Lorrie..
Gilbert is not FeLV... He has a Cancerous Tumor... I'm giving him 5mg
of Prednisolone via Tablet
and it has been helping ( though ultimately it may be at a price).
Shelter appears to want o avoid Suboxone and have provided Gabapentin in
syringe to try Have a feeling that I am , once again, going to have
to pay if I want to be sure this guy is not in pain. This shelter
is beginning to aggravate me with their backward ways and they are going
to lose me as a foster parent if this doesn't change.. There are
other organizations that need assistance and I need more cooperation...
Hoping that the pred keeps helping for a while...
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Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 20:43:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: ROBERT CHAPEL To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: [Felvtalk] Pain Meds for Gilbert
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Thank you for all the responses re: pain meds? I was hoping there
was something out there that I hadn't heard about ( actually there are
many but I was hoping for first hand experience)... The shelter is
mulling over providing Buprenorphine... but.. in the meantime I got
them to reinstate his prednisolone ( which is seemingly already
helpingHOPE it continues to do so)...? Wondering if anyone had
used larger doses than 5mg BID..
This is a cat? that probably doesn't have a long time to go but one
never knows? I don't want to play " fast and loose"? with his
other organ systems by giving to much of a a steroid... Yes... I want
him comfortable but it would be awful if the tumor receded and I ended
up screwing up his remaining days with Cushings or Severe Diabetes...?
I did a rather extensive overview of pain meds for Cats today and
found it very hard to obtain definitive information? Probably need
to go to original Vet Sources? Sure hope kitties have natural
endorphins that keep their pain levels lower because it is DAMN hard
to find stuff that will help their pain
BTW...? I gave him a little alprazolam the other night when he was in
REAL pain ( prior to redosing with Pred)
He had a paradoxical reaction at first ( acting kitten like and
climbing things he had NO business being on ...considering that the
drug had completely screwed up his balance...? He acted like a drunk
essentially until enough time passed that he could sleep it off (
which he did most of the next day)... On the plus side.. he was not in
obvious pain for at least 10 hours!!...??
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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 5:57:38 -0500
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Cc: ROBERT CHAPEL Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Pain Meds for Gilbert
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Just like in human medicine, things help one problem and cause
another. It seems to come down to which problem is the worst or least
bad. Just read in Mercola about gene editing to change a person's
genetic code. There are unwanted edits which can be harmful. To make
a decision for our babies, is hard. If I had been able to stop
Annie's pain, I think I would have done anything, but at what cost to
her. It is like giving steroids to stop knee pain. They dissolve
bone and cause so many other problems, it is not worth it. I found
that out when the dr gave me the shots in my knees. My blood sugar
shot up to 700 for about 3 days. I now take hyaleuronic injections
that do not affect my blood sugar. In fact they don't seem to have
any side effects. They cost almost twice as much but last for 6
months so the cost comes out the same. I just wish they could talk so
they could tell us when and where they hurt, but their instinct is to
hide pain so predators will not know they are disabled in any way.
ROBERT CHAPEL wrote:
Thank you for all the responses re: pain meds? I
