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im new to this site and wanted any information anyone could give on cat cancer. my cat is a 15 year old indoor cat, who has never had any health problems except for his teeth. a few years ago his face swelled up a bit and he scratched the spot till the fur came off. we brought him to the vet, they said it was a tooth problem, took care of it, and the swelling went down. a month or so ago, his face started to swell again. we took him, they again said it was a tooth issue, removed it, cleaned the rest, said they saw no signs of a tumor, and told us to let them know if the swelling didnt go down in a week or so. it didnt, we brought him back, the vet felt his face a little and claimed it to be cancer.
it's been about 2-3 weeks since we got this diagnosis. we decided not to spend the hundreds of dollars to give him the screening to find out if its actually cancer, as he's kind of old and hates being transported around, plus they said they dont like to sedate old cats if they can help it. even if he has it, we could never afford the thousdands of dollars treatment that wouldnt save him. we decided to just watch him and when his quality of life decreased, to take the right action.
2 weeks or so in i was optimistic, his behavior did not change and the swelling didn't appear to get worse. but over the last week, it has increased, he drools out of the side of his mouth that the swelling is on. however, he's still completely the same. he seriously acts as if he doesn't even realize it's there.
what's the deal here? does he have cancer? if so, when would it start to pain him? how long before he acts different? he still seems to be eating and drinking. any feedback is appreciated. im so scared to lose him forever, im a 23 year old college guy and hes been my best bud since i was 8. ive started to accept that he may go very soon, but i just wanted to know if anyone had any answers.... thank you...
it's been about 2-3 weeks since we got this diagnosis. we decided not to spend the hundreds of dollars to give him the screening to find out if its actually cancer, as he's kind of old and hates being transported around, plus they said they dont like to sedate old cats if they can help it. even if he has it, we could never afford the thousdands of dollars treatment that wouldnt save him. we decided to just watch him and when his quality of life decreased, to take the right action.
2 weeks or so in i was optimistic, his behavior did not change and the swelling didn't appear to get worse. but over the last week, it has increased, he drools out of the side of his mouth that the swelling is on. however, he's still completely the same. he seriously acts as if he doesn't even realize it's there.
what's the deal here? does he have cancer? if so, when would it start to pain him? how long before he acts different? he still seems to be eating and drinking. any feedback is appreciated. im so scared to lose him forever, im a 23 year old college guy and hes been my best bud since i was 8. ive started to accept that he may go very soon, but i just wanted to know if anyone had any answers.... thank you...