very good news: second opinion is in. the short of it is, radiologist believes this to be arthritic rather than cancerous. we are not ruling it out- and she is not out of the woods yet either- but i have more time with her than the vet initially led me to believe.
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so now we are moving onto pain treatments only for the moment. gabapentin or steroids are the main options, they also offer acupuncture. for cats! how crazy is that? what a world
so essentially, she does have issues still. but those issues are not a "weeks to live" type scenario
so, now i really feel bad for going and shouting to the world that my cat is dying, but that was what the vet told me! im so sorry 😣
im incredibly happy that she may have been wrong. and, since we now are fairly sure she has more time than that, i will be heading to fwa tmrw!!