Hello everyone, I'm new to the group and have a nine year old Berner who was recently diagnosed with Poly arthritis. She's been on Predinisone and Doxycylone ...
Hello - My best to you and your dog. Our marnie lived about a year before she was completely immobile - it was a pretty good year for the most part. I know ...
Hi Scott Hope your girl is feeling better on her treatment Know that this is hard but doable My 6 year old Berner Gold had IMPA last year Reading this list and...
... she was ... I know ... old. I ... and avoid ... I'd love to get her off the steroids. Blaze is due for a follow up on the 17th so I'm going to see what...
Hi Scott The fact that her platelets were well were they low? Makes me wonder about tick disease other than Lyme especially erlicchia now called plasmacytosis...
Hello all My sweet boy Cleansweep Hoover lost his battle with hystiocytic sarcoma in September. I have some medicine left over that we used to treat his many...
These are some of my previous posts. All is still great. There is minor swelling of joints. But he is having the most fun again. He goes out and plays,...
... you used and in what doses. Could you please forward them to me. Are they easy to find? We're in Ontario Canada and have a large Asian population with many...
Her platelets were low and now seem to be stabilized. We'll keep an eye on the weight loss and muscle waste. She was checked for Tick and Lyme and she was...
Hi Scott, I'm sorry to hear your dear Berner has IMPA. We lost our Berner girl to IMPA June 6th of last year at the age of 5. Unfortunately for us the drug...
... beloved pet. I am concerned about a long term regiment of Prednizone and the effects it could have on her liver. Blaze was also diagnosed clear of Tick and...
The drugs I am getting from my Vet who also does holistic treatment are as follows: These are the names, I am sure you can look them up. All are 2 times...
... are ... All ... Miao ... to help. Both of my vets said that this is very acceptable. ... practices holistic health care. You said you had great results...
Scott, You are right to worry about the side effects of Pred. We never got Echo lower than 37.5 mg a day. We kept up constant blood work and untrasounds of...
Hi Scott, If you take a look through the archives you'll get a sense of the variety of ways in which dogs respond to treatment, as well as the range of...
She hasn't had a joint tap yet. The vet was going to see how she reacted to the three week regime of medication. Yesterday was a horrible day where I had to...
Sherry, Thanks for reaching out. Someone else in the group suggested I track you down and I couldn't find a link to you...now here you are! Blaze is back in...
So glad you wrote Sherry I was the referring list member and I couldnt find the links either as I was receiving single letters and not the digest Gold has...
I think it's definitely recurring IMPA in Blaze. Everyday we wake up it's a different joint. She's back to the vets next week and we've already started to...
I started Blaze on 1000mg's of fish oil on Tuesday so we'll see what happens. ...can't hurt! Thanks ... in it and pour it over their food. ... up ... the ... ...
Hi gang, We can't express enough thanks for the support we've received in this Group board for Blaze's recent bout of Canine IMPA. I left for a much needed...
Sounds so great Congrats Here is my wistful post on the BARC list for today just in case any one else's dog has had IMPA superimposed on osteoarthritis BAD...
Hi Sheira, Sounds like you've got your hands full....sorry to say. It's hear breaking enough to have one let alone two doges limping around. My thoughts and...
Scott, Our Echo also lost weight on Pred despite her huge appetite and penchant for snarfing all sorts of garbage on walks. I'm not writing to discourage you...
Hi Scott: My boy, Mozart, was diagnosed with IMPA at 2 yrs old and we spent 2 yrs off and on pred and imuran fighting this tough illness. He lost weigh and...
Absolutely do enjoy Scott I asked again and my vet internist reiterated that he believes IMPA is a curable disease so watch her clinically and with joint taps...
More great advice...thank you and I'm glad to hear that it is curable. Is the milk thistle readily available? I'm thinking healthfood stores? She did blood...
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