BG, I'm not sure if you've gotten this but was asked to forward it.  This
request came from the FAIML List
 
>Subject: aggressive fibrosarcoma (sigh)
>From: [log in to unmask]
>Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 16:54:28 -0400
>
>Hi all.
>Well, many of you know I lost my Bean last month to aggressive adeno
>carcinoma. (Actually, the surgery technically is what killed her, but
>she didn't have much time as it was... :-(   I miss her.)
>
>Only a week after Bean died, my other female Snoo had surgery to remove an
>orange-sized fibrosarcoma from her abdomen.  It wasn't attached to any
>major organs... but it came back a month later, this time resembling a
>large bunch of grapes.  We removed it again.  The tumor is being sent to
>Williams, but the first pathologist says it's very aggressive and
>malignant... (sigh.) She had adrenal surgery (debulking on the right and
>removal of the left) a year and a half ago, and she's been on Lupron since
>late Feb.  I've also got her on some homeopathic meds (Dr Loops lives
>nearby) and shark cartilage, Essiac, vitamin C, Timmy's Tonic, and other
>antioxidants.  My traditional vet gives Snoo very little time... perhaps a
>few weeks or months.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  And has anyone
>seen this before?  It has NOT metastisized into any organs at this point...
>I'm hoping somehow it will just kill itself off... the pathology showed it
>was growing so fast that it was cutting off it's own blood supply in
>places.  (But that doesn't mean a whole lot.) Ideas?  (And can someone
>forward this to the regular FML for me, pretty please, with my email
>intact?  I'm not on there anymore due to the volume, but I need all the
>help I can get.)
>
>-Andrea   [log in to unmask]   (919) 309 - 9288 (messages)
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