[Felvtalk] Nasal Ca

[ROBERT CHAPEL]

Whatever you are most comfortable Katherine is the choice you should 
make... I have NO idea how uncomfortable it would be for your guy to 
remain alive throughout the process...    I'm a bad judge of such things 
as I am WAY over the top in my inability to watch an animal fail....   
When my last little guy was failing I had to Willfully stop from putting 
him down becuse _ I_ couldn't stand the pain of what was eventually 
coming....  If he is able to live without apparent discomfort and life 
does not appear a burden to him then by all means... go with 
palliative......   I know too little about cancer treatment for cats to 
advise in another other direction....

Bob


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> [Felvtalk] Nasal carcinoma :(
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> My sweet, dear 14 yo FeLV boy Krammer was just diagnosed with 
> aggressive
> nasal carcinoma. For the last 2 months, he has had a chronic 
> nosebleed. It
> started out small around Christmas, and since then his symptoms have
> included daily sneezing fits, bloody nasal discharge from one side of 
> his
> nose, and the recent appearance of a small pink mass in one of
> his nostrils which we thought was simply a polyp. We biopsied it last 
> week,
> and the results were not good. His mitotic indexes were high, with 
> 8-10 of
> them being in the 10 fields.
>
> Needless to say I'm devastated. It's hard to take, even when I've 
> spent the
> last 3 years half expecting something terrible every time we go to the 
> vet.
> :'( I'm talking to the vet later today for more information. My guess 
> is
> we'll opt for palliative care rather than radiation or chemotherapy, 
> due to
> his age, side effects, the rate of recurrence and my available 
> finances,
> but if anyone has suggestions, I'm happy to hear them out.
>
> Katherine
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