What Are The Options For a Vomiting Cat With IBD-Lymphoma (cancer)

[Dr. Jeff]

Good morning, everyone-

Here is a copy of a reply I sent to a fellow HA! student who is trying to decide how to help her kitty, who is vomiting intermittently but has a normal BEAM.

The cat just had an endoscopy and biopsy. This is the procedure where a vet, usually a specialist, takes a look at the stomach and intestines by inserting a flexible tube down the throat. A little biopsy of the stomach and intestinal linings is usually taken at the same time.

It's very common to find white blood cells, which are a sign of inflammation (and of cancer). Usually then, the specialist recommends some sort of anti-inflammatory or chemotherapy.

This email discusses a bit about the options for treatment:

Regarding what more can be done, the answer is that it depends on what you and your husband decide to do.

There are really just two main choices.

Working with the inflammatory changes in your kitty’s body or trying to battle them.

Building and preserving vitality works along with the natural healing mechanisms of the body and conserves energy. It is this cellular energy and inflammatory mechanisms that are used for healing everything from a cut to IBD or cancer.

In this case, these mechanisms have become hyper-activated resulting in the changes that were found on the endoscopy. The biopsy showed, as many do, that there is intestinal inflammation bordering on cancer.

These pathological findings can either regress or progress.

The conventional chemotherapy route works to shut off the mechanisms that resulted in these changes (that’s the job of “anti-inflammatories”), using steroids and stronger cancer drugs. They can certainly work in some cases.

The big problem is what you can do if they don’t work or stop working.

At that point, the natural energy needed to heal has been depleted by the “antis”. Stimulating them using natural means therefore becomes far less effective.

As far as deciding what to do at this time, that is really up to you. Perhaps continue doing what you are doing using the drugs, but at the same time try to support your cat’s healing processes and vitality as much as possible.

Fresh food (raw is freshest), rotating probiotics like Probio Defense (Xymogen), Rx Biotics (Rx Vitamins), IonBiome, Mitomax, etc., enzymes like in Rx Zyme and Nutrigest (also Rx Vitamins), playing the hunt for treat game, magnesium oil, promoting purring, and individualized homeopathic prescribing for problematic symptoms and side-effects of chemo. might be your best bet at this time.

 

[Dr. Jeff]

You're welcome Christie, and thanks for the additional context about Pepper.

When you say frail, I wonder if you mean his BEAM has decreased, or that it is mainly his weight that's the problem?

If the latter, perhaps focus on a 50% increase in his caloric intake, concentrating on proteins and fats.

If he is already eating large amounts, but not gaining weight or having diarrhea, then consider a supplement like SmartZYME or a triglyceride form fish oil:

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These both help him absorb and add muscle mass.

Also, Nutritional Support from Rx Vitamins may be helpful:

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[Dr. Jeff]

Yes, it's OK to give on an empty stomach.

However, you are definitely not out of options for him.

How's his BEAM aside from appetite?

When was last dose of a homeopathic medicine?

 

[Dr. Jeff]

How did he do after the dose compared to the days before the dose?