Last night I was checking out Tricksey's neck, looking at the place where they shaved her for her radiation treatments, to see how the hair was growing back (very slowly). And just below that, I noticed a big new lump growing under the skin. So, it would seem that the cancer is back? So much for 'low chance of recurrence'.
And just yesterday morning, while she was hiding under the bed, I told her that she didn't have to hide because we weren't ever going to take her to that vet again. Sorry, T.
Optimism is always punished.
Oh cleek, I’m so sorry. I would try to cheer you up by saying that when cats have had operations, they often get really horrible big lumps on or very near the scar, which then subside with time (this is true in my experience), but as you rightly say, optimism is always punished.
Aw man. Hopefully it’s scar tissue or something benign.
My beautiful Tosca looked almost exactly like your Tricksie: long hair calico on a white base, a little dancer. Sweet, very smart, a real friend. Pancho, our bruiser tuxedo male, loved her to pieces. She got the same kind of cancer, in a front paw. Just a hole that wouldn’t heal, ended up in the bone. Our rural vet advised us not to try to save her. It’s been four years, and I’m still heart-broken. So sorry, I know how hard will be.