I second that Andy!! It is a wonder drug!
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On Nov 29, 2010, at 5:53 PM, Andy Domek oxjake...@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
This is in reply to the poster who asked about anyone with recent successes
with LTCI. My 6 year old FELV + (since birth) cat, Aggie, has been on LTCI
since June and her bloodwork has improved a great deal. For the first time
in her life, her WBC is firmly in the normal range. Prior to this, low
normal of 4.2 was the best we had, and that was not often that it was that
high. Usually 3.8 or 4.0 when we would run tests. It was 4.8 as of the last
test a month or two ago (up from 2.0) two months prior.
She gets a shot every two weeks. We started her when aspects of her
bloodwork started going steadily downhill: neutrophils, WBC, and platelets.
We were going to stretch it out to monthly, but she had a seizure when we
went longer (though now I suspect it might have been the insecticide that was
sprayed outside the house a few days before, --and she likes to sit at the
screen door) and it is two weeks for the forseeable future. No seizures in 3
months (knock on wood), weight is good, and most recent bloodwork has been
the best of her life. She also gets Alpha interferon daily (since birth--so
for 6 and a half years now), and I mix a little bit of astragalus into her
wet food every night (for the last year--since her surgery to remove an
adenocarcinoma of the salivary gland in July of 2009).
While I don't think the LTCI is a cure, we did notice an improvement in
bloodwork, and the weight she started to lose came back. I think it is
probably keeping her head above water. I get weird when I talk about her
success--I'm always afraid I'm going to jinx her or something. Stupid, I
know.
I'm sorry I don't post more--when I try to hit the reply button at the
bottom of the archives page, it tells me it can't process my request. But
hopefully this answers some of your questions!
Happy to answer any more you may have.
Andy
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