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I've been awaiting the test results for my cat and found out that the vet who had done the tests is away for two weeks. Fortunately, she is the partner of the vet whom I usually see, so I'm actually happier that he has now taken over the case. Duncan's urinalysis came back positive for a lowgrade infection. I've got new antibiotics now that seem to be doing the trick (no more peeing in the bedroom). Unfortunately, the skin biopsies came back positive for both squamous cell skin cancer and allergic dermatitis. Apparently chronic skin lesions have a high risk of becoming cancerous (which I am finding strangely comforting, since my indoor cat rarely sees the sun). They don't know whether it has spread beyond the skin, but chances are that it hasn't since we've caught it fairly early. I am taking him in on Thursday for surgical removal of the cancerous areas. They will have to sedate him, but assure me that I can drop him off in the morning and pick him up in the afternoon. After the vet sees him and discovers whether they can remove everything, then we'll see if anything more can be done for the dermatitis (and the sneezing). Oy vey!

Date: 2005-01-17 11:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mythandwonder.livejournal.com
Oh my goodness! Good luck to both you and your kitty!

Date: 2005-01-18 09:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] logisticslad.livejournal.com
Many thanks.

Date: 2005-01-18 01:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] puzzld1.livejournal.com
OK, it's SPF 40 for both you and the cat. And Claritan!

Date: 2005-01-18 09:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] logisticslad.livejournal.com
Definitely!!! So if I had a black cat (like all the cool people do), would I even have this problem?

Date: 2005-01-18 09:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] puzzld1.livejournal.com
"You know black is this year's pink
You deserve each other, this cat and you..."

Date: 2005-01-18 12:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonpuppy61.livejournal.com
One tough cat having one tough time of it.

*hugs* to both Jed and Duncan.

Date: 2005-01-18 09:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] logisticslad.livejournal.com
You got it. At least his condition is diagnosed as something treatable. Here's hoping that they can successfully treat it.

Date: 2005-01-19 03:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alikander.livejournal.com
Poor Duncan (and you)! How large are the areas to be removed and where are they? How punky will the shaven Duncan be?

How will they know whether the cancer has metasticised? By bloodwork? Or during the surgery?

Does the vet have any idea what the allergen is? (We've had cats that were allergic to nylon, and one that had stress-induced dermatitis.)

Date: 2005-01-20 04:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] logisticslad.livejournal.com
Thanks for the good wishes! We will find out a lot more from both the surgery and the pathology lab report. How did they determine what your cat was allergic to? Are the tests really that sensitive?

Date: 2005-01-21 02:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alikander.livejournal.com
There were no tests, only our own deduction.

Nylon: Pickles and his sister BuzBuz started getting welts under their nylong collars. We replaced them with cotton ones and the the skin condition cleared right up. (Luckily, they aren't/weren't so sensitive that nylon in their environment affected them (e.g. in carpets, etc.), just the constantly worn collars.)

Stress: BuzBuz LOVED to go outside, but for a reason I forget, we had to keep her indoors for a few weeks. She started getting leasions on the top of her noggin. My first thought was that she was allergic to something indoors, but then I read somewhere that stress can cause dermatitis in cats. Sure enough, we let her out again, and her skin healed, and the problem never returned.

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