Belinda,
You would not have heard of it, unless you follow the likes of Robert Cathcart <http://www.orthomed.com/publications1.html> , Linus Pauling, Hugh Riordan, Irwin Stone, and Ewan Cameron, etc. regarding intravenous sodium ascorbate for treating disease. For the past decade I have worked in the distribution of the Pauling therapy (vitamin C/lysine) for reversing coronary artery plaques (www.HeartTech.com <http://www.hearttech.com/> ) and as such have many connections in the alternative medicine circles including groups that currently treat cancers including stage IV with intravenous ascorbate, with frequent remissions (especially with lymphoma). I also knew about this from my familiarity with Dr. Cathcart's protocol for intravenous vitamin C in veterinary medicine. See http://www.seanet.com/~alexs/ascorbate/197x/belfield-w-j_int _assn_prev_med-1978-v2-n3-p10.htm. I am also acquainted with Wendell Belfield, <http://www.belfield.com/> DVM, now retired, who knew Linus Pauling and who in his vet practice reversed FeLV <http://www.belfield.com/pet_health_art2.php> in the early stages with high dose oral vitamin C, as well as FIP, and also hip dysplasia, distemper and parvo in dogs. Lastly, again, this therapy is used at Smith Ridge Veterinary Clinic in Salem, New York and I have consulted with Dr. Martin Goldstein and one of his associates on separate occasions. To my knowledge, Linus' lymphoma is not mediastinal, as there has been no fluid retention and no chest mass. His spleen remains slightly enlarged, as well as his submandibular and popliteal lymph nodes. He is due for a complete exam, x-rays and workup to see if his remission is maintaining and whether we need to begin the intravenous ascorbate again. After his terminal diagnosis last May 2008 he underwent IV drips during June, July and August and did fine until his foster caregiver dumped him in January of this year and I noticed the lymph glands enlarging again somewhat. At that time a different vet suggested palliative care only, though we had come too far not to try and repeat the drips, which I did again from January through March. He has had no drip since March and remains active, healthy, and happy, though the lymph nodes are still palpable. He will likely get some more drips in the coming month depending on what his next workup shows. The drips are very benign and do not cause him much discomfort other than placement of the catheter. Also, because he has received a good number of drips the skin on his forearms has toughened and it has become more difficult to find a place to insert the catheter (the last was placed in his back leg, which was a bit more uncomfortable to place). His cathethers are left in place for 2-3 days, depending on what he will allow, and he usually receives two drips in that period of approximately 12 grams each in ringer's solution (worked up to over time). Lukey was Linus' best friend and we never expected Lukey to die first. A flood in Louisville back in August triggered what we now suspect in Lukey was dry FIP, though at the time it went undiagnosed and the focus was placed on administering the Imulan LTCI. Had I known we were dealing with FIP, we may well have reversed it using the same protocol as we used for Linus. In fact, Lukey received two IV vitamin C drips and with each he seemed improved, though again, we didn't really know that we may be dealing with FIP at that time and so I did not think to continue the intravenous drips, thinking that they would do little to help his nonregenerative anemia that began to appear weeks after his initial possible FIP symptoms of anorexia, lethargy, borderline low lymphocyte count, and chronic fever that we could not attribute to infection, etc. In retrospect, that is exactly what we should have done for the FIP symptoms. Sally Jewell _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
