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Cat has Cancer.

Hi I've just found out 2 days ago my cat has Lymphoma Cancer.
Shes a  long haired cat and vet said she will be having chemo tablet and steriods.
If she vomits on my bed or gets diarroha and i clean up best i can would my health be at risk from vomit,body fluids that are radioactive? Is it better to throw out rather than wash anything contaminated?
Sometimes after going to toilet drops of urine under tail and whar if im not home to wipe urine from her coat after she been toilet?
How to clean carpet that can only be cleaned on surface but may be radioactive from vomit.urine or diarrhoa?
Shall i avoid her salvia on my skin eg is that radioactive too? She would be having tablet every 2 days for rest of her life.
Shes in early stages of Cancer.
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Thanks Ken.
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1081992 tn?1389903637
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Okay, I see why you thought it might be radioactive: it's because they told you to wear gloves. But there is no radioactivity in it, though it might (or might not) irritate your skin if you touch a tablet directly. I doubt that her saliva would bother you. The dose of those drugs is given according to the weight of the patient, so she is getting a very small dose.

Unfortunately, those types of chemo drugs can reduce the number of blood cells that fight infection. That's true for humans, too. The usual advice for humans is to be extra, extra clean in every way such as washing dishes with a new sponge. Avoiding anyone with a cold, etc.

Good luck to you and to your cat.
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Hi Ken,they said the steriod is prednisolane and chemo tablet is chlorambucil which they said they give to owner to give to pet at home(wearing gloves) but i will see if they can give to her for various reasons
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Hi, I'm sorry to hear your news. But can you post the name of the tablets? I'm surprised to hear of radioactive tablets, unless it was iodine for thyroid cancer.

Perhaps you are thinking of Cytoxan, also known as cyclophosphamide?
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The steriod tablet they said is for degeneration arhtitis of spine and that type ok with chemo tablet but other types of steriods would be too dangerous combined with chemo they said.
But googled the chemo tablet and said can increase infections so worried about her having that.
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