Sorry Sherri I didn't see your comments below the numbers. I don't agree with your vet about him taking her off the Winstrol. Given that you are running the blood work regularly, though, you will be able to see if her numbers drop when the Winstrol is removed. You already saw that when he took her off the Winstrol before, her numbers flattened. He is just wrong. He must be a body builder and familiar with how Winstrol is used in athletics - they cycle, but they are not in a debilitated state and they are not cats, who metabolize things differently than humans.
Anyhow, running the blood work regularly will help you if the need arises to argue with him about taking off the Winstrol. Also, since he seems willing to run the blood work regularly (as I did with Zander but I ran it weekly), at some point, try again to discuss the Doxycycline and indicate that since you are running the blood work regularly, you will be able to see quickly enough, what the effect is. Amani From: Felvtalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sherri Godschalk Sent: September-30-16 12:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Felvtalk] Continued Improvement for Bogey on Stanzolol Hi everyone. I took Bogey back for another blood test today even though she wasn't due until next week. I wanted to make sure we were going the right direction with the meds and to try to push again for the Doxycyline. I may not have spelled that right. No luck on that issue but her blood test all showed improvement except that her platelets dropped which he didn't seem that concerned about. She went without the Pet-tinic for a couple of days because they were out and had to order it and he seemed to think that might be part of that. Here is a comparison from 2 weeks ago. It is a gradual improvement but none the less made me happy. She really doesn't appear to be feeling any better as these number rise but maybe that is a side effect of the powerful steroids. 30-Sep 16-Sep 24-Aug RBC 2.9 2.57 2.43 HCT 17.9 15.3 15.3 HGB 6.2 5.5 5.3 MCV 61.7 59.1 62.6 MCH 21.4 21.4 21.8 MCHC 34.6 36.2 34.9 RDW 25.2 23.7 23.9 RETIC 82.1 78.1 61.5 WBC 12.01 14.47 13.46 NEU 3.96 4.07 4.03 LYM 6.81 8.83 7.75 MONO 1.17 1.52 1.58 EOS 0.06 0.004 0.01 BASO 0.01 0.01 0 PLT 53 88 50 For people not familiar with Bogey she is 13 month old FEVL positive diagnosed on 8-1. Started on 5 mg Prednisolone and 2 mg of Stanzolol on 8-18. She eats and drinks well and is sometimes quite playful. But she does sleep a lot and tires easily. She is on her second cycle of the Stanzolol, the first of which was only 2 weeks and off for 1 week. This cycle and latest results are after 3 weeks. Dr is not taking her off it this time until her numbers improve. He insists she must come off of it (cycling) for it to be effective. Just an update. Thanks for reading. Best to all. Sherri
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