Ohh I ment melanoma...

 

That is disturbing. I've never seen anything like it. If you have any veterinary ophthalmologists there in Sweden, that's who I would recommend you have examine your cat.

Please update us on the results of her vet exam.

I wish you and your cat the best,

Laurie

 

Ohh I hope I can find a specialist...I don't think we don't have many of those here though... I'll post updates tomorrow after I get an appointment!

 

Wow, good luck. Hope it's nothing serious.

 

Thanks.. I hope so too

 

No idea, but I'm dropping off hugs and healing vibes!

 

Thank you! <3

 

Got an appointment on wednesday..
Still noone that have had a cat with an eye like this?

 

Alexis,
Contact Marcia by PM...
You can tell her, 10Cats sent you!
She had a Beautiful furbaby by the name of Missy, a senior kitty, that had severe eye issues, that required surgery...
That second picture really reminds me of what Missy had...
Sequestium? I know that's not spelled right...
Hugs and Prayers for you and your baby.
Sharon

 

If you are referring to the gooey looking brown stuff at the top of the eyeball, that could very well be a corneal sequestrum. Look it up on google but I'm warning the pics can be disturbing. Yes, the CS requires surgical removal under anesthesia. My Missy (my avatar) had them and had to get them surgically removed many times. They were so embedded they had to repatch with a graft. It's painful and she would have lost the eye(s) if I had hesitated and waited so you are wise to get a consultation. Ask for referral to an animal eye specialist. DO NOT LET YOUR VET WASTE TIME TRYING HOME REMEDIES - GET A REFERRAL RIGHT AWAY!!! Trust me, I learned this the hard way and it almost cost double to do a graft when a simple surgical removal would have worked up front but I wasted precious time and tons of $$$ letting my doc try to deal with it.

 

Marcia,
Thank You for replying to Alexis's thread!
Sharon

 

Ohh thank you both for the responses!

Corneal sequestrum really looks scary! Poor Missy How is her eye(s) now?

Comparing the pictures on google with my cats eye I notice one difference though... The "blob" on her eye is somewhat thick and velvety textured... Like a big lump of brown extra iris... Can corneal sequestrum also look like this or is it always "oily"-looking?

 

Alexis,
I would think how it looks is going to vary, from cat to cat, just like in people, who may show differences...tho' it's the same disease...
I hope you can find a Specialist to look at her eye soon!!

Sadly for Marcia, Missy went to the "Bridge" earlier this year...Missy was very much loved, not only by Marcia, but by some of us here as well...
Sharon

 

Ohh I'm very sorry to hear that. She was very beautiful, I bet her personality was too...

You're right about it looking different from cat to cat... Only 12 hours until I know (hopefully) for sure what it is she have

 

Holding your hand as you wait- hoping for the best possible outcome!

 

Alexis, Hoping and praying for some good news...or at least an early diagnosis, so some treatment can begin...
Hugs and prayers!
Sharon

 

Alexis, please keep us posted. I would be very interested to hear what this is - especially if it is the same as what Missy had. My baby girl had such gorgeous eyes until her first surgery. She was elderly even then so it was hard on her but she was always my loveable little baby girl. In Missy's case, the blob looked like mucous and the eye surgeon was able to freeze her eye and remove bits with tweezers but surgery was always ultimately performed. Sadly it kept coming back over the years. She finally passed at almost 20 years old after several surgeries and years of battling this, despite our efforts. All I ever wanted for her was to NOT lose her eyes and to be relatively comfortable. She was a feisty, sweet old girl and we miss her dearly.

 

Thank you so much for the support Speechie, Sharon and Marcia!

Ohh I'm very glad to hear that Missy got to live so long despite the eye problem. Freezing her eye and removing bits both sound scary och amazing. I'm very sorry for your loss
I'm afraid I have bad news about my cat... They said it was a tumor and they don't know how bad it is. They will be contacting an eye specialist, but it seems that a removal of the eye is neccessary in either case... Since she's an indoor cat I believe she will be ok, but I'm somewhat scared about if it have spread to some other part of her body.. All I can do now is wait, I suppose..

 

Oh no, Alexis...I'm so sorry to hear of your kitty's diagnosis.
I'm hoping the eye specialist will know what treatments to be done and do it with expertise to make your kitty feel comfortable, even after sugery. Crossing my fingers that all goes well and she does fine in recovery!

 

Thank you!! I hope so too... I bet she will kick the cancer's butt!

 

I'm sorry to hear this, but to be honest, my vet thought it was cancer too until the eye specialist looked at it. Wait for the referral before your imagination takes over. It may not be quite as bad as you think. The worst part were all the meds afterwards. I had to keep an excel spreadsheet with meds/times/days just to keep it all straight.

Here are two pictures of her. She had surgery on both eyes years apart. She adapted will to the large loss of sight in one eye, but the second eye surgery took a toll on her and caused her to lose quite a bit of sight that she found difficult to deal with in her cranky old age.

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I'm sorry to hear this, but to be honest, my vet thought it was cancer too until the eye specialist looked at it.

She's so beautiful! Ohh and it was on both eyes as well I bet getting old and having eye problems arent the best combination..
It looks a bit different from my cats eye though as she don't have that white film on the pupil only brown mushroomy growth on the iris... I hope the eye specialist will call soon!

 

So sorry for the diagnosis, and I am sending out prayers for the best possible outcome!
Hoping the specialist has some more information for you

 

I never took pictures of the brownish/black gooey mucus stuff except in the bottom picture where it was starting to come back AGAIN. They were able to remove it without using a second graft on that eye. The white film is post surgery. That is the graft that they sewed on the eyeball when the CS was removed. They essentially had to scoop it out then cover the hole with the patch using teeny tiny stitches.

 

Alexis,
I'm with Marcia on this...wait till she sees the specialist...it may not be cancer...
Whatever is found out, at least you'll be able to get a plan of "attack" going quickly...
It is imperative, to quickly move on this, whichever diagnosis, is decided...
As Marcia said earlier, don't waste time or money with your basic vet!

She's a Gorgeous Girl, by the way!
(((HUGS))) and Prayers,
Sharon

 

Sendings lots of positive thoughts your way Alexis! The most important thing is that you get the correct diagnosis. I hope that whatever the diagnosis is, the treatment will not be hard on your kitty!

 

Thank you Spirite, Speechie, Marcia and Sharon for your much positive thoughts, you have helped me alot in this mess
I'm afraid it's been confirmed now by an eye specialist that it is a (benign) tumor... She will have surgery to remove her eye on wednesday

 

Aww, sorry they have to remove her eye,...but, I am relieved they feel it is benign.
Healing vibes and prayers for your sweet kitty, prayers of guidance for the surgeon and medical team, and hugs from afar. It is so hard when your kitty is going through surgery.
Hang in there, we are all rooting for you and for your kitty!

 

Ohh my english is so bad, I ment the bad type of cancer *goes to google*... malignant?
Thank you! <3

edit: Malignant melanoma, that's the term I was looking for...

 

Oh no! That is not good-
I am sorry to hear that they think it is malignant.
Many more prayers and vibes for you and your sweet kitty!
Did they say anything about her recovery?
Feel free to come here and get support any time.
Many of us know what it's like to go through surgery with our beloved kitties

 

They said it was an easy procedure, so that's good! Though it can't feel too good after having an eye removed I'm gonna do what I can to prepare for making it as comfortable as possible for her at home..
I'm very glad there are so many helpful people on this forum!

Aww I am so sorry the diagnosis was such a horrible outcome. I will be thinking of you both on surgery day and hope that this part goes without a hitch. Big hugs

Thank you so much <3

Have her blood pressure checked as soon as you can...
I had this happen to one of my rescue kitties and she had high blood pressure and kidney issues.

Ohh... I'll see if the vet can check this! Thanks!