I took my baby boy to the vet a few days ago, because I saw a smallish unusual mark/raised area on his tounge. He has also lost some weight, but I thought that was from our reccent move, this house is much larger than our old one, so he is getting more exercise.
Vet did blood work, he said that it was perfect, that Codys blood work looked like a kitten. we also did a thyroid test. He went over the results with me, and they were all in normal range. (the print out had normal values on it & Codys values.) The vet was more concerned about Cody's weight loss. He didn't seen THAT concerned about Cody's tounge, he seemed to think it was just a marking like Chow Chows have. But I know for a fact that Cody did not have this mark before. I check my cats' teeth/mouth regularly for this exact reason.
The vet did not reccomend doing a biopsy, I asked. He said that Cody would have to be put under for the biopsy and to just watch it closely and to make sure that Cody doesn't loose any more weight. He said if anything changes to bring him back. Cody weighed 11.5 a few months ago, now he weighs 9.5. The vet said it may just be a mark, something else, or melanoma....
I am so afraid. I have always had this bad feeling that Cody would not live a normal lifespan (he will be 6yrs in july), he means more to me than anything in the whole world. He is my heart kitty, I have 4 other cats, but they are not as connected to me as Cody is.
I don't know what to do. I could demad a biopsy, but if it IS cancer I am afraid that a Biopsy would make it flare up and enter his blood stream. I have seen cancer in a few animals, everyone in my family has pets and several have had dogs with cancer. The dogs who had the cancer removed, the cancer came back and spread very rapidly, the dogs died not long after. The dogs who didn't have the cancer removed lived 2-4yrs after diagnosis. Damned if I do, damned if I don't.
If it IS cancer, I do not want it removed. I don't even think it could be removed, it's on the center of his tounge. So even if I did get a biopsy and found out that it was cancer, there isn't much to do.
Right now I am just focusing on his weight, I am giving him Nurti-Cal and letting him eat whatever he wants. (he doesn't really like much people food, so he is getting as much Nutro as he wants)
I try not to think about it. I have been keeping myself busy, it's all I can to to keep from obsessiong over this. I took a few pics of it, I plan on taking pics every week to see if it has shrunk/grew. It's hard to get a good pic of though.
Does anyone have any ideas? What more can I do????
Please pray that Cody gets better,he gains weight, that it isn't cancer, and that the mark on his tounge goes away.
Vet did blood work, he said that it was perfect, that Codys blood work looked like a kitten. we also did a thyroid test. He went over the results with me, and they were all in normal range. (the print out had normal values on it & Codys values.) The vet was more concerned about Cody's weight loss. He didn't seen THAT concerned about Cody's tounge, he seemed to think it was just a marking like Chow Chows have. But I know for a fact that Cody did not have this mark before. I check my cats' teeth/mouth regularly for this exact reason.
The vet did not reccomend doing a biopsy, I asked. He said that Cody would have to be put under for the biopsy and to just watch it closely and to make sure that Cody doesn't loose any more weight. He said if anything changes to bring him back. Cody weighed 11.5 a few months ago, now he weighs 9.5. The vet said it may just be a mark, something else, or melanoma....
I don't know what to do. I could demad a biopsy, but if it IS cancer I am afraid that a Biopsy would make it flare up and enter his blood stream. I have seen cancer in a few animals, everyone in my family has pets and several have had dogs with cancer. The dogs who had the cancer removed, the cancer came back and spread very rapidly, the dogs died not long after. The dogs who didn't have the cancer removed lived 2-4yrs after diagnosis. Damned if I do, damned if I don't.
If it IS cancer, I do not want it removed. I don't even think it could be removed, it's on the center of his tounge. So even if I did get a biopsy and found out that it was cancer, there isn't much to do.
Right now I am just focusing on his weight, I am giving him Nurti-Cal and letting him eat whatever he wants. (he doesn't really like much people food, so he is getting as much Nutro as he wants)
I try not to think about it. I have been keeping myself busy, it's all I can to to keep from obsessiong over this. I took a few pics of it, I plan on taking pics every week to see if it has shrunk/grew. It's hard to get a good pic of though.
Does anyone have any ideas? What more can I do????
Please pray that Cody gets better,he gains weight, that it isn't cancer, and that the mark on his tounge goes away.
