Annette, The "cancer vomit" is usually brown, very smelly, and
watery, usually projectile. And there is alot of it. It smells bad
because the food, even though digested, has been sitting in their
tummies for hours without moving. That is why Reglan works so well
for this kind of nausea, it promotes motility and moves things along.
I thought that regular kitty puke (regurgitation and hair balls) was
bad enough, but I don't complain about having to clean that up
anymore (well, not much. Hehe).
Kerry
--- In feline_lymphoma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ournewyork <ournewyork@xxxx>
wrote:
>
> Yeah! That is such wonderful news about Drew's 2 year
> anniversary.
>
> Would someone please explain to me what cancer vomit
> looks and smells like? I am wondering if my cat had
> lymphoma in her intestines...she would vomit a lot,
> but the vet thought she had IBD...then the vomiting
> improved with prednisone, and I was able to wean her
> off prednisone eventually. (She had hyperthyroidism,
> which causes vomiting, too.)
>
> In the past year, she would mostly vomit hair balls,
> although sometimes she vomited food. About a month
> before she had to be put to sleep due to lymphoma
> (enlarged lymph node & fluid in chest), a few times
> she vomited clear, very thick mucous along with a hair
> ball. What could cause thick mucousy vomit? I would
> have to assist her by helping to remove the mucous
> from her mouth, that's how thick it was. She didn't
> have diarrhea, but only once in a while had a soft
> stool. The vet never did an ultrasound on her abdomin.
>
> Annette
>
> --- Kerry <serrykoo@xxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi, everyone. I just don't know what to think about
> > Drew. I had
> > prepared myself that we would be losing him
> > somewhere between
> > Thanksgiving and Christmas due to his weightloss and
> > all around
> > seeming decline of his health. Back in September,
> > the vet and I
> > decided that he was out of remission when his weight
> > started dropping
> > and he also started vomitting that awful cancer
> > vomit. He had been
> > getting 5mg pred. every day, 1/2 a cypro pill every
> > other day, and
> > 2mg Leukeran every 3rd day for a year and a half.
> > Once he started
> > going down hill, we changed his doses to 5mg pred.
> > 2x/day, 1/2 cypro.
> > 2x/day, 2mg Leukeran every other day. We also added
> > 1/4 pepcid ac
> > 2x/day and 1/4 reglan 2x/day. He continued to vomit
> > quite often, so
> > he started getting 1/2 reglan 2x/day. He started
> > eating so much
> > better but was still losing weight. At his December
> > appointment, he
> > was down under 7 lbs. I didn't think he would be
> > around much longer
> > and was prepared to let him go.
> >
> > Well, he has continued to eat very well, more than
> > he has since
> > diagnosis. He had his check-up on saturday, and he
> > has GAINED 0.6
> > LBS! He also hasn't puked in over a month! The
> > only thing I can
> > think of that could account for the improvement is
> > the increase in
> > Leukeran, and it took a few months to make enough of
> > a difference. I
> > am so happy. We have made it to his 2 year
> > anniversary!
> >
> > Right now, he seems to have a respiritory infection
> > that he caught
> > from his brother. Its my own fault for not getting
> > ABs
> > prophylactically for him when I knew my other cat
> > was sick. He is
> > still eating well, he just has a bad cough. My
> > hubby didn't tell me
> > he had been coughing until after we got back from
> > his appointment and
> > he had an attack. I'm hoping that I can just pick
> > up a prescription
> > for him without having to take him in.
> >
> > Kerry
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> > feline_lymphoma-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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