Re: [PyrNet-L] Clondike is "Cool!"

[Joy Mccarron <jemc@monmouth.com>]

David, A big hug to Clondike for doing so well!!!  Happiness to you too.  I
don't know what I'd do if anything happens to Maggie.    Joy
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From: David P Kintsfather Jr <kintsfat@kutztown.edu>
To: pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 1:44 AM
Subject: [PyrNet-L] Clondike is "Cool!"


>Clondike, the 11 year-old Pyr bitch who is being treated for lymphoma, got
>some good news last night from our holistic vet.  She has been on a
>Chinese herbal "cancer support regimen" which is supposed to help her body
>fight off the cancer and to rebuild the damage done by chemotherapy.
>
>In Chinese medicine cancer is viewed as "tangled Chi," a sort of short
>circuit in the body's energy flow.  This causes "heat" which the trained
>practitioner can detect by feel, and sometimes relieve by accupuncture or
>accupressure (but not with generalized cancers like lymphoma).  In any
>case the vet said Clondike is now so cool he wants to take her off the
>herbs for 2 weeks and then evaluate her condition.  We may alter her
>formula, or it is possible she may not need them any more.
>
>In any case, I'm taking this as a very positive sign.  The vet also
>said he likes Clondike's weight at about 100 rather than the 95 our
>general-practive vet has recommended (she REALLY liked that news)!
>
>She continues to romp around and drag us through town on these cool
>evenings, so for now, things are "cool" with Clondike.  We see the
>oncologist every 2 weeks and keep our fingers, toes and dew claws crossed.
>
>David
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