[Felvtalk] Re questions about lymphoma in early stages

2010-04-21 Thread Lorrie
For the record I've had three FelV pos. cats become paralyzed in the hand quarters. All eventually lost control of their bowels and bladder, and they died within a few weeks. Sorry to give anyone such grim news, but I think it is critical that any FelV treatments are undertaken in the early stages

Re: [Felvtalk] Knox and treatment of felv

2010-04-21 Thread jbero tds.net
I am sorry, but I am not familiar with feLIX and my only association with AAFP is the american association of family practitioners. I'm not sure why felv would be addressed in any guidelines they put out. Could you enlighten me. Jenny On 4/20/10, MaryChristine wrote: > > there's no mention of

Re: [Felvtalk] Knox and treatment of felv

2010-04-21 Thread Barb Moermond
aafp also stands for american association of feline practitioners http://catvets.com/ Barb+Smoky the House Puma+El Bandito Malito "My cat the clown: paying no mind to whom he should impress. Merely living his life, doing what pleases him, and making me smile." - Anonymous __

Re: [Felvtalk] Knox and treatment of felv

2010-04-21 Thread MaryChristine
i have sent the link to the AAFP 2008 Guidelines for Managing Retroviruses numerous time: here it is again: catvets.com/professionals/guidelines/publications/?Id=323 if you look back a few months in the archives, you'll see that i abstracted it for the group, with major points highlighted. in a

[Felvtalk] Fwd: what do you know about FeLIX -- Joel's response

2010-04-21 Thread MaryChristine
From: joel kehler Date: Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:38 AM Subject: Re: what do you know about FeLIX To: twelvehousec...@gmail.com I'm not exactly sure what you were reading or why you single out FeLV-C. This is my understanding of the situation, although I haven't read a lot on FeLV, and you and othe

Re: [Felvtalk] questions about lymphoma in early stages

2010-04-21 Thread Sharyl
I don't want to discourage you MC but sounds a lot like my Mattie. She was my blind FeLV baby and died at just over 12 months of age. She lost use of her back legs due to spinal lesions and after approx. 2 weeks lost control of her bladder and bowel. Hugs to your little boy Sharyl --- On Tue,

Re: [Felvtalk] questions about lymphoma in early stages

2010-04-21 Thread MaryChristine
update on this kitty: he's walking on his own now, the ER specialty clinic he was sent to says that the thickening of the intestinal walls may or may be not be anything, his hematocrit is back up with NO transfusion, he has none of the gait deficits the first vet said he did, and NOTHING looks as i