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81. As a matter of fact I have!

Our regular vet is really open to alternative treatments. After she removed the initial growth on his leg, and found a mast (cancer)cell in a lymph node in his groin, she referred us to a veterinary oncologist, who is also open to trying different things. So the oncologist has tried various chemo meds, benedryl etc, and he has responded to some for awhile but then shows increase of symptoms again. Our regular vet said to also put him on tumeric caps, something called Quercetin, one called Myco-Immune which is an elixir of various mushrooms, and to eliminate any carbs that would be metabolized into glucose, as you said. I have read about glucose feeding cancer cells in the past, so I was glad to hear both vets agree with it. So he has been eating all meat canned food and a chicken thigh that has been boiled just a couple of minutes to kill any bacteria on the outside. He's loving that!

In addition to all that, he's been getting a couple of cc's of veterinary CBD oil twice a day. The oncol. said that while there are no studies showing results of using it either way, it is worth a try. I feel like my whole day revolves around what time he's supposed to be getting some kind of medication! But he's one of our kids, so what can I do? I honestly can't really afford it myself, but had a back up savings acct to use for just this kind of thing, so while it lasts we're going for it.

Unfortunately I noticed a new mass under his tail just last night, so will be calling the oncologist tomorrow to see what she wants to do about that. I think he is starting to fail overall, so I hope she won't recommend removing it surgically. I don't want to put him through that now. He is still mostly his normal self, with a great appetite so he's not ready to go yet, but I think that time is coming. His original diagnosis was at the beginning of Dec and the oncol. said 3-6 months with no treatment and maybe 6-12 with. So we're in that 6 month range. She has been pretty amazed at how he's bounced back a couple of times, but I guess this cancer is pretty aggressive.

Thanks for the video, I will watch it. And thanks to everyone for your good wishes for my pup.