# Feline Chemo **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 13, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feline-chemo/556954 "2010-10-13T03:10:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feline-chemo/556954/21 "2010-12-31T05:29:26Z")
It’s good to hear things are going well. I hope it all continues smoothly, and the new year brings health and joy! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feline-chemo/556954/22 "2010-12-31T12:05:01Z")
I’m glad to hear it is going well, and she is feeling better. The treatment wasn’t so bad after all! Enjoy your New Year together! PS. Is she getting tuna-flavored meds? ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feline-chemo/556954/23 "2010-12-31T15:24:54Z")
Thanks She’s getting tuna-flavored liquids preds, daily. Also chemo on an eight treatment cycle, 7-11 days between doses. She scanned clear going into dose #3. ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feline-chemo/556954/24 "2011-01-18T06:05:21Z")
Still clear going into dose #4. Gaining weight the entire time. She steals my V8 when she’s able. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feline-chemo/556954/25 "2011-01-18T12:00:29Z")
Enjoy your time with her, just as much as she is enjoying her improvement, however long it may last (and may it be a long time)! ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feline-chemo/556954/26 "2011-06-26T01:39:20Z")
Update We’re in month 7 of Chemo (since December 2010). She’s holding her weight, we’ve been using the Vincristamine/Cytoxan/Prednisone protocol the entire time, with Asparaginase (Elspar) in rescue mode. A number of cats decline markedly near month 6 or so - we’re pushing for a year or so, but I’ll take more. ---
**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feline-chemo/556954/27 "2011-06-26T03:30:27Z")
Glad things are going well! Sorry I missed this thread the first time around. Hugs for you and Dirty. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feline-chemo/556954/28 "2011-06-26T15:15:16Z")
She drinks V8? She’s _is_ sick! Seriously, good luck with her. I’m glad she’s doing so well. StG ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feline-chemo/556954/29 "2011-06-26T17:27:49Z")
One of my cats has lymphoma of the liver and intestines; I started a thread about it last spring just after she started a course of prednislone drops and chlorambucil pills. It’s been a year and a half since she began her treatment, and all her vets think she’s doing remarkably well. She has put on over two pounds and is no longer vomiting all the time (a hairball now and then, but nothing like the almost daily barf-up before she was diagnosed). She’s 16 now, and I’m hopeful she’ll see 17. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feline-chemo/556954.md?page=1)