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[quote=Anonymous]We recently took our almost 16-year-old cat to the Hope Center in Rockville and were very pleased with our visit. It cost $245 but the doctor spent a good 90 minutes with us reviewing our regular vet's records, discussing symptoms and recommending treatment. Our cat has hyperthyroidism and diabetes which contributed to weight loss although not as drastic as what happened to your cat. But the specialist did say there was a 50/50 chance he has cancer based on his symptoms and age and that the only definitive way to know about something like lymphoma is to do a biopsy, which we aren't willing to put him through.

One of our other cats (we have 3) recently had drastic weight loss and vomiting and all the tests showed absolutely nothing wrong with him. There is a special gastro panel that can be run out of a university in TX I think so you could ask your vet about that. We had it done and everything looked fine so they did an ultrasound just to be sure and that looked fine too. The cat has now gained some weight back and seems totally fine months later so we still don't know what it was.

Good luck.[/quote]

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