'm currently researching for markers via blood tests to help determine before surgery if the chances for this being heangiosarcoma are evident - I will discuss this further with my vet on Monday. Does anyone out there know of clinical abnormal findings in blood work that can be a marker for HSA? Dont know what to do???? Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Posted Anonymously	31. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Jan 22 2008, 9:04 AM EST My beloved Ethel, an 11 yo golden, went for a biopsy on her shoulder yesterday. We do not have the results yet, but the vet said he found a hemangiosarcoma on her spleen during examination. She has been such a sweet girl that my sons grew up with, and I am in terrible pain. She tries so hard to act normal, that the thought of loosing her is even more devestating. I do not want her to suffer any more than she is, but feel I will feel guilty if I don't go through the heroics of surgery and possible chemotherapy. Can anyone help me make the decision? Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Posted Anonymously	32. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Jan 22 2008, 11:29 AM EST "My beloved Ethel, an 11 yo golden, went for a biopsy on her shoulder yesterday. We do not have the results yet, but the vet said he found a hemangiosarcoma on her spleen during examination. She has been such a sweet girl that my sons grew up with, and I am in terrible pain. She tries so hard to act normal, that the thought of loosing her is even more devestating. I do not want her to suffer any more than she is, but feel I will feel guilty if I don't go through the heroics of surgery and possible chemotherapy. Can anyone help me make the decision?" Hi - I'm so so sorry about Ethel. I'm curious to know how her shoulder biopsy went to diagnosis of hermangiosarcoma? How does the vet know it's HSA? I ask this because I'm going through the same thing with my 12 1/2 yr old Golden Bear. He has a tumor on his spleen and the vet wants to do a splenectomy. The vet did not mention anything about chemo - I don't know if I want to put Bear through all this. He is much like Ethel - trying to please me and act normal although I know he's hurting inside. He has collapsed twice in the past two months from internal bleeding - do we let nature take its course or do we subject them to more pain via surgery and chemo tp potpone the inevitable by a few months? Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Posted Anonymously	33. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Jan 22 2008, 6:41 PM EST I likewise am so sorry about your Golden Boy. I will try to make this as short as possible. 3 months ago we took Ethel to our regular vet because she was limping with her Rt. foreleg. After examination, labs, xrays, it was determined she had arthritis and started her on an NSAID. She showed some improvement, but then became worse than ever. I wanted a second opinion. This Dr. was able to pinpoint her pain in her shoulder, where there was a small mass. He did an aspiration for evaluation, but was indeterminent. On the way home Ethel became lethargic. At home she was listless, and would not eat, The next morning was the same, so I called the vet to make sure they had not given her any sedation, The vet said he noticed she was anemic, pale gums, and thought she might have a "tumor in her belly". Right after I hung up, my husband called to say Ethel was much better..almost back to normal, so I didn;t think any more about it. The pathologist reccomended a biopsy on her shoulder, While under sedation, the Vet felt the mass on her speen, and highly suspects it to be a hemagiosarcoma. Tomorrow I get the biopsy results.(on her shoulder, he did not bx her spleen) I dread the news. My sons are coming home from college to spend the weekend with Ethel...she loves them so, as they do her. I just don't want to cause her any more pain...I feel treatment would be more for me than her. I love this gal so much, and am in agony of the thought of loosing her. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Posted Anonymously	34. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Jan 22 2008, 11:12 PM EST You both are going through such a difficult time. The stories sound similar to what we went through. We had no choice with Jericho, he was so sick and in so much pain. I only wish we had caught it sooner so that we might have had a chance to save him. I still miss him. I was relieved when I knew he was no longer feeling pain. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Posted Anonymously	35. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Jan 23 2008, 6:30 AM EST But how can you "save" our beloved goldens from hemagiosarcomas? All I have read is you can prolong the inevitable by a few months with surgery and chemotherapy. Is it a true quality of life for our goldens, or is it for ourselves? If there was a chance Ethel could live longer, but without pain, I would be first in line. Please see my sweet girl's picture my husband put on the web. http://www.geocities.com/dougjester2/ethel.jpg Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Posted Anonymously	36. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Jan 23 2008, 7:05 PM EST Should we, or could we xray or ultrasound the spleen at regular intervals to see if there are tumors? Should we just remove the spleen before it gets cancerous? Maybe when we spay or neuter, just go ahead and remove the spleen. Maybe this is crazy, I guess we should talk to a vet. Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Posted Anonymously	37. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Jan 25 2008, 8:16 PM EST It is so awful to watch these wonderful dogs, friends go throught this as I have with my Bernard, I would have done surgery to his spleen but I really appreciate my vet being so honest about this disease and we would have just found him in a pool of blood as I know 2 people who ended up like that and letting them go without pain and some dignity is the best thing for them and the pain of losing them is hard for us either way but we should always choose for them first, God Bless all of our precious goldens Post reply Do you find this valuable?
Posted Anonymously	38. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Jan 28 2008, 8:21 PM EST Update on Ethel The biopsy results of she shoulder showed osteosarcoma or fibrosarcoma. Treatment would include removing her leg from the shoulder and chemotherapy. With the addition, and worse, of the hemangiosarcoma, my Vet advised to keep her comfortable until . He said she probably would have a few more small bleeds, and be able to bounce back as she did before. He assured me at this point she is not in pain. I was greatful he made the decision for me, instead of suggesting a heroic spleenectomy, amputation, and chemo. I have been on other sites where other golden owners have suggested I do just that. That there is still hope for long term survival. I wish there was. We are spoiling (even more than before!). My husband cooks lean meats for her meals 3 times a day. She still tries to sing to me in the mornings after her breakfast, and acts close to normal. We are just loving our girl as much as possible, as long as we can. I am greatful for this forum and wish everyone the best. We as families with Goldens know the special love we have been blessed with. Post reply 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?
Posted Anonymously	39. RE: CANCER IN GOLDENS Jan 29 2008, 12:56 PM EST "Update on Ethel The biopsy results of she shoulder showed osteosarcoma or fibrosarcoma. Treatment would include removing her leg from the shoulder and chemotherapy. With the addition, and worse, of the hemangiosarcoma, my Vet advised to keep her comfortable until . He said she probably would have a few more small bleeds, and be able to bounce back as she did before. He assured me at this point she is not in pain. I was greatful he made the decision for me, instead of suggesting a heroic spleenectomy, amputation, and chemo. I have been on other sites where other golden owners have suggested I do just that. That there is still hope for long term survival. I wish there was. We are spoiling (even more than before!). My husband cooks lean meats for her meals 3 times a day. She still tries to sing to me in the mornings after her breakfast, and acts close to normal. We are just loving our girl as much as possible, as long as we can. I am greatful for this forum and wish everyone the best. We as families with Goldens know the special love we have been blessed with." I write today with a heavy heart and blurred vision as I sit here - i posted last week about my golden boy BEar. we had to put him down last night. the vet came here to the house and it was so so sad that my heart is actually aching and hurting physically right now. i have been through so much in my life time - i have four kids that are grown now and two dogs. I love my other two dogs but it's not the same as the special bond I had with bear. why i have felt such a strong connection with my golden boy is something i don't understand and can't even explain in words but he is, and always will be a part of my soul and my being forever in my heart. in the end i chose not to go through with the splenectomy - i simply didn't want to put him through it. he had two bleeds since nov. - when he started not feeling well again on friday i knew - he got prgressivly worse over the weekend and his stomache was full with so much blood - he spent sunday sleeping all day and barely able to move only to get up once to go pee and that was even a chore for him. i slept on the floor with him sunday night and told him how much i love him - he was so cold to the touch but he licked my hand. he's gone now and i feel a hole in my heart - i know i will see him again someday. he was baby my sweet sweet boy, my guardian angel. i have broken out the photos albums and as hard as it is to look at the photos i realize that he was always there by my side - always in the background of the photographs - he was always there like he was my shadow. I looked at your photo of sweet Ethel - she looks so much like my bear - i will try and post a photo of bear if i can figure out how to. I have to go now - i'm not sure where i go from here - things will never be the same. Post reply 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you find this valuable? Do you?

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