Every kitty is different and might require a different treatment. My Fuji has survived Mediastinal lymphoma for 14 months. At this point she shows no signs of slowing down any time soon:) We live in Japan, so the treatment is a bit less than traditional. However, my vet does use a series of medications (Vincristine, Cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin and prednisone.) Because she is FeLV positive, she has a problem with her white blood cell count always being low. As a result, my Japanese vet gives her 80-90% doses once a month. She has never had any side affects and bounced back immediately with her first treatment. We had a lull in the treatments because of the low WBC count and the tumor grew again. Once she started the treatments again, she has been fine.
We are not using one of the traditional protocols that may be recommended to you. However, I feel that the variation of medications helps prevent an immunity! She is just a bit more stressed every time we go, but seems to understand that I am helping her. While she waits on the table for the doctor to read her blood work, she buries her head up against me and lets me hold her there. Again, every baby is different, but I feel that it is definitely worth taking the chance! Good luck to you, Melinda, Fuji and VooDoo On Sep 13, 2011, at 10:54 PM, Edna Taylor wrote: > I am so sorry for your loss Sherry. > > Has anyone here dealt with Lymphoma in their kitties before? Miller is not > Feluk+ but he was diagnosed with Lymphoma last week and I am not sure if the > treatment and stress of catching him to medicate him and take him to the vet > every day this week (hubby is out of town and he needs eye meds 4 times a > day) is worse than the actual disease :( He is so stressed and he won't even > let me pet him anymore, he just runs from me :( > > Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:32:23 -0500 > From: marciabmar...@gmail.com > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Avery Please add to the CLS :*( > > Im so sorry Sherry<3 Animals have the purest of souls....sometimes I just > don't understand their deaths! > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Sherry DeHaan <sherryd...@yahoo.com> wrote: > We lost our Sids kid Avery today...He was a beautiful fluffy gray guy with > the most beautiful eyes. He will be missed by MANY volunteers. I love you > Avery sweet boy. > Sherry > > "We who choose to surround ourselves with lives more temporary > than our own, > Live within a fragile circle,easily and often breached. > Unable to accept its awful gaps. > We still would have it no other way" > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > -- > Marcia Baronda > Baronda Supplies & Service, Inc. > 1550 S 2700 Rd. > Herington, Kansas 67449 > Phone: 785-466-2501 > Cell: 785-230-6499 > > " I wish to address ethics as it applies to our companion animals. As a > veterinarian, I am an advocate for the rights of these wonderful beings who > inhabit the earth and our homes, sharing this journey with us. It is my > conviction that these animals,and all plants and animals, domesticated or > wild, have inherent rights that are separate from their ability to benefit > humans. They have the same right to exist as we do." Don Hamilton DVM > > > _______________________________________________ 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
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