Tiger can finally breathe!!!!!

[Hellow]

Couldnet they just laser it out?

[Medusa]

Boy, Lara, this is a toughie. We're all praying that some form of treament is going to work and that Tiger is going to come through this. Lots of prayers headed your way and noggin noogies to Tiger.

[Catty1]

Lara - if you can find someone to do the lasering, there will be a way to get it done.

For example: If there was treatment in another town or city - there might be a PTr who could temporarily foster Tiger. Etc. Possibilities abound.

Hopefully an oncologist could do it. Please keep us posted if you are going to try something.

Keep the faith!

[Emeraldgreen]

Thanks for all the supportive messages everybody.
Candace, I really appreciate the research you've done on behalf of Tiger. It means a great deal. I'm at work right now and have quickly read through the posts but will reread everything in great detail when I get home and will post again after that Lara

[Catty1]

Hey, Lara!

How are Tiger and Jimmy doing?

As I PM'd you, if you want to PM or email me, I can search out some information in your area of the country.

Hope our boy is playing and eating and happy!

[Kirsten]

Oh no, I was just happy to read that Tiger is doing better and can breathe again, and now I read in your update that it's a squamous carcinoma! That's bad news indeed, and I'm so sorry!!

I don't know much about alternative medicine, but you may want to contact a holistic vet. I'm sure there are some homeopathic remedies that may help to keep the tumor at bay for a while, and that will give Tiger more life quality.

Kirsten

[Emeraldgreen]

Hi everybody. I wasn't able to use the computer for a few days but I'm finally back online and just finished reading all the posts. Thank you to all for so many good suggestions. Candace, I've been reading the links you included in your posts and they are so informative. Thank you!!! I'm going to talk with my vet about meloxicam. I used to give it to my dog (metacam) for the last two years of her life. It really helped her arthritis. If it could help shrink any remaining tumor or any new growing tumor and ease any pain Tiger might be in that would be good. I'm concerned about his kidneys though because I know it can be taxing on them and he does have some kidney issues. But, of course, tackling the cancer is equally important. Hard to know what to do. I'm also going to talk with my vet about continuing with prednisilone. I just weaned him off it as the vet who did the surgery suggested but after doing some research it seems it might be effective.
I'm very interested in the homeopathic route though and we do have a homeopathic vet in the area that I have never been to. She is Chinese.
Candace, I've reading through the list of natural herbs and supplements from the Dr. Charles Loops link and it's fascinating. I'm not finished reading it but feel so hopeful with all the possibilities. I realize I have to pick and choose only a few of the many options. So far, the Chinese herbs sound good, the Astragulus 10+ that helps boost immune systems and the Chih-Ko and circuma that fights tumors.
This next part gave me absolute chills!!!!!!!
Curcumin (Tumeric) – yellow pigment that is the main component of Tumeric, an Indian herb in the ginger family. Seems to have anti-carcinogenic properties at many levels of cancer as a prevention and treatment. Has been used effectively for tumor shrinkage topically as a paste also. Exact dosages unknown. Available in grocery stores and specialty stores.
The reason it gives me chills is because my father was diagnosed with liver cancer 2 years ago and within 3 weeks of his diagnosis he was dead. But while in his hospital bed 2 days before he died he woke up laughing. I was by his bedside and I said "dad, what's so funny?" and he told me about a dream he had just had. He said that he and the fellow across from his hospital bed, a guy named John who was dying of Aids, were together in India. They were having the most wonderful time. He was laughing while he told me about it because it brought him so much joy. He was absolutely smiling from ear to ear. He said "Lara, we were walking along the streets of India and there was this wonderful, beautiful yellow powder all over the streets, it was all over us and our clothes and all over everyone. It was so amazing and beautiful but no one else but John and I understood how valuable this stuff was. It was there for all of us to take but no one seemed to want to use it!!" and then he laughed again. I asked him what he thought it meant and he said he wasn't sure. The amazing thing is my father has never been to India or ever talked about India for as long as I knew him. WOW. I'm so in awe about it.
I believe in God and pray alot and I'm really wondering now if he dreamed about a cancer fighting treatment that is natural and available to us all. I think it was a poem by William Blake that writes about the idea that we are closest to God when we are first born and in the first few years of our lives and then become close to him again at the end of our lives. Maybe my Dad was given that dream for a reason.
I'm definitely going to try this with Tiger. In any case, I'm sure it won't hurt him.
p.s. Tiger is still doing very well. Happy, hungry and playful and can breathe with ease.

[Kirsten]

This next part gave me absolute chills!!!!!!!
Curcumin (Tumeric) – yellow pigment that is the main component of Tumeric, an Indian herb in the ginger family. Seems to have anti-carcinogenic properties at many levels of cancer as a prevention and treatment. Has been used effectively for tumor shrinkage topically as a paste also. Exact dosages unknown. Available in grocery stores and specialty stores.
The reason it gives me chills is because my father was diagnosed with liver cancer 2 years ago and within 3 weeks of his diagnosis he was dead. But while in his hospital bed 2 days before he died he woke up laughing. I was by his bedside and I said "dad, what's so funny?" and he told me about a dream he had just had. He said that he and the fellow across from his hospital bed, a guy named John who was dying of Aids, were together in India. They were having the most wonderful time. He was laughing while he told me about it because it brought him so much joy. He was absolutely smiling from ear to ear. He said "Lara, we were walking along the streets of India and there was this wonderful, beautiful yellow powder all over the streets, it was all over us and our clothes and all over everyone. It was so amazing and beautiful but no one else but John and I understood how valuable this stuff was. It was there for all of us to take but no one seemed to want to use it!!" and then he laughed again. I asked him what he thought it meant and he said he wasn't sure. WOW. I'm so in awe about it.

Wow, now that gave me chills also!! There must have been a reason why he had that dream, and why you remembered it now.

I'm very sorry you have lost your father.

Maybe he pointed out a way for you now to help Tiger.

Kirsten

[Emeraldgreen]

Thanks for you note Kirsten. I just wrote one to you about Luna.
I think that might be the case too, about the dream helping me now with Tiger. I might also start taking it as a preventive measure for myself. My birth mother died from breast cancer and although I'm only 39, I have a mammogram every year for the past 5 years just to be extra careful.
Anyway, it might be helpful and I'm now thinking that my father's dream might have been for me too. I'm going to pick some Tumeric up today and get both Tiger and myself started on it.
p.s. thanks for your kind words about my dad. We were very good friends and it was so hard. But time is a healer and it gets easier. That's one thing we all have or will have in common, losing loved ones. It sure helps to be able to communicate with other people about helping animals in distress though. I appreciate it very much.

[Kirsten]

I'm sorry that you have such a history of cancer running in your family; it's the same with mine. Almost everyone in my family has died from cancer, or has at least been sick with cancer, both on my father's and my mother's side. That's why I fear it a lot. It's such a scary disease.

It's sad that after all you've been through, you now have to face this illness again, in your beloved Tiger. May the Tumeric help him to deal with it, and to fight that thing as long as possible.

Best wishes to you and your furry friend!

Kirsten