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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13611200

You've got to do more than just forego that expensive avocado toast!

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

To be fair, I'd rather put my dog down than put it through chemo.

Humans can understand the agony is for a reason. Your pet can't. Don't keep your pets alive for yourself.

Also, is it really so shitty for a publication to provide tips on cutting costs when the economy is in the shitter? Im sure most news sites are barely hanging on by a thread, so it's not like they're benefiting from the economy being fucked.

[–] RustyEarthfire 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

fyi, chemo for pets is much milder than for humans

[–] PigsInClover 4 points 7 months ago

This. The primary goal of chemotherapy in pets is to minimize symptoms to improve their quality of life. It’s nowhere near the high dosage that humans undergo in order to completely eradicate their cancer.

My cat is technically on chemotherapy. She gets a pill 3 times a week and a blood test every 3 months to check that it isn’t causing issues with her bone marrow.

So far, no symptoms. Without it, she’d probably have died a year and a half ago. When I used to hear about a pet getting chemo, I had a mental image of a really sick pet, but it’s pretty much the opposite.