Comments on: Cancer sucks http://www.woodka.com/2008/04/16/cancer-sucks/ All things change when we do -- Kukei Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:34:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: la peregrina http://www.woodka.com/2008/04/16/cancer-sucks/#comment-127710 la peregrina Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:00:26 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2008/04/16/cancer-sucks/#comment-127710 "Life is precious, but that doesn’t mean we must cling to it forever. Letting go is a part of life as well." So true. “Life is precious, but that doesn’t mean we must cling to it forever. Letting go is a part of life as well.”

So true.

]]> By: Donna http://www.woodka.com/2008/04/16/cancer-sucks/#comment-127659 Donna Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:31:43 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2008/04/16/cancer-sucks/#comment-127659 Oh, I'm sorry for your dog, too. Yeah, I think a lot of people decide not to put their animals through the extra suffering, not to mention the expense of the treatment. I don't think there is much point to it. Sometimes I think even our own desperate measures just to stay alive are too much. While losing a loved one, human or animal, is painful, watching them suffer through a long decline and so much pain is not an easy choice. Out pets don't get to choose, we have to make that choice for them. While I don't think of my pets as "just a dog", there's not much point in putting an animal through a lot of suffering and surgical procedures and pain they can't understand. Life is precious, but that doesn't mean we must cling to it forever. Letting go is a part of life as well. Oh, I’m sorry for your dog, too.

Yeah, I think a lot of people decide not to put their animals through the extra suffering, not to mention the expense of the treatment. I don’t think there is much point to it.

Sometimes I think even our own desperate measures just to stay alive are too much. While losing a loved one, human or animal, is painful, watching them suffer through a long decline and so much pain is not an easy choice. Out pets don’t get to choose, we have to make that choice for them. While I don’t think of my pets as “just a dog”, there’s not much point in putting an animal through a lot of suffering and surgical procedures and pain they can’t understand.

Life is precious, but that doesn’t mean we must cling to it forever. Letting go is a part of life as well.

]]> By: la peregrina http://www.woodka.com/2008/04/16/cancer-sucks/#comment-127654 la peregrina Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:31:50 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2008/04/16/cancer-sucks/#comment-127654 I am so sorry to read this. I have a Brittany who turns fourteen later this year and has kidney damage. She is on medication and the doctor said down the road she will need transfusions then a kidney replacement. We will not be doing either as we think that will only extend the length of her life some and not improve the quality. I understand the sadness you are feeling and the strength you are showing by not doing anything that will cause your dog to suffer. Thinking of you and Roxie. I am so sorry to read this. I have a Brittany who turns fourteen later this year and has kidney damage. She is on medication and the doctor said down the road she will need transfusions then a kidney replacement. We will not be doing either as we think that will only extend the length of her life some and not improve the quality. I understand the sadness you are feeling and the strength you are showing by not doing anything that will cause your dog to suffer. Thinking of you and Roxie.

]]> By: Donna http://www.woodka.com/2008/04/16/cancer-sucks/#comment-127577 Donna Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:29:09 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2008/04/16/cancer-sucks/#comment-127577 Wow, 19 years is really old for a dog. Roxie is at least 10, probably more like 12 or 13, we don't really know. She is still very active, though the leg is obviously bothering her now. She's enjoying the extra attention and treats this week! Wow, 19 years is really old for a dog. Roxie is at least 10, probably more like 12 or 13, we don’t really know. She is still very active, though the leg is obviously bothering her now. She’s enjoying the extra attention and treats this week!

]]> By: The Financial Philosopher http://www.woodka.com/2008/04/16/cancer-sucks/#comment-127573 The Financial Philosopher Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:10:30 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2008/04/16/cancer-sucks/#comment-127573 I recently lost my dog of 19 years. She was like a daughter... Roxie's quality of life (and quality of death) is the priority above everything else. "We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own, live within a fragile circle, easily and often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we still would live no other way." ~ Irving Townsend I recently lost my dog of 19 years. She was like a daughter… Roxie’s quality of life (and quality of death) is the priority above everything else.

“We who choose to surround ourselves with lives even more temporary than our own, live within a fragile circle, easily and often breached. Unable to accept its awful gaps, we still would live no other way.” ~ Irving Townsend

]]> By: Donna http://www.woodka.com/2008/04/16/cancer-sucks/#comment-127473 Donna Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:06:13 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2008/04/16/cancer-sucks/#comment-127473 Thanks, Imelda -- sorry for you loss. Thanks, Imelda — sorry for you loss.

]]> By: Imelda / GreenishLady http://www.woodka.com/2008/04/16/cancer-sucks/#comment-127466 Imelda / GreenishLady Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:12:38 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2008/04/16/cancer-sucks/#comment-127466 Oh, that's so sadl. I lost my 15-year old Yorkie to cancer last year, so I have some idea of how you're feeling. As long as she is comfortable, I think you're being very wise in your attitude. Oh, that’s so sadl. I lost my 15-year old Yorkie to cancer last year, so I have some idea of how you’re feeling. As long as she is comfortable, I think you’re being very wise in your attitude.

]]> By: donna http://www.woodka.com/2008/04/16/cancer-sucks/#comment-127451 donna Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:45:11 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2008/04/16/cancer-sucks/#comment-127451 No, we're not doing any surgery, or chemo, just keeping her comfortable. She may eventually lose the use of the leg but for now we're just using pain medication and she is walking on it just fine. No, we’re not doing any surgery, or chemo, just keeping her comfortable.

She may eventually lose the use of the leg but for now we’re just using pain medication and she is walking on it just fine.

]]> By: Randy Carver http://www.woodka.com/2008/04/16/cancer-sucks/#comment-127448 Randy Carver Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:02:21 +0000 http://www.woodka.com/2008/04/16/cancer-sucks/#comment-127448 Is she going to lose the leg? Are you thinking of chemo? Cancer certainly sucks. Randy cancer survivor Is she going to lose the leg? Are you thinking of chemo? Cancer certainly sucks.

Randy
cancer survivor

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