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same experience with my cat, Pussum. we had to euthanize him last august after he started limping and it turned out to be aggressive fibrosarcoma in his leg tha

same experience with my cat, Pussum. we had to euthanize him last august after he started limping and it turned out to be aggressive fibrosarcoma in his leg that already progressed to his pelvis and would have required at least a hemipelvectomy with an uncertain recovery prognosis. we euthanized him at home 3 months after diagnosis (they told us he had only a couple weeks) when he became too weak and unable to urinate and poop. it was gut–wrenching to have him die before his time while i held him. i hate to think it was a shitty vaccine, since it started close to an injection site at some point after we took him to a slightly less expensive vaccination visit at a Petco. he was an indoor/outdoor cat, so he needed the full regimen. stupid stoic cats don't tell you what's wrong before it's too late. he was only 9 :(

AIMunchkin 10y ago
Same thing happened to my cat, I took it to the vet to have a bladder stone removed, and I left with a 2 month terminal cancer diagnosis for her. At least she got a month of life without the bladder stone before she wasted away. Stupid stoic cats indeed. The only way I could tell she had the bladder stone was when she started peeing outside the litter box. Miss her to this day.
- DanHulton 10y ago
  Similar thing with my cat, Lancelot. When we adopted him, we were told he was about 7 years, but he had a really shitty mouth from living in the wild (and a sore above his tail and an eye infection), so we planned on getting his mouth fixed ASAP. We brought him in, dropped about $2k on dental work, but during prep for the surgery, they discovered he had a kidney disease that was only common in older cats, like 12-15. So he was around twice as old as we thought he was. So on to kidney-healthy food he went and we prepared to only have maybe a couple years with our wonderful boy, when during a routine check-up to see how the food was working, we discovered a large mass. Cancerous or not, it was right on his pancreas, and any operation would have left serious doubts of recovery, especially considering his state. We had him for about three months after fixing his mouth. He was a lot happier for it, and we don't begrudge the money and improvement of his lifestyle, but damn, to go from "we're fixing your mouth so you can have a long and healthy life" to euthanizing the poor guy four months later really fuckin' stung. If cats weren't so stoic we could maybe have done something about it while it was still small enough to safely operate.

AIMunchkin 10y ago

Same thing happened to my cat, I took it to the vet to have a bladder stone removed, and I left with a 2 month terminal cancer diagnosis for her. At least she got a month of life without the bladder stone before she wasted away. Stupid stoic cats indeed. The only way I could tell she had the bladder stone was when she started peeing outside the litter box. Miss her to this day.

DanHulton 10y ago
Similar thing with my cat, Lancelot. When we adopted him, we were told he was about 7 years, but he had a really shitty mouth from living in the wild (and a sore above his tail and an eye infection), so we planned on getting his mouth fixed ASAP. We brought him in, dropped about $2k on dental work, but during prep for the surgery, they discovered he had a kidney disease that was only common in older cats, like 12-15. So he was around twice as old as we thought he was. So on to kidney-healthy food he went and we prepared to only have maybe a couple years with our wonderful boy, when during a routine check-up to see how the food was working, we discovered a large mass. Cancerous or not, it was right on his pancreas, and any operation would have left serious doubts of recovery, especially considering his state. We had him for about three months after fixing his mouth. He was a lot happier for it, and we don't begrudge the money and improvement of his lifestyle, but damn, to go from "we're fixing your mouth so you can have a long and healthy life" to euthanizing the poor guy four months later really fuckin' stung. If cats weren't so stoic we could maybe have done something about it while it was still small enough to safely operate.