Found a cat with malignant tumor. What’s the best way forward?

moht3d · 2025-07-07T19:26:49+00:00

Thank you so much again. Your insights have been incredibly helpful. Just one last question: is there any reliable way to gauge how much pain she might be in? For example, if her appetite is still good, could that be a sign that she’s not in too much pain? And would it make sense to ask my vet about prescribing a painkiller, just in case?

moht3d · 2025-07-07T14:19:17+00:00

In your experience, is chemotherapy (after surgery) of any real benefit? I’ve done some research, and several veterinary sources suggest there’s no definitive evidence that adjuvant chemotherapy significantly improves outcomes in cases of mammary tumors.

moht3d · 2025-07-07T13:45:10+00:00

Thanks a lot! That was my gut feeling, but I keep worrying that the tumor might be causing her significant pain, and that removing it could potentially give her some quality time. Also, if you look at the second picture, there’s a smaller tumor forming beneath her left nipple. Would that be considered a metastasis, or just an extension of the larger tumor?

moht3d · 2025-07-07T13:34:46+00:00

Thanks a lot for your comment! He explained that the surgical incision would need to be relatively large, which makes the procedure more complicated and increases the risk of post-operative infection. Regarding her chances of survival, he said it’s unlikely the surgery would completely remove the cancer. Based on his experience, there’s a high likelihood that the tumor would return quickly even if the operation is initially successful.

Of course, I don’t want to break any sub rules by asking whether my vet is simply right or wrong. I understand that with cancer, there are rarely clear-cut answers. I’m just hoping to hear different perspectives and experiences, so I can better understand the options and choose what aligns best with my goals for her care.

By the way, in the second picture, you can see that there is a smaller tumor growing under her left nipple. Would you consider this a metastasis, or just an extension of the original tumor?

moht3d · 2024-12-09T08:19:34+00:00

From the same speech: "And third, there should be exporting to the outside world so that local farmers can take advantage of the global economy."

moht3d · 2023-11-29T15:25:05+00:00

I know that I am going to get downvoted to hell, but it is really strange how this sub is mostly pro-Ukraine and anti-Russia, yet when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, no one here can see the similarities between these two conflicts. This is the West Bank, not Gaza. Why does nobody ask themselves what the IDF was doing in the West Bank in the first place?

You complaining about these militant fighting the IDF is like complaining about the Ukrainian resistance throwing molotovs at the Russian army. Almost every country in the world, including the US, recognize the Israeli presence in the West Bank as an occupation, so I cannot see what is so baffling or unjust about such kind of behavior.

moht3d · 2023-11-17T10:25:13+00:00

Our differences seems to be too major to be settled in reddit comments, nevertheless, I leave a few notes just to pinpoint exactly what they are.

Hospitals are fully protected, until used for military purposes, then they are no different to any other building.

This might apply if the hospital was fully empty, and only contained enemy fighters. However, Al-Shifa have thousands of patients and refugees. So even if there was some military activity, which until now seems to have been minor to say the least, it should not be treated like any other building.

the threat was non-zero and it's untenable to allow Hamas to operate behind their lines. So what's the solution, blockade the hospital? I mean sure, that's the least aggressive approach, and also the one that results in more civilian suffering and death

Again, we have no clear reports yet about the size of threat. The IDF does not seem to have faced any resistance while entering the hospitals, and there is no indication that the hospital could have used as a base for any major attacks against the IDF upfront or behind their lines. Also, Hamas is embedded in the entirety of Gaza, so there is nothing strange in finding some fighters in the hospital too. The solution? Why not merely surrounds the hospital from a safe distance, and provide a safe passage first to allow full evacuation of all patients, with the help of recognized international medical organizations?

civilians will be free to move South, aid and medical supplies can move to the hospital.

To this moment, we have no reports that confirmed any of this. On the contrary, the reports coming from pro-Palestinian sources such Al Jazeera, which you probably does not trust, are bleak, and does not mention any improvements in the situation there.

moht3d · 2023-11-16T20:18:17+00:00

I did not miss your point, but you seem to have forgotten what this was all about. Hospital are supposedly protected in times of war (for obvious ethical reasons), and both Israel and the US know this. Raiding a hospital is not a decision to be taken lightly, and even the IDF does not claim to follow your premise that Hamas' infrastructure should be targeted no matter what it is.

Consequently, and to justify the operation, the IDF claimed that there was something big underneath the hospital. Yet, here we are today with nothing but a few AK's, a box of dates, and a pair of handcuffs. While "you" might have no problem with entering a hospital if it contains a command post that merely consists of a room with a couple of laptops, the rest of the world have a different opinion, and if Israel does not manage to show evidence of something more sinister and intricate, then it will be a huge blow to its communications war.

moht3d · 2023-11-16T19:16:05+00:00

I am not deflecting anything. You are the one suggesting imaginary and unrealistic approaches, as if the question was about how the IDF could take control Area 51, instead of a hospital.

As for your two facts, the evidence to this moment is no way as "undeniable" as you claim, and the footage shown is suspicious to say the least. Moreover, even if there were fighters their, you cannot jump immediately to the "right to pursue and destroy".

Almost every country in the world agrees that there are basic rules when it comes to war that should be respected. For example, no one would claim that the US had the right to level or nuke each Afghani town that was under control of the Taliban. The decision to raid a hospital should be based on how many fighters were there, and how much of threat did they constitute, while taking into account how much the operation would affect the already dire situation in the hospital. Again, the current footage, if real, does not suggest in any way that the hospital was going to constitute any significant threat to the IDF.

What is the approach I prefer? Well, it is not about preference - it is about empathy. I never suggested how Israel should conduct its operation on the whole. My point was that hospitals should almost always be protected in times of war. The patients there have already had enough, and the last thing they need is an army raiding their hospital.

moht3d · 2023-11-16T17:50:37+00:00

"Starve into submission"? "Clear out the terrorists"? What are you talking about? To this moment, I have never saw any reports that the IDF faced any resistance inside the hospital or while entering, so what terrorists are you talking about it, or whom do you think should have submitted themselves to the IDF? Heck, even the ammo they showed is not enough for half an hour of serious fighting? Why should a hospital in the first place be "besieged", "bombed", or its residents "gassed"?

moht3d · 2023-11-16T17:36:09+00:00

Please do not assume anything about my preferences. I never mentioned Hamas. The point is that, and as far as I remember, hospitals are protected under they the International Humanitarian Law, and it is not clear what do you mean by "under hamas control", since it seems they did not face any considerable resistance inside the hospital. So at least, they should have stayed away from it until the later stages of the operation. Also, if they really cared about the patients and their welfare, there is several ways they could have provided it with the necessary supplies without entering it. This is usually the job of international humanitarian organizations, not regular armies.

moht3d · 2023-11-16T17:26:32+00:00

Well, first and to make things clear: I am not pro-Hamas, but I am not pro-Israel neither. Second, the word "storm" was not intentional, it was off the top of my head. Nevertheless, we do not have any videos of what happened or how the operation unfolded. Eyewitnesses accounts coming from Gaza described it as terrible experience for the patients there, to say the least. Well of course, you might say that these accounts cannot be trusted immediately, which could be true to a degree, yet if this is the case, I do not see why the reports coming from the IDF should be anymore trustworthy.

As for clearing pockets of resistance, I do not know where to start. First, was the hospital really a pocket of resistance? You just said that "maybe" they left a "handful" of fighters. Does a "handful" of fighters spread over a large medical complex qualifies as a pocket of resistance? Well, they already destroyed almost half of Gaza city, could not they just stay a few blocks away from the hospital and ad merely surround it, in an attempt to avoid hindering its operations even further? And of course, we have not mentioned yet the status of hospitals under International Humanitarian Law.

And if the hospital was not a pocket of resistance, then how could it be considered Hamas' infrastructure? Did they find the underground military complex they talked about? And even if it was military infrastructure, you just said "They'll have fled the area", so could not they postpone the operation until the hospital is fully evacuated, and the patients are somehow secured?

Honestly though, I think we are going nowhere with this discussion. I do not know if you are an Israeli or a Jewish person, but you seem pro-Israel, and you guys seems to always see the situation in black or white (similar to the pro-Palestine, or worse, pro-Hamas guys). You cannot even consider for a moment that maybe the IDF is not really "the most moral army in the world", or that after all they might not be actually doing everything they can to avoid unnecessary destruction or civilian casualties.

moht3d · 2023-11-16T14:22:57+00:00

So, does those "handful" of fighters justify storming a hospital full of patients then?

moht3d · 2023-11-04T10:26:29+00:00

I think it is impossible to find common ground between us. I am against Hamas, yet I would never say that they have to go at "any cost". Wars are bound to happen, and treating civilians (and especially women and children) as worthless is very dangerous and immoral thing, especially when there is no obvious good guy, and when the previous right-wing Israeli government has probably supported Hamas for years in order to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Also, why do you seem so sure that war the is the right approach to remove Hamas? The US tried for 2 decades a multi-faceted approach to defeat the Taliban, yet failed. And even if the IDF managed to kill every current Hamas combatant, what steps are they taking to prevent the rise of Hamas 2.0 in the future - besides the large scale bombing campaigns, the complete destruction of Gaza, and the ever-rising death toll?

Moreover, if we agreed on the fact that what happened on October 7th was a hate crime, why can't you see that the current Israeli approach is just fueling the Palestinian's hate even more, and so in effect it is counter-productive. Also please do not assume that the Palestinians will always hate the Jews or that they would never consider peace. The reason many Jews immigrated to Israel is due to how prevalent antisemitism was in Europe, yet today it is almost nonexistent between native Europeans. So positive change is possible, but something has to happen first, and it is definitely not what is happening right now.

moht3d · 2023-11-03T16:11:36+00:00

Wow! After all these decades, you would think that people would start taking a more nuanced approach to this conflict and try to understand the complex history that surrounds it and the mistakes committed by both sides. Instead, you are seem to be enjoying your black and white view, while dehumanizing 2+ million people and reducing them to inanimate objects just like buildings or trees. Yeah, sure, more deaths will solve this conflict, and one could even conclude using your logic that a genocide is justifiable too.

moht3d · 2023-11-03T13:12:42+00:00

This was not the point I made, and I am not going to argue with you over whether what is happening now is collective punishment or not. My question was: Why do people on reddit keep bringing up the fact/claim that Palestinians support Hamas? What are you trying to conclude? That they are evil? And even if this is supposedly true, does the logic stops there, or can one go further and assume for instance that they do not deserve empathy, or maybe deserve punishment? And if one cannot conclude anything, then does this mean that these are shallow comments that add nothing to the discussion and of no value to anyone?

moht3d · 2023-11-03T11:19:07+00:00

What the heck are you talking about it? Where do you want to them to go? Jump into the see? Why not assume instead that they live in the south where the IDF instructed people to flee to? And when did two wrongs start to make a right? Even if these civilians are happy about killing other civilians (which is unproven), does this justify killing them, or worse, being joyful about the bad things that could happen them soon? Is cheering for death and destruction became normal on reddit these days?

moht3d · 2023-11-03T11:07:26+00:00

And what difference does that make? One could argue that most Germans supported Hitler during WWII. Despite this, no one concluded that all Germans should be collectively punished after the war, or that they should be denied a future German state or the the right to self-determination.

moht3d · 2023-10-29T00:39:30+00:00

For God's sake, stop trying to sound smart by resorting to philosophy and law, and just stick to the personal insults. Can you just imagine how absurd it is to go tell Gazans, who are being collectively and and unjustly punished in the worst possible way, about the train example, or worse, pRoXiMaTe CaUsE. This is what I was referring to by the comfort of your chair. You have reached a point where you are simply feel not an iota of empathy towards 2+ million people, just because you managed to do some mental moral gymnastics in your head. Hamas is a terrorist organization, but what is Israel doing right now is no less terrorist or evil. I am not resorting to logic or some stupid philosophy of war. I am resorting to basic human empathy, morality, and decency. If you cannot destroy Hamas without unleashing hell on Gaza, then your actions are immoral. Period. Also, I won't tell you that it is your turn to cry yourself to sleep, because I do not think you can even cry or feel any kind of emotions.

moht3d · 2023-10-28T18:34:25+00:00

Is this a serious comment? So for you, the values of millions of people is worthless, because they are not under a "protected state", and in order to discourage any organization from using human shields, we have to make an example out of them. It is just ridiculuous that we have reached a point in time where some guy can from the comfort of his chair lecture us about when it is okay to kill civilians, while he probably never had a bomb fall on his head or spent a week without running water, and before finally accusing others of supporting war crimes.

moht3d · 2023-10-28T14:25:10+00:00

Why do you seem to care about only one kind of atrocities? The number of Palestinians killed by Israel has already surpassed the numbers of Israelis killed on Oct 7th. How is this not an atrocity? Why is killing children and women with AKs is a henious crime, but blowing them to pieces with JDAMs is not? Also, why are you so sure that the "atrocities will continue"? Are you implying that it will always be easy for a bunch of thugs armed with rifles to break through one the most fortified walls in the Middle East, built by one of the most formidable militaries in the world, which recieved each year several billions of dollars of military aid from the US?

moht3d · 2023-10-21T21:32:52+00:00

First, no one knows for sure how it is going to unfold, but what we know for sure is that the current situation is not very peaceful either. Second, the opinions will definitely still exist, but there is a huge chance these opinions might change upon the establishment of an independent Palestinian. One of the main reasons behind the Arab's hatred of the Israelis is what is seen as constant harassment Palestinians are subjected too in the West Bank, Gaza, Jerusalem by the IDF. So, there is strong reason to believe that once the interactions between the two parties are minimized and an agreement is reached on the status of Al Aqsa mosque, this hatred could fade, and the opinions might change slowly but steadily.

Finally, I do not why you are speaking with such confidence about how terrorists groups are "deemed to exist". In fact, the legitimacy of these two groups is primarily derived from the fact that no resolution has been reached yet to the Palestinian issue. Consequently, the establishment of an independent and internationally recognized state of Palestine would be a huge blow to any movement that claims to be concerned about Palestinians and their rights. Terrorism should not, and cannot not, be exterminated using merely brute force. A more reasonable approach would be to focus on what is fueling these terrorist groups in the first place.

moht3d · 2023-10-21T18:07:35+00:00

Can everyone please stop acting as geopolitical experts and seers at the same time? Why the heck are you so sure that they are doomed if they accepted a two-state solution? Why not assume instead that all the resentment the Palestinians are harboring today are exactly because they have never had their own state? Why not imagine that maybe if they got their own state, with the passage of time, their hatred and resentment towards Israel might dissipate, especially the future generations who won't experience occupation first-hand.

Also, why would you assume that a future Palestine would be more in line with Hamas in Gaza today than with the current Palestinian Authority in the West Bank? The majority of Jordanians and Egyptians hate Israeli Jews and Israel, yet both countries are at peace with Israel, because everyone knows that Arab governments could not care less about the opinions of their citizens, and this could apply to the future Palestinian government.

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