Dear Mark: >We have a six-year-old fuzzie who has been diagnosed with probable >Lymphosarcoma. We've read the FAQ, searched the internet, read all the >books we can on the subject. The summary of what we've found is this >_may_ add 6 months to 3 years to her life. >Our vet had a ferret with the same problem, gave him chemo, and the >ferret was miserable and didn't enjoy the rest of his life. She does >not recommend it. Cart before the horse. You say the diagnosis is "probably lymphosarcoma". What tests have been done? Chemotherapy is not a benign process, as your vet's previous experience will indicate. You need a definitive diagnosis of lymphoma before chemotherapy is even anticipated - chemotherapy is actually not very likely to cause remission in a ferret with lymphoma, but definitely will make one that doesn't have pretty sick. Perhaps if you reviewed the case, I may be able to give you some more specific information. With kindest regards, Bruce Williams, dVM [Posted in FML issue 3301]