I appreciate your input Jenny.
I first heard about Imulan when I joined this list, two years ago,
with a symptomatic Felv
cat. At the time many of the list members were suspicious of the
company that had recently
purchased Imulan because they had terminated an on going, limited,
research study.
I was desperate at the time and asked my vet to look into getting
Imulan for me. She called the
company and was very discouraged by their lack of transparency and
she discouraged me from
pursuing it. I managed to treat my cat with supplements and
homeopathy and was able to get her
to a place where her quality of life was good, although I was never
able to rid her completely of
stomatitis. I started using interferon about 8 months ago and she has
been able to maintain a fairly
stable (other than flare ups of stomatitis) quality of health. Her
appetite is good and while she is thin
she has been able to gain and hold a bit of weight.
Like you, I will do anything to help her from 'fading into death' and
would be very willing to try Imulan
if I can find a vet who knows about it and is willing to help me.
I am really happy to hear that you are giving it a try. I hope it
helps your kitty and appreciate your
willingness to share your experience with us.
Hoping that your kitty responds to it.
Jane
On Aug 25, 2009, at 2:56 PM, jbero tds.net wrote:
Mary Christine,
I appreciate your skepticism. I am a pathology resident in human
medicine
and have no affiliation or connection with imulan. I am simply a
cat lover
who has lost two felv+ cats to this disease. It is devastating. I
have
seen them be happy, energetic, wonderful, loving cats and then
watched them
fade into thin, weak shells of their former selves. And then I
have had to
make the heart wrenching decision to put them down.
I am entirely frustrated with the current mentality surrounding Felv
+ - the
general idea that there are so many cats out there that we should
just let
these die. I have never been one who has been able to sit around
and feel
helpless when the ones I care about fade into death. I am not by
any means
saying ltci is the cure all answer to this disease. I am only
saying that
as of yet it is the most promising treatment out there. And if
there is a
chance I can help this little girl (and in the process countless
others) I
will do whatever is in my power to do it.
I honestly have no idea if this will work or not and honestly last
night I
really doubted it. But she's still fighting and so I'll continue
to pray
and to fight with her. If this doesn't work, I will let all of you
know. I
just wanted to give you the information I had.
Here's a thought, prior to the discovery of Penicillin countless
people were
dying from bacterial infections. Now it is so common place and so
effective, you would be remiss to not use it. Every new treatment has
skeptics and rightly so, but maybe this could actually help. If
so, why not
try it?
And by the way, I did write this on my own, no prompting from
anyone. I
just saw a glimmer of hope and wanted to share.
Thanks,
Jenny
On 8/25/09, MaryChristine <twelvehousec...@gmail.com> wrote:
personally, i will be far more likely to believe anything about
LCTI when
there is ADEQUATE research done on the product (the preliminary
research
was
done with a statistically insignificant sample), there are
independent
findings that confirm the company's claims, and the treatment is
fully
approved.
incidentally, i've heard that FeLVs are NOT tested with the IFA
before
treatment to ensure that they truly are positive to start with.
imulan's website uses WIKIPEDIA as its source for FeLV information.
"I don't know if she'll pull through or not, but I have to tell
you that
this
is currently the best option out there for treating this disease.
I found
some of the information on it. There is rapid and profound
improvement of
anemia, an increase in bone marrow activity and in some cases,
return to
normal with negative testing for the virus.
I know there isn't a full proof cure out there but I have to say
this may
prove to be very helpful. The long terms studies are still pending.
So here's the deal, if you have a felv+ with bone marrow suppression
(including anemia - low red blood cells, thrombocytopenia - low
platelets,
neutropenia - low levels of neutrophils, or lymphopenia - low
lymphocyte
count) and may or may not have the associated infections; I highly
recommend giving this a try.:
this sounds like an advertisement, not at all what someone would
actually
write on their own.
MC
--
Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors!
Maybe That'll Make The Difference....
MaryChristine
Special-Needs Coordinator, Purebred Cat Breed Rescue
(www.purebredcats.org
)
Member, SCAT (Special-Cat Action Team)
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