gLAD THEY DO NOT HAVE TO DO A BIOPSY. WILL KEEP BOTH OF YOU IN MY PRAYERS ---- Marsha <mar...@lynxe.com> wrote: > Harley starts "palliative" radiation treatment for his cancer within a > week. There will be 4 sessions. I opted not to go for the full course of > 21-22 sessions, which has more side effects, and could cause ulcerations > on skin, which could lead to infection, which (since he's FeLV+) is a > place I DON'T want to go!! The goal and hope is to buy him some relief > for 4-6 months. I wish we could get started sooner, because the tumor > has grown (behind his eye now), but they have to pull together the team > to make a detailed treatment plan. This oncologist told me this morning > that a full biopsy isn't necessary to make a treatment plan - it would > only delay the start of treatment, and there would be risk involved in > the surgery. Meanwhile, he will be getting meloxicam and/or > buprenorphine for comfort care. > > Marsha > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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