Recent Content by The Practical Cat

Thanks, everyone! Since going on the metronidozale and cerenia Pandora hasn't been throwing up or had any diarrhea. For those of you who give your cat metronidozale how long did you give it? I thought it was a long term drug but the vet only prescribed 15 days worth. We're doing cerenia long...

Oh ok, thanks for all the info! I'm glad to hear your kitty is doing better on the chemo. Which drug is she on? The RC is a dry food. She typically prefers wet so I would prefer to feed that but a wet version wasn't available and it's what the vet wanted me to stick to. I'm open to exploring...

Thanks everyone for your responses, I will take a look at those links! I spoke to the vet, we're doing a stool test to rule out parasites and I've started her on metronidozale in addition to the prednisilone, and we're also adding back cerenia which has controlled her vomiting in the past...

It's been awhile since I've been on these forums, but you all were very helpful a few years back when Pandora was diagnosed with mammary cancer. Fortunately she had surgery to remove her lump and that is behind her, but unfortunately she has a new issue, which is IBD and severe weight loss...

No worries Zygote, I didn't see your response until now, either. I'm still waiting to hear back from my vet about quotes for testing and surgeries at their office. I guess the surgeon was in their office yesterday so she was supposed to have spoken to him then, hopefully I'll get a call soon...

Thanks for your responses Zygote and Cataria. Unfortunately it's been more bad news for Pandora :(. They found a nodule in her lung on the x-rays. I followed up with an oncologist at Tufts and he said that it's possible it's metastasized, but also possible it's unrelated. Seems more likely...

Thanks Zygote. The way I tend to deal with things like this is by researching and making plans. How long was the recovery time for your cat's surgery? And how extensive was it? I saw my friend's dog go through chemo, it looked really rough for both her and my friend, though it did buy her a...

Heh, I have basically been crying for the past three days :( . I'm doing what I can to keep myself together, I'm really lucky I have a good support network around me.

Thank you all for sharing your stories. I'm sorry you all had to go through that! Unfortunately it's been bad news for Pandora. I got the results from her needle aspiration earlier this week and the cells came back looking very likely to be malignant :( . I've been kind of beside myself over...

Thank you both for your responses. I'm still waiting on the test results, I wish they could tell me faster what was going on! In the meanwhile it's helpful to hear some stories of how things may go and what options are available. I do actually have Care Credit already, I applied back when...

Thanks Arouetta. I have anxiety, myself, so dealing with things like this hits me particularly hard. I have been doing my best not to obsess. Hopefully as you said since it's movable that is a good sign. Do you mind my asking how much surgical removal cost? I understand that's going to vary from...

Thanks, Cataria. I think it was swelling from the needle as well as the angle the light hit it as I looked again later and it didn't seem quite as large. I'm really trying not to panic but it's a bit too late for that. I'll try to hang in there for now though and hope that the test results come...

Not great news for Pandora :(. The vet told me 80-90% of breast lumps in cats are malignant, which is staggeringly high. We did a needle aspiration but now I have to wait an agonizing several days for test results. What's weird is I think the lump may be a little bigger than yesterday. It's...

Got to take another look when she rolled over for belly pet (<3) , it moves around easily, so I'm hoping that is a good sign?

That is good to know, thanks. She was spayed a bit late, at 2 years when I adopted her. I hope it's something benign like a cyst as well.