Feline Cancer: Looking For Some Answers

Posted by on March 27, 2011 · 3 Comments 

Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: I have a 14 year old DSH female that had surgery a few weeks ago to remove two small masses in her colon. The masses have been determined to be mast cell cancer. Her oncologist has suggested chemotherapy for her, but I am not sure if I want to put her through that. I have been trying to find more information on-line about feline cancer but have been having trouble finding anything useful.... Read More

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How could my vet have missed widespread cancer?

Posted by on August 8, 2010 · 4 Comments 

Dear Most Esteemed and Knowledgeable Kitties: My beloved 8-year-old cat, Spinx, had closed pyometra in April of of this year. We didn’t know that; we had taken her in for a lump we found near her nipple. The vet said the lump might be breast cancer, but the pyometra was more serious. He said do the surgery for that first and then deal with the lump and that’s what we did. The surgery went well and she came home and within 2 days was... Read More

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