Finding out your cat has a compromised immune system is a scary and often devastating diagnosis, especially if the cause is cat cancer. Thankfully, there are holistic treatments available that will help minimize the side effects of chemotherapy and toxic medications. Combining holistic choices for a cat’s compromised immune system with conventional cancer therapies should be part of any treatment.
What Is Cat Cancer?
Cancer in cats is due to a failure of the immune system to regulate cell growth. It can occur in any organ (liver, spleen, lungs, etc.), any area of the body (bones or mouth, for instance), or even in a part of the body in general (such as the chest cavity).
Under normal circumstances, healthy cells grow and divide. At the same time, the immune system routinely eradicates damaged or irregular cells (cancer cells). However, if a cat’s immune system becomes weak or stops functioning properly, the body fails to detect damaged cells. As a result, these cell grow and replicate. Eventually, the cat develops tumors — the result of the growth of damaged cells. The most common types of cat cancer are feline lymphoma, feline leukemia virus, feline mammary cancer, and feline skin cancer.
An Aggressive and Rapidly-Developing Disease
Cancer in cats can often go undetected for weeks or even months. As cancer is aggressive and develops rapidly, the time between the appearance of the first cancer cells and the diagnosis of the disease is often directly linked to survival rate.
Once Cancer Has Been Diagnosed
Close consultation with your holistic veterinarian can help you to select the right cancer treatment and cancer therapies for your cat and his situation. Depending on the type of cancer, the age and condition of your cat, and other important factors, treatments for cat cancers can range from surgically removing tumors or abnormal cell growth, chemotherapy and radiation therapy to isolate and destroy cancer cells, and medications to help slow tumor development, treat inflammation, and control pain.
Mainstream Western-Medicine Therapies for Cat Cancer
Although many mainstream western-medicine therapies can be successful in removing or shrinking tumors (at least temporarily), none of these feline cancer treatments address the underlying cause of cancer: a faulty or weakened immune system. In fact, some treatments (such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy) can cause significant damage to, or even destroy, an already fragile immune system.
Rebuilding a Cat’s Compromised Immune System
Since cancer results from the inability of the cat’s immune system to recognize and destroy cancer cells, it makes sense that helping to rebuild and support a cat’s compromised immune system at the same time as providing conventional therapies is the key to successful cancer treatment.
Rebuilding the immune system of a sick cat requires a multi-faceted approach. You need to reduce the everyday toxins in your cat’s environment, such as contact with pesticides, cleaning products, and highly-processed cat foods.
Most commercial cat foods are highly processed, meaning that during production much of the nutritional value of the ingredients is lost. All cats — but especially those with cancer — can benefit by changing to naturally-prepared, organic cat food that is rich in nutrients and free from chemical preservatives. As cats with cancer often have a poor appetite, it is essential to continually offer your cat a variety of healthy foods to encourage him to eat.
Another thing to do is stop vaccinating while your cat is fighting cancer. Vaccines can be disruptive to the immune system.
If you don’t have one already, seek out a holistic veterinarian to receive a more holistic approach to cancer treatment. The vet will discuss diet and other alternative solutions with you.
We Can Help
In addition to providing essential nutrients through diet, supplements containing essential vitamins and minerals along with time-tested herbs can help to ensure that your cat has the strongest immune system possible to help fight his way back to health.
Hi Steve, our 12 year old cat Charlotte has a mass in her intestine. We’re trying prednisone in case it’s lymphoma, though the vet thought it a bit more likely it was adenocarcinoma. She did two x-rays, blood work. No ultra sound, no urine work. Charlotte has also lost weight, which began perhaps around May. The mass was discovered when we brought her in after she began peeing on piles of clothing in my daughter’s rooms. I would love to find more natural method to shrink the mass, or whatever might help her. She is straining to defecate, and the vet said that if it’s lymphoma the steroids may shrink it; but if it’s not lymphoma, the mass will only grow, eventually making it impossible for her to defecate. We so appreciate any input you might have.
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My 12 year old Turkish Angora (I don’t know exactly how old she is because they couldn’t tell when I got her at the animal rescue center over 11 years ago) has been diagnosed with a Mandibular tumor (jaw) last month. Her blood tests are great and she is an otherwise healthy cat (still grooming, hunting, playing, eating, etc). Her first chemo treatment wasn’t successful as the tumor gained about an inch during those four weeks and she is now on oral Palladia for the next three weeks to see if that can halt the growth. Any advice or observations you could share would be extremely helpful. Thank you.
Hello,
We have a comprehensive treatment that has been very successful with mouth tumors. I will send you more information to your email.
I would like this information too, please. My cat was diagnosed with a mouth tumor- adenocarcinoma.
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Thanks for the info, Stephen. Could you supply more information about the success you have had with mouth tumors? Thanks again.
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My 13.5 year old cat was diagnosed 10 weeks ago with renal and jejunum large cell lymphoma. Oncologist said that even after chop protocol, they normally see cancer return within 3 months. I opted out of chemo. He started taking 5mg prednisolone 2xday for 2 weeks and now He’s currently on 5mg prednisolone 1xday. I started him on a product called Life Gold, but recently changed to NHV lymphoma support products. He gets appx. 250mg ip6 2x day, 300mg inositol 2x day. I give these separately because the more popular combined capsules have added phosphorous and I didn’twant to worsen his kidneys. A phosphate binder with food, nordic naturals omega 3s, a good human probiotic, 1/8 tsp zeolite 2xday, occasional nuleaf cbd oil when he tolerates it. A holistic vet gave me Wei qi and rehmannia to give him, but it’s capsules and I can’t pill him with those as they’re somewhat large and even just a smidgen in his food will turn him off, so haven’t started on those. I make my own nanoparticle colloidal silver and he drinks it straight from his bowl. I also have filtered water available for him. He has been going through about half a gallon of colloidal silver a week.
He had been eating commercial raw and canned for at least 4 years and the last 6 months he was eating homemade raw I prepared with a completer called alnutrin or ez complete. The last 4 weeks, however, he has started to refuse his raw food. So now I’ve switched him to canned foods. Some high quality, but also some low quality when he refuses anything else. I do get canned foods that are low to no carb and that don’t have grains. I try to stay away from fish as well.
I believe this lymphoma came about because of his lifetime inflammation from allergies. When I finally got tired of guessing games. I had him tested(but only blood test because I didn’t want him anesthetized for skin test). If the blood test is accurate, he is allergic to beef, chickpeas(common filler in foods) and a number of insects(fleas, flies, mosquitoes).
Vet just prescribed zofran 1mg 2xday for nausea and regular pepcid as needed. While I’m loathe to use these, they have helped the last 2 days. He’s eating with more gusto.
Spacing these things out is a challenge as I haven’t been able to find many contraindications online and the holistic vet did not know what most of these things were! I make sure there’s 4 hours between the pred and anything else. And I only give the zeolite by itself as I’m afraid it may absorb other herbs/meds.
Outside of nausea, I feel he is doing pretty good. He grooms my other cat. They’ve been together for 12 1/2 years, he plays, he poops fine, his pee volume is high(kidneys) and has been for a number of years. His normal weight 6 months prior to diagnosis was around 11lbs. He got down to 9.2lbs when I took him in and thethey found thelymphoma. He gained around 6oz when he was on 2 pred a day, but when it went to 1 pred,he lost the weight he gained.
I feel like I’m throwing too many things at the wall and hoping something sticks. I feel all these things have promise, but am worried I’m not doing the right thing.
I recommend Advanced Immune Restoration Protocol for cats. https://vitalityscience.com/product/advanced-immune-restoration/ it will help to raise the vitality of your animals and boost the immune system. Also you will receive a luxolite in this protocol which will help with the nausea. Let us know how else we can help. Take Care LeLa
My 7 year old cat was just diagnosed with mammary cancer. She had surgery to remove the small tumor ( 2cm or less ). What can I do other than changing her diet to ensure there isn’t reoccurrence. Also, I’ve read such terrible answers online and that mammary cancer is very aggressive. Is there any positive success stories with mammary cancer after the tumor was removed?
So sorry to hear about your cat. We recommend the Advanced Immune Restoration Protocol. It will help to boost the immune system, support organ function, reduce inflammation, and increase the vitality of your cat. please let us know if you have any other questions.
Our cat Marley, a male tuxedo about 14 years of age, started exhibiting digestive issues and weight loss about a year ago, with chronic diarrhea, with red blood present more often than not. Our local vet ran test and eliminated kidney, liver issues. He was placed on a steroid and symptoms diminished. However, the shot wore off in 16 weeks, then 12 weeks and then in 3 weeks. The doctor thinks its intestinal sarcoma. Unfortunately, we can’t afford the $400.00 scan to confirm a mass or tumor. I give him Gabapentin twice a day and he behaves near normal, but eats none stop and has to relieve himself 4-7 times a day,. His stool is liquid and has blood present. Are there any options other than palliative care until he has to be put down?
Hello Tami, We have a combination of products that have been very successful in treating combination GI and Immune issues in cats.
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The diet is key and must be assessed and reassessed as the process continues as clinical and sub clinical reactions are impossible to exactly determine in advance of experimentation. However, some rules are more important. No corn, wheat, soy (hydrolyzed protein is soy), or chicken, and sometimes no guar gum, or carragenean. “Single protein, limited ingredients” venison or rabbit are the way to reduce variables.
Vaccines and pharmaceutical drugs, including flea repellents, heart worm medications, and dewormers, are also problematic and should be reduced or removed when possible.
Vaccines are always a problem. They were a big part of what caused the problem. It doesn’t matter how long ago the last vaccine was given. The damage never goes away. Vets admit the rabies vaccine can cause injection site carcinoma. The medical establishment is pushing a vaccine that can cause cancer, GI problems and many other health issues to protect against a disease that almost all cats are extremely unlikely to get.