<html><body><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>hoping for the best - most especially for a vet who is willing to work with you and your kitty cat</div><div>Sandy W</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"ROBERT CHAPEL" <bchapel@optonline.net><br><b>To: </b>felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<br><b>Cc: </b>felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Sunday, February 26, 2017 5:07:35 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Felvtalk] Felvtalk Digest, Vol 34, Issue 22<br><div><br></div>Molly...<br><div><br></div>I will leave it to Amani to counsel re: protocol... but the short <br>answer re: Doxy and pred is No... not the usual course of Treatment...<br><div><br></div>Of primary importance ( and this cannot be overstated) is to have your <br>vet onboard with you and to have he financial means to implement the <br>treatment without having to cut corners..... I'll never know if I could <br>have saved MY little guy had I had a cooperative vet and sufficient <br>funds to secure everything I needed in a timely fashion..... I'm <br>hesitant even to get another FeLV cat to be company for my still very <br>active other FeLV buddy because I will have to Foster this time and the <br>shelter is not on board either with Amani's protocol ( which means I <br>would have to stand helplessly by and watch another cat fade unless I <br>spent money I don't have going against their wishes...... Difficult <br>decisions. You'll never know if the regimen can help if you wait too <br>long to implement it..... I've been on this list long enough now to see <br>a few cats helped quite a bit by the Win/Doxy/Pred combination and think <br>it would make more sense to try<br>THAT first rather than wasting time with the other treatments that <br>appear to have a less impressive effect...<br><div><br></div>Again.... my opinion... and not an expert one<br><div><br></div>You write as someone who has some medical experience or at least a grasp <br>of medical protocols.. so I imagine you can make an informed <br>decision..... Hopeful that Win/Doxy/Pred can stop things FROM <br>happening in instances that the worst has not yet begun....<br><div><br></div>Hoping for the best...<br><div><br></div>Bob<br><div><br></div><br>On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 01:00 PM, felvtalk-request@felineleukemia.org <br>wrote:<br><div><br></div>> Send Felvtalk mailing list submissions to<br>> felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<br>><br>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>> <br>> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org<br>><br>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br>> felvtalk-request@felineleukemia.org<br>><br>> You can reach the person managing the list at<br>> felvtalk-owner@felineleukemia.org<br>><br>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>> than "Re: Contents of Felvtalk digest..."<br>><br>><br>> Today's Topics:<br>><br>> 1. Follow-up questions for FeLv meds (Molly Mou)<br>><br>><br>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>><br>> Message: 1<br>> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 16:18:16 +0000 (UTC)<br>> From: Molly Mou To: "felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" Subject: [Felvtalk] <br>> Follow-up questions for FeLv meds<br>> Message-ID: <1755412869.1726749.1488125896710@mail.yahoo.com><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br>><br>> Thank you all for the information for my Mia kitty. I have a few more <br>> questions for Amani concerning Zander's Protocol: doxycycline -?Should <br>> a calculated dose be used?based on weight of animal for this or is <br>> the?dose that you give apply to all cats. Mia is a?small girl -?weighs <br>> 7 lbs. Also, how long should she be taking the meds. Is it the normal <br>> 7-10 days to 2 weeks antibiotic?regimen or longer?Prednisolone - I <br>> assume this is the normal protocol for this drug - a loading dose with <br>> tapering doses.winstrol - looks like this is taken until the <br>> hematocrit reaches?near normal range. Then, should this be continued <br>> to maintain a normal level forever?<br>> Thank you all again. I am grateful for your intelligent feedback and <br>> experience on this subject. 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