Waiting for cancer test results

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It's going to be a long few days I think.
Our 8yr old Sprocker had his biopsy and bloods taken this afternoon and now we wait.
I asked the vet to be honest, and she said it looks very likely that it is Lymphoma.
Google says dogs last 4-6 weeks without treatment once diagnosed. A few months if we put him through Chemo.

Oh this is hard. Worth bearing in mind that chemo is not the same for dogs as for people - it's rarely aimed at being curative so the doses are lower and the side effects don't affect quality of life nearly as much. And I have seen dogs cured - one I treated went on to live another five years after her lymphoma diagnosis. Hugs.

Thanks Gingerbread.
I have succumbed to googling Lymphoma in Dogs. It's making me sad it might happen so quickly.
He's had quite a few other signs like vomiting, panting, being off his food, bad breath and generally more clingy. It's not looking good is it.

We took him to the vet when he was being sick / panting and they just said he was anxious. That was about 10 days ago. Then last night my dd found several lumps on him.

I'm so sorry, OP. Waiting for results is incredibly stressful.

Everything crossed for you and your dog.

I'm so sorry.

Cat owner here, not dog, but this year we lost our cat to lymphoma. He declined extremely fast, and it was awful. 5 weeks between us noticing he wasn’t 100%, and putting him to sleep.

Lymphoma is awful, and I don’t think it’s worth putting them through the treatment for such a short amount of extra time, which is often not good time.

Again, im so sorry, it’s absolutely terrible.

so it's not good news. It is Lymphoma.
Now we have to try and make a decision on whether to put him through Chemo or not. He is not a robust dog if you know what I mean? He hates going to the vets even when it's just for a check up. Weekly treatments would be very very stressful for him.
I wish dogs could speak.

My gorgeous Toller was diagnosed with liver cancer last year - he’d only been showing signs of being ill for a couple of weeks. The vet said we could try treatment (surgery and chemotherapy) but when I asked if that would change the outcome she admitted it would not. I decided that I didn’t want his last few weeks to be full of constant trips to the vet and invasive treatment so I took him home for two days of cuddles and booked a mobile vet to come and put him to sleep at home, surrounded by people who loved him. It was an incredibly hard decision but not one I have ever regretted although I still miss him terribly. I’m so sorry you’re going through this.

Just looked up our insurance policy and it will only pay out £1000 per year. We bought the lowest cover policy.

So I think that will rule the option of chemo out. it will only get him about 2 weeks of treatment.