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Thanks Michelle, this is REALLY good to know. I will print & put
it in her file! can you give me dosages? I assume per weight?
Pam
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Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 7:57
PM
Subject: Re: New
Hi, Pam. I have had several positives who got lymphoma. I think you
are doing the right thing by trying the chemo. It can do wonders with
extending life and making them more comfortable and happy while they are
here. If you do stop the chemo at any point, rather than the natural
route (which I support where effective, and used with one of our dogs who had
a sarcoma and she did well-- so I am not against it at all normally but it
does not seem to work well for lymphoma) I would suggest doing combination
shots of dexamethasone and depomedrol (1/2 cc each, as often as needed but can
last up to a few weeks). The steroids are effective at shrinking
lymphoma and make the cats feel really good physically and emotionally, and
they usually do not have any short-term side effects. I have had cats
who seemed on their death beds, not eating or drinking and hardly moving, who
got up and ate within an hour of getting one of these shots. Others on
this list have had the same experience. It is not a conventional treatment for
lymphoma, but I learned it from a vet whose practice uses these shots for all
terminally ill cats, and she swears by them and says she has seen cats go
months on these shots alone with lymphoma, feeling good. I would not do
it instead of chemo, but if you need to stop the chemo for any reason. I
convinced my cat Simon's oncologist to try it, after he was at first
resistant, and he was shocked at how effective it was.
Michelle
In a message dated 4/25/2006 7:24:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi, this is Pam, mom for JuneAmy. Altho I have
no FeLv kitties, I have been so grateful for the help that has already come
from those here even tho I have not been on your list, that I had to
join.
I will post her story later but suffice to say
right now that she has large cell lymphoma. Big mass in the abdomen, &
more thorughout the liver, spleen, intestines & lymph nodes. She was
diagnosed a week ago today. Had hse been a old kitty (& I am not at all
sure how old she is but think she is probably older than what I have been
told), I would probably have let her go with that diagnosis, which was
pretty grim. But I let the vets at U of WI vet hospital give her a
watered down injection of L'spar & started her on 1`0 mg of pred last
week as a trial. They thought to start the full U of WI protocol would
kill her.
She responded just enough for them to decide to
go ahead & today she got Vincristine. I am not at all sure I am doing
the right thing. But my feeling is that I have to try. I could
just treat her with pred & natural supplements, which is very tempting,
& it may come to that depending on how she does, but I have been
encouraged by those who know us, to try.
Right now she is so tired. I fed her some
"lunch" of Purina DM on comimg home but she needs to rest. As I type, I am
also watching her breathing & thinking she is having some mild
difficulty. I don't know. Going to be a long evening/night.
Pam
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