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Super_Ideal_Rock
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remember my january thread re being depressed? [cat diagnosed with cancer; goats killed].
well, now i'm really depressed: my Rusty cat age 12 has been diagnosed with lung cancer, and probably a nasty malignant one. the treatment is surgery to remove his upper left lung lobe. however, this is the cat that almost died after surgery complications for a much less complicated surgery in february of last year. complicating it is he's got kidney disease and is on thyroid medication as well as been getting asthma medication for several years. he's had weight loss and loss of appetite but is not coughing more than before, and perhaps even less actually.
my original reaction is that i just cannot put him through this. i almost lived at the vet's a year ago and i saw what he went through. of course, dying from cancer ain't no bed of roses either...... the only other option is to let nature take its course, medications for symptoms as the arrise, and knowing for a fact that a decison to end his life is going to be sooner rather than later. the prognisis after surgery [if he survives that] is all dependent upon what the lab says about the removed lobe/tumor. could be short, could be some years.
i am upset and have been for days and off/on with tears as well.
wish us luck in making this decision.....
the good news: Harley, 18 year old male cat, is responding to his medication slowly but positively. his cancer is of the stomach lining and a much less problematic cancer.
afraid its time for more tears.......
well, now i'm really depressed: my Rusty cat age 12 has been diagnosed with lung cancer, and probably a nasty malignant one. the treatment is surgery to remove his upper left lung lobe. however, this is the cat that almost died after surgery complications for a much less complicated surgery in february of last year. complicating it is he's got kidney disease and is on thyroid medication as well as been getting asthma medication for several years. he's had weight loss and loss of appetite but is not coughing more than before, and perhaps even less actually.
my original reaction is that i just cannot put him through this. i almost lived at the vet's a year ago and i saw what he went through. of course, dying from cancer ain't no bed of roses either...... the only other option is to let nature take its course, medications for symptoms as the arrise, and knowing for a fact that a decison to end his life is going to be sooner rather than later. the prognisis after surgery [if he survives that] is all dependent upon what the lab says about the removed lobe/tumor. could be short, could be some years.
i am upset and have been for days and off/on with tears as well.
wish us luck in making this decision.....
the good news: Harley, 18 year old male cat, is responding to his medication slowly but positively. his cancer is of the stomach lining and a much less problematic cancer.
afraid its time for more tears.......