Re: [Felvtalk] IMULAN

2009-08-31 Thread Sharyl
with the shots. I'll light a candle tonight for your babies. Sharyl --- On Sun, 8/30/09, Alice Flowers aliceflow...@sbcglobal.net wrote: From: Alice Flowers aliceflow...@sbcglobal.net Subject: [Felvtalk] IMULAN To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009, 1:54 PM After

[Felvtalk] Imulan and Autumn update

2009-08-31 Thread jbero tds.net
Hello everyone, I wanted to give you an update on Autumn and the TCLI injection(Imulan). When I brought her to the emergency center last Tuesday, she was starting with respiratory distress and crying out. Her hematocrit was 4%. She was on her way out. She got the transfusion - they called me

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan and Autumn update

2009-08-31 Thread gary
[mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of jbero tds.net Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:25 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Imulan and Autumn update Hello everyone, I wanted to give you an update on Autumn and the TCLI injection(Imulan). When I brought her

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan and Autumn update

2009-08-31 Thread Hotmail Junk
Along with LTCI, we also use Prednisolne. Our cats HCT stays within normal limits, from 9% to 42% Sent from my iPhone On Aug 31, 2009, at 8:24 AM, jbero tds.net jb...@tds.net wrote: Hello everyone, I wanted to give you an update on Autumn and the TCLI injection (Imulan). When I brought

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan and Autumn update

2009-08-31 Thread Jane Lyons
Jenny it is wonderful to hear that Autumn is recovering. I am praying that TCLI will get her through this. We'll all be waiting for her progress reports. I know that many vets are suspicious of treatments outside of their parameters. My vet was turned off Imulan by their inability to give her

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan

2009-08-30 Thread MaryChristine
promising is the word, in fact, it's the same word that the dept of agriculture uses. LCTI has been around for years before imulan bought it, and it's been promising for all that time. i think it'd be GREAT if it works, but when you have something that's not proven, you don't run out and put it

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan

2009-08-30 Thread Jane Lyons
This is the third time, in the two plus years that I have been on this list, that people have come on to talk about the benefit and promise of Imulan. Each time this has happened I have asked my vet, then a friends vet, and then just last week I went back to my original vet with the

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan

2009-08-30 Thread Gloria B. Lane
Would be interesting to hear from folks who have used Imulan - Gloria On Aug 30, 2009, at 12:15 PM, Jane Lyons wrote: This is the third time, in the two plus years that I have been on this list, that people have come on to talk about the benefit and promise of Imulan. Each time this has

[Felvtalk] IMULAN

2009-08-30 Thread Alice Flowers
After hearing about this product-I called our vet here in Sacramento and she agreed to order it for us. I want to try it because we lost the 4th kitty this morning-my son drove him to UC Davis emergency early this morning because he was struggling to breath and crying out. Out of the 5 kittens

Re: [Felvtalk] IMULAN

2009-08-30 Thread Diane Rosenfeldt
...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Alice Flowers Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 12:54 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] IMULAN After hearing about this product-I called our vet here in Sacramento and she agreed to order it for us. I want to try

Re: [Felvtalk] IMULAN

2009-08-30 Thread Gloria B. Lane
I do that too - try things to see what works, when they sound possible and likely. When they can't breathe, due to mediastinal lymphoma, I have the fluid drawn off, and after that it's up for grabs - have treated each one differently. One of them, Mittens, I treated that way, and the vet

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan

2009-08-30 Thread Hotmail Junk
Jane, Contact me at cstet...@hotmail.com, I will share my vets info. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Jane Lyons j.ly...@mindspring.com wrote: This is the third time, in the two plus years that I have been on this list, that people have come on to talk about the benefit and

Re: [Felvtalk] IMULAN

2009-08-30 Thread Jane Lyons
I can really understand your desperation, Alice. I really hope the Imulan works. We'll be waiting for your updates and hoping that Rosie and Murphy live a very long life. Jane On Aug 30, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Alice Flowers wrote: After hearing about this product-I called our vet here in

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan

2009-08-30 Thread Hotmail Junk
We have been using it for a while with good luck. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 30, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Gloria B. Lane gbl...@aristotle.net wrote: Would be interesting to hear from folks who have used Imulan - Gloria On Aug 30, 2009, at 12:15 PM, Jane Lyons wrote: This is the third time,

Re: [Felvtalk] IMULAN

2009-08-30 Thread MaryChristine
i, too, hope that LCTI works--we need a miracle. On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Jane Lyons j.ly...@mindspring.com wrote: I can really understand your desperation, Alice. I really hope the Imulan works. We'll be waiting for your updates and hoping that Rosie and Murphy live a very long life.

Re: [Felvtalk] IMULAN

2009-08-30 Thread Jane Lyons
I've gotten MeMe past the three year hurdle using Interferon alpha, DMG and a raw diet. Considering how sick she was when we got her, every day is a miracle. Jane On Aug 30, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Gloria B. Lane wrote: I do that too - try things to see what works, when they sound possible and

Re: [Felvtalk] IMULAN

2009-08-30 Thread Laurieskatz
Alice, I am so sorry to hear about Schatzi... Laurie -Original Message- From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Alice Flowers Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 12:54 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] IMULAN

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan for Jane

2009-08-30 Thread Laurieskatz
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan Would be interesting to hear from folks who have used Imulan - Gloria On Aug 30, 2009, at 12:15 PM, Jane Lyons wrote: This is the third time, in the two plus years that I have been on this list, that people have come on to talk about the benefit and promise

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan

2009-08-29 Thread CATHERINE DIDONNA
: [Felvtalk] Imulan To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Saturday, August 29, 2009, 2:25 PM I've been a member here for quite a while, but hardly ever respond with comments. However, thanks to the good people on this list your discussions about Imulan, our little Jake, three-legged an absolutely

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan

2009-08-29 Thread MaryChristine
to answer your questions, because there's no real proof that lcti does anything. most vets find what is given out by imulan to be incredibly UNCONVINCING, because it is not scientifically defensible. maybe at some point it will be, but it's not at this point. it's not a drug, it's a treatment

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan

2009-08-29 Thread Laurieskatz
I sent Imulan info to our vet. She worked wonders with our FeLV+ cat. This was her response: Hi Laurie - thanks for the email. I have used this product in one cat so far. It didn't work for her, but we got her way too late, so it's not a good one to base any opinions on. From the research I

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan - a t cell lymphocytic immunomodulator

2009-08-25 Thread jbero tds.net
that means $360 the first month, $200 the second month, and $90 a month after that. I have several cats and am trying to figure out if it's practical for me to start it. Thanks Amy --- On Mon, 8/24/09, jbero tds.net jb...@tds.net wrote: From: jbero tds.net jb...@tds.net Subject: [Felvtalk

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan - a t cell lymphocytic immunomodulator

2009-08-25 Thread Catherine Caughie
-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of jbero tds.net Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 11:02 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan - a t cell lymphocytic immunomodulator Amy, The shot cost me $60. It is somewhat expensive and still pretty new to the field. I think

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan - a t cell lymphocytic immunomodulator

2009-08-25 Thread Christy Buchin
that we have had with him and hope for the best. Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:19:58 -0500 From: jb...@tds.net To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: [Felvtalk] Imulan - a t cell lymphocytic immunomodulator Hello everyone, I really hope this email works. I have been a part of this community

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan - a t cell lymphocytic immunomodulator

2009-08-25 Thread MaryChristine
personally, i will be far more likely to believe anything about LCTI when there is ADEQUATE research done on the product (the preliminary research was done with a statistically insignificant sample), there are independent findings that confirm the company's claims, and the treatment is fully

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan - a t cell lymphocytic immunomodulator

2009-08-25 Thread jbero tds.net
Mary Christine, I appreciate your skepticism. I am a pathology resident in human medicine and have no affiliation or connection with imulan. I am simply a cat lover who has lost two felv+ cats to this disease. It is devastating. I have seen them be happy, energetic, wonderful, loving cats and

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan - a t cell lymphocytic immunomodulator

2009-08-25 Thread Jane Lyons
I appreciate your input Jenny. I first heard about Imulan when I joined this list, two years ago, with a symptomatic Felv cat. At the time many of the list members were suspicious of the company that had recently purchased Imulan because they had terminated an on going, limited, research

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan - a t cell lymphocytic immunomodulator

2009-08-25 Thread MaryChristine
jenny, knowing that you're a human medicine person makes me apologize for, and revise, my statement regarding your statements sounding like an ad. would i have been in the first line of beta-testers for penicillin? probably not. would i have used it when it only had provisional approval, was

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan - a t cell lymphocytic immunomodulator

2009-08-25 Thread Amy
Thanks Jenny, I hope your sweet girl pulls through. Please keep us posted. Amy --- On Tue, 8/25/09, jbero tds.net jb...@tds.net wrote: From: jbero tds.net jb...@tds.net Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan - a t cell lymphocytic immunomodulator To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Tuesday

[Felvtalk] Imulan - a t cell lymphocytic immunomodulator

2009-08-24 Thread jbero tds.net
Hello everyone, I really hope this email works. I have been a part of this community for awhile but don't often respond. I did, however, want to share this with you. I have had two cats die from severe anemia and bone marrow suppression associated from felv+. It is a common cause of death for

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan - a t cell lymphocytic immunomodulator

2009-08-24 Thread Laurieskatz
: [Felvtalk] Imulan - a t cell lymphocytic immunomodulator Hello everyone, I really hope this email works. I have been a part of this community for awhile but don't often respond. I did, however, want to share this with you. I have had two cats die from severe anemia and bone marrow suppression

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan - a t cell lymphocytic immunomodulator

2009-08-24 Thread Amy
practical for me to start it. Thanks Amy --- On Mon, 8/24/09, jbero tds.net jb...@tds.net wrote: From: jbero tds.net jb...@tds.net Subject: [Felvtalk] Imulan - a t cell lymphocytic immunomodulator To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 5:19 PM Hello everyone, I really

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan questions

2009-04-23 Thread griscome
I found a really informative paper on LTCI, written by a vet that has been using it.? I'll have to look it up again to give you the url The treatment is pretty expensive, as many said - the 3 dose pack is about $200.? Recommended dosage is once a week for a month, then every 2 weeks for 2

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan questions

2009-04-23 Thread MaryChristine
would like to see the paper, as so far, all i've seen if stuff written by folks who work for the company itself. MC On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 1:46 PM, grisc...@aim.com wrote: I found a really informative paper on LTCI, written by a vet that has been using it.? I'll have to look it up again to

Re: [Felvtalk] Imulan message-mailto:de4e9a820901120431l12499b62i55b69d750ff92...@mail.gmail.com

2009-01-17 Thread catatonya
have you ruled out hemobart? maybe you should have the kitten on doxy. but I know doxy isn't recommended for kittens under a certain age tonya nancy denison nancydeni...@fpunet.com wrote: Hi Lisa, I'm currently using Imulan on my FeLV kitten. She was very very sick before it came

[Felvtalk] Imulan message-mailto:de4e9a820901120431l12499b62i55b69d750ff92...@mail.gmail.com

2009-01-13 Thread nancy denison
Hi Lisa, I'm currently using Imulan on my FeLV kitten. She was very very sick before it came in. She was anemic and her blood caounts were low. Since the Imulan she is back to her old goofy self. She's not anemic but her blood counts still continue to fall. That bothers me. The vets aren't