Ask HN: Cat has lymphoma
Recently learned a friend's cat has lymphoma. The prognosis is (from what I understand) that current technology is not sophisticated enough to fight this for real. More or less they give the poor thing maybe 6-8 months to live if she's lucky (second opinion was 4-6 months). This will all happen while most likely creating a relatively uncomfortable existence for the remainder of the cat's life with chemotherapy treatments. Currently they're on a CHOP protocol VARIATION, which is apparently similar in effectiveness to CHOP, but with (a) far less side-effects, and (b) far less expensive.
Any thoughts? Recommendations? Anecdata? Cutting edge research? Things she can try (based in science) from comfort of home? Test as many immunomodulatory hormones, glandular extracts, and bioactive plants as you can figure out. It might help humans you know someday. How old is the cat? Sorry for late response. Got answer. Almost 12. Get some DNA and clone it someday.