When do you know? Cancer related.

[Wolfiefan]

I have one remaining ancient girl cat. Last year she lost weight, went to the vets, was given food for sensitive tums and put on weight. In the last few weeks she has lost lots of weight. Back to vets. Lump in tummy. Booked in for a scan on Wednesday but don't know if she would survive surgery and I don't know if I can face pinning her to the floor every day to force tablets down her as a palliative measure.
Background. Her son had cancer in this area and we lost him a couple of years ago. It was horrid. She's eating, pottering about and seems happy in herself. Her fur is getting really matted (semi long hair) literally overnight.
I just want to cry. Bloody animals!

We had the same with ours a couple of weeks ago. It also affected her kidneys, and in the end she went downhill very very quickly. We had lengthy chats with the vet about it, and decided that as long as she was eating and drinking, and happy in herself, we'd keep going. He thought we could go on like that for a few months, but in the end, she stopped eating one day, stopped drinking the day after that, and we knew it was time. I suppose it depends on exactly where the tumour is. Hers was her intestine, which meant that she felt full, which was why she stopped eating.

I think you'll know.

So sorry to hear this wolfie we lost our puss 2 weeks ago to cancer.

Cats are so resilient and carry on gamely going about business as usual for much longer than a person would, this makes it so harder for us to know how poorly they are sometimes.

But for us we knew when she stopped eating.

I think it may well be intestinal. She is eating ok at the moment. I'm just worried they may want her on steroids and I don't fancy spending her last weeks sitting on her everyday to give pills. I'm scared if I don't she will end up with a blocked bowel.
I suppose I should just take a deep calming breath and wait for the scan.
Thanks for the replies.

Ours was on steroids and antibiotics at the end, but the vet game them as long lasting injections; so no trying to force tablets down her neck, which we were thankful for.

I always say when the bad days equal the good days.

Tablets you can put them in cheesy wotsits, philly cheese, primula, prawns, chunks of cheddar. Use the 1,2,3 approach the first bit doesn't contain table the second does the third doesn't.

I will ask about the lasting injections. She is a dainty eater so I can't hide tablets.