New Member Cat Cancer Question

I took my younger cat Sandy to the vet today (she is a rescue). She is 3 years old. She was supposed to get spayed. The vet said I may as well not bother because she has a lump in her breast which is the size of a prune & he said I would be wasting my money. I want her to be comfortable if she is going to eventually die & my heart is telling me to go ahead & spay her. Any thoughts on this? Has anyone had to make this kind of decision?

I would strongly suggest you get a second opinion. Has he done any biopsy or blood tests to confirm it is cancer and what type? What's the prognosis? Some cancer is treatable. My cat has presently got a lump in her throat along with other issues. Last year it was her other tonsil and that was removed and they said it was a fungal infection. But on further exploration nothing was found. I suppose what I'm trying to say is try to find another vet for a second opinion and make sure they have a lot of experience. I ended up at the University's vetineray training school which also happens to be the place to go for the unusual and difficult cases. I have my hopes up for mine, but I am very worried it may not be good.  I hope this helps and I wish you the best.

I would like to second the advice to get a second opinion, if that vet isn't even going to try to find out what it is.  I've been through a lot lately with my Cindy, who the vet found a lump in her abdomen in November.  Long story short, she had ultrasounds and other tests and still couldn't get a diagnosis, so we had the surgery, they removed the mass, found out what kind of cancer it is so we can do chemo for her.  Still no idea what her long term prognosis is (second chemo treatment Friday), but she is back to acting like the way she was before she got sick.  We went to a vet for a second opinion somewhere along the line, just to cover our bases.  That vet, when we couldn't get a diagnosis after the second ultrasound, pretty much told us to take her home and make her comfortable.  Once we went back to our primary vet, she was no I'm not giving up on her yet! Got us in with a good surgeon and oncologist, and this vet is always so positive.  It galls me that some vets are so quick to give up on our pets, and I'm so thankful we have one who is a fighter.

Good luck to you, I hope this turns out to be not to serious, or at least that you can find a vet who cares enough to try to find out if it can be treated.