thank you so much for your advice. i will see if my
vet would be willing to consult with cornell on this.
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>
> I see-- that's really far. Is there an internist
> nearer by? Internists are
> often pretty up to speed on chemotherapy as well.
> You might be able to get
> an oncologist to consult with your regular vet by
> phone. Didn't someone on
> the list say their oncologist is willing to do
> that?
>
> Seriously, with having had 2 and possibly 3 cats
> with lymphoma (one was
> never definitively diagnosed and had no palpable
> tumors), I would do steroids and
> try to find someone who knows what they are doing
> regarding chemotherapy. I
> think I would ask the vet to do a shot of
> dexamethasone and a shot of
> Elspar. Elspar is a chemo drug that solely works
> against lymphoma and does not kill
> off other cells-- it blocks something that the
> lymphoma cells need to stay
> alive, or something like that. Given how long it
> has been already, and how
> much information your vet has (tumor, ultrasound
> results, and fact that she is
> FeLV+ and leuk positives tend to get lymphoma at a
> much higher rate) and
> that dexamethasone and Elspar will not hurt Shelby
> even if it is not lymphoma, I
> would beg the vet to give her those tomorrow and see
> what happens. If they
> are going to help, they should help within a day or
> two. I think surgery
> could be a big risk and would be unlikley to get it
> all out anyway. I am not a
> vet, obviously and am just speaking from what I know
> from my own unfortunate
> experiences, so I could be wrong. But that is the
> course of action I would
> take.
> Michelle
>
> In a message dated 4/8/05 10:22:49 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> That's what I'm worried about, it growing quickly
> and
> me not doing anything. The closest oncologist I
> have
> is 3 hours away :(
>
>
>
>
Amy Wilkins
Woof Wagon
www.woofwagon.com
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