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Written by For Pete's Sake! on 2025-01-21 at 11:02

So, further to my toot earlier my wife has been on the phone with the vets. They can start her on chemo anytime soon. They need more info before they can put her onto piroxicam, a drug to treat carcinoma in cats and dogs.

So thus email came back from the specialists.. (edited)

"The consultation is £454.99. There is no fixed protocol of what will happen next- it will be tailored to what the owner would like to do and how well the cat is. We’ll have options of CT and biopsy (~£2500), ultrasound and biopsy (~£1500) ,possibly surgery to remove the mass and achieve a full diagnosis (~£4000) and of course it may be best to provide only medical care without further diagnostics. I hope this helps, but happy to expand further on this if needed."

Looks like an expensive period for us and an uncomfortable, unpleasant experience for Jelly. (She absolutely HATES the vets and as these drugs are intravenous drips.. she'll need to he kept in and sedated for each treatment)

She's worth every penny and then some ❤️

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Written by For Pete's Sake! on 2025-01-21 at 11:10

Pets are expensive beyond the purchasing of the pet, all it's bedding, enrichment and food etc.

People really need to take into consideration all the potential vet bills too. Luckily we're in a situation where we can absorb this without too much issue.

We'll just have no proper holiday this year instead.

but imagine if that bill arrived on the doorstep of some less fortunate people. They're looking at either putting their family pet down or going into crippling debt (or deeper into debt)

Pets are expensive. that's the take away for this and if you commit to a pet you have to factor all this in.

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