Re: [Felvtalk] Tiffany

[Ardy Robertson]

Hi Roxanne,

I just lost my 5-1/2 year old FeLV+ male cat - Tigger - however I do think
if I had gotten him on the Winstrol (Stanozolol) sooner, along with the
Prednisolone, he would have had a chance of making it longer. It turned his
bone marrow back on to producing blood cells, and I believe it turned his
anemia from non-regenerative to regenerative. I also wish I would have put
him on the antibiotic Doxycycline rather than Convenia because it may
interfere with the virus duplicating itself. If you do decide to try
Winstrol and are unable to find it - I do have a source for it in Arizona -
a very good company. I used the liquid and it worked well because it was
salmon-flavorerd. It comes in other forms and flavors also.

 

I hope Tiffany is doing better!

 

Ardy

 

 

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of
Roxanne Smith
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 11:57 AM
To: Felvtalk 
Subject: [Felvtalk] Tiffany

 


In the last two weeks my poor Tiffany has had three blood transfusions. Vets
and nurses all feel she has a will to live. We just need to get over this
hump. She will now be on epogen. Any feedback is welcome. She was diagnosed
with feline leukemia a year ago. Has anyone had a feline tgat lived awhile
with feline leukemia... Thanks

 

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Re: [Felvtalk] Tiffany

[Margo]

I would suggest considering Aranesp (Darbepoetin) over Epogen, but what is causing the anemia? Is she in kidney failure, or is it something else? What are her numbers, especially BUN, Creatnine, Phosphorus, WBC and especially her PCV?I have two cat that were diagnosed as FeLV+ more than 3 years ago, one is 15, the other 4.5-Original Message-
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Sent: May 12, 2016 12:56 PM
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Subject: [Felvtalk] Tiffany

In the last two weeks my poor Tiffany has had three blood transfusions. Vets and nurses all feel she has a will to live.  We just need to get over this hump. She will now be on epogen. Any feedback is welcome. She was diagnosed with feline leukemia a year ago. Has anyone had a feline tgat lived awhile with feline leukemia... Thanks

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Re: [Felvtalk] Tiffany

[Belinda]

Bailey was diagnosed at 5 months of age and lived to be 11 years old, 
his last 6 months were hard but the rest of the time he lived a 
relatively normal healthy life.  I hope Tiffany pulls through this.


Bailey was on epogen for the last 6 months and he did very well on it, 
he had undiagnosed cancer and it eventually took him though. We tested 
thinking he may have cancer but none of the tests were conclusive 
unfortunately and my vet couldn't treat for a cancer she couldn't 
diagnose ... it ended up being pancreatic cancer, which I suspected, 
when he had a feeding tube he seemed to be very touchy sometimes when 
being fed, his tummy probably hurt because he was having an undiagnosed 
pancreatitis flair up, sometimes he would run from me when I was getting 
ready to feed him, it just didn't connect with me at the time.


On 5/12/2016 9:56 AM, Roxanne Smith wrote:
In the last two weeks my poor Tiffany has had three blood 
transfusions. Vets and nurses all feel she has a will to live. We just 
need to get over this hump. She will now be on epogen. Any feedback is 
welcome. She was diagnosed with feline leukemia a year ago. Has anyone 
had a feline tgat lived awhile with feline leukemia... Thanks




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Re: [Felvtalk] Tiffany

[Rachel Dagner]

Sorry that Tiffany isn’t doing well, so sad, and scary I know. Yes, they
can live awhile and some for a long time. I looked up Epogen (because I
never heard of it).



EPOGEN® is a prescription medicine used to treat a lower than normal number
of red blood cells (anemia) caused by chronic kidney disease in patients on
dialysis to reduce or avoid the need for red blood cell transfusions.



As Armani says, if you can find the Winstrol that is for sure worth a shot
as we have seen positive results.





NVH Tripsy is natural remedy if you want to add something like that. There
are a lot of people who say it has really helped with their kitties very
serious kidneys and urinary problems, so maybe, I am not an expert on
anemia, but it says it has to do with the kidneys...?  My kitty takes it in
hopes of preventing struvite crystals.



Whatever you decide to do, I will pray that little Tiffany hangs in there
and starts feeling better soon. Please keep us updated.



Rachel







*From:* Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] *On Behalf Of
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In the last two weeks my poor Tiffany has had three blood transfusions.
Vets and nurses all feel she has a will to live. We just need to get over
this hump. She will now be on epogen. Any feedback is welcome. She was
diagnosed with feline leukemia a year ago. Has anyone had a feline tgat
lived awhile with feline leukemia... Thanks
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Re: [Felvtalk] Tiffany

[Amani Oakley]

Roxanne

You may be new to this chatline, and so I will bore the rest of the 
participants by repeating that my advice is that you immediately put Tiffany on 
Winstrol (Stanazolol). It is an anabolic steroid. It helps to turn back on the 
bone marrow to produce red cells, and eventually, white cells and platelets. 
The dose is 2 mg a day to start until you get a good response (haematocrit back 
over 20 - sounds like Tiffany must be down below 10 as my Zander was when he 
got blood transfusions). Once over 2 mg a day, you can if you want, drop it 
down to 1 mg a day until back within reference ranges for red cells, 
haematocrit, white cells, platelets, etc.

In addition to the Winstrol, I recommend prednisone, Doxycycline and 
Metoclompromide.

My Zander lived another 6 years after his "crash" caused by Feline Leukemia. He 
also received blood transfusions and was on an oxygen tent.

I don't want to bore everyone else by repeating this advice in any more detail, 
but I am happy to go into further details if you want. Be forewarned that the 
Winstrol is hard to get, your vets will not have heard of it or if they have, 
they will argue with you about providing it, they need to obtain it from a 
compounding pharmacy, and expect that they will tell you that it will cause 
liver damage. The liver enzymes may well rise but they generally drop right 
back down again after the Winstrol is discontinued, and for all the cats I have 
used it on, I have never seen signs of liver damage.

Amani

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of 
Roxanne Smith
Sent: May-12-16 12:57 PM
To: Felvtalk
Subject: [Felvtalk] Tiffany

In the last two weeks my poor Tiffany has had three blood transfusions. Vets 
and nurses all feel she has a will to live. We just need to get over this hump. 
She will now be on epogen. Any feedback is welcome. She was diagnosed with 
feline leukemia a year ago. Has anyone had a feline tgat lived awhile with 
feline leukemia... Thanks


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[Felvtalk] Tiffany

[Roxanne Smith]

In the last two weeks my poor Tiffany has had three blood transfusions. Vets 
and nurses all feel she has a will to live.  We just need to get over this 
hump. She will now be on epogen. Any feedback is welcome. She was diagnosed 
with feline leukemia a year ago. Has anyone had a feline tgat lived awhile with 
feline leukemia... Thanks___
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