Nina, I think the days when my life wasn't so hectic and stressful were back in grade school! lol. It's been a roller coaster ever since I turned 12!
;) Wendy --- Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wouldn't second guess whether Lyprinol had > anything to do with her > vomiting either. It's not worth the chance. I > don't even know if it > works. There were some good anecdotal reports about > it. I did put > Zevon, my GSD on it for his degenerative spine > problems, but I > discovered that he wasn't eating the tiny little > pill I dropped in his > food, so I stopped. He's doing very well on flax > seed oil and > Glu/Chond/MSM. I wouldn't give an IBD kitty flax > seed oil though. Are > you adding any salmon oil to Lucy's food? Oh, I > guess you are if you're > using TC. > > You're not going to get any arguments from me about > scraping up the > energy to debate with Darla over whether Pred is > effective/detrimental > to Lucy. I understand completely having only so > much energy and > expending it where it will do the most good. I hope > Lucy will be off it > in a few days too. Mostly because that will mean > she's continuing to > improve. I'm glad she's eating her turkey again. > That is the one thing > I KNOW made a difference with Gyps. Oh, I meant to > tell you... Working > with Darla we did find a homeopathic that is > beneficial to Gypsy. It > isn't the "answer", there's supposedly another one > "out there" that we > haven't figured out yet that would, (miracle of > miracles), bring Gypsy > back to perfect health, but it does help to give her > Phos LM1 when she > develops diarrhea. So keep your spirits up and get > some rest. I can't > imagine how many times I've said it, but there are > never any judgments > from me about the way you care for your furkids. > You do a damn fine job > and they're lucky to have you looking out for them. > > Congratulations on the new position. That's > stressful too! Remember > the days when our lives weren't so hectic and > stressful? I wish I had > been cognizant enough to appreciate it at the time! > > Love to you my dear, > Nina > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I did try Lyprinol, and that is the night that she > started throwing up > > every meal, which she only got over through > fasting. I have no idea > > if it was the lyprinol or not, and kind of think > it wasn't, but am not > > willing to find out. > > > > I do intend to go to 2.5 mg either tomorrow or the > next day. > > > > Lucy is actually not on any homeopathics right > now. Darla had me give > > her 3 days of Nux to treat her constipation and > blood streaked stool, > > but last night was the last dose of it and now we > are supposed to wait > > a week anyway. I probably should tell her but she > is very against it > > and I just do not have the energy to deal with > having to justify it > > right now, and I do hope to keep working with her. > For > > instance, Darla said it is probably the > after-effects of the pred on > > her body that caused the diarrhea. I respect > Darla a lot, but that > > seems silly to me since she did well on the pred > and did well for the > > week she was on a very low dose every other day > and for the week she > > was off it entirely, and only got diarrhea when > she started refusing > > to eat the turkey diet and I gave her other food. > So it seems > > probable to me, if not obvious, that it was giving > her other food that > > caused the relapse. But I am so tired and just do > not feel like > > telling her, after that comment, that I put her > back on the pred > > temporarily, because I already question all my > actions enough and do > > not want to feel guilty or reckless or like I am > being a slave to > > western medicine or something. I am just hoping > Lucy will be off it > > in a few days and I can go back to milder > treatments. I won't give her > > any homeopathics until she is off it again. But if > I can nip this in > > the bud, I want to. I also think the pred made > her hungrier and > > willing to eat the turkey again, whereas she was > holding out before > > even if I did not give her other food. If the pred > can get her eating > > the turkey again, I think it is worth giving it to > her for a few days > > just for that. I definitely can't give her > Periactin for that purpose > > given the side effects she got from it (and it did > not make her want > > the turkey anyway). > > > > Michelle > > > > In a message dated 1/25/2006 9:33:08 P.M. Eastern > Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > Michelle, > > The homeopathics don't work in the same way as > the allopathic. > > They take longer to show results because they > work to balance the > > system rather than suppress symptoms. When > one of my babies is in > > acute distress, I reach for the medicine > cabinet too. Why don't > > you go down to 2.5mg daily immediately? If it > doesn't do the > > trick, you can always up it again. I won't > tell Darla, but maybe > > you should. Every little thing seems to make > a difference in what > > she recommends. If she thinks that the Pred > will "cloud" the > > results of the rxs, she might want you to not > dose them while Lucy > > is still on it. Have you thought about trying > Lyprinol for the > > inflammation? It is amazing the way the raw > diet works, isn't > > it? Of course, they have to eat it! > > Nina > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
