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I'm not new here and have posted in the past about my cat's breathing issues. It's never ending at this point as we have been to many different vets and tried different treatments. I will say he has improved after we eliminated chicken from his diet. He doesn't have coughing fits anymore. He has chronic congestion and no amount of steaming helps. He's been given off label nose drops from one vet who was convinced it would do the trick. It did nothing. He was on an inhaler at one point which seemed to help for a while then didn't work anymore. I was paying hundreds of dollars for just one inhaler. He got a steroid shot from a vet that was convinced its allergies and had me get air purifiers and dust more often. The steroid shot did work for months but during that time he developed skin issues which turned into a sore, and after this is when his issues got worse. He had a mass growing in his nose after the steroid shot. We got the CT scan and biopsy and the oncologist said it's not cancer. The only thing they are finding with him is high wbc. They sent him home after that saying theres not much else they could do as the mass was removed and it wasn't cancer. They referred me to a regular vet. The option that vet gave me was oral steroids for the rest of his life. I did research and felt like we could do better than that. Thats when he was taken to another vet that said the nose drops are better since his issue is nasal inflammation. That didn't work. We tried a holistic vet after this that told me the steroids and vaccines probably caused his immune system to go crazy and with him already having herpes as a kitten it caused this chronic nasal congestion and inflammation. He's now on dmg which has helped a little bit. I noticed inside of his nostril the tissue is swollen, and when he breathes in he flares his nostril a bit so the opening is bigger to get more air. I'm thinking oral steroids are the only option at this point. Can my cat still live a good long life on steroids? I don't want to put him on that and suddenly he has worse problems as a result. Is there a such thing as nasal steroids? He's been through it all xrays, ct scan, blood work, different meds I can't keep putting him through this.