Wow! Maybe I should just do the blood test and rule it out. I'll join the group and learn more.
Thanks! Amy > Hi. When first diagnosed Frankie did > not have other symptoms and the > diagnosis was a surprise to all of us. > In fact, he was ravenously hungry. He had an occasional > fudgy stool. That > was it. > Later, when it acted up (pancreatitis comes and goes) he > was anorexic and > lost 2 lbs. > Pls keep us posted! > L > > -----Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] > On Behalf Of Amy > Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 5:11 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Losing weight > > > Thanks Sharyl, > > Thanks for the info. My vet said they have never seen > a case where a cat > had pancreatitis and showed no signs of discomfort or being > sick but that > they are more than willing to test if that's what I want to > do. > > Amy > > > > > Here is the link for the new Yahoo Pancreatitis > group. > > http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/feline_pancreatitis_support/ > > > > They have some really good info on dxing and treating > > pancreatitis. I think it is IDEXX that can do the > new > > blood test so the sample doesn't have to be set to > TAMU > > anymore. > > > > Usually a kitty will show signs of pain, nausea and > > inappetance when having a pancreatitis attack. > Granted > > many vets don't really have experience treating > pancreatitis > > but it is manageable. > > > > Amy, I don't think this is your problem since your > kitty is > > eating. > > Sharyl > > > > --- On Thu, 6/18/09, Laurieskatz <lauriesk...@mchsi.com> > > wrote: > > > > > From: Laurieskatz <lauriesk...@mchsi.com> > > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Losing weight > > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > > Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 9:35 PM > > > Pancreatitis is a blood test (and/or > > > ultrasound). They send the blood to > > > Texas now. There is a yahoo group for feline > > pancreatitis. > > > It is important > > > to do the right test. There is an outdated one > that > > some > > > vets still use. > > > It isn't really something they treat. My vet had > me > > put > > > Frankie on a low fat > > > diet (that is what they do for dogs and it > hasn't > > been > > > proven to work for > > > cats but did work for Frankie). > > > L > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > > > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] > > > On Behalf Of Amy > > > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 7:52 PM > > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Losing weight > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the ideas. Since I just bought some > baby > > > food for my other cat, > > > I will definitely try adding stuff like that for > > > calories. He really seems > > > to eat fine so I'm stumped why he keeps losing > weight > > :( > > > > > > Amy > > > > > > > > > > > Amy, I don't know what to tell you. The > only > > > > suggestion I have is to try and increase > his > > daily > > > caloric > > > > intake to see if that helps him gain wt. > So > > may > > > things > > > > can affect wt. including thyroid issues. I > know > > you > > > > said blood work looked fine but has he has a > T4 > > and > > > free T4 > > > > test recently? > > > > > > > > If he would tolerate it you could try > adding > > some > > > kitten > > > > food to his regular food for a calorie > > > > boost. Another thought is adding in > come > > > > Clinicare. It is a liquid recovery food > and > > may > > > > provide a calorie boost. I offer mine > some > > Gerber > > > > Chicken and Gravy meat baby food as a > treat. > > Each > > > jar > > > > has 100 calories. Generally several small > meal > > per > > > day > > > > are best but you are already doing that. > > > > Hugs to him > > > > Sharyl > > > > > > > > > > > > --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Amy <awilkin...@yahoo.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > From: Amy <awilkin...@yahoo.com> > > > > > Subject: [Felvtalk] Losing weight > > > > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > > > > Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 7:36 > PM > > > > > > > > > > So after losing Maverick today, I'm > even > > more > > > worried > > > > about > > > > > my boy who's been steadily losing > weight for > > the > > > past > > > > 4 > > > > > years. He has no other apparent > symptoms > > but > > > does > > > > have > > > > > leukemia. He's down to 11 pounds, > from 15 > > > lbs. > > > > > He eats numerous times a day (no loss > of > > > appetite) and > > > > we > > > > > have him on a high protein, high fat > diet to > > try > > > to > > > > get him > > > > > to gain. He seems to have stopped > losing > > for > > > now > > > > but > > > > > is not gaining it back. Bloodwork > looks > > > fine. > > > > > Any suggestions? I think I posted > about > > this a > > > > while > > > > > ago but didn't get much response. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > Amy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > > > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Felvtalk mailing list > > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
