I am sorry if I sound so negative on modern medicine, but have had some bad experiences and it leaves me a bit suspicious of modern medicine. I have had a lot of luck with alternatives in cleaning up the side effects of it using an alternative salve and tonic.
---- Amani Oakley <[email protected]> wrote: > My Zander had exactly the same symptoms you observed – licking cement and > very pale gums. His PCV was 5% before I started him on Stanozolol. My first > sign that the medication might be working was an ever so slight blush on his > ivory pale gums. I didn’t dare to believe it until I took him to the vets > that weekend and confirmed his red cells and PCV was up for the first time > since the terrible ordeal had begun. > > Amani > > > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jenn > Trotter > Sent: September-21-15 1:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Testing the list > > I am new to this group and never posted but now that I see some activity I > was hoping to jump in a little and maybe get some opinions on my situation.My > name is Jenn and my adventure started in August. I will make it brief as I > can. We adopted 3 kitties from our vet earlier this year, shortly after > putting down our precious calico from cancer. The 3 kitting were all tested, > given shots, spayed/neutered etc. Everything was great but the runt started > to lick cement from the fireplace hearth in early August. I called a vet at > the practice I go to and they said it didn't mean anything but I could bring > her in if I wanted. I decided against it but noticed her sleeping more and > just not moving much. Finally I said I can't take it anymore and took her to > my favorite vet (especially because her gums were so pale - something i > learned with my other cat) and her PCV was at 12%. Next thing I know I am > taking her a blood transfusion. She went from testing negative for Felv, > testing positive and then negative. We also had IFA's done at two different > labs and one was negative and one was positive. She had a bone marrow biopsy > (and needed another blood transfusion) and the IFA from that was negative. No > cancer or anything was found. Basically, we may never know if she truly has > it and her system will be able to clear it but it was not in her bone marrow > so she has a fighting chance. The diagnosis is that it is an auto-immune > non-regenerative anemia. She just finished two different antibiotics and her > pred was upped to 10 mg twice a day. Her last blood work which was last week > shows that she is not anemic, her platelets are increasing but her > neutrophils have taken a dive. They are not as low as when this first started > but they did improve. My vet and the specialist was against trying LTCI as > they were no studies to back up the claims. Right now she is doing great, not > running any fevers. I was told that if she is truly Felv infected or this is > just autoimmune then the treatment would be the same. Her brother and sister > have tested negative and are thriving and all three were dropped off at the > vet the same time. > Any thought or questions I might be asking? Any treatment options I may not > have researched to death? I am so sorry we are having to deal with this for > our poor babies. > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Jennifer Lewis > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > So sorry. > One of my non-Leuk kitties is about 20 and we are looking at winding down > ourselves for the Big Man (not so big any more). He is hyperthyroid and his > meds have advanced his CRF, and he has heart issues. No heroics... tried that > on my darling Buff and will never forgive myself. > Our plan now is for his maximum comfort and life quality, as hard as it is > for us. > It's very hard... but I do recommend the same path. For you and for Bella. > > Our hearts are with you~ > Jennifer, Manny Man, Brynn, Wiggles, Bev and The Goof > > On Sep 21, 2015, at 8:37 AM, simon95 wrote: > > > My little bella is very sick she has lythomy in her kidneys she hasnt eaten > in 3 days i am force feeding her and she is loosing weight rapidly. > > > Sent from Samsung Mobile > > -------- Original message -------- > From: "Katherine K." > Date:2015/09/21 17:24 (GMT+01:00) > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Testing the list > > We are hanging in there. My 2.5 year old, Jazz just went for his annual check > up and weighed in at 13.5 lbs! He's quite healthy. My 12-13 yr old cat > Krammer used to weight that much but has lost 2 lbs since May unfortunately, > and is now down to 9.5 lbs. He is on a low dose of Prednisolone to stimulate > appetite. I'm debating whether to buy more LTCI injections - he's had them > monthly for the past 2 years but they're just so costly and hard to measure > if they actually do anything. Sigh. > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Jennifer Lewis > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > All good here. Brynn seems as healthy as can be... > Jennifer L > On Sep 21, 2015, at 7:52 AM, James G Wilson wrote: > > > Hey all, > > > > Just testing the list. There hasn't been any traffic in > > awhile. Hope everyone and their little ones are doing well. > > Best wishes. > > > > James G Wilson - [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > (217) 816-8680<tel:%28217%29%20816-8680> (cell) > > http://weather62704.us<http://weather62704.us/> (Weather for Springfield, > > IL) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
