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...every few days. today they did an ultrasound and found thickening in her duodenum, and swollen lymph nodes. the vet said its either ibd or lymphoma. she's only 2. they did an FNA and a blood panel today so we'll get official next steps when the results come in. everything ive read says the...

Hi. I searched this site for previous threads - and the internet (as I am sure you did too)) - and found nothing about weaning/tapering Budesonide. I am thinking you might have some success on one of the forums related to IBD and/or SCL in cats since the members are more focused on treatments...

...losing weight), and based on the results of the ultrasound (thickened intestines?), the vet said the most likely culprits are either IBD or lymphoma, her guess is low-grade. she told me i should consider a biopsy, which would be able to say if its lymphoma or not. there are some things i am...

Has anyone had experience/dealing with your cat having been diagnosed with probable IBD or lymphoma? My cat has been vomiting after he eats nearly every day and has been on pepsid and anti nausea meds for at least a couple of weeks now with no help most days. He is on a raw diet of rabbit and...

Hello, my 15 year old cat has been sick since beginning of May, it started with severe diarrhea and pancreatitis. Long story short, vet said it was either very severe IBD or more likely GI lymphoma, and he's lost quite a bit of weight. For the past 2 weeks he's been on Prednisolone daily and...

Wow... that seems pretty rare from the searches I've done.... being on 5 mg a day! One of my major concerns that the IBD could turn into lymphoma from what I read. Now I'm torn about which vet to trust... keeping him on Pred. or getting him off??? Is 5 mg a day considered a lot dose???

Hey all - I'm back with another senior cat with multiple chronic conditions. :( Partially posting to see if anyone has any insight I haven't thought of, and partially to see if anyone else is as frustrated as I am with the overall healthcare system and how rudimentary our understanding of these...

Then just do the PCR panel and see what happens. Tbh, ultrasounds are often 'inconclusive' in determining either IBD or cancer. The biggest identifier in vets' minds are thickened intestinal wall and inflammation. Even if those are not seen, no vet will likely entirely rule out either. And many...

My cat has been on Prednisolone for three years and is doing well. She started with IBD and then later on, intestinal lymphoma. I have tried to wean her off or further reduce her Prednisolone dose of 5 mg every other night, but she doesn’t do as well, so I keep her on it. Not a vet, but in my...

...the weight loss continued. He was eating fine, no diarrhea or vomiting. Took him in for a second opinion and she indicated potential IBD or Lymphoma. Ultrasound was inconclusive. Started on 5mg prednisolone daily. Weight loss has continued - he is now around 5lbs, skin and bones, no muscle...

Sometimes you need to get a second opinion or an opinion of a specialist. An abdominal ultrasound can show if the intestines are thickened like with IBD. Or if the lymph nodes are enlarged. Sometimes a cat isn't physically capable of surviving anesthesia. Or sometimes anesthesia will be to...

We tried Science Diet z/d, but that just gave him really bad diarrhea, so we put him back on Royal Canin Gastrointestinal and Instinct venison. I would like to switch him off the RC Gastro as I think it might be chicken based and that may be causing his issues, but everything else I've tried...

We have a cat who is tentatively diagnosed with IBD. We just had an endoscopy done at an internal medicine specialist and initial results indicate no lymphoma, but he has inflammation and scar tissue. He is 2.5 years old with no prior health issues other than being a little chunky. In November...

I think the lower potassium isn’t making him feel poorly. You might find that thriving patients with IBD may even have lower potassium. Potassium is absorbed through passive diffusion in the intestine; so an inflammatory process like SCL/GI Lymphoma and IBD would effect absorption. A more...

By the way, in case anyone was wondering, my plan is to keep the chemotherapy and steroid therapy as options to use when symptoms return as this small cell lymphoma is indolent (slow evolving). So she'll have treatment phases (which she hates although much more tolerated with Ondansetron given 1...

This completely makes sense. Thanks to all of you who provided thoughtful advice and shared your own experiences. I'll post again after we get results from PCR fecal test. And yes, the other thing I have thought of doing is trying a different food, which also totally makes sense.

Oh, so sorry, I forgot to respond to the last question!! Yes, Geoffrey did have and endoscopy with biopsy. Neither the IMVet nor I ever mentioned a full surgical biopsy. I felt the endoscopy with biopsy was necessary to determine if it was IBD or not.. It turned out to be IBD Plus Small Cell...

Often cats with thickening of the intestinal wall are suspected to have IBD and treated with steroids and if severe enough to think that it is intestinal lymphoma, they will sometimes treat with chlorambucil on alternating days with the steroids. Cerenia is a common drug used with IBD as well...

did your vet ever say it might be lymphoma? my vet said that it isn't common among cats who are as young as mine, but he can't be 100% sure based on just age. i feel like the wind has been knocked out of me. the way people write about ibd online makes it sound like its just as bad as lymphoma...

Well, she did poop, that's good. But I'm very sorry to hear she's more wobbly. I'm stubborn like you, @noise, when a cat isn't feeling good. I sometimes, no often, have to back off so I don't stress the cat. But it's very hard to know what's too much and what's okay: sometimes it's that fifth...