About a week

It looks like the vincristine gives us about a week, maybe a little more, of no swollen nodes. Then they come raging back.  The problem, of course, is that his tolerance to the vincristine is getting lower. He shows signs of side-effects (tired, not wanting to go our, stomach issues) for about 4 or 5 days. So, that's tough. The cycle we're on, of knocking them down then letting them swell up probably isn't sustainable.

But living on vincristine isn't, either. So, we will do what we can.

Although I get the impression things may be winding down. He's a little unsteady now, a lot tired, and getting him to go all the way round the park once is a victory. He's not the dog that did Panther Ledge or even the one that did Storm King, in April.

I think he knows he's slower, too. There's less push to go after the dogs that would have bothered him. He says hello to everyone. He's making his mark (literally, sometimes) everywhere. And I wonder what he knows.

But he seems happy, or at least content. And I hope there's a rally in there, for another camping trip or at least another Sunday trip. We'll see - there won't be a lot of hiking, that's for sure.