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So you found a surgeon! That's good. Gabby is still doing fine, but not eating or drinking. They did have to take her whole lower jaw. Hopefully if they caught your cat's cancer quick enough they might just take part of the jaw, that might make it easier for them to figure out how to eat again...

Yes she has an e-tube. Quality of life is good I'd say. She still enjoys life, just would be better qol if she could eat on her own. Our oncologist was against surgery too. Kept pushing radiation even though online radiation alone had mixed results and surgery and surgery/ radiation was best...

Sorry about your cat! Squamous cell carcinoma? Not really any new developments unfortunately. It's been two and a half months and still not eating/drinking. They said it sometimes takes up to three, but I'm not optimistic. I'd get the surgery ASAP if you're serious about it. We kinda got the...

By the way, did your cat just have a single suture? Or was it attached in a couple different places? I asked for more than one suture and she said she couldn't do it but I didn't understand the reason. I dont like there's just one string holding it on.

Thanks. I did have a pad under there, but my boyfriend took it out because it wasn't bleeding or anything anymore and he thought it was unnecessary. But you're saying it helps protect the suture too?

Hello, after five and half weeks my cat's stoma scabbed over and the suture fell out along with it. The vet said it was normal to replace the suture after about this amount of time. She redid it, but now after four days it is out again! She charged 90 bucks. Do you think she should redo it for...

Yep that's the study I read. I'll e-mail the surgeon to find out more about feeding her. He wasn't at her discharge, just the vet student.

Thanks for the link for the cancer group.

She's been home about a week now after four days at the vet. They told us some cats learn to eat again, but it could take up to three months. But didn't give any advice on reintroducing food. Yes she has a feeding tube. I saw a case study where only 12% of cats never learned to eat again, but...

Hello, a week and a half ago my cat had a radical mandibulectomy for squamous cell carcinoma and I was hoping to find other people whose cats have been through this to get some advice. Did your cat learn to eat again? How long did it take? How soon did you introduce food? Thanks.