You are on the right track. All of us can only do what we know about and this group is a good one to help you. Experience is a great teacher. I have found that when i had a problem, going to the group first is the best route.
---- annetbur...@aol.com wrote: > I will definitely ask my vet, if my others should be positive too. I have > found that often, we know things that some vets have no experience with. Some > resent it, but some are humble and the animal is more important than their > egos. > Anne > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Amani Oakley <aoak...@oakleylegal.com> > To: felvtalk <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Sent: Fri, Nov 27, 2015 2:21 pm > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Grieving, and need to understand about felv > > > > > Zander was just the most wonderful cat, Anne. My husband and I would have > done anything at all for him. We loved him dearly and desperately and he > loved us right back. We have been involved in rescuing strays for quite a > while, and that sweet little boy was certainly one who made a huge mark on > our lives. > > We still ache for him. Our vets were happy to let us lead the charge on his > care. My vet and another senior vet at Guelph Veterinary College, suggested – > sort of joking but not completely – that I should write a paper on his > recovery. I considered it, but I am so swamped at work, I never did. When he > died, it took all the wind out of my sails. > > I feel for your loss. The blame doesn’t lie with you but again, my > frustration is that the vets should be at least offering Winstrol in a > situation where there is profound anemia since it did wonders to stimulate > red cell production with Zander, and I have seen it with other cats now. I > remain unable to comprehend why the vet community would rather not tell us > about this option, and allow us to have to accept death or euthanasia instead. > > Amani > > From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org]On Behalf Of > annetbur...@aol.com > Sent: November-27-15 2:03 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Grieving, and need to understand about felv > > Amani, > > > > Thank you. I actually read quite a few of your posts about Winstrol. I am > glad for you, and sweet Zander, that you found something to give him more > time.. lots of love and living in that extra time, I am sure. > > I am sorry for your loss, though. Seven years just isn't enough, but Zander > was blessed to have your care and dedication. > > > > I am hoping that my other cats will test negative, but if they do not, I have > a wonderful vet, at another practice, who will work with me, I believe with > my heart that she will. Thank you for sharing your experience! It means the > world to us, when we can keep our furbabies healthier. How sad that some vets > are afraid, or reluctant, about the winstrol. I agree, that treating, even if > side effects are not so good, is better than their dying without trying > everything we can. > > > > my best > > Anne > > -----Original Message----- > From: Amani Oakley <aoak...@oakleylegal.com> > To: felvtalk <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Sent: Fri, Nov 27, 2015 1:53 pm > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Grieving, and need to understand about felv > > > Anne > > > > None of this is your fault at all. I too was given no hope for my Zander. It > is the reason I was so angry with the vet community when I stumbled upon > Winstrol and found it worked. I was then so stunned to find out that I hadn’t > just accidentally “discovered” something new. The vet I spoke with (who had > been the internal medicine specialist looking after Zander and pressuring me > to put him down – saying that I needed to consider his “quality of life”) > surprised me by telling me that he knew about Winstrol and that I had gone > “old school”. He told me that they used to use Winstrol “years back” but had > stopped when a report had surfaced suggesting that it might cause liver > damage. > > > > Then, after having proof positive that the Winstrol had done this amazing > thing with Zander and brought him back from the brink of death, still I > encountered vets who were resistant to using Winstrol. I couldn’t understand > it at all. They preferred to put a cat down than to even TRY the Winstrol. > Thus my conclusion that Winstrol has been “black balled” because of its > association with performance enhancement in athletes. Seriously, nothing else > makes any sense. When a cat is dying, whether or not a vet believes that > there may be side-effects to a medication, it makes no sense to withhold > something that MAY be beneficial when the end result is certainly going to be > bad. > > > > Anne, there is just nothing at all you did wrong. I sympathize completely > with your guilt, because I too wish I had known more about Winstrol BEFORE > Zander decompensated so badly. I think that because he did, the virus was > allowed to continue attacking his body and left scarring on the heart – the > cause of his death at 7 years. > > > > My experience is the reason I found this group and was determined to share my > experience. I hoped that sharing my experience might mean that others may > find that Winstrol is helpful for their cats as well, and I have since used > it in a number of other situations of cats given no hope. Obviously, it is > impossible to know if Sam might have been helped, but you clearly did > everything you could and gave him every chance. > > > > Amani > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
