Note for LC

Here I am sitting pretty :)

This is our 16-mushroom supplement. We got it from i-herb.com
They are very prompt with their service. We hope this helps you.

The lingzhi sang hwang that our vet Dr Ly recommends is in this mixture although we recommend the sang hwang itself. I am not giving Megat this anymore as I am now giving him the sang hwang suppository and liquid extract.

Dear penny

Megat actually had one full round of chemo with vincristine only and 1 session with Endoxan before the TCM. I think that also helped in his remission. My vet Dr Ly said that he himself has cancer and has been eating san hwang lingzhi for 5 years and his cancer has not become more aggressive. Dr L is of the opinion that chemo would usually kill the cat more often than not and we should consider the idea for Megat to work through his lymphoma and if he dies from it, it would not be because of the cancer itself. The TCM helps his through it.

I am giving Megat all of it, even now that he has 'recovered'. I had posted this protocol here . When we first began, I had to give him 2.5ml colloidal silver twice daily but now I give him the 2 ml once a day. I think it is wise to read our post here when we first met Dr Ly and his input about Megat. I had also given him TCM pills/herbal pills to help strengthen his immune system as well.

So in short, our protocol is as follows:

Now: 5 days of 0.8 6.5 ml san hwang liquid extract (in some mashed pumpkin and papaya mixture) There are various strengths so we have 0.8 because 6.5 L is much stroner. Before we had 1.5 ml of san hwang liquid extract twice a day for 7 days a week. The gastric juices destroys I think 40% of it.

Now: 5 days of 2 ml of colloidal silver once a day. Before: 2.5 ml of colloidal silver twice a day, 7 days a week.

Now: 4 days of san hwang suppository (preferable to liquid extract as it is absorbed 100% into his system). Before we had 7 days a week.

He was given shark catiledge as a suppository when his blood count was very low. We had that for about 3 weeks or so.

I only made these changes after he is one the 'recovered' list. Dr L said that san hwang has proven to be quite effective for lymphoma but not for Felv. In his practice 70% of cats do well on san hwang. 'Miracle cat" Megat is one of the luckier ones.

So I think he would be on long term on san hwang extract and suppositories as well as colloidal silver. Dr L said for me to continue with this protocol. Added to this Megat used to get mushroom for immunity, milk thistle extract for his liver.

Megat is also on 250 ml of sub q fluids once a week.

Megat is very good with his meds though and we have learnt to work with each other. He sometimes fights much more actively and would refuse his meds :) But I think as long as he is able to fight me, then all is well.

Good Intentions...

are sometimes just that san!

Our plan to give Megat less meds backfired on us. Last week he got only 3 days of meds and fought us very hard on those days. He is not usually so contrary and would take his meds quite easily (with some fight as usual) but last week, it was all fight and very little meds!

So we decided to give him his lingzhi as usual so he would just expect to get it every day (5 days a week with weekends off) as usual. I think he forgot he has meds to take and considered each alternate day, the first day he was ever given meds!

Megat's 1st Review in 2011

Megat sitting pretty at home...
after the vet visit...

I know I said the news about Megat would be in our main blog Cat Tales. But I thought I should at least update this blog as this one belongs to Megat.

We have not changed our protocols and Megat is still on his course of sang hwang supposity, liquid extract and colloidal silver. He takes his sang hwang with a little mashed papaya and he is still in remission for 1 yr and 5 months already. I am confident that he would be able to go on for some time yet on this protocol.

Today he was given some laxatone for his hairballs but I know I cannot give him laxatone for an extended period so I will only give this to him for 2 weeks to see how he is. I will be getting some hairball remedies from petsalive. He is also on Liver and Immunity Support as well as KC Defense from there. I have since stopped the Milk Thistle extract as he hates it like the plague and I thought the capsules for Liver and Immunity Support should work just as well.

Hie eyes are a little cloudy, which is only to be expected from a 15 year old kitty. We used to be able to ensure that he has clear eyes with the sang hwang but I guess his age and consition do not allow for it. Dr L said he should still be able to see but not as clearly.

But all in all, the review went very well for my cat Megat.

Megat's Review

Today is Megat's review after 3 months. Dr L said now that he has recovered, we only have to see him 4 times a year. He is doing well and there are no signs of lumps that I can feel and he is healthy and happy. He had coughed 3 or 4 times these last 3 months but I do not think those were significant but will tell Dr L nevertheless.

I have given him the sang hwang suppository only 4 days out of the week. He gets none in the weekends because grandma is not strong enough to hold him and he gets no sang hwang or supplements on Fridays when he gets his subQ as I thought he has enough aggravation on one day. But I would put in the liquid sang hwang in his supplements as he sometimes manages to pop out his suppository. I have taken to putting his suppositories in the fridge as if not they lose their firmness and would break off when I am trying to give them to him. He sometimes growl deeply and kick his legs when I put them in though because they are cold I guess.

I took out his carrier just now to put on the table and when he saw it, he immediately ran into the bedroom and then peeked out at me, to see if I am going to grab him. But his appt is at 3.15 and so he would have time to relax and he would come out later when he realised that no one is coming to grab him at all :) It is always easier this way with Megat, even with his supplements.

Miracle Megat: RECOVERED

Dr L saw him and could not believe he is 14 years old this year. He took one look at Megat and smiled widely. "This is the cancer cat who is doing very well," he told the trainee vet, who was busy typing his words into the computer. He gave Megat the once over and admired his coat. "Coat beautiful, eyes bright, weight good, not dehydrated and gums red. A good colour!" He also listened to Megat's heartbeat.

He then told the trainee vet - Review : RECOVERED! WOAHHHHHH!!! All of us smiled broadly when he said the words. He told me that we should just see him 6 times per year and so that makes it every 2 months! he then told the trainee vet what we had done for MMegat(Miracle Megat) and told me that I should continue with his supplements as it is working very well for MMegat.

He was surprised that I still give Megat one suppository a day. "That's expensive!" I totally agree. I guess now I can give him the suppository on alternate days with the liquid sang hwang in between. This would mean MMegat will not be so upset with the suppository for a whole week but just 3 days in the week. He would have to eat the liquid version on all the other days so his system would still be fortified.

I asked Dr L to put in the suppository so I would not have to fight with him. In no tie at all, it slipped in with MMegat not seeming to notice. HUH! I said out loud. Dr L then told me that I should push the suppository downwards and not straight as I have always done. AIYAHHH!

I must say that he looks the best among the 5 kitties and when I told Dr L this, he laughed and said "Of course. He gets sang hwang everyday!"

I must say I am _so relieved_ to see RECOVERED in his record and card. There is nothing better for a cat bean I think and for the cat of course.

His daily regimen is still as follows for maintanance:

His cocktail -

1. Sang hwang suppository (on alternate days)
2. 2.5 ml sang hwang liquid on other days
3. 2.5 ml colloidal silver
4. 10 drops of milk thistle for liver
5. mashed pumpkin and papaya plus 1 ml of duphalac for stools
6. 0.5 ml of flaxseed oil for Omega 3. Thsi also bind the coktail togtehr and Megat likes this version much better. He spits less.

Others
7. 10 globules of Bach Rescue Remedy No 6 - Loss and Mourning so he would be calm (all the kitties get this in their water)
8. 10 ml of water in a syringe to wash it all down and clean his teeth. His teeth is now much whiter than before.
9. 0.5 of senior kitten vitamins.

The cocktail and regimen sounds like a big deal but nothing is a big deal when your kitty is recovering from lymphoma. the only big deal is that he is RECOVERED. But I still have to be vigilant at all times although I know I can relax just a little bit now.

Letter to my cat

Megat resting on his now fav mattress...

Dear Megat

You can't imagine how thankful I am that you are still with us, cheery and happy. It is amazing to me that at 14, you have just begun to play with the rest of the boys. This tells me that you have accepted all of the silly boys as part of the family and as they play with you, even Bujang, then things will get better.

I am also thankful that you now seek opportunities to play and would be the first to catch any lure rather than skulking under tables and chairs. I guess you must still teach Tanaka some manners as he is young and loves to jump on you :)

I think you are much healthier now than before as you have indeed grown much bigger and your fur is longer than before. THAT is irony in itself.

I remembered the shock I had when Dr P said you had lymphoma an dhad only 4 months and I dread to think if did not have the means to get you the help, you may not even be with us now. So I thank the powers that be that I had the means to get you help and we did get the right help with DR L at ARCV and because of that you are now 3 months in remission.

So Megat, life would still be filled with supplements and lingzhi and I would still be on your case until whatever time you allow me to be but I hope and know and I hope that you know, we will never leave you alone.

Happy 2010 Megat. May all of us have many more good years.

san