Re: [Felvtalk] FeLv Positive cat

[Margo]

I went thru the lymph node thing with one cat three years ago. All external 
nodes were the size of a golfball. His were so bad internally that they 
obstructed his bowel. He was in a household with FeLV+s, so we assumed 
lymphosarcoma. I took him in, and it was my first contact with a new Vet. I 
told her I had no desire to put a dying cat thru very much, if she could just 
relieve the constipation, and try to shrink the nodes, I'd just take him home 
and make him comfortable. She (surprisingly, to me) didn't quibble, gave him an 
enema, prescribed an antibiotic (I chose Zenequin), and a course of 
prednisolone. He recovered completely, and there's never been a recurrence. 

I don't know if he's FeLV+. None of us expected him to live, so no bloodwork 
was done. 

Just my experience.

Margo


-Original Message- 
>From: dlg...@windstream.net
>Sent: Feb 25, 2017 9:15 AM
>To: Molly Mou <mollymou...@yahoo.com>, felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FeLv Positive cat
>
>I haave had no problems with this, all I can offer is prayer.
>
> Molly Mou <mollymou...@yahoo.com> wrote: 
>>  I am new to the list. Three weeks ago my 5-year old Miakitty was diagnosed 
>> with FeLv. The ELISA test showed slightly + for FeLv. Itook her to the vet’s 
>> initially because her lymph nodes were raging – all ofthem premandibular, 
>> prescapular, inguinal all the way to the popliteals wereenlarged. A needle 
>> aspirate of the lymph nodes result was hyperplasia,no lymphosarcoma. White 
>> blood cell count was normal, but she was anemic, butnot to the point of 
>> needing a transfusion.I was devastated and stunned at this diagnosis because 
>> she(the whole litter) was tested as kittens for FIV and FeLv and were 
>> negative. Myvet said the disease can stay in the bone marrow. I have her 
>> brother who isasymptomatic – confusing. I haven’t had him tested yet for 
>> FeLv yet.My vet recommended treatment with Immunoregulin. Theprotocol per 
>> Plumb’s is an IV injection twice weekly for two weeks, then 1injection once 
>> weekly for 21 weeks. She is now in her 4th week oftreatment. For the first 
>> two weeks, her lymph nodes decreased and becamesofter. But after the 2nd 
>> week her lymph nodes are raging againdespite the treatments. She is eating 
>> well, but not very active. Has anyone had experience with this treatment or 
>> any othertreatment(s) or advice to help my little girl? Thanks in advance,  
>> Pat Peterson
>
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Re: [Felvtalk] FeLv Positive cat

[Amani Oakley]

Hi Molly

I tried Immunoregulin for a long time with my FeLV little boy, but it was 
completely ineffective. You need to be doing regular (weekly or every other 
week) blood testing, to monitor whether the Immunoregulin is helping or not.

If not, then don’t run through the full 21 weeks. There would be no point and 
you will waste valuable time while she worsens.

I had good luck using a combination of Doxycycline (1/2 100 mg twice a day) 
plus Winstrol (1 mg x2 day) plus prednisone/prednisolone (1/2 5 mg tablet x2 a 
day). Even on this protocol, I recommend close weekly or bi-weekly monitoring 
so you can see if you start getting a rise in the red cell indices, etc. Don’t 
let your vet talk you out of one or another of these medications. You can’t 
substitute another antibiotic for the Doxycycline, for example. Doxycycline has 
anti-RNA properties (which allows it to interfere with the replication of 
viruses when other antibiotics don’t do this.)

Some people in this group have also reported excellent results with “Zander’s 
Protocol” while others have not. I am hypothesizing that this may be due to the 
fact that it appears there may be as many as five different strains of the 
virus, so perhaps the different strains respond or don’t respond to certain 
things. The other thing that may affect outcome is timing. The virus shuts down 
the bone marrow by killing or taking over the cells in the bone marrow. At some 
point, there will be little in the bone marrow to turn back on (which it 
appears the Winstrol can do in some instances).

Amani

P.S. – For those of you keeping score, I have corrected my previous description 
of Zander’s Protocol because I found an old pill bottle and realized I had been 
giving him ½ a 100 mg Doxy tablet twice a day, not a ¼ tablet as I had 
previously reported. Sorry for any confusion.

From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Molly 
Mou
Sent: February-24-17 9:57 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: [Felvtalk] FeLv Positive cat

I am new to the list. Three weeks ago my 5-year old Mia kitty was diagnosed 
with FeLv. The ELISA test showed slightly + for FeLv. I took her to the vet’s 
initially because her lymph nodes were raging – all of them premandibular, 
prescapular, inguinal all the way to the popliteals were enlarged.
A needle aspirate of the lymph nodes result was hyperplasia, no lymphosarcoma. 
White blood cell count was normal, but she was anemic, but not to the point of 
needing a transfusion.
I was devastated and stunned at this diagnosis because she (the whole litter) 
was tested as kittens for FIV and FeLv and were negative. My vet said the 
disease can stay in the bone marrow. I have her brother who is asymptomatic – 
confusing. I haven’t had him tested yet for FeLv yet.
My vet recommended treatment with Immunoregulin. The protocol per Plumb’s is an 
IV injection twice weekly for two weeks, then 1 injection once weekly for 21 
weeks. She is now in her 4th week of treatment.
For the first two weeks, her lymph nodes decreased and became softer. But after 
the 2nd week her lymph nodes are raging again despite the treatments. She is 
eating well, but not very active.
Has anyone had experience with this treatment or any other treatment(s) or 
advice to help my little girl?

Thanks in advance,

Pat Peterson
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Re: [Felvtalk] FeLv Positive cat

[Katherine K.]

;
> Looking for support, suggestions, and information. I've never had a cat
> with FeLV. We took our 1 year old, Hodor, to the vet because he seemed
> lethargic and in his stool there was a piece of floss that was red. At the
> vet things escalated and they told us he was severely anemic and would need
> a transfusion that day. I took off work and rushed him to a specialist. The
> vet there told us she would run an FeLV test before doing anything in case
> we wanted to avoid the extra tests and procedures. She told us he was FeLV
> positive and persistently talked to me and my fiance about euthanizing him
> which was out of the question for us. I took him to the vet thinking it was
> going to be minor and then she's talking to me about killing him! We went
> forward with the blood transfusion. It's been almost 3 weeks now. They had
> him on doxycycline  in case there was a bacterial cause, and prednisone.
> Last week he started interferon... Does anyone have experience with that
> and know if it was effective? I also started him on Pet Tinic.   Any other
> suggestions? Any insight into whether you think he will be able to pull
> through? He doesn't have cancer, they ran the tests but don't know if it's
> in the bone marrow.  I'm scared. We have another one year old, unrelated,
> and they are best friends. It breaks my heart to think they might be
> separated. She's not FeLV positive.
>
> Additionally I have set up a go fund me to help with the costs we
> incurred, and I want to donate half to FeLV research if anyone is
> interested.
> http://www.gofundme.com/2mzdpgk
>
> Mainly looking for support and advice. Thank you in advance.
>
> Elizabeth McCarty, ASW #36438
>
> --
> *From: *dlg...@windstream.net
> *To: *"Molly Mou" <mollymou...@yahoo.com>, felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
> *Sent: *Saturday, February 25, 2017 9:15:50 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [Felvtalk] FeLv Positive cat
>
> I haave had no problems with this, all I can offer is prayer.
>
>  Molly Mou <mollymou...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >  I am new to the list. Three weeks ago my 5-year old Miakitty was
> diagnosed with FeLv. The ELISA test showed slightly + for FeLv. Itook her
> to the vet’s initially because her lymph nodes were raging – all ofthem
> premandibular, prescapular, inguinal all the way to the popliteals
> wereenlarged. A needle aspirate of the lymph nodes result was
> hyperplasia,no lymphosarcoma. White blood cell count was normal, but she
> was anemic, butnot to the point of needing a transfusion.I was devastated
> and stunned at this diagnosis because she(the whole litter) was tested as
> kittens for FIV and FeLv and were negative. Myvet said the disease can stay
> in the bone marrow. I have her brother who isasymptomatic – confusing. I
> haven’t had him tested yet for FeLv yet.My vet recommended treatment with
> Immunoregulin. Theprotocol per Plumb’s is an IV injection twice weekly for
> two weeks, then 1injection once weekly for 21 weeks. She is now in her 4th
> week oftreatment. For the first two weeks, her lymph nodes decreased and
> becamesofter. But after the 2nd week her lymph nodes are raging
> againdespite the treatments. She is eating well, but not very active. Has
> anyone had experience with this treatment or any othertreatment(s) or
> advice to help my little girl? Thanks in advance,  Pat Peterson
>
>
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Re: [Felvtalk] FeLv Positive cat

[Sandy]

l be 
able to pull through? He doesn't have cancer, they ran the tests but don't know 
if it's in the bone marrow. I'm scared. We have another one year old, 
unrelated, and they are best friends. It breaks my heart to think they might be 
separated. She's not FeLV positive. 

Additionally I have set up a go fund me to help with the costs we incurred, and 
I want to donate half to FeLV research if anyone is interested. 
http://www.gofundme.com/2mzdpgk 

Mainly looking for support and advice. Thank you in advance. 

Elizabeth McCarty, ASW #36438 

- Original Message -

From: dlg...@windstream.net 
To: "Molly Mou" <mollymou...@yahoo.com>, felvtalk@felineleukemia.org 
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 9:15:50 AM 
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FeLv Positive cat 

I haave had no problems with this, all I can offer is prayer. 

 Molly Mou <mollymou...@yahoo.com> wrote: 
> I am new to the list. Three weeks ago my 5-year old Miakitty was diagnosed 
> with FeLv. The ELISA test showed slightly + for FeLv. Itook her to the vet’s 
> initially because her lymph nodes were raging – all ofthem premandibular, 
> prescapular, inguinal all the way to the popliteals wereenlarged. A needle 
> aspirate of the lymph nodes result was hyperplasia,no lymphosarcoma. White 
> blood cell count was normal, but she was anemic, butnot to the point of 
> needing a transfusion.I was devastated and stunned at this diagnosis because 
> she(the whole litter) was tested as kittens for FIV and FeLv and were 
> negative. Myvet said the disease can stay in the bone marrow. I have her 
> brother who isasymptomatic – confusing. I haven’t had him tested yet for FeLv 
> yet.My vet recommended treatment with Immunoregulin. Theprotocol per Plumb’s 
> is an IV injection twice weekly for two weeks, then 1injection once weekly 
> for 21 weeks. She is now in her 4th week oftreatment. For the first two 
> weeks, her lymph nodes decreased and becamesofter. But after the 2nd week her 
> lymph nodes are raging againdespite the treatments. She is eating well, but 
> not very active. Has anyone had experience with this treatment or any 
> othertreatment(s) or advice to help my little girl? Thanks in advance, Pat 
> Peterson 


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Re: [Felvtalk] FeLv Positive cat

[dlgegg]

I haave had no problems with this, all I can offer is prayer.

 Molly Mou  wrote: 
>  I am new to the list. Three weeks ago my 5-year old Miakitty was diagnosed 
> with FeLv. The ELISA test showed slightly + for FeLv. Itook her to the vet’s 
> initially because her lymph nodes were raging – all ofthem premandibular, 
> prescapular, inguinal all the way to the popliteals wereenlarged. A needle 
> aspirate of the lymph nodes result was hyperplasia,no lymphosarcoma. White 
> blood cell count was normal, but she was anemic, butnot to the point of 
> needing a transfusion.I was devastated and stunned at this diagnosis because 
> she(the whole litter) was tested as kittens for FIV and FeLv and were 
> negative. Myvet said the disease can stay in the bone marrow. I have her 
> brother who isasymptomatic – confusing. I haven’t had him tested yet for FeLv 
> yet.My vet recommended treatment with Immunoregulin. Theprotocol per Plumb’s 
> is an IV injection twice weekly for two weeks, then 1injection once weekly 
> for 21 weeks. She is now in her 4th week oftreatment. For the first two 
> weeks, her lymph nodes decreased and becamesofter. But after the 2nd week her 
> lymph nodes are raging againdespite the treatments. She is eating well, but 
> not very active. Has anyone had experience with this treatment or any 
> othertreatment(s) or advice to help my little girl? Thanks in advance,  Pat 
> Peterson


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Re: [Felvtalk] FelV Positive cat

[Lorrie]

THANKS FOR THIS POST, LEE Too many people panic and kill cats who
test positive for FelV.  Some even kill FIV cats and there is no reason
for this, as I believe FIV is only transmitted by deep bite wounds.

Lorrie


On 09-01, Lee Evans wrote:
First of all, the vets blow way out of proportion the contagious factor
in FeLv. Yes, a cat can be latent, as were my Tiger Boy and Twerp. Both
latent, both tested negative all their long lives, then towards the
end, they got a URI plus kidney failure and both passed within days of
each other at ages 13 and 14. They lived with 8 other cats. I tested
periodically but none of their mates ever turned positive and all the
cats in that group regularly slept together, groomed each other, ate
from the same dishes and shared litter boxes. You can't make any hard,
fast rules with FeLv. Your cat has been living with the other cats so
it's up to you whether she should continues to do that. However, please
don't have her killed just because she tested positive. As for a cat
going outside and bringing in FeLv, I really don't think so. They have
to have some type of long term exposure or critical exposure - like
meeting a cat who is already ill from the disease and grooming him.
It's not airborne.

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