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Jill's oncologist wrote this article today for vetstreet and I wanted to share as I found it very interesting! Enjoy!
Jill is a 9-year-old tuxedo kitty. She was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma in June 2012 on her toe in her right hind leg. Her leg was amputated on 12/12/12 and she completed four rounds of chemo (2 of Carbo, 2 of Doxy) in April 2013. "Like" Jill's facebook page: https://www.fac.....tty?ref=hl Proud member of the WINTER WARRIORS!!!! Her blog can be read at http://jillsjou.....ipawds.com. xoxo
Great article, Erica....thanks
Especially interesting to me as Tuck is on a "diet" though he is on a food that I buy through my vet specifically geared to healthy weight loss i.e. not muscle loss.
Linda and Tuck
Excellent resource thank you! I was especially interested in this paragraph, and hope that folks always discuss nutritional supplements with their vet for the very reasons Dr. Hohenhaus describes here:
But plant-based medications can also potentially cause harm. Recently, one of my patients received herbal medications from a specialist in Chinese medicine. Routine blood tests identified a concerning increase in liver enzymes; despite a lengthy evaluation, a cause was not revealed. Discontinuation of the herbs resolved the problem. While trying to figure out her problem, I discovered an entire chapter in one of my hefty internal medicine books on the impact of herbal medications on dog and cat livers.
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THANKS ERICA! You always bring us good info.
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
Yes Rene, that was the part I found most interesting. Since Dr. Hohenhaus is Jill's vet, I know first hand she is not the biggest fan of holistic supplements....she doesn't ever say they're BAD or not to use them (unless she has a reason to backed up by research), but whenever I would bring one up, she always did a bunch of research into them when I asked her about them first!
Jill is a 9-year-old tuxedo kitty. She was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma in June 2012 on her toe in her right hind leg. Her leg was amputated on 12/12/12 and she completed four rounds of chemo (2 of Carbo, 2 of Doxy) in April 2013. "Like" Jill's facebook page: https://www.fac.....tty?ref=hl Proud member of the WINTER WARRIORS!!!! Her blog can be read at http://jillsjou.....ipawds.com. xoxo
Awesome article. Thank you for sharing it. I missed this one in my email
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Michelle & Angel Sassy
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