I wondered if anyone had any experience of giving their cat chemotherapy.
Our cat is 14 and has just been diagnosed with cancer. The tumour is affecting her absorption of food and she's been very sick in recent weeks. She's also been losing weight (unsurprisingly). As a result she had a scan yesterday where they found the tumour and we're just waiting for the biopsy results. My husband and I had discussed the likely outcomes before the scan because we suspected it was cancer and agreed that we didn't want anything invasive to happen to her we would rather let her go now as she's clearly suffering. She's also arthritic in her elbows (and we can no longer give her painkillers because of her sickness and the tumour) and deaf. It just felt like the right thing. However the vet is suggesting chemotherapy to give her another 6 months or so. They have said that chemotherapy doesn't make cats sick and will take her back to how she was a month ago and whilst it won't cure her it will give her a few more quality months. We're now considering this but any sign she's not enjoying life and we'll let her go. I was wondering if anyone else had given their cat chemotherapy and how well they cope with it day to day.