Thank you for your replies Belinda. We are on the lymphoma list - this is kind of what convinced me to take him to the oncologist today to see what she thought. She basically said that given his status, chemo (various protocols) could buy him 2-3 more months on average and that 50% of cats statistically will do better than that and some worse and of course that all cats may respond differently.
We have an appt Monday for the first chemo IV (UW Madison CHOP protocol) but I can cancel it also. I am going to think on this over the weekend. The main thing is that he has quality of life. Last week on Tues and Wed I thought he was dying on me. A week of prenisolone, he is a different cat for the better. I know that won't last unless I try something else like chemo or other treatment. I don't have any false hopes. I can just say I'm grateful for all the feedback you've given and that everyone on this group has given us. It helps so much that you don't feel like you are going through it alone (unfortunate that we all have to be here though because of the circumstances). I know I need to decide by Monday if he's going through the chemo or not because his form is aggressive and the cells will become smart to the prednisolone. So far just from the pred, the tumor shrank about 30%. The vet was hoping for more but the fact that it did respond was good she said. His cancer is a mediastinal cranial mass just behind his armpit - it originally was about 2.5cm and shrank 30% at least whatever that is in size now. Purrs, Spanky and Stacy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:34:24 -0800 From: Belinda Sauro <ma...@bemikitties.com> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Spanky has large cell lymphoma Message-ID: <4cf7e6b0.6050...@bemikitties.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Stacy, I don't know if you already are on the feline lymphoma list but if you aren't i would suggest it, it is a wonderful list for support and treatment options. You can find it here if you are interested: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/feline_lymphoma/ _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
