Re: Update on Dharma, Lucy, and others?

[Lernermichelle]

Thanks, Nina.  Of course, as I feared, right after writing that she is a bit worse today.  Went twice, had a little blood on it, eating less, and going after Patches a lot. I think I may have forgotten her pred dose last night though (will beat myself with wet noodle if I can confirm that), so hopefully that is all it is.   Maybe you are right and I should tell my vet that I got hold of some.  In my experience, though, vets tend to totally freak out about getting prescription meds off the books.  I did tell the oncologist that I used for the dogs and Simon, and he would be uncomfortable but then just say "I don't want to know" or something.  One time when I mentioned having shots of something in my fridge at home he said "ok, now you are really scaring me."  But the fact that I had extra dex shots and used them on Simon, and that he got so much better from them, temporarily, really stunned the oncologist, and I like to hope it taught him something that he will suggest when running out of options with other cats as well.  So maybe you are right.   Thanks, Michelle       In a message dated 10/15/2006 2:18:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 11:15 AM 10/15/2006, you wrote: Oh Nina...you are so much like me......Tend to tell and not ask, Kelly This news made my day!!  I'm so pleased to hear that little sprite is doing better!  Hooray, hooray!  The two of you have been on my mind and it's such a relief to hear how well she's doing. If I were you, I'd go ahead and tell my vet that I got a hold of some Prednisolone and KNOW for a fact that she does better on it.  I've been through this sort of thing with my vets too, (Ha!  As if I haven't shared just about everything I go through with you people).  One thing that I did to help 'reluctant to take my word for it vets' along, was to find other vets that had tried the protocols I was interested in.  I just get out the phone book and start calling around.  I would pass their names and experiences of success on to my vets.  I'm pretty sure my vets finally just throw their arms in the air and go ahead and write prescriptions because I can be such a royal pain in the a** until they do.  If your vet doesn't have the answers, he should be more willing to listen and try different things that you come up with.  It puts a tremendous responsibility on our shoulders, but what else are we going to do?  I have yet to find a vet that is as committed to my animal's care as I am.  Maybe that's just the way it has to be. Big hugs to you and yours, Nina