I posted a week or so ago about my cat excessively licking his lips, then him having his jaw slightly askew and then a hard lump just popping out on his chin. Literally this lump was not there at all on the Saturday and then bam - it was there on the Monday.
The vet assessed it and was able to feel a ~4 cm mass which she is pretty certain is cancer. She only gave him 2-4 weeks to live.
If anyone has gone through this before, please tell me about potential biopsies and risks (we were told she worried the jaw bone might be too compromised to do a biopsy)? How did it all go down and progress? Did you try anything?
We are not thinking surgery since the prognosis is very poop and our cat is 16, has kidney disease and mild heart disease so we don't feel that would be fair at all. We are looking into keeping him around as long as we can as long as he is not suffering. He is currently on antibiotics and pain killers; definitely eats a bit less but we're not sure if that's because of the mass, the CKD, or the antibiotics making him feel ill. We are going to add Cerenia to the mix to see if it helps.
The general thought I get from other communities is that their cat was acting normal until the end and that they ended up helping them cross because the mass became too much and they wouldn't eat.
I'm not sure what I'm looking for really; I am just so very absolutely devastated.
The vet assessed it and was able to feel a ~4 cm mass which she is pretty certain is cancer. She only gave him 2-4 weeks to live.
If anyone has gone through this before, please tell me about potential biopsies and risks (we were told she worried the jaw bone might be too compromised to do a biopsy)? How did it all go down and progress? Did you try anything?
We are not thinking surgery since the prognosis is very poop and our cat is 16, has kidney disease and mild heart disease so we don't feel that would be fair at all. We are looking into keeping him around as long as we can as long as he is not suffering. He is currently on antibiotics and pain killers; definitely eats a bit less but we're not sure if that's because of the mass, the CKD, or the antibiotics making him feel ill. We are going to add Cerenia to the mix to see if it helps.
The general thought I get from other communities is that their cat was acting normal until the end and that they ended up helping them cross because the mass became too much and they wouldn't eat.
I'm not sure what I'm looking for really; I am just so very absolutely devastated.