marley has cancer

this cat i have, marley, was diagnosed with cancer today. he's gotten fat over the last few years(he's only 6) after having a urinary tract infection. he began getting lazy.

the last two days, he's done nothing but sit around or lie down alone. he hisses whenever our other cat goes near him. the ultimately worrying sign was that he stopped eating. he'll eat a little bit of tuna out of my hand, but won't touch the dry food. so my mom and i took him to the vet yesterday morning.

had bloodwork done, got a call back tonight. he's been diagnosed with cancer, so taking him in again tomorrow for some kind of treatment. anybody else have experiences with their cats getting cancer? my friend had one, but she beat it.

No but I have a dog that is obese. I should probably start making him go on jogs with me before he gets some kind of disease. Good luck with your cat, I know what it feels like to have sick animals with an uncertain future around.

went back to the vet this morning, had a chemo therapy injection. he actually seems to be responding to it, cause he started eating on his own this morning.

Thats good. What did the doctor say his chances for survival would be? or did he just say its uncertain?

A year and a half ago I lost my 5 year old cat Clea to cancer, I took her in as a stray a couple years before, she had this wound on her neck that didn't look to good, but I thought that it would eventually heal, well it never did, I tried all the home treatments to get it to heal, none worked. Finally after having her for a couple years and she still had it scratched open, I took her into the vet. They cleaned it, gave her antibiotics and stitched her up. A couple weeks later I was investigating the area and I noticed a lump by the area, over the next couple weeks it got bigger an bigger, more lumps began forming all over her neck I took her into another vet and they did a biopsy, it came back cancerous and they diagnosed her with lymphocelioma(sp), and too far gone to have any hopes of surviving. So I was forced to put her down. It hurt bad. It was so unexpected, she was so young.

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Originally Posted by 40oz

Thats good. What did the doctor say his chances for survival would be? or did he just say its uncertain?

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it's uncertain for now. he's going back in next thursday for more blood work. hopefully caught it early.

I would think him being young would improve his chances. Good luck. I hope he gets better soon

Hope he gets better, modern vetinary care is fantastic so he's in with a really good chance

NCM and Dipsy (our cat)

unfortunately, he' not going to make it. fought it for a few months, but my mom and i are leaving in about 20 minutes to put him to sleep. thanks to everybody who responded.

I am so sorry to here that. I have a cat also and I can only image it that where happen to me. Once my condolences are with you and your family.