When I had mine...... for leukemia testing. They gave me novocaine shots and a sedative. I was kind of out of it, but it still hurt. Afterwards it didn't hurt though... I have no idea about cats.....
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I agree that I would not put a cat under just for FeLV testing. But as for
the painfulness, are you all saying it is painful during the test or afterwards?
Simon was out during the test, but I feel like I am in twilight zone if you
are all saying it is very painful afterwards because he really did not seem to
even notice it and both the oncologist and the internist said it was no big
deal. I would not have done something to him if the vets had said it would be
painful. Maybe a bone marrow biopsy for lymphoma, which is what he had, is
somehow different than what you are talking about, but I don't think so.
Michelle
In a message dated 2/21/05 6:45:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Very painful. The tricky thing with this and FeLV is that while they may
not show symptoms prior to the test, anesthesia can activate the virus.
Kind of a double edged sword... >>
