From:
Trish Black
Date: 2002-07-05 18:34:13 UTC
Subject: Lymphoma Treatment Q's
To: FHL <ferrethealth@smartgroups.com>
Message-ID: <20020705183413.94558.qmail@web20001.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hello. I am sending this post to request advice from Dr. Williams. As you may have seen in my previous posts to FHL, my 2 year old, Path Valley sable female ferret Merry has been diagnosed with Lymphoma. On 6/17 she had a lump & part of her intestine removed. On 6/20 they re-opened the incision to check to make sure there wasn't any fluid or problems inside (I'm still not quite clear on this). On 6/21 we brought her home and for 10 days administered shots of Fortaz (.5 cc 3 times daily). On 7/1 Merry was supposed to start chemo but blood work showed her WBC at 20,000 (instead of 10K normal) so we had to delay. The vet told me that she saw something that "concerned" her. Merry had either an infection, inflammation or a possible reoccurance (a lump). We took her home and now administer .13 cc ammoxicillian & .3 cc prednisone 2 times daily. Merry's next appt. is 7/8 for another blood work and begin chemo if possible.
I would like advice on the following if you could please:
Should I consult a vet oncologist? What would a vet oncologist do differently? I'm not sure what the benefits would be or if I should be making a change in the middle of Merry's treatment. The current vet is ferret knowledgeable and came highly recommended from FHL.
I've seen others mention herbal remedies such as Essiac for Lymphoma. Should I consider these options instead of prednisone? Merry seems to be doing well so far and eats/drinks on her own a little and I supplement with chicken baby food + whipping cream before meds & ferretvite after as a treat.
I wanted to begin Merry's treatment the quickest and best possible way we can. If she has an infection or a reoccurance of the cancer already I don't want to rush to do the chemo if it will hurt her. Any advice or info. would be appreciated. Feel free to email me privately if you wish. Thanks in advance.
Trish ~ Merry, Pippin & Zira
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<P>Hello. I am sending this post to request advice from Dr. Williams. As you may have seen in my previous posts to FHL, my 2 year old, Path Valley sable female ferret Merry has been diagnosed with Lymphoma. On 6/17 she had a lump & part of her intestine removed. On 6/20 they re-opened the incision to check to make sure there wasn't any fluid or problems inside (I'm still not quite clear on this). On 6/21 we brought her home and for 10 days administered shots of Fortaz (.5 cc 3 times daily). On 7/1 Merry was supposed to start chemo but blood work showed her WBC at 20,000 (instead of 10K normal) so we had to delay. The vet told me that she saw something that "concerned" her. Merry had either an infection, inflammation or a possible reoccurance (a lump). We took her home and now administer .13 cc ammoxicillian & .3 cc prednisone 2 times daily. Merry's next appt. is 7/8 for another blood work and begin chemo if possible.</P>
<P>I would like advice on the following if you could please: </P>
<P>Should I consult a vet oncologist? What would a vet oncologist do differently? I'm not sure what the benefits would be or if I should be making a change in the middle of Merry's treatment. The current vet is ferret knowledgeable and came highly recommended from FHL.</P>
<P>I've seen others mention herbal remedies such as Essiac for Lymphoma. Should I consider these options instead of prednisone? Merry seems to be doing well so far and eats/drinks on her own a little and I supplement with chicken baby food + whipping cream before meds & ferretvite after as a treat.</P>
<P>I wanted to begin Merry's treatment the quickest and best possible way we can. If she has an infection or a reoccurance of the cancer already I don't want to rush to do the chemo if it will hurt her. Any advice or info. would be appreciated. Feel free to email me privately if you wish. Thanks in advance.</P>
<P>Trish ~ Merry, Pippin & Zira</P><p><br><hr size=1><b>Do You Yahoo!?</b><br>
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