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First off, I am so thankful to have found this site. Last October a large mast cell tumor was removed from my cat, Baxter's side. The pathology showed it was stage one, which was a great relief. Then two months ago I found small bb sized balls on him. All together 8 of them. Some on his shoulders, one on his head, etc. I was about to go into the hospital so it was about a month before I could get him to the vet. By that time three had grown to about 1cm and were more flattened out some and no longer the "ball" they were before. The vet aspirated one and the pathology confirmed it was mast cell tumors. I had three choices, chemotherapy, radiation, or we could try prednisolone. The vet said that there were too many to consider surgery. I opted for the prednisolone since it was the least invasive as well as the easiest on Baxter. After two weeks of 5mg of prednisolone, twice a day, the tumors seemed to have shrunk some. He's now on 5mg once a day. I have a appointment with the vet in two days and would like to discuss what options I have now for him. That's why I'm here. I've read some of the posts and saw that there were so many informed and kind people on here that maybe some of you might have any suggestions. I don't want him to end up covered in these things. I shudder to think of him being on prednisolone the rest of his life. I've also read about new chemotherapy using Pallidia, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in the treatment of dogs with mast cell tumors. Unfortunately, it hasn't been approved in cats but studies sound promising. So I aplogise for the long post. Any and all comments, suggestions, personal experience with mast cell tumors in cats, or any information you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all for being here.