Hello Amanda i don't think you could have done anything more for Chan. i had lymphoma and it is a fast acting, vicious disease. even human doctors don't know much about it. when i got it in 2000, there were only 2 known chemos that worked sometimes. i went thru both of them and when they did not work, was told 3 - 4 months. Gymzar was dscovered by accident and they tried that. all it did was kill my red blood cells. a year later i went into spontaneous remission. i credit prayer and vitmins/mineral for that. i have been in remission for 5 years now and am still going strong. try prayer, it does work. dorlis ---- amanda <white-dai...@lapis.plala.or.jp> wrote: > Hi all, I'm Amanda I live in Japan, I don't know if I was a member > here before or not, I keep going from group to group, but I need > advice please. I just lost last week my beloved cat he was minus 4 > months almost 7 years old! He was diagnosed when he was about 1 1/2 > years old along with his sister. He also had a heart murmur that > developed into a full heart problem when he was 3 years old. Besides > taking the interferon when first had FeLV he never took any other > medications, he was treated holistically and was on a raw diet, he > would have cat food as a treat. He was very well sometimes had > diarrea if ate too many bugs outside or ate a rat! He was an outside > cat, but since just over 2 years ago I decided to have him on a > harness and kept him inside as one of our cats got into a fight and > had a heart attack ! He was healthy even. My cat (Sorry his name was > Silver chan), at first cried to go outside, I had an outside cage > for him too, and he soon ajusted to life on the leash, I'd take him > for many walks aday as I could. Sometimes we'd be attacked by the > neighbours tom cat (my cats are all neutered) and twice my cat got > stressed out and bit me instead as a result! But other wise he was > good natured. Since last fall 2007, I noticed that he didn't put on > weight on, I even forgot about that it could be related to having > FeLV , I thought maybe because he's on the leash and can't catch prey > much now, sometimes he still did! Those days I was spoiling him with > extra cat food with added rice, my husbands suggestion, I thought it > was o.k since he did have abit of rice maybe once a week with fish, > but he soon started getting stomach aches, so I stopped it, but would > still sometimes give a teaspoon of cat food as a treat, mostly I'd > try natural ones with no or low salt. I tried to keep him as stress > free as possible knowing he had a heart problem. He was also on DMG, > CoQ10, natto, and probiotics, for his heart. This year suddenly his > voice changed abit, so off to the vets and they thought it maybe > stress related, though I had gave him some chicken cat food that I > never gave before, so I stopped that and soon his voice became normal > again, that time was May and we had all the tests and x rays, and > nothing was found. During the summer sometimes he would vomit and he > always ate grass and maybe more lately, once or twice he vomitted a > little blood, I thought he just had a delicate stomach, so took care > not to give him too much food, ( he ate 3 small meals aday) He always > had some stress from stray cats passing on garden /land, taht May he > growled at one, so not sure if it was related. Anyway we adopted 3 > more cats this summer, he's very good with other cats, but he would > get annoyed if they followed us on our walks, but we soon left them > and went alone which he loved but he didn't mind sharing the house > with them. Well just over 3 weeks ago I noticed him breathing fast, > I thought his heart had worsened but it was lymphoma cancer in his > chest and fluid arround his lungs, we tried chemo but made him worst > and he lost alot of weight, so he was just made comfortable for the > last weeks, he died on the 22nd. Of course I'm going through the self > blame phrase, I wish I hadn't given him cat food as snacks! and many > other things, I have anorther cat who has it now, he had interferon > and is now better and is on a raw diet and lactoferrin and digestive > enzymes, is there anything else I can do for him? And do you think > my cat Silver chan could have lived longer? I mean when he first lost > weight last year, maybe he should have had interferon again? I'm sure > it was all FeLV related but what could I or should I have done? I > really thought he didn't have FeLV anymore, and was just concerned > about his heart! Please also tell me your stories, what age did your > cats live to , what treatments, diet ect? I really don't want to > make any more mistakes, I feel like I killed my cat giving him cat > food that may have caused him to go downhill, or ..... I really don't > know, but some people say living to be almost 7 with FeLV isn't so > bad, his sister died age 3. Please advice, I'm making myself sick > from this self guilt!!! please advice and help me through this and > help me to help my new FeLV kitty!! Much love and hugs to you all, > Amanda and Tabby ,Tora(FeLV) Nora and Angel Silver chan. > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
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