Sad news for my cat Hobbes. He was just diagnosed with eye cancer (melanoma), which will require removal of his eye sometime in the next 2-3 months so the cancer doesn't spread. In addition, the eye vet also noticed a mass in his left cheek area which could be another form of cancer, or, if I'm lucky, just some type of abscess.

Obviously, I love my cat dearly. I've had him since he was a kitten and he's almost 18. But how far do I go with treatments? He'll obviously be in discomfort with and after any type of surgery and I don't want him to suffer. He feels fine now. Is it time to just let him go???

thats your choice .I think if the cat is in pain that could be a factor good luck

I feel sad for you and your cat I have two of my own. When my family pets got up in age we alway took care of them medically as long as we could afford it. Once the animals were in too much pain we had to let them go.

If the cat's still spry and active, then it might be worth it. My (now deceased) cat came down with (what I thought was) some serious respiratory ailment when it was around 16 years of age. The vet went so far as to hypothesize that it was feline leukemia or something fatal and that I should consider putting him down.

However, since the doc wasn't 100-percent sure of his diagnosis, I went ahead and had some tests done. While it did cost me almost $400 for the tests, it was found that he just had a bad case of kitty pneumonia or something that could be fixed with antibiotics.

Obviously, eye cancer is much different than what my cat went through, but the end statement is the same- if the pet is still in good health except for what is ailing it, it might be worth the treatment. However, if the costs are well beyond what you can afford, then you might have to do some soul searching.