the feline anemia list doesn't have a members list--joined yesterday to try to find you! also searched messages to see if you had posted, but nothing under "paolo"--if you can think of alternate names you MIGHT have used, let me know and i can try those.....
renee (?), phaewyrn's friend, just had a kitty who had a mastectomy who wore a fashionable t-shirt rather than an e-collar. she'd probably be able to tell you how they got it to stay on during the recuperation period. i sent you an off-list email yesterday, with a link that SAYS it will allow you to create a yahoo id that will then link your existing accounts/group ids to it..... check your mail! (knowing yahoo, however, i wouldn't bet on it working, but it's not the usual 'get a yahoo id' link.) On 1/31/07, Paolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sorry again folks, this is the answer to Wendy's mail of yesterday, I am losing my pieces along the road... I hope this can be of some interest to everybody, of course. >Is Rompi's surgery to remove the mass, or to just take a look? > Wendy, Rompi's surgery would be (hopefully) intended to remove the mass, BUT, should the mass turn out to be located on the pancreas OR on the ileocaecal valve, they will be unable to remove it safely, and in this case the mass would be left there (but they would pick up a sample anyway, for biopsy). >Michelle is our resident lymphoma expert. >She's really knowledgeable on the matter. > I believe you, but now I prefer to leave Michelle in peace with the troubles she's having already... >Have you looked into chemo for Rompi? What about epogen for the anemia? > Rompi is NOT anemic, luckily! His blood panel is that of a 1-year old cat, and FIV-/FeLV-... not even fleas. At least! (I subscribed to Feline Anemia group at the time when we were struggling against Frizzina's anemia, that would have eventually killed her... but Frizzina was FeLV+) We talked about chemo yesterday, even because vet's own cat had chemo and a lymphoma removed 3 years ago (still alive and happy), but not in depth due to lack of further info on what's going on "inside". I have a personal list of items for the times to come: nutrition supplements (L-Lysine, DMG and Omega3-EPA-DHA on top), and I would like to try Acemannan as a general support (but not intended to replace chemo). Oh, I wish to take advantage of this mail to ask you two more things. The first one is (again) on Yahoo groups: have those of you that are members of Feline Anemia the possibility to scroll a MEMBERS LIST?... Just to see if I show up there, who knows... The second one is about the 10-days period between surgery and the removal of stitches. The vet indicated, as an alternative to the evil plastic gorget (here in Italy it is called "Elizabethan collar", don't know in the USA but for sure you know what I am talking about), to use a wool or cotton "sleeve" to protect his abdomen, like a vest or "shirt", but with "sleeves", because without something to pass his front legs through, he would push down the edge quite easily. I would absolutely prefer this solution because the Elizabethan collar would keep Rompi from eating, drinking, grooming, and just resting. Do you have any experience with the "shirt"? Any photo to share? Any suggestion?.... Thank you to everybody Paolo
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