Thymoma or Lymphoma Cancer

Hi I'm new to this site. My 14 year old himalayan/persian male has a mass in his chest. The cardiologist and oncologist say the mass is blocking his lymph which is causing fluid to build up around his lungs. They are unable to determine what the mass is. They want to scope and biopsy the mass and if thymoma cut him open and remove it. If they think it is lymphoma they will leave it. My question he is 14 should I do surgery and get 1 to 2 years more or euthanize him. If no procedure is done he will have to have the fluid removed from his lungs weekly and will only have 6 months or less. He is healthy other than the mass. He is my first baby and sleeps beside me every night. I am looking at quality of life after surgery and cost.

my first cat lived to be 19...is your cat an old 14 or young? can he still jump, run, play? is he arthritic, sickly, senile?

can you get a second opinion?

To look at him he is healthy. Still jumping and moving around. To get to a specialist we have to travel 2 hours away. Where we live they only have small town vets.

I just joined this site today too because my 16yo (cat) recently died...so

I'm the wrong person to give advice here about what to do but are these current vets 2 hours away or different ones?

I'm in a major city and never heard of a feline oncology or cardiology specialty

Is there a reason they can't remove the fluid once (and perhaps test it?)

and give you an extra week to decide about surgery?

and I'm not sure I understand...why do you have to make a surgery decision if it's a separate procedure from the biopsy?

I'm sorry but I won't be able to further read or respond tonight...just trying to help

good luck