Hi primabella, and thanks !! the contest addy works best with IE and thanks for trying :-) finding out my "velcro dog" Bitsy, my cockapoo had cancer was a shock. My vet had suggested I do chemo on her, but chemo wouldn't have cured it, plus I couldn't even think to put her through it.. Her prognosis was 2 months, but I got to love her 7..My other dog had battled with arthritis and I used the MSM, chondrotin, glucosamie on her and it worked wonders for her. She was on that for about 3 years but then I noticed her legs getting shakey when she stood to eat and I took her to the vets to see about having her put on rimadyl for the remainder of her life. Knowing the long term affects rimadyl can have on a dog, I wasn't too keen on using it, but I had to do something for her.. they did a standard CBC and panel on her to check her liver functions before starting her on it, and that's when they noticed her blood work wasn't good.. she was anemic and they did further testing to find out why.... after doing a sonagram on her, they realized her spleen was engored with blood and ready to rupture and they said it wouldn't take trauma to make it burst... the cancer in her spleen was feeding on her blood supply..I took her home from the vets, called my husband and told him to come home... we loved her and cried for 2 hours and then took her back in to have her put to sleep...