I see your also on the feline lymphoma list, me too, my Buddie had
cancer in 2003, lost her in 2004 about a year later, hers was a slow
growing cancer. We tried chemo and prednisolone, she wasn't eating well
on the chemo and I freaked out and stopped it (if I had it to do over
again I wouldn't stop it), between the 3 chemo treatments she got and
the continued prednisolone she lived just over a year after diagnosis.
Prednisolone alone is an option for slow growing but it will only give
you a few months. With the more aggressive faster growing cancer, you
have to do chemo and quickly, prednisolone alone is not going do any
good, that's why it's important to find out what kind of cancer.
If you do decide to see an oncologist or have your vet consult with one,
you will be surprised how well most kitties tolerate chemo, many do get
nauseated for the first 2 or 3 treatments and their appetite may not be
as good, BUT as soon as the chemo is killing off the cancer cells most
cats are pretty much back to their normal selves if they achieve
remission. I have only seen a very few cats not go into remission and I
honestly believe most of those are because the vets gave up to quickly.
Sometimes you have to try more than on or the standard protocol. Take a
look at Theresa's Jean Luc's case study, he went through 2 different
protocols and got 2 good quality years of life because of it. He also
had continuous anemia and kidney problems and they were all kept stable
for the 2 years. Here is his story if you'd like to look at it:
http://felinelymphomacaregivers.org/jeanluc.html
Some of the kitties in the group are in remission of 2, 3 years and even
longer.
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Belinda
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