until Theresa gets back to you, you can check our website
felinelymphomacaregivers.org -- there are a couple of sections on lab values.
Cyndee Trower
www.1Nature.com --Yoga, Reiki, and Cornish Rex cats
----- Original Message -----
From: ealsip
To: feline_lymphoma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 10:59 PM
Subject: [feline_lymphoma] Re: thirsty casey and other general questions
theresa-
do you know what the blood test is called that includes the kidney
and liver values? when i've asked about kidney and liver function
(because i know that is important to monitor with everything else he
has going on) they've always said that everything looks good. i
could have sworn it was just a cbc.
i'll have to double check on that and get back to you all.
thanks as always for the good info.
emily
--- In feline_lymphoma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Tbug57" <tbug57@xxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Emily,
>
> A CBC only checks things like white blood count, red blood count,
> hematocrit, lymphocytes, neutrophils, etc. In other words, just
the blood
> components. It does not check for things like kidney function,
diabetes,
> etc. If they have not done a full blood panel, including the test
for
> diabetes, and a kidney panel, I would ask them to do one when you
go back.
> Be sure and ask before they draw the blood for the CBC. It only
takes a
> small amount more, but I never wanted them to have to stick the
kitty more
> than once.
>
> Someone else had mentioned that some cats may develop diabetes
right away on
> Prednisone, and others may develop it gradually over a few years,
and some
> never develop diabetes at all on Pred. Sometimes when the
Prednisone is
> removed from the regimen, the diabetes disappears, too. I believe
that they
> look for glucose levels in the blood, but it can be somewhat
elevated due to
> stress. Someone else had mentioned the urine strips that you can
get, and
> that may give your vet an idea of whether or not to pursue that.
>
> If your cat is developing prednisone-induced diabetes, you can
discontinue
> that drug and just use other possibilities.
>
> Someone with a more scientific mind will have to conquer the
question of why
> they use pred as part of many chemo protocols. I have no idea, I
just know
> that they do. (I seem to remember something about the lymphoma
being
> something like an auto-immune disease, and you have to suppress the
body
> from fighting itself, since the cells have kind of gone wild and are
> destroying the good cells. Does that make any kind of sense?)
>
> Hugs,
>
>
>
> Theresa,
> Missouri, USA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: feline_lymphoma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:feline_lymphoma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of ealsip
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:56 PM
> To: feline_lymphoma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [feline_lymphoma] thirsty casey and other general questions
>
> * belinda and theresa-
>
> thanks for the responses, guys! wouldn't diabetes show up on a cbc?
>
> the antibiotic he's taking, simplicef, is prescribed for dogs with
> skin infections. why casey is taking it for an upper-respiratory
> infection is beyond me. i'll figure this out when we go on
wednesday.
>
> on to other questions..... i know the pred suppresses inflammation,
> but it also suppresses the immune system, leaving the body
> susceptible to all sorts of things like u.r.i. and i would think
also
> allowing the lymphoma to grow unassulted by the body's normal immune
> response. why then do we prescribe it for lymphoma kitties? good
> for fighting the inflammatory process but bad because it lets other
> things grow and attack unchecked.
>
> also, i've read/heard that long term use can cause diabetes. how
> does that happen? how long would that take to occur? (especially
> curious on this point since belinda mentioned it in relation to
> excessive thirst).
>
> steroids are very freaky nasty things, aren't they!!!!!
>
> emily
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _____
>
>
>
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