Steve,
I recently saw a 6y/o f/s Brazilian Mastiff with "new" diagnosis of osteo on the left medial carpus (Lung meridian). She is fully weight bearing on a NSAID called Novox from another DVM and is still bouncing like crazy-the owenrr is trying to keep her more quiet. I wanted to start her on the Hoxsey-like formula but she saw another holistic DVM and is on strict orders to change nothing until her rechecks her in a week. Currently he put her on Mi-T-cell which is supposed to stimulate T cells and another supplement to stimulate NK cells.
She is on a home cooked diet but I am having the owner change the high content of bread and pasta to other grains and then gradually back down from there to more veggies of the darker colors sfter explaining that she was feeding the tumor.
Now the really intersting fact about this patient is when she was spayed at 5m, she became urinary incontinent! Isn't that a major sign of Spleen Qi deficiency? Doesn't the Lu/Sp combo make the Tai Yin meridian? Am I trying to make a connection that really isn't there? She has been on Proin since that time. She was also a fire constitution but has become less aggressive and has morphed her fire into play dominance not aggression. The other vet also has her on symphytum BID to address the potential fracture ussue, I guess, but doesn't that assist boney remodeling and couldn't that exacerbate the tumor growth?
I will be talking to her next week to see what the other DVM says and if I can start any patent formulas but I kinda wanted to have a basis to start from. The other DVM is promising 3 more years and since I am not making any promises but to improve the quality of her life until the time, well you understand why I am playing the second fiddle in this orchestra.
Final question, the owner also has another doctor, I believe an MD prescribing and herbal tea. Instead of brewing the tea, the owner is sprinkling it on the food-doesn't this change the energetics of the herbs? If they are suppposed to be steeped in water, feeding them cold changes the action? I am currently trying to learn the herbal combination in the tea.
Thank you for "listening" to my ramblings and assisting my journey,
Lois