leukemia/lymphoma

[casmeow]

Our 13 yr old cat Wilbur was just diagnosed w/either leukemia or lymphoma. They want to run more tests to determine which it is.The vet said the treatment for both is basically the same, so we'd like to talk to an Oncologist before any more testing. We're leaning toward not doing chemo as Wil is such a big baby that even putting him thru test after test would be devastating for him unless I could be there - which I know is prob impossible. He is such a love and SO loved that we'll prob just let him live his life as he wants, prob increasing the prednisone that he takes for his Inflamed Bowel Disease. He's so happy at home w/us and after reading different articles about people treating their cats w/constant chemo & dr visits for a solid yr, only to have them survive a few months longer than w/out treatment, I think we'll opt for giving his quality time.

Please give me feedback as we are very devastated over this. Thanks.