RE: Ginger's appointment

[Hideyo Yamamoto]

Dear Julie, Thank you so much for your response.  It actually helps me a lot and I am so glad that you understand how I feel (that’s a price less reward) –  I think, I will wait – I can always take her, but right now, there is no reason to stress her. And I think and hope that Ginger will let me know somehow as soon as I need to do so.   That’s a good point regarding injection and diabetic cats – I have an older diabetic cat, Leo, too.  But the needless I use is very very thin and short compared to the one they use for V-B injections – they are much fatter and it scares me to use it, and I wonder if it makes differences, too.   Again, on a separate note, my Ginger’s skin is very thick (I noticed that when I was trying to give her subcud fluid the other day – I had a hard time to get the needle into her skin, which is very unusually for female young kitties – though I experience with some older tom boys).  When I mentioned it to my holistic vet, he said that it can be because of FeLV+ - have you or anyone noticed with your kitties, too? It doesn’t change anything for me and Ginger, but I did not know it and I am wondering if it’s true for your kitties, too.   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julie Johnson Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 2:07 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Ginger's appointment   Hi Hideyo,   It can be really hard to decide on a trip to the vet when kitty is doing well; especially if the kitty is feral.   I think bloodwork can be so important, though; it can alert us to very slight changes over time that produce no symptoms.  It's really a tough call; maybe plan to take her in a month or so as long as she continues to do well?    Sorry; I guess that's not much help, but I do empathize with you because I go through the same thing!  Anyone with a skittish animal does, whether they are postive or not!   Regarding the injection conversation you heard, I've heard that, too, but have not actually read the study.  I feel like something must be missing, however, because if it was simply the trauma of injection that was causing these sarcomas wouldn't we logically expect to see diabetic cats with a high rate of cancer?     Julie   Hideyo Yamamoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: After going back and forth, I decided not to take Ginger to her appointment yesterday after all.  She has been doing well, and I wanted to minimize any chances of stressing her if I could avoid it.  She is a feral cat, and she is extremely skittish and I guess, since she has been doing so well, I did not want anything to change that –   That’s said, do you guys think that I should still get her checked up by my vet?  Her tongue (Dr. Basko tells me that the color of the tongue can be a better indication of anemia than gums sometimes – especially, ginger has a darker pigment) and gum looks good – but I would necessary know how organs are doing except that she is just doing so fantastic and I am just so proud of her –   Also, one thing I forget to mention yesterday regarding what’s suggested by Dr. Basko is that to give Ginger VB12 and folic acid possibly twice a week –   On a separate note, I have a question. I was at an animal emergency clinic this past weekend with one of others kitties – and overheard the conversation regarding vaccinations causing cancer/tumors (which I am so aware of and do not vaccine any of my cats) – but I heard the doctor saying – “well, actually there was a test/research done on this topic – and what they found out is that cancers/tumors are not caused by vaccine itself, but rather by “injections” – they did testing with a control group with saline solutions and they still found cancers/tumors from the group – which concerns me now all of sudden with V-B injections – let me know if you have any insight on this -    "I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man. " "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) Paws Come WITH Claws!!! If you're thinking about de-clawing your cat, you need to re-think your decision to acquire a pet. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term'