Replied by Renee (Orlando, Fl) on 08/21/2012
My dog has the same thing. I am using Sutherlandia OPC liquid, (Sth. Africa), and Insitol 6 a high immune booster. I am going to add in shark cartledge powder, I was told to use this for shrinkage of tumor on gum line also. I can keep in touch if you like. I'm only two months into this with my 10 1/2 yr old black lab. I had his tumor removed a year ago, benign, and now it has returned and it's larger, upper gum line. Let me know how your dog is. RReplied by J (Southern, California Usa) on 09/11/2012
Andrew, NJ and Renee, FL: I would urge you to focus mostly on if your dog is able to eat, smell etc. My dog had a small bump on his nose, noticed Christmas 2009. A few months later it grew. So we had all- angle xrays done. It was a mystery-the tumor not on bone, not on tissue, but Vets said we would monitor it... 3 months later it had doubled in size and vet said Sorry its Cancer and now it would come thru gumline. We could opt for surgery but that would impact his quality of life as they would have to remove half his mouth and vet said he would look deformed. By April they gave him 6 months to live. I was working at a health food store and vendors felt sorry for my pooch so they would give me anything to try to shrink tumor. We used musrooms, GSE, silver, essiac tea, etc. It made me feel better but unfortunately it was too far gone. Key is prevention but alas it is a curse of the canines, We ended up hand feeding him and bottle feeding him water. In my mind as long as he ate he had a will to live. Looking back I see he was just hanging on for us. Although I swore I would never do it, we let him go Nov 2010. He lived a good quality year since his diagnosis. Cancer takes everything out of you but dont ever give up. By the way even though we didnt get the surgery he ended up loking deformed anyway as that tumor doubled each month. Message is. Prevention!! But if its too late -Still dont give up.
