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How It Began
Treatment Options
Diet
Chemotherapy
Clinical Trials
Holistic Medicine & Supplements
Precision Medicine
Costs & Insurance
Regrets
Little Moments…
How It Began
Treatment Options
Diet
Chemotherapy
Clinical Trials
Holistic Medicine & Supplements
Precision Medicine
Costs & Insurance
Regrets
Little Moments…
Treatment Options – #1: Diet (Part I)
The quickest thing I could act on: Transitioning Cat to a cancer-UNfriendly-diet with homemade food
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Treatment Options – #2: Chemo
The only treatment pathway we were presented with at the start
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Oncology Consult
Optimism put in check as specialists offer the same ole standard of care
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Treatment Options – #3: Clinical Trials (Part I)
I refused to believe that treatment of this cancer had truly failed to progress over 4+ decades
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Uh-oh, Chemo
I wasn't a fan, but we did it because it was all we had. The day did not go well.
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Post-Chemo, Treatment #1
While the chemo visit was traumatic, the fallout wasn't bad
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Post-Chemo, Treatment #1 – Um, Correction…
No obvious chemo side effects — but non-obvious ones were soon revealed
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Treatment Options – #4: Holistic Medicine
A more natural & less invasive approach to managing this condition
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Cat’s Daily Dosing
Dosages of herbal medicines and supplements per Cat's holistic veterinarians
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Diet: Part II
Balancing homemade meals & making large batches
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Clinical Trials: Part II — The Yale Vaccine
A promising clinical trial opportunity
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Vaxxed 💉
Finally! We were able to get Cat in for her first Yale vaccine!
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4 Months Metastasis-Free!
Re-staging following her final chemo brings the best news!
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FidoCure & Why You Need to Know About It
Bringing the pioneering power of precision medicine to canine cancer
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FidoCure: Results
A detailed report on Cat's genetic mutations
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Treatment Options — #5: Targeted Therapies
With the FidoCure DNA report in hand, we decided on drugs to precisely target the source of Cat's cancer
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Human-Grade Food Face-Off
The reality of cooking for an 80lb dog leads to a search for a quality high quality supplement for homemade meals
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Targeted Meds: Going Well! …Insurance: Not So Much
We'd worried about side effects, but the only ones were related to insurance
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