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  1. deathvalleyqueen

    Lump Biopsied & I Need to Be Talked Off the Proverbial Ledge

    I heard back from the surgeon and the prognosis is so very bad. The mass on his head is breaking down bone in his skull and is heading towards his brain. He doesn’t recommend surgery because the mass will grow back quickly. He recommended I keep the appointment with the radiation oncologist we...
  2. deathvalleyqueen

    Lump Biopsied & I Need to Be Talked Off the Proverbial Ledge

    Can we please catch a break, please? In my last post, I mentioned that the surgeon was waiting for the radiologist report before discussing the surgery. That was a week ago. After not hearing from the surgeon, I called the office today. The front desk let me know that the surgeon only received...
  3. deathvalleyqueen

    Lump Biopsied & I Need to Be Talked Off the Proverbial Ledge

    It’s the caring that’s difficult, really feeling the weight of having Coco’s life in my hands. I’ve cared for someone dying of cancer, but they had agency, could tell me how they were feeling, make decisions about their treatment. Here, it’s all on me. And, hearing that it may have spread—after...
  4. deathvalleyqueen

    Lump Biopsied & I Need to Be Talked Off the Proverbial Ledge

    I just feel like I’ve failed. The time it took get the biopsy scheduled and the first surgical consult scheduled and then today’s consult/scan scheduled. 6 weeks in total. So much time. I tried as hard as I could to get him in places faster. But maybe I could have been more forceful, maybe if I...
  5. deathvalleyqueen

    Lump Biopsied & I Need to Be Talked Off the Proverbial Ledge

    Another Update: The surgery that was scheduled for today didn’t happen. The surgeon wanted to get a CT scan before going in. He’s going to send the scan out to the radiologist. However, on initial review, he said it looked like the mass may have spread into the nasal cavity, which doesn’t sound...
  6. deathvalleyqueen

    Lump Biopsied & I Need to Be Talked Off the Proverbial Ledge

    So, update time: We got in to see the surgeon for the consult last week. He says it’s unlikely he’ll get clean margins because of the size of the mass and it’s location, so radiation would be needed after. Disappointing to be sure but I wasn’t entirely surprised because, just looking at it from...
  7. deathvalleyqueen

    Lump Biopsied & I Need to Be Talked Off the Proverbial Ledge

    I am so sorry to hear about the lymphoma diagnosis but am glad you’re able to get an oncology appointment. Perhaps they’ll be able to get y’all in sooner on a cancellation? But, you know, I’m so frustrated with myself. Earlier today, I was a weeping mess because I was being shut down by every...
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    Lump Biopsied & I Need to Be Talked Off the Proverbial Ledge

    After calling around to vets in three states for the last couple of days, I got a surgical consult for the end of next week with a Blue Pearl within a half hour of me. I am so relieved because I was despairing of getting Coco in somewhere. It seemed everywhere was a month or more out, or not...
  9. deathvalleyqueen

    Lump Biopsied & I Need to Be Talked Off the Proverbial Ledge

    Thank you all for your kind words; it does mean a lot. I’m still crying off and on, though I am trying to hold it together. I had planned on taking Coco to the Surgical Oncology department at the Animal Medical Center here in NYC but they have no openings until October and the sarcoma needs to...
  10. deathvalleyqueen

    NYC Surgery/Oncology Recommendations Needed!

    Does anyone have recommendations for a veterinary practice in NYC with a surgeon and oncologist on staff? My 9-year-old cat was diagnosed with a soft tissue sarcoma that needs to be removed within the next two weeks. Unfortunately, Animal Medical Center’s Surgical Oncology department doesn’t...
  11. deathvalleyqueen

    Lump Biopsied & I Need to Be Talked Off the Proverbial Ledge

    To give an update, my baby Coco has a soft tissue sarcoma. He’ll need to get surgery and, if they aren’t able to get clean margins, chemotherapy. We’re trying to get him in with a surgical oncologist within the next two weeks. I’m absolutely devastated. I never prayed harder in my life for...
  12. deathvalleyqueen

    Lump Biopsied & I Need to Be Talked Off the Proverbial Ledge

    I’m I found this place and people who can understand where I’m coming from. You are absolutely right about enjoying how awesome Coco is. He’s been all about the pets and cuddles since his surgery yesterday, and it’s not fair to him to be surrounding him in my negative energy. I don’t know...
  13. deathvalleyqueen

    Lump Biopsied & I Need to Be Talked Off the Proverbial Ledge

    Thanks so much for your response! And, going for a walk, get some errands done, and, most importantly, staying away from the internet for awhile really did help to shift my focus and break out of the cocoon of negative thinking I had wrapped myself up in since yesterday. So, my aim is going...
  14. deathvalleyqueen

    Lump Biopsied & I Need to Be Talked Off the Proverbial Ledge

    I took my 9-year-old cat Coco yesterday morning to the vet to have a cyst on his head drained/removed. However, it turned out not to be a cyst but a mass. They took a section of it to biopsy and culture, and I’ll know the results by the end of next week. I am so scared for him and have been...
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