Did somebody mention frustrated ???
My vet is a country vet.. with many years of experience
with milk cows but is willing to study up on ideas that I
have picked up on the internet... He has just taken on a
new vet or maybe she is an intern and she has been working
with my cats.. She does believe in the internet though and
does belong to a group that I guess is closed to vets....
Anyway on Leo's last visit he got a sub-Q and brought home
the equipment to do at home.. I asked about getting a 2nd dex..
He only had one shot and it was only ,25 cc.. Just a little more
than half of what Spencer is getting every day....
She was going to check with her internet friends and she got
a very frustrating response from that... Anything might seem
to work but probably not for long type of thing... That's why she never
got back to me and recommended another dex...
I told her today of Spencer and very gently told her I wish we had
atleast tried something and she agreed...
The only problem was Leo was the last of my 2 orange kitties
that purred for the vet as they came out of the carrier...
Going to the vet was no stress for the 2 of them and if we were
going to get into many visits I would have like to done it with
them... I don't know that I have any others that will be so easy
and also take oral meds as well...
Anyway Nina's vet sounds a bit like mine in that she will go along
with what we want if we insist and it sure looks to me that the dex
is working for Spencer and now I wish that I had insisted on a heavier
dose... Leo was about the same size as Spencer.. He was a bag of
bones when I 1st got him and weighed 9.5 pounds then...
He had gotten up to over 13 pounds.. I was worried that he was getting
too heavy 6 months ago and then when we went to the vet this last
time he had dropped to 10 pounds.. I didn't catch it for a while
because he was going to his bowl and just tasting for a while
but not getting much and I have several younger pigs that clean
up any leftovers...
Tad
Nina wrote:
Damn Belinda, my head is spinning! No, she's not an oncologist, she's
an internist. I just don't know what to think. Thanks for the link,
I'll get to it as soon as I stop putting out fires around here,
probably around 2am. I tell you, I'm tired!
N
Belinda wrote:
Nina,
That information is not accurate, this is not what I've heard from
people who use it, I think you should ask her to consult with an
oncologist, what is her experience with cancer, is she oncologist??
Elspar is used in several treatment protocols, it is also used as a
rescue drug but there are actual cancer treatment protocols that use
Elspar as one of the chemo drugs. Please read this page carefully,
there are several protocols here that include Elspar used by many
oncologists that people in the feline lymphoma group use. This whole
website has a lot of valuable information and links to some very well
known, highly recommended oncologists.
http://felinelymphomacaregivers.org/docs/ChemoProtocols.html
Its effects lasts for approx 3 days and is used to get patients into
remission quickly, but does not "hold". She said even if I could
afford it, it can't be given indefinitely because it's a "foreign
protein" and Spencer would develop an allergic reaction to it with
continued use.
