Prognosis and Life Expectancy for Feline Lymphoma: Vlog 99

✔️ In part 3 of this series on cat lymphoma, Dr Sue discusses cat lymphoma is treatable but less predictable than dogs. She explains why, and what this means for your cat.

✔️ Dr Sue talks about the most important predictors (aka prognostic factors) you need to know for your cat. These helps us predict a cat’s prognosis.

✔️ Dr Sue talks about protocol options and how that impacts prognosis, but be sure to come back for vlog 100 where Dr Sue will go through the protocol options for cat lymphoma in more detail. re I will go through the protocol options for cat lymphoma in more detail.

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[heatherl]

My beloved 5 year old male cat went through this 5 years ago. He required many vet visits to get fluids to keep him alive another day. He also needed daily meds to make him eat. Then he went on prednisone for several months. The prednisone made him ravenously hungry, after weeks of no hunger. The prednisone made him act like an energetic kitten at times, after him being only lethargic before that med. He still had hard days on prednisone too, but it was mixed with many good days.

When the vet gave him the prednisone prescription we were told that taking it would probably extend his life by 2 weeks- 2 months. He is still alive 5 years later!! He has not been sick since then.

Sadly the prednisone did ruin his metabolism, he is very overweight and cant seem to lose the extra pounds. But he has been alive and happy for 5 years, we are very grateful. ❤

[AnnaBaaanana]

My cat was diagnosed qoth large T cell lymphoma in January 2019. He had a mass removed from his intestines and we put him on steroids. After that, I chose not to do chemo because I was told that it wouldn't cure him but only propong his life to 6 months. I changed his diet and put him on NHV supplements. He went into remission for two and half years but unfortunately, his weight dropped dramatically by April this year. We put him back on steroids and his apetite came back. Unfortunately his body just couldn't keep the weight on and I decided ot was kinder to let him go in peace. He was such a warrior and I'm heartbroken.

[musicity]

My cat was 10 years old as she got ill with lymphoma... Suddenly she got very ill with typical gastrointestinal symptoms, she lost half of her weight, had no appetite. We took her to vet, he diagnosed lymphoma, sadly it was already pretty advanced, 4cm large lymphnodes alongside aorta... We started chemotherapy on Monday, sadly on Friday she died... What's worse I am in a foreign country and couldn't even see her and say goodbye for the last time. The disease destroyed her in less than two months. Despite prednisolone, that she received as a treatment and a first dose of chemotherapy. Nothing seemed to help. It was just too late. I am so sad, loved my cat so much.

[MarylandMermaid]

My sweet girl battled lymphoma for her last 30 months on chemo and steroids. She’d lost a leg at age 5 from feline injection site fibrosarcoma which carried a death sentence in itself. This warrior lived to within 2 months of her 17th birthday. She did well until she developed congestive heart failure. To survive nearly 11 years from the sarcoma and 2 1/2 of lymphoma surely shows her will to live.

[rp]

My baby Jasper was just diagnosed and at 16, the vet recommended that he be put down as soon as possible. It is around his heart and lungs and treatment wasn’t even an option. I am trying to give him the best few last days. He just had bloodwork a few months ago and no sign of illness. It came on so fast 😭

[samuelheavener]

My cat was 8 yo when he got diagnosed with lymphoma back in September. He had been showing appetite loss and the occasional barfing so we had been concerned. We put him on prednisone since chemo was too expensive for us. We think it extended his life a little but he really started going downhill fast. Once he was around 14 lbs but in the height of his disease he was only 6.5 lbs. He only lived for about 2 months (probably had high grade). Still can't believe a cancer this aggressive can take a cat's life so early...he was completely healthy and could've lived another 8 years...

[Stormfrce]

Took my 17 year old cat to the vet today (had since a kitten), had been showing signs of weight loss as well as diarrhoea. Haven't had a formal diagnoses but the vet done an examination and found a lump in the abdomen area. He said chances are it is Lymphoma, will need to pay around £250 for scans and blood tests to diagnose properly

[goldenboy]

After dealing with IBD symptoms for about a year and recently noticing our cat was getting extremely tired and having some difficulty breathing we knew it was time to get her more help than our local vet could offer. She was still eating, drinking, using the bathroom, etc., but definitely not herself. We're lucky to live within short driving distance of one of the top 10 vet schools in the country so we took her to their emergency room a few days ago. After lots of testing she was diagnosed with small cell lymphoma and received her first chemo treatment today. Her oncologist reported that her appetite is now what they described as ravenous and she has already perked up quite a bit. Her treatment will be a long road for all of us but we hope it is successful and she gets to live her last years as healthy and happy as possible.

[kpirron]

One of the biggest mistakes of my life was putting my 10 yr old small girl cat through breast cancer surgery. I found her first small lump and had it removed but then another cropped up and the vet suggested bilateral mastectomy. I was desperate to save her life. I think the vet was eager to use her new laser knife. She was not a surgeon She made it through two surgeries with no weight loss or anything but then was given a Convenia shot - probably too much for her weight and had kidney failure. Her immune system plummeted and the skin was pulled so tight from the bilateral mastectomies done weeks apart - that her skin opened up underneath....it was so sad to see her unable to get any strength- as her kidneys shut down. Her vet was out and another vet told me she was dying. It felt like a real racket. There is more to the story but just want to say I regret ever doing the surgery and ruining the last year of her life - I didn't know outcomes were so poor. Maybe she would have survived if not for being poisoned with Convenia. There was no way for me to get it out of her system - it stays in for weeks. I had no idea and then I read other people had bad experiences from it. My doc never asked...it was just given to her. I think people should decide if it's worth ruining the last months of your cat's life with surgery or chemo if the outcome is a few months. It is so traumatic for the pet. My little girl kitty was so scared at the end and I did love her and I adopted her when she was already an older cat and had her only a short while but loved her anyway. There is an explosion of cancer among animals. The whole thing is traumatic for all involved.
Years later I found a feral colony and adopted a male who was neutered at 5 months and ended up at 5 years old blocking and had to have PU surgery. Thankfully his surgery was with a top notch vet surgeon and he has come through. But again, maybe neutering male cats before their genitals are matured is a bad idea. The whole thing again, reading about blocked cats having to be put down...very traumatic for all. Yet they keep neutering and spaying when the cat is a few weeks old. Presently I have another 14 year old female ginger who I got as a 2 year old. I got her after my other female passed. She also diagnosed with cancer on her beautiful face as she is getting weaker and I don't want to let her go. It happened suddenly, one day she scratched at her face and the cancer was underneath and just grew fast. It went undiagnosed at first despite a visit to the vet. I just have to be thankful for the joy and love she gave me for 12 yrs. They wear out just like people do. They get old and they can't help it. When you are young it's hard to understand how but a 14 yr old cat is like a 75-80 yr old person. However, I do think the endless vax schedules and terrible carb loaded food are to blame for some of the explosion in cancer. Cancer feeds off sugar.

[Hajapaiumdkdidjsjns]

My son has been receiving chemo and has mostly been thriving. Many set backs and near passings but 3 years on, my son is here.

[crazyecracker]

Entering year 6 with my cat Link having SCL in his GI. I don’t believe he has too much longer, but we have done everything we can for him and his life quality has been great. He has been treated with budesonide and chlorambucil with very little side effects.

[LizJit]

If you have a young cat please take care of them and make sure they get the care they need. My Oreo developed Lymphoma as a senior cat. Unfortunately, he recently died </3, He would have been 18 years old this coming April. I know for sure that if he had developed this as a young cat he would have fought and made it. When cats get old there's nothing you can do....

[lukef]

My Gizmo has had intestinal lymphoma for 2 3/4 years, now a metastasis in the kidneys. We're about to start intense chemotherapy although the chances are not that good (vet said 50%-60%). I hope i'm doing the right thing. Finding it hard to spot whether he is in pain or not

[kendraa]

Thank you so much for these videos. I just moved abroad, and my cat just got diagnosed with lymphoma (he apparently has abt a 4 to 6cm tumor in his stomach). I'm a masters student, so kind of tight on finances, but I want to give him the best chance he has, and it sounds like this could be something worth helping him fight. He's been getting sicker over the course of 2 months or so, so I'm hoping it's the small cell, since it sounded like that one has the highest prognosis, but he's been having symptoms for a while, which worries me. Either way, thank you so much for all this information and help! It's helped me feel more comfortable with some of my upcoming decisions.

[heatherl]

I am wondering what is causing so very many cats and dogs to get cancer? Is it something in pet food? Is it being caused by the pesticides we give them to prevent fleas, heart worm, etc? Is it caused by too many vaccines? I wish we could find out what is causing it, so we could prevent all the suffering. ❤

[UnaNeary]

I am gutted to see this now, my vet just told me there was no treatment and sadly my cat only survived for 9 weeks. Was given an anti inflammatory steroid injection and anti sickness injection. Poor puss would not eat in the end and lost so much weight. Seems USA is more clued up than here in UK. Vet just suggested put him to sleep in the end. So heartbroken. My cat was my everything

[jgbgw]

My cat was treated for a rather dramatic presentation of either intestinal lymphoma or round cell cancer. She had lost weight but seemed very healthy. Nothing obvious at all until she developed rectal bleeding which caused intususeption that needed emergent surgery. They couldn't tell which of the two cancers it was in the pathology. Surgeon seemed optimistic. She recovered so well from surgery and we have had a beautiful week with our sweet girl. We had an oncology appointment next week but she developed an ulcerated lesion on her nose 2 days ago that must be more cancer. It came up out of nowhere and I'm so discouraged. We can't afford to have that removed and the cost of chemo if the doctor suggests that. It's so stressful. I feel like we will have to euthanize her and it's devastating. We thought we had a chance at maybe a longer remission but not with added medical costs. We can't spend our savings on this ☹ I can't figure out what's happening here. Is the lymphoma spreading from her intestines to her nose? The surgeon said that it hadn't spread to her lymph nodes when she operated a week ago.

[captainbc]

I have an 8-year-old cat that we just realized this morning. Had some lumps in her neck and had one round of some diarrhea with blood and if this morning. Took her to the vet and on the surface they think it's lymphoma. Doing more testing to see for sure...

This is devastating.... 😥

[dsidhl]

I had a 16 year old cat that suddenly started to lose weight and stopped eating. At 1st we thought it was her kidneys but an ultrasound found thickening of the intestines indicating IBD or Intestinal Lymphoma. I didn't think she would survive surgery for a biopsy so I went with getting low dosage of Clorumbucil with a daily dose of Prethisone. She steadily lost weight and a month later I took her to get a XRAY and they something odd and needed additional info so I was going to get more info the next day. She quickly degraded, gums became pale, was restless, was very lethargic and weak. She was euthanized at 4am the next day. The XRay tech found air in the abdomen which needed emergency surgery, but she was already passed. Could Intestinal Lymphoma cause such a drastic drop in weight (almost 7 pounds to 4 pounds in 1 month) and cause abdominal perforation so quickly despite getting Prethisone and Clorumbucil. She was being given appetite boosters on a daily basis and she was eating although less than normal. I'm just very curious how this occured so quickly.

[wyntresorrow]

Mine is 5 years old and diagnosed back in September. He had diabetes, pancreatitis, got over both and now has lymphoma. He is shedding excessively, but will always be my orange and white Jasper. Nothing is working. Vet said probably 20 days. Hes so young. Poor sweet kitty😫😪😭