I wouldn't second guess whether Lyprinol had anything to do with her
vomiting either. It's not worth the chance. I don't even know if it
works. There were some good anecdotal reports about it. I did put
Zevon, my GSD on it for his degenerative spine problems, but I
discovered that he wasn't eating the tiny little pill I dropped in his
food, so I stopped. He's doing very well on flax seed oil and
Glu/Chond/MSM. I wouldn't give an IBD kitty flax seed oil though. Are
you adding any salmon oil to Lucy's food? Oh, I guess you are if
you're using TC.
You're not going to get any arguments from me about scraping up the
energy to debate with Darla over whether Pred is effective/detrimental
to Lucy. I understand completely having only so much energy and
expending it where it will do the most good. I hope Lucy will be off
it in a few days too. Mostly because that will mean she's continuing
to improve. I'm glad she's eating her turkey again. That is the one
thing I KNOW made a difference with Gyps. Oh, I meant to tell you...
Working with Darla we did find a homeopathic that is beneficial to
Gypsy. It isn't the "answer", there's supposedly another one "out
there" that we haven't figured out yet that would, (miracle of
miracles), bring Gypsy back to perfect health, but it does help to give
her Phos LM1 when she develops diarrhea. So keep your spirits up and
get some rest. I can't imagine how many times I've said it, but there
are never any judgments from me about the way you care for your
furkids. You do a damn fine job and they're lucky to have you looking
out for them.
Congratulations on the new position. That's stressful too! Remember
the days when our lives weren't so hectic and stressful? I wish I had
been cognizant enough to appreciate it at the time!
Love to you my dear,
Nina
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I did try Lyprinol, and that is the night that she started
throwing up every meal, which she only got over through fasting. I
have no idea if it was the lyprinol or not, and kind of think it
wasn't, but am not willing to find out.
I do intend to go to 2.5 mg either tomorrow or the next day.
Lucy is actually not on any homeopathics right now. Darla had
me give her 3 days of Nux to treat her constipation and blood streaked
stool, but last night was the last dose of it and now we are supposed
to wait a week anyway. I probably should tell her but she is very
against it and I just do not have the energy to deal with having to
justify it right now, and I do hope to keep working with her. For
instance, Darla said it is probably the after-effects of the pred on
her body that caused the diarrhea. I respect Darla a lot, but that
seems silly to me since she did well on the pred and did well for the
week she was on a very low dose every other day and for the week she
was off it entirely, and only got diarrhea when she started refusing to
eat the turkey diet and I gave her other food. So it seems probable to
me, if not obvious, that it was giving her other food that caused the
relapse. But I am so tired and just do not feel like telling her,
after that comment, that I put her back on the pred temporarily,
because I already question all my actions enough and do not want to
feel guilty or reckless or like I am being a slave to western medicine
or something. I am just hoping Lucy will be off it in a few days and
I can go back to milder treatments. I won't give her any homeopathics
until she is off it again. But if I can nip this in the bud, I want
to. I also think the pred made her hungrier and willing to eat the
turkey again, whereas she was holding out before even if I did not give
her other food. If the pred can get her eating the turkey again, I
think it is worth giving it to her for a few days just for that. I
definitely can't give her Periactin for that purpose given the side
effects she got from it (and it did not make her want the turkey
anyway).
Michelle
In a message dated 1/25/2006 9:33:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Michelle,
The homeopathics don't work in the same way as the allopathic. They
take longer to show results because they work to balance the system
rather than suppress symptoms. When one of my babies is in acute
distress, I reach for the medicine cabinet too. Why don't you go down
to 2.5mg daily immediately? If it doesn't do the trick, you can always
up it again. I won't tell Darla, but maybe you should. Every little
thing seems to make a difference in what she recommends. If she thinks
that the Pred will "cloud" the results of the rxs, she might want you
to not dose them while Lucy is still on it. Have you thought about
trying Lyprinol for the inflammation? It is amazing the way the raw
diet works, isn't it? Of course, they have to eat it!
Nina
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