Amy
My recommandation is not to remove the spleen.
I had a fiv+ cat, she was hyper-T. They did ultra sounds along
with xrays at the place I took her for for radiation treatment. They
found a mass on her spleen took biopsy came back as signs
leading to cancer/toxic cells after talking to a bunch of vets we
opted for removal.
I found out later that fiv/felv sometimes have in largen spleens.
She became anemic afterwards.
I guess I would if I were you talk to a bunch of vets and weigh out
the options. I don't regret what we did for her just if I knew all I
know now I may not have removed her spleen. It's hard to say but I
wish I knew that and had another option to weight out.
My thoughts are with you.
Carla
Date sent: Sun,
3 Apr 2005 12:20:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Amy
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> I haven't written in some time but I have a question
> about one of my cats with leukemia. I took her to the
> vet Friday for a check up and blood work (I take all
> my cats every 6 months). She has a lump in her
> abdomen that was not there in January of this year
> when she had an x-ray. She is 4 years old and has had
> leukemia since I found her and her 3 kittens a couple
> years ago. The vet thinks it is cancer, maybe in the
> spleen. She recommended that I have an ultrasound if
> I want to do any additional treatment. If I get the
> ultrasound, I can see if the cancer is really in the
> spleen and if it has spread elsewhere. If it has
> spread elsewhere, they recommend I do nothing or
> consider chemo. If it just in the spleen, they said I
> could consider removing the spleen, doing chemo, or
> doing nothing.
>
> Does anybody have experience with this? Has anybody
> done the chemo, had tumors removed surgically, etc? I
> want to give my girl every chance but I don't want to
> put her through all sorts of treatment for nothing.
> Her ultrasound is Thursday so I wanted to try to get
> any suggestions/advice I could before then. Only one
> of my leuk positives has had tumors. They recommended
> surgery, opened him up, and found out it was all
> intertwined in the mesentary of his intestines and it
> couldn't be removed. They biopsied it but it spread
> to his lungs before the biopsy results even came back.
> He didn't make it and when the results came back,
> they said it was the most aggressive cancer they'd
> ever seen. Should I expect the same for Shelby, my
> cat that has this tumor?
>
>
>
> Amy Wilkins
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