Hi, I'm a new member to this tribe but a long time cat lover!!

My kitty, Theo, has a tumor on his tummy that is going to be surgically removed tomorrow. I found out it's mast cell cancer. The dr said this type of cancer is usually dermal (at the skin level) but they won't know for sure if it's spread until they do blood work and get in the surgery. She also said that 99% of the time, surgical removal takes care of it. I take him to a super place in SF and have a great deal of confidence in the dr, but I haven't had any experience with something like this.

Have any of you kitty people gone through this with your cats??

We've been so fortunate that our pets have always been healthy and when their time came, it was just plain old age.

I'm usually good at handling stress, but I'm so darn worried about this. He's only 9.

Have any of you cat lovers had a kitty with a mast cell tumor??

Thanks!