Makes me furious that we can no lionger rely on the opinion of just one vet. Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 12:00 PM Subject: Felvtalk Digest, Vol 4, Issue 12
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Re: Help my Mickey (Heather) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:03:26 -0400 > From: Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Help my Mickey > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi, curious what the growth on the lip was and how it was treated? > > I encounter so many things in my feral colonies and have one now that I > think has eonsinophilic granuloma...anyway, just curious for learning > purposes what it was & how it was treated:-) > > Thanks! > > Heather > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 12:09 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> One of my cats had a huge growth on her lip and five or six different >> vets >> misdiagnosed it. We gave her all kinds of medicines. Finally, I found a >> vet >> who knew exactly what it was and it was cleared up within a week. The >> same >> cat has lymphoma and it took over a year to get a correct diagnosis. Now >> I >> see vet specialists whenever possible it if is something unusual. >> >> -- >> Michele >> >> -------------- Original message -------------- >> From: "Viky Digangi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> > He had a complete blood work up a couple of months ago and nothing was >> extremely >> > high or low. I will suggest a biopsy tomorrow when I take him for his >> shot. >> > Thanks >> > >> > Viky Digangi >> > Support Enforcement Officer II >> > Monroe Regional Office >> > 318-362-5280 ext 297 >> > Fax 318-362-3363 >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> 10/12/08 9:07 PM >>> >> > Hi, >> > >> > Have you had bloodwork done on Mickey lately to make sure that he's not >> anemic >> > and to make sure there's not something else going on? I would suggest >> that you >> > have your vet do a small biopsy of the growth to get an exact diagnosis >> and to >> > rule out cancer. I think adenomas are common in older pets and are >> usually >> > benign. I don't think it is common for them to bleed so extensively >> though. I've >> > never seen any reference to adenomas being cause by Felv. >> > >> > I am not sure if prednisone would be helpful; I think you would need to >> know if >> > the growth is cancerous or not. >> > >> > Good luck! >> > Michele >> > >> > -------------- Original message -------------- >> > From: "Viky Digangi" >> > >> > > I adopted Mickey when he was about 5 months old and found out he was >> positive >> > > for felv. For 8 years he displayed no signs of the virus until last >> December >> > > when he fell in the garage about 8 feet and did not land on his feet. >> Although >> > > he was not seriously hurt this apparently triggered something with >> > > the >> virus. >> > > He became lethargic and would not eat. My vet at the time began a >> series of >> > the >> > > immuno regulen shots and after about 3 months began giving them to >> > > him >> every >> > two >> > > weeks. >> > > >> > > Last week I awoke to find flood all over my bed and followed the >> > > trail >> of >> > blood >> > > drops through the house to Mickey. He had an adenoma on his back leg >> (which I >> > > had not noticed) which burst open. I took him to the vet I currently >> have and >> > > he said normally he would perform surgery to remove it but in >> > > Mickey's >> > condition >> > > surgery would be dangerous for him. The adenoma had stopped bleeding >> > > by >> now so >> > > I said ok. It was fine all week until yesterday and it burst open >> again. He >> > > cannot keep losing blood this way and I was wondering if anyone else >> had >> > > encountered a situation like this. I thought of asking my vet if he >> would >> > > switch Mickey to prednisone to see if that would promote healing. >> > > >> > > Any suggestions? >> > > >> > > >> > > Viky Digangi >> > > >> > > Viky Digangi >> > > Support Enforcement Officer II >> > > Monroe Regional Office >> > > 318-362-5280 ext 297 >> > > Fax 318-362-3363 >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Felvtalk mailing list >> > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Felvtalk mailing list >> > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Felvtalk mailing list >> > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > End of Felvtalk Digest, Vol 4, Issue 12 > *************************************** _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
