Thanks Amani. How much did it cost? He's already on prednisolone daily. On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Amani Oakley <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Katherine > > > > I had a 16 year old cat who was diagnosed with an aggressive nasal > sarcoma. I decided to treat it with radiation, but before that, I figured > that with such a poor prognosis, I had little to lose trying other > treatments (since none was suggested) and I put her on the > Winstrol/Prednisolone combination. I don’t think I had her on the > Doxycycline as well, but I may have. > > > > Kaitlin did remarkably well on the pills. When I took her in for an > assessment to determine if radiation would help, the head oncology vet (a > good friend) told me that if we had succeeded in getting the response he > had seen at that point in time, AFTER he had done the radiation, he would > have assumed it was the radiation which had caused the improvement and > considered the radiation treatment a solid success. There was significant > shrinkage of the tumour using the Winstrol/Prednisolone treatment, and the > tumour had been putting out vast amounts of very very thick mucous, and > that got under control as well. She still underwent the radiation therapy > and it may have helped, but honestly, I think the meds helped more. Plus, > the tumour was right between her eyes, and when they aimed the instrument, > some of the radiation hit one of her eyes, and caused some damage. > > > > She was with me another 2 – 2 ½ years. > > > > Amani > > > > *From:* Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf > Of *Katherine K. > *Sent:* February-27-17 11:02 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Felvtalk] Nasal carcinoma :( > > > > My sweet, dear 14 yo FeLV boy Krammer was just diagnosed with aggressive > nasal carcinoma. For the last 2 months, he has had a chronic nosebleed. It > started out small around Christmas, and since then his symptoms have > included daily sneezing fits, bloody nasal discharge from one side of his > nose, and the recent appearance of a small pink mass in one of > his nostrils which we thought was simply a polyp. We biopsied it last week, > and the results were not good. His mitotic indexes were high, with 8-10 of > them being in the 10 fields. > > > > Needless to say I'm devastated. It's hard to take, even when I've spent > the last 3 years half expecting something terrible every time we go to the > vet. :'( I'm talking to the vet later today for more information. My guess > is we'll opt for palliative care rather than radiation or chemotherapy, due > to his age, side effects, the rate of recurrence and my available finances, > but if anyone has suggestions, I'm happy to hear them out. > > > > Katherine > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >
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