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Considering the needle aspiration biopsy was negative, I wouldn't be
overly-worried. I personally know of one cat who died of a vaccine (FeLV - cat was indoor/outdoor, so needed the vaccine) site-induced cancerous tumor on her shoulder a few years ago, when the cat was 7. It was inoperable, because of the location. Now a rear leg is used for FeLV vax, *if* the cat needs it, so that an amputation can be performed in the unlikely event of a carcinoma forming as a result of the shot. So, I agree to keep a watch on it, but to try to relax in the meantime. Adopting her was, IMO, a wiser thing to do than to leave her to her own devices outside. One can't ever second-guess such a situation - the "what ifs" - the adverse things that *may* happen, Vs. what is -likely- to be the overall better situation. And you chose the likely-to-be-better deals: adopting her & getting her rabies shot taken care of. Which it may very well still turn out to be. Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon "Charles" wrote in message ... I took in an abandoned kitty approx 4 months ago. She is now 6-7 months old. I was what I thought to be a wonderful owner, purchasing several scratching posts, giving kitty the run of the house. Did NOT have her declawed, got her rabies and distemper vaccine, had her spayed. Now 6 weeks after her rabies vaccine, there is a lump at her vaccination site. Further research suggests that this could very likely be cancerous sarcoma caused by the vaccine. The vet NEVER mentioned this side effect. We had a needle aspirator (sp) biopsy which was negative, but even the vet said we still should be concerned. We are going to watch the lump for changes and may have a tough choice coming up. I am very upset about this and can't help but wonder if I wouldn't have been better off leaving kitty a feral. I can't believe that my own actions of having her vaccinated may cause her such pain. We have grown so attached to kitty. The vet tried to reassure us that it is unlikely that this is cancerous, but I am AMAZED at how many other cat owners have gone through this same thing. Any one out there have experience with post vaccination lumps. I am just praying that one morning I will wake up and the lump will be gone. |
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Could you please find out from the vet what brand caused that reaction? I'd
be grateful. "Magic Mood Jeep©" wrote in message newsilLb.954$5V2.563@attbi_s53... I too had a similar problem. After Weeble's (see my webshots photo albums, he was abandoned by his Mama at less than a week old) second set of vaccinations, he developed a lump at the shot site, but it took about a week to develop! Vet was concerned, but puzzled as he'd not had such developments before, but in the past month, after switching vaccine brands, was having a rash of them. The first few he biopsied, and they turned out negative, just an inflammatory reaction to the vaccine. So we kept a close eye on him: he got 'felt up' by the vet once a week for 4 weeks, and it seemed to get smaller, so vet said to only call/bring him in if the lump did anything besides shrink, and to bring him in for his neuter on the scheduled time - and by the time his neuter came, lump was almost gone, and two weeks after that, the lump was completely gone - now I can't even tell exactly where it was!. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© http://www.geocities.com/the_magic_mood_jeep/ http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep "Charles" wrote in message ... I took in an abandoned kitty approx 4 months ago. She is now 6-7 months old. I was what I thought to be a wonderful owner, purchasing several scratching posts, giving kitty the run of the house. Did NOT have her declawed, got her rabies and distemper vaccine, had her spayed. Now 6 weeks after her rabies vaccine, there is a lump at her vaccination site. Further research suggests that this could very likely be cancerous sarcoma caused by the vaccine. The vet NEVER mentioned this side effect. We had a needle aspirator (sp) biopsy which was negative, but even the vet said we still should be concerned. We are going to watch the lump for changes and may have a tough choice coming up. I am very upset about this and can't help but wonder if I wouldn't have been better off leaving kitty a feral. I can't believe that my own actions of having her vaccinated may cause her such pain. We have grown so attached to kitty. The vet tried to reassure us that it is unlikely that this is cancerous, but I am AMAZED at how many other cat owners have gone through this same thing. Any one out there have experience with post vaccination lumps. I am just praying that one morning I will wake up and the lump will be gone. |
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I too hope the bump is just some kind of allergic reaction to the shot.
In the future, you might want to discuss with your vet the vaccination guidelines recommended by the AAFP: http://www.aafponline.org/about_guidlines.htm Since we keep our cats indoors only, many vaccines are not necessary. Others don't need to be given every year, only every 3 years. Talk to your vet about this. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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I know that they now went back to the other vaccine, Purevax, that they had
stopped using because it was temporarily unavailable, but I don't know what they were using in it's place. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© http://www.geocities.com/the_magic_mood_jeep/ http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep "Betsy" -0 wrote in message ... Could you please find out from the vet what brand caused that reaction? I'd be grateful. "Magic Mood Jeep©" wrote in message newsilLb.954$5V2.563@attbi_s53... I too had a similar problem. After Weeble's (see my webshots photo albums, he was abandoned by his Mama at less than a week old) second set of vaccinations, he developed a lump at the shot site, but it took about a week to develop! Vet was concerned, but puzzled as he'd not had such developments before, but in the past month, after switching vaccine brands, was having a rash of them. The first few he biopsied, and they turned out negative, just an inflammatory reaction to the vaccine. So we kept a close eye on him: he got 'felt up' by the vet once a week for 4 weeks, and it seemed to get smaller, so vet said to only call/bring him in if the lump did anything besides shrink, and to bring him in for his neuter on the scheduled time - and by the time his neuter came, lump was almost gone, and two weeks after that, the lump was completely gone - now I can't even tell exactly where it was!. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© http://www.geocities.com/the_magic_mood_jeep/ http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep "Charles" wrote in message ... I took in an abandoned kitty approx 4 months ago. She is now 6-7 months old. I was what I thought to be a wonderful owner, purchasing several scratching posts, giving kitty the run of the house. Did NOT have her declawed, got her rabies and distemper vaccine, had her spayed. Now 6 weeks after her rabies vaccine, there is a lump at her vaccination site. Further research suggests that this could very likely be cancerous sarcoma caused by the vaccine. The vet NEVER mentioned this side effect. We had a needle aspirator (sp) biopsy which was negative, but even the vet said we still should be concerned. We are going to watch the lump for changes and may have a tough choice coming up. I am very upset about this and can't help but wonder if I wouldn't have been better off leaving kitty a feral. I can't believe that my own actions of having her vaccinated may cause her such pain. We have grown so attached to kitty. The vet tried to reassure us that it is unlikely that this is cancerous, but I am AMAZED at how many other cat owners have gone through this same thing. Any one out there have experience with post vaccination lumps. I am just praying that one morning I will wake up and the lump will be gone. |
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I am not a statistics major, but when I mentioned this problem to my sister
and friends, I found out that one of my sister's cats had sarcoma and a friends aunt had the same thing. So much for the 1 in 3,000 number that gets this reaction. I think this goes largely unreported. Our kitten is still very active and shows absolutely no signs of being sick. The biopsy that was done was the needle aspirator type and I guess this type of biopsy is not real reliable for catching cancer cells. At least it gave us temporary peace of mind. "Karen" wrote in message .. . in article , Charles at otright wrote on 1/8/04 5:11 PM: You must have been SO relieved. I am hoping for the same outcome. I am really concerned that the vaccination was done on Nov 14 and it should have gone down by now. That was almost 8 weeks ago. All I can do now is pray and hope it goes away. My Grant and Sugar both got bumps at their vaccination sites when they first got them that lasted about 3 months. Vet never mentioned the possibility of sarcomas and said it was just "a reaction". The lumps *did* go away. I took them to a new vet who upon hearing they had such a long lasting reaction wrote it in their charts and they only get purevax shots now and have had NO swelling since then. Here's hoping that is all it is for you, but be warned it may take a bit longer to go down. If the biopsy was negative, most likely is. Get purevax shots next time. More expensive but worth it. You *did* do a good thing taking kitty in. Karen |
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We recently had a scare after one of our cats developed a vaccination site
lump almost 3 years (!) after her last vacc at that particular site. Vet was very concerned and really thought the outcome was going to be bad. When the vet "went in" for a biopsy, a round ball of fat popped out.... got it analyzed and that's what it turned out to be - fat! We dodged the bullet that time...... Linda |
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"Rona Yuthasastrakosol" wrote in message ... "Charles" wrote in message ... snip I am just praying that one morning I will wake up and the lump will be gone. FWIW, I also found a lump on my cat a few weeks after she had been vaccinated. I took her back to the vet and he said it wasn't an unusual occurrence, but that I should watch it just in case. It took a few more weeks, but the lump did disappear and has not reappeared since (I still check for lumps every so often, just in case). And as a human, I get vaccine-related lumps, too :-)! (I bruise and scar easily.) My vet always tells me there's a chance of a "lump" or "swelling" at the vaccine site... I don't think she's referring to a sarcoma though at that point, but a "reaction." (or so I assume) Linda |
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"Charles" wrote in
: I took in an abandoned kitty approx 4 months ago. She is now 6-7 months old. I was what I thought to be a wonderful owner, purchasing several scratching posts, giving kitty the run of the house. Did NOT have her declawed, got her rabies and distemper vaccine, had her spayed. Now 6 weeks after her rabies vaccine, there is a lump at her vaccination site. Further research suggests that this could very likely be cancerous sarcoma caused by the vaccine. The vet NEVER mentioned this side effect. We had a needle aspirator (sp) biopsy which was negative, but even the vet said we still should be concerned. We are going to watch the lump for changes and may have a tough choice coming up. I am very upset about this and can't help but wonder if I wouldn't have been better off leaving kitty a feral. I can't believe that my own actions of having her vaccinated may cause her such pain. We have grown so attached to kitty. The vet tried to reassure us that it is unlikely that this is cancerous, but I am AMAZED at how many other cat owners have gone through this same thing. Any one out there have experience with post vaccination lumps. I am just praying that one morning I will wake up and the lump will be gone. Just went throught the same thing...1 in 10,000 cats are affected by the vaccine. I wouldnt worry too much now. I freaked out and my vet assured me he was OK and within 8 weeks it, the lump was gone |
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It was a Fort Dodge vaccine. The kitty still has the lump on her and it has
not shrunk, but is hasn't gotten any bigger either. It feels as if it is harder than it was before, but at least it is not growing. Kitty sure doesn't act sick and is as playful as ever. I guess I wait another 2 weeks and then we go to the vet to have it removed and analyzed. I wonder if I should give it more time. From reading some of the posts, it sounds like it could take a few months for a vaccine reaction to go away. I would hate to put kitty through surgery if it is not necessary. Then again, if it is Sarcoma, it would be best to remove the lump as soon as possible and pray they remove it all. "Betsy" -0 wrote in message ... Could you please find out from the vet what brand caused that reaction? I'd be grateful. "Magic Mood Jeep©" wrote in message newsilLb.954$5V2.563@attbi_s53... I too had a similar problem. After Weeble's (see my webshots photo albums, he was abandoned by his Mama at less than a week old) second set of vaccinations, he developed a lump at the shot site, but it took about a week to develop! Vet was concerned, but puzzled as he'd not had such developments before, but in the past month, after switching vaccine brands, was having a rash of them. The first few he biopsied, and they turned out negative, just an inflammatory reaction to the vaccine. So we kept a close eye on him: he got 'felt up' by the vet once a week for 4 weeks, and it seemed to get smaller, so vet said to only call/bring him in if the lump did anything besides shrink, and to bring him in for his neuter on the scheduled time - and by the time his neuter came, lump was almost gone, and two weeks after that, the lump was completely gone - now I can't even tell exactly where it was!. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© http://www.geocities.com/the_magic_mood_jeep/ http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep "Charles" wrote in message ... I took in an abandoned kitty approx 4 months ago. She is now 6-7 months old. I was what I thought to be a wonderful owner, purchasing several scratching posts, giving kitty the run of the house. Did NOT have her declawed, got her rabies and distemper vaccine, had her spayed. Now 6 weeks after her rabies vaccine, there is a lump at her vaccination site. Further research suggests that this could very likely be cancerous sarcoma caused by the vaccine. The vet NEVER mentioned this side effect. We had a needle aspirator (sp) biopsy which was negative, but even the vet said we still should be concerned. We are going to watch the lump for changes and may have a tough choice coming up. I am very upset about this and can't help but wonder if I wouldn't have been better off leaving kitty a feral. I can't believe that my own actions of having her vaccinated may cause her such pain. We have grown so attached to kitty. The vet tried to reassure us that it is unlikely that this is cancerous, but I am AMAZED at how many other cat owners have gone through this same thing. Any one out there have experience with post vaccination lumps. I am just praying that one morning I will wake up and the lump will be gone. |
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