LipoSirDuncan

Well, our worst fears have been realized. Sir Duncan's liposarcoma has returned. I'm not sure, as I mentioned before, that we have many treatment options. Wow. I really thought going through the amputation would have given us much more time. I was counting on a year. I suppose I should have the vet contact the oncologist, although I have a feeling his response will be that we could do radiation if we want to, and frankly I don't really want to. I think it will be way too hard on his kidneys. I know I should be more willing to fight, but I feel drawn to resignation. I suppose that's the depression. And knowing that we did so much last time and it didn't help much.

We're going to see if the homeopathic stuff keeps the tumor growth in check. I forgot what it's called. Don't you wish there was a magic creme that would dissolve tumors? Like Compound W for cancer?

Do cats get night sweats? Duncan seems very hot at night. Not like a fever, because his ears are cool. It just seems like he's generating a lot of heat.

Hope all you Floridians are OK......

Dr Bamford, the holistic vet, did a FNA yesterday as she was concerned about one of the lumps. The one closest to the scar she is not worried about. But one on his right shoulder gave her pause. It's a little big and she couldn't feel all the way around it. It seems to be attached to his scapula. That worried her. So, we'll wait until we hear back. She is also in agreement that surgery would not be recommended because there would be no way to get clean margins. But she also agreed that Duncan seems not to be bothered at all by it. We'll continue to hug him as much as possible.

Meantime, Russ tells me the character I voice in Chicken Little, Hollywood Abby, is featured in the new ads for the film. Yay. At least it keeps me distracted.

Mr Lumpy

Russ is taking Duncan to our holistic vet today. His lumps (there are 4 now) are getting a little bigger. I want to get Dr Bamford's opinion on the consistancy of the lumps. They feel squishy to me, which is inconsistant with liposarcoma.

I feel strangely calm about all this, not like the first round. I chalk this up to:
1. Complete Denial
2. Acceptance of the Inevitable
OR
3. An Instictive Notion that It's Not Cancer.

At any rate, I feel our treatment options are narrow. Surgery is not a possibility. And given Duncan's kidneys, I'm not sure chemo or radiation would be good for him. The most curious thing is that the tumors came back about 2 inches or more distal to the surgery. Given that he had remarkably clean, wide margins, it just seems odd.

I had the vet reread the X-rays from August. He verified that there was absolutely no sign of cancer as of August 23. My regular vet has been very hands off, not really recommending treatment probably because he's reading that I'm not receptive to it.

Well, I'll let you know what Dr Bamford says.

My Lumpy Cat

Poor little Duncan. He now has 4 lumps. I found one over the weekend, again the size of a pea, on the left of his spine in the area of his amputation. This makes me think it is in fact a return of the cancer. The other 3 lumps were well on the right side of his spine, not that close to the scar. But they all have the same behavior of starting out like a pea shaped thing and then flattening out to teh size of a dime. Meantime, he acts like nothing is wrong. He did go through a weird thing with his diet. He just decided he didn't like his food and snubbed most all of it. He's really into Cluck-a-Doodle-Doo. It's a fish flavor - go figure.

Speaking of cluck, we went to the Chicken Little wrap party on Saturday and had the most fabulous time. The party was huge and the bars were plentiful. There was karaoke, so needless to say, there was Russ and Dara singing karaoke. Photo to follow.

The movie turned out well; rather cute actually. But my thoughts turn to Duncan.