VLOG

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in people, but primary lung cancer is less common in dogs and cats. More commonly, we see cancer that has spread to the lungs, or metastatic cancer.

Pet parents often worry their dog or cat is too old for anesthesia. Another concern is if the pet has another medical condition, they should avoid anesthesia completely. This is a huge misconception that prevents many dogs from getting the surgery or procedure they need, like a dental cleaning.

In reality, fatal complications from anesthesia are very rare, regardless of their age or health status. Still, Dr Sue, too, was worried about anesthetizing for her own pet, and put off her dog Matilda’s dentistry and teeth cleaning. In this vlog, she talks about the pros and cons and anesthesia– especially in senior pets– including early detection of oral cancer.

How do we make the difficult decision to euthanize our pet? It’s the hardest decision and the hardest day, and we do not want to do it too soon or too late. In this video, I am joined by Dr Mary Gardner, co-founder of Lap of Love, who helps provide us some invaluable tips to make this heart-wrenching decision.

We cover assessing:

• our pet’s quality of life
• our pet’s personality
• our own beliefs
• 4 different budgets
• the joy of living lists

Doxorubicin is a very commonly used chemotherapy drug in dogs and cats. It is used in combination chemotherapy protocols and also as a single agent protocol for a variety of cancers including dog and cat lymphoma, sarcomas including hemangiosarcoma and a variety of carcinomas.

In this vlog, Dr Sue shares with you 7 things she wants you to know about doxorubicin in dogs and cats.

Following up on the last 3 videos on cat lymphoma, in this video, Dr Sue breaks down the chemotherapy protocols for lymphoma in more detail, Including:

• Combination chemotherapy protocols
• Single agent protocols
• Steroids
• No therapy

In part 3 of this series on cat lymphoma, Dr Sue discusses cat lymphoma is treatable but less predictable than dogs. She explains why, and what this means for your cat.

Dr Sue talks about the most important predictors (aka prognostic factors) you need to know for your cat. These helps us predict a cat’s prognosis.

Dr Sue talks about protocol options and how that impacts prognosis, but be sure to come back for vlog 100 where Dr Sue will go through the protocol options for cat lymphoma in more detail. re I will go through the protocol options for cat lymphoma in more detail.