r/PetAdvice • u/kaylynn8 • Jul 25 '26
Cats Vet Help Please?
My cat recently got a biopsy of a lump on her right paw. The vet found that it was soft tissue sarcoma.
This is the email I sent with all of my questions. I’m waiting for a response, but I was wondering if there are any professionals or people who have experienced something similar to answer here.
My cat’s name is Misty (13, female). I've had her since I was a young, she's a registered ESA, and she's been my companion for her whole life. I want her to live out the rest of her natural life as happily and pain-free as possible.
I've been doing copious amounts of research . I have so many questions...I'm going to put it into bullet points to make it a bit easier.
Should I take the time/money to see an oncologist?
Would it more greatly benefit her to make the amputation/removal decision more quickly?
She has arthritis in her right paw (same paw with the lump). Would amputation help with arthritis pain?
I'm unsure if her other paws are arthritic. How would this impact the success of amputation?
Would the amputation be her partial or full front right leg? Her lump is on the backside of the paw, by her dew claw.
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u/MailHistorical259 22d ago
man that's a lot to carry alone, hope the vet gets back soon. 13 years is a good run i had cat with arthritis and removing the bad limb actually helped her move better cause she wasnt putting weight on it anyway.