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Hi everyone-
Let's use this thread to discuss some of the pre-submitted 11/4/19 cancer webinar questions.
To facilitate discussion of these great topics, The replies may link to other threads that reference the questions in the subject line.
As a reminder, the overall themes that will help your pets are:
Laurie:
"What should you do if your pet develops a lump and that pet is a homeopathically treated patient? Does it depend where it is, i.e. breast versus back area?
Trease:
I have a question about cancer-autoimmune disease. My older German shepherd Bridget died from it. I have her pup Reba (now 6 years old) and worry she carries the same genetic weakness. I avoid vaccinations on her as much as possible so as not to trigger same disease. Conventional veterinary medicine wants to give steroids when they have the disease because of the high fever associated with it. Steroids keep the fever down but destroys the muscles and the outcome is a miserable death. So my question is: What can I do further to avoid triggering autoimmune disease in Reba and if she does come down with it what is a better plan of managing it without steroids?
Pam:
I have a client whose cat was diagnosed with nasal lymphoma/polyp that is inoperable due to how it’s grown into the roof of his mouth. Fortunately, through major diet modification and supplementation to help rebuild his immune system, along with eliminating as many of the environmental allergens as possible that exacerbate his condition, he has shown improvement.
Will you include any tips on keto diets for cats or specific ways to help cats with nasal lymphoma in this presentation?
Lesley:
My nearly 12 year old Weimaraner has had a splenectomy including removal of a large tumour attached to it that filled the abdomenal cavity. Histology has indicated it isn't as aggressive as thought at first. He will probably out live it.
How can I maximise his quality of life. He is fed raw, had6 recovered remarkably well. He is not having chemo. I have been giving him Essiac tea, filtered water and no chemicals, no vaccines since 2014.
Claire:
My Beautiful Cat Neo passed away 7 months ago so quickly ! Neo was almost 16 years and I regularly came to the vet .He had urinary infections and small stones (5) in his gallbladder. I gave him homeopathy (prescribed by another vet) and special food.
He didn't have surgery because they didn't grow or move regarding to the vet but I don t understand why the vet and I, haven t thought to check my Neo s kidneys since he has this repetitive urinary issues … with antibiotics and anti inflammatory medicine each time.
He was growing old and he was unfortunately keen to develop such disease . I didn’t know this before I read that. It is unfortunately quite common for an old cat to develop cancer .
His last blood test, in November 2018 reveal nothing to worry about and his x ray revealed osteoarthritis .(he had supplements and homeopathy and anti inflammatory medicines for pain and energy healing )
It was in November 2018 and in January ,in 11 days ,he just lost his life from an aggressive kidney cancer .
My question is why the diagnosis couldn't have be made earlier ?
Nancy:
My parents lost their German Shepherd to cancer last year! Josie was only about 4 years old. I don't remember which type of cancer diagnosis was made for her. But she began to have bouts of diarrhea several times daily, unable to eat much and lost weight quickly for a couple of weeks or so before the diagnosis was given. My parents could not afford the cost of the cancer treatment offered.
Questions... At what stage in the progression of the cancer is it considered 'too late' to begin treating a pet with homeopathic medicines? If a diagnosis is made very early, what is the likelihood that a pet can be treated successfully using only or predominantly homeopathic medicines??
Heidi:
My dog had a mast cell tumor on her rear leg that was removed, but they probably did not get all the margins since they didn't know it was a mast cell at the time. She also had two smaller tumors show up on her front leg and in her rear underbelly area. The vet prescribed prednisone and the two new tumors have completely disappeared.
He claims she needs to stay on this medication forever (she's 10yrs old but very active) but the meds make her SO hungry and thirsty and she seems miserable.
Is there any way to keep it at a lower dose. She is currently taking 30mg every other day. Or an alternate treatment that will work as good...??
Joanne:
Our Irish Wolfhound 6 y.o. was diagnosed with Lymphoma Oct. 1. He is takes Prednisone and Metronidazole. He has always been on a cancer prevention diet as we are familiar with bone cancer (two IW passed away from it).
Is there anything we can do more to improve his quality of life?
Diane:
I’ve had 2 dogs now test positive for lyme and wind up with lymphoma (one has since passed). The dog that passed had periodic acute lyme episodes where he couldn’t walk. We always got him back to his usual self with Ledum. With the last blow-up that we thought was also lyme related, the submandibular and prescapular, but particularly the submandibular, blew up so large that his face was distorted. The ledum helped with the initial swelling that time, but it returned, never went away and the vet called it lymphoma even though I didn’t agree to the needle biopsy (all of his other nodes were also swollen).
I noticed that my current dog, 8 yo rottie, never sick a day in his life, raw fed, puppy vaccines only, looks/acts like a puppy – had all of his lymph nodes swollen. Took him to the vet for an exam and blood work. Nothing noted in exam other than how healthy he seemed other than the swollen lymph nodes. The blood was processed at HemoPet with everything normal except for 4DX lyme antibodies and Anaplasma positive. Further Lyme C6 antibody result was elevated at 88. He has never displayed a lyme symptom or any symptom for that matter. Vet did say based on all of the nodes swollen he would say it’s lymphoma but I didn’t do the needle biopsy. I’ve been treating him for lyme with my homeopath but the lymph node swelling is progressing in his neck area. I am becoming convinced he also has lymphoma. He is still not exhibiting any other symptoms.
My questions are -
can lyme cause/lead to cancer?
Can lymphoma not show up in the blood at all?
Absent any symptoms other than all lymph nodes progressively swelling, would lymphoma be your likely diagnosis even with the elevated lyme C6 result?
I’m also wondering if there’s something new going on with these horrible ticks and if others are noticing any correlation like this.
Yara:
I currently have a dog that has terminal cancer. We are doing a lot for him and he has now lived well over his prognosis. We were wondering what else we can do as he slows down and also thinking in the future about prevention.
What are the best herbs and supplements for cancer killing as well as prevention?
What is the best diet and nutrition in fighting cancer and also for future prevention?
What are things to avoid in nutrition and other environmental things?
Kerri:
Nutrition for a pet with cancer
Benefits of a raw diet for pets with cancer
Flea, tick and heartworm meds contributing to cancer?
Genetic environmental or both?
What actions can be taken to prevent cancer in our pets?
Does Turmeric actually assist with the prevention of some cancers?
I’m hearing about many goldens with MCT. Genetic?
Marsha:
Are you familiar with Apocaps or K9 Immunity? What about golden paste? Is anything contraindicated for a dog on Palladia (chemo)? Can you combine chemo and homeopathy?
Let's use this thread to discuss some of the pre-submitted 11/4/19 cancer webinar questions.
To facilitate discussion of these great topics, The replies may link to other threads that reference the questions in the subject line.
As a reminder, the overall themes that will help your pets are:
- focus on their specific individuality, not the general diagnosis
- use symptoms as clues to guide your cancer management decisions?
- optimize quality of life and cellular energy using BEAM (Behavior, Energy, Appetite, Mood)?
- try to avoid symptom suppression
Laurie:
"What should you do if your pet develops a lump and that pet is a homeopathically treated patient? Does it depend where it is, i.e. breast versus back area?
Trease:
I have a question about cancer-autoimmune disease. My older German shepherd Bridget died from it. I have her pup Reba (now 6 years old) and worry she carries the same genetic weakness. I avoid vaccinations on her as much as possible so as not to trigger same disease. Conventional veterinary medicine wants to give steroids when they have the disease because of the high fever associated with it. Steroids keep the fever down but destroys the muscles and the outcome is a miserable death. So my question is: What can I do further to avoid triggering autoimmune disease in Reba and if she does come down with it what is a better plan of managing it without steroids?
Pam:
I have a client whose cat was diagnosed with nasal lymphoma/polyp that is inoperable due to how it’s grown into the roof of his mouth. Fortunately, through major diet modification and supplementation to help rebuild his immune system, along with eliminating as many of the environmental allergens as possible that exacerbate his condition, he has shown improvement.
Will you include any tips on keto diets for cats or specific ways to help cats with nasal lymphoma in this presentation?
Lesley:
My nearly 12 year old Weimaraner has had a splenectomy including removal of a large tumour attached to it that filled the abdomenal cavity. Histology has indicated it isn't as aggressive as thought at first. He will probably out live it.
How can I maximise his quality of life. He is fed raw, had6 recovered remarkably well. He is not having chemo. I have been giving him Essiac tea, filtered water and no chemicals, no vaccines since 2014.
Claire:
My Beautiful Cat Neo passed away 7 months ago so quickly ! Neo was almost 16 years and I regularly came to the vet .He had urinary infections and small stones (5) in his gallbladder. I gave him homeopathy (prescribed by another vet) and special food.
He didn't have surgery because they didn't grow or move regarding to the vet but I don t understand why the vet and I, haven t thought to check my Neo s kidneys since he has this repetitive urinary issues … with antibiotics and anti inflammatory medicine each time.
He was growing old and he was unfortunately keen to develop such disease . I didn’t know this before I read that. It is unfortunately quite common for an old cat to develop cancer .
His last blood test, in November 2018 reveal nothing to worry about and his x ray revealed osteoarthritis .(he had supplements and homeopathy and anti inflammatory medicines for pain and energy healing )
It was in November 2018 and in January ,in 11 days ,he just lost his life from an aggressive kidney cancer .
My question is why the diagnosis couldn't have be made earlier ?
Nancy:
My parents lost their German Shepherd to cancer last year! Josie was only about 4 years old. I don't remember which type of cancer diagnosis was made for her. But she began to have bouts of diarrhea several times daily, unable to eat much and lost weight quickly for a couple of weeks or so before the diagnosis was given. My parents could not afford the cost of the cancer treatment offered.
Questions... At what stage in the progression of the cancer is it considered 'too late' to begin treating a pet with homeopathic medicines? If a diagnosis is made very early, what is the likelihood that a pet can be treated successfully using only or predominantly homeopathic medicines??
Heidi:
My dog had a mast cell tumor on her rear leg that was removed, but they probably did not get all the margins since they didn't know it was a mast cell at the time. She also had two smaller tumors show up on her front leg and in her rear underbelly area. The vet prescribed prednisone and the two new tumors have completely disappeared.
He claims she needs to stay on this medication forever (she's 10yrs old but very active) but the meds make her SO hungry and thirsty and she seems miserable.
Is there any way to keep it at a lower dose. She is currently taking 30mg every other day. Or an alternate treatment that will work as good...??
Joanne:
Our Irish Wolfhound 6 y.o. was diagnosed with Lymphoma Oct. 1. He is takes Prednisone and Metronidazole. He has always been on a cancer prevention diet as we are familiar with bone cancer (two IW passed away from it).
Is there anything we can do more to improve his quality of life?
Diane:
I’ve had 2 dogs now test positive for lyme and wind up with lymphoma (one has since passed). The dog that passed had periodic acute lyme episodes where he couldn’t walk. We always got him back to his usual self with Ledum. With the last blow-up that we thought was also lyme related, the submandibular and prescapular, but particularly the submandibular, blew up so large that his face was distorted. The ledum helped with the initial swelling that time, but it returned, never went away and the vet called it lymphoma even though I didn’t agree to the needle biopsy (all of his other nodes were also swollen).
I noticed that my current dog, 8 yo rottie, never sick a day in his life, raw fed, puppy vaccines only, looks/acts like a puppy – had all of his lymph nodes swollen. Took him to the vet for an exam and blood work. Nothing noted in exam other than how healthy he seemed other than the swollen lymph nodes. The blood was processed at HemoPet with everything normal except for 4DX lyme antibodies and Anaplasma positive. Further Lyme C6 antibody result was elevated at 88. He has never displayed a lyme symptom or any symptom for that matter. Vet did say based on all of the nodes swollen he would say it’s lymphoma but I didn’t do the needle biopsy. I’ve been treating him for lyme with my homeopath but the lymph node swelling is progressing in his neck area. I am becoming convinced he also has lymphoma. He is still not exhibiting any other symptoms.
My questions are -
can lyme cause/lead to cancer?
Can lymphoma not show up in the blood at all?
Absent any symptoms other than all lymph nodes progressively swelling, would lymphoma be your likely diagnosis even with the elevated lyme C6 result?
I’m also wondering if there’s something new going on with these horrible ticks and if others are noticing any correlation like this.
Yara:
I currently have a dog that has terminal cancer. We are doing a lot for him and he has now lived well over his prognosis. We were wondering what else we can do as he slows down and also thinking in the future about prevention.
What are the best herbs and supplements for cancer killing as well as prevention?
What is the best diet and nutrition in fighting cancer and also for future prevention?
What are things to avoid in nutrition and other environmental things?
Kerri:
Nutrition for a pet with cancer
Benefits of a raw diet for pets with cancer
Flea, tick and heartworm meds contributing to cancer?
Genetic environmental or both?
What actions can be taken to prevent cancer in our pets?
Does Turmeric actually assist with the prevention of some cancers?
I’m hearing about many goldens with MCT. Genetic?
Marsha:
Are you familiar with Apocaps or K9 Immunity? What about golden paste? Is anything contraindicated for a dog on Palladia (chemo)? Can you combine chemo and homeopathy?
