I know that it's not very common - but I did hear from two other people from anemia list who responded to epogen who had non-regenerative anemia but who was not a CRF kitty -- I have my kitty, ayumi who has non regenerative anemia with unknown cause is also suffering from anemia -- she was coping with anemial pretty well, until I started using epogen (though it seems to have worked for a tiny bit --), then she might have developed antibody reaction as her anemia got worse than before she started treatment -- so I stopped epogen therapy completely and she got her first transfusion -- my hope is that, after several weeks, antibody reaction will go away and her PCV will go back to where it was before the therapy...
I do however, recommend due to antibody reaction possibility (up to 30% to 50% of cats in some study), using aranesp over epogen... and sometimes, it works among kitties who developed antiboy to epogen, and antibody reaction % is much less than epogen.. if I had researched a bit more regarding the real % of epogen, I would probably have used aranesp over epogen in a heartbeat.. as I feel that she never really got benefit of epogen, but it may have harmed her more -- aranesp is a bit more expensive.. but I am considering using it for ayumi soon. ----- Original Message ----- From: wendy<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 8:46 AM Subject: To Belinda: Re: Anemia Issues Hi Belinda, In response to your post below, I felt the need to clarify for Caroline's sake. Bailey's situation should be considered a miracle in my book. As we have seen too many times here, most cats do not respond as Bailey did with that type of anemia; it claims the lives of many. While I do not wish to play a part in taking away Caroline's hope, I also want to be completely upfront about non-regenerative anemia. It can be reversed, but not usually. I should have made this statement earlier. So That being said, it may be wise to keep her kitty on Epogen considering Bailey's case, as we never know when a situation might be reversed. Respectfully, Wendy --- Belinda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > Everytime I hear this I post this, Bailey's anemia > was non regenerative > and we DID reverse it. > > > and it is not a good anemia to have. It means the > leukemia is probably active in the bone marrow, > which is, as far as I know, irreversable. > > -- > > Belinda > happiness is being owned by cats ... > > Be-Mi-Kitties > http://bemikitties.com<http://bemikitties.com/> > > Post Adoptable FeLV/FIV/FIP Cats/Kittens > http://adopt.bemikitties.com<http://adopt.bemikitties.com/> > > FeLV Candlelight Service > http://bemikitties.com/cls<http://bemikitties.com/cls> > > HostDesign4U.com [affordable hosting & web design] > http://HostDesign4U.com<http://hostdesign4u.com/> > > ------------ > > BMK Designs [non-profit animals websites] > http://bmk.bemikitties.com<http://bmk.bemikitties.com/> > > > "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world - indeed it is the only thing that ever has!" ~~~ Margaret Meade ~~~ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097<http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097>
