Hi all,
I've just found out that my beloved cat Cleo has mammary gland cancer. It has not yet spread to her lungs but it has to her lymph nodes.
I have to decide whether or not to put her through the two surgeries necessary to remove both sets of mammary glands and the lymph nodes in the area. My concern is that I don't want to put her through the trama and pain of surgery if it will not change to out come. There is a tumor that is about 2 to 3 centimeters in size, so typically this means she would only have 6 months to a max of one year, with or without surgery.
Has anyone out there been through this? Or had to go through major surgery with an older (11 years) cat?
Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.
Sara
I've just found out that my beloved cat Cleo has mammary gland cancer. It has not yet spread to her lungs but it has to her lymph nodes.
I have to decide whether or not to put her through the two surgeries necessary to remove both sets of mammary glands and the lymph nodes in the area. My concern is that I don't want to put her through the trama and pain of surgery if it will not change to out come. There is a tumor that is about 2 to 3 centimeters in size, so typically this means she would only have 6 months to a max of one year, with or without surgery.
Has anyone out there been through this? Or had to go through major surgery with an older (11 years) cat?
Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.
Sara