It's been a few months since I went to the vet with my dog Ramsey. She's getting old and seemed to be stiff going up stairs and was groaning in the evenings. I was hoping to get a prescription of arthritis medication for her so she'd be more comfortable, plus she needed her shot and I wanted more heart medicine.
But instead he said he'd like to get an ultrasound of her abdomen because it seemed swollen. OK.
Well, she has cancer and he recommended not doing chemo or anything else because it was spread all throughout and would basically be more painful to treat her than to take care of the discomfort she already has. Where does all this cancer come from? Is there just a stockpile of bacteria or germs or something that is lying in wait to attack someone's good cells? Are you born with these cancer cells and they just wait?
On the news there was a story of an eight year old going through her second round of chemotherapy, and others with breast cancer or leukemia or another of the hundreds of types of cancer, and then of course there's my own mom and dad who got cancer later in their lives. Do the researchers and scientists have any real idea where all these diseases come from or why they begin to grow?
Arrggh!
Well, as I am writing this in March 2014 I can say that dear Ramsey dog is still with us but needs more medicine to be comfortable. That is a good six months longer than the vet originally thought. We go on short walks because she gets tired, but we still have great cuddles and she still runs after the bunnies and squirrels.
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