Pet Oncology House Call Care 2
“I don’t even know if I want my dog to have chemo. What else can I do?”
Yesterday, we learned your dog was diagnosed with cancer and you want to know what more you can do for them. You learned you can make a palliative care comprehensive plan, you can treat your dog with real food, and you need specific lifestyle advice from a trained veterinarian.
You know the animal hospital is offering more testing or follow-up testing, supportive care like intravenous fluids and injectable medications, medications to control nausea, vomiting, increase appetite, reduce stomach acids, handle pain. Once they have outlined the diagnosis and the future outlook, the veterinary oncologist offers radiation therapy, surgery or chemotherapy. Or maybe they have nothing positive to offer in your particular dog’s situation. But you just know there is more you can do.
House call vet acupuncture
Acupuncture Benefits for a Dog with Cancer
Acupuncture can boost energy, promote appetite, treat vomiting, and most importantly, treat pain, anxiety and insomnia. That sounds useful for a cancer patient! Acupuncture uses FDA-approved sterile single-use medical devices called acupuncture needles inserted by a trained, licensed veterinarian to achieve the benefits you want for your dog.
Acupuncture in the House Call is Fun and Relaxing
House calls are perfect for acupuncture! Your dog can sit on the floor, lie on his favorite spot on the sofa, rest on the lanai in the sun. Your other pets can lie side-by-side for support if they are good like that. You can take a break from your work-at-home job, make a cup of tea and sit with your dog and Dr Truli for the therapy. Your dog makes natural endorphins, gets a happy high, releases natural opioids into his system and generally falls asleep during the acupuncture treatment.
What You Can Expect from Acupuncture
Acupuncture has a cumulative effect on the body. This means the more often your dog experiences the acupuncture treatment, the better his body will respond.
“The brain recruits more areas to help with successive acupuncture treatments.” says Doc Truli.
Cancer patients benefit from 8-16 sessions in the first 4-8 weeks of treatment. Oncology acupuncture treatments are scheduled every 3-4 days for the first month or two. Once the body is stabilizing, the new food is accepted, and the medication and/or supplement protocols are stable we often go to an every 2-4 weeks protocol.
-Dr Truli offers holistic house calls for pets in the greater Tampa Bay area
Read more tomorrow about Massage Therapy to help Canine Cancer Patients
Call, email or text for appointment availability. Provide your name, phone number, street address, and a brief description of your pet’s diagnosis or current problem.
Leave a message and the doctor will call you back in 24 hours or less: 877-378-7854.
Text 813-714-7863 and Dr Truli will text.
Or email DrTruli@VetVMD.com and Dr Truli will email back .
