Angel Poppy - was My Poppy has cancer

[cats4ever]

There are quite a few side effects, I found a site that lists them.
Willa's biggest problem was that the drug suppresses the immune system, so she got several urinary tract infections, until we had lowered the dose enough (2mg every 4 days) where it wouldn't affect her anymore. After that, she didn't have any problems.
If her kidneys wouldn't have given out, the drug would have extended her life even a bit longer.
I'm glad that Poppy is doing so well. Please give her lots of hugs and kisses!

https://www.vetinfo.com/chlorambucil-for-cats.html

[phesina]

Thank you, Heidi. Looks like it is a very careful balancing act working with that. I don't know that that would be good with Poppy.

I will talk with one of the other vets this week, hopefully Monday.

[cats4ever]

Thank you, Heidi. Looks like it is a very careful balancing act working with that. I don't know that that would be good with Poppy.

I will talk with one of the other vets this week, hopefully Monday.

That is a fact. And each cat will tolerate it differently. I'm sure you will get good advice from your vets.

[phesina]

Poppy's appetite has been a little less enthusiastic this weekend.. She is eating not quite but pretty much the usual amount, especially if I stay with her and pet her.

[cats4ever]

Poppy's appetite has been a little less enthusiastic this weekend.. She is eating not quite but pretty much the usual amount, especially if I stay with her and pet her.

Once her appetite starts really slowing down, ask your vet about mirtazapine, an appetite stimulant.

[phesina]

Thanks, Heidi. She's got some mirtazapine appetite stimulant, from the ER vet, and I gave her another pill yesterday. Shortly afterward she gobbled up some kibble. She wasn't that enthusiastic about the wet food, the Trader Joe's fish that she loved the other day, but she ate most of it, in stages when I would come and fix it up the way she likes it and has for a long time, wetted and molded all up into a little heap in the middle of the bow.

When I came home mid-afternoon today, she wanted more kibble, some Taste of the Wild, and I gave her some. Soon it will be wet food dinnertime.

I talked with one of the regular vets yesterday, and I asked her about the Chlorambucil. She didn't think it would help, because there is metastasis, which I think now is what that strange word "carcinomatosis" meant.

from Poppy and me and Sparkler too

[cats4ever]

I'm glad that Poppy is eating.
I saw the Wikipedia explanation for "carcinomatosis", and this is cancer secondary to another cancer that has metastasized. So it makes sense that chlorambucil is not an option, which is unfortunate.
Luckily, Poppy has the most caring mom she could ever hope for!
Hugs and headbumpies to you, Pat, and Poppy and Sparkler

[phesina]

Thanks, Heidi. I'll keep you all posted.