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Gary Holowicki <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 23 Aug 1995 13:29:35 -0800
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Dear Meg;
 
    Here's Timmy's story, as requested, with a CC to the FML for newer
people that have not heard about it.  Following it is the latest of his
recipes.
 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Timmys' story:
 
Well hello;
    I've been reading the news letters for a couple of weeks now, and
thought I might submit my efforts to so far successfully help my Timmy
survive what in early Nov., 1994 was diagnosed by Dr.  Brown in Ill.  as
lymphoma.  Timmy was getting lethargic & not eating when I was in Indiana,
& a vet there thought it was a blockage so we went thru a week of Ferretone
& baby Fleet enema twice a day.  He started nibbling dry food then stopped.
I was going to visit friends in Ill anyway so I Saw Dr.  Susan Brown the
expert who took an Xray & thought she saw a blockage like a piece of phone
cord (he had bitten clear thru one twice), & convinced me to operate.  Once
inside she felt the stomach was OK, but the lymph nodes were 10x normal
size.  She did a lab sample & said it looked like lymphoma.  My the time I
got to Boulder the lab confirmed it & said prognosis poor, treatment of no
avail, 2-3 weeks expected to live.
    My friend in Ind.  is the ferret resource person for the Indianapolis
area & takes 4 legged people no one else wants like a cat with cancer,
ferrets with seizures & places many others in new homes.  She said Gerber
turkey rice is the one her ferrets eat when nothing else works, so I had
Timmy on that & an herbal tonic I found in Colo.  on my way to Ind.  The
herbal tonic in water is the only thing he would consistently drink on his
own.  It is similar to KM or other products, this being sold by "personal
wealth systems" or PWS.  Dr.  Susan also prescribed Pet tinic liquid
vitamins 1/2cc 2x day, and Deliver 2.0 (which replaced isocal HCN) 6cc
3xday.
    By the time I got to Boulder to see Dr.  McCluggage at the All Pets
clinic there he said the lymphoma was 85% GONE!  Dr.  McCluggage does
Chinese herbs, homeopathy, and acupuncture on 4 legged people!  His name
was given to me by Dr.  Nye, Susan's' partner.  He also added CoQ-10, the
same people take, 30mg caps., 1/10 2xday, and immuplex 4960 by Standard
Process inc., 1/2 cap 2xday.  This product I've found at a local health
store also.
    I've read the posts about the Duck soup and found I can add KMR (kitten
milk replacement) without him protesting taste wise.  He did not take to
Nutramigen or Prestimil, both baby formulas from the grocery store.  So
here is the recipe that has evolve for my Timmy that may help some of you
who have sick little people.  He would take some from a dish or spoon but
the most seem to get in him by offering via a 20-35cc syringe with no
needle, of course.  I think maybe it stimulates a nursing reflex so he will
eat some 5 to 20cc at a sitting, 3 or 4 times a day.  I have available for
his free taking, water with a table spoon of clover honey and the PWS
herbal formula that has some 28 herbs and fruit extracts.  I will post the
ingredients if anyone wants to know.  Dr.  Susan was familiar with 3/4 of
them & said she was moving into that area as the AMA type medicine even for
the vets had nothing good to offer for many cancers.  In short I am
applying some 2000 hours of research I did when my brother had leukemia.
He had the AMA belief model though, and it poisoned him to death in 1989.
Timmy does not have that handicap so he's doing much better.
 
Timmys' "super food":
 
1- 4oz jar Gerber Turkey rice, or chicken vegetable
1 Tbl. clover honey
1/3rd can of Deliver 2.0 (any pharmacy can order), you can freeze remainder
of can in tupperware containers.  [This can decrease if he gains too much
weight later]
7cc PWS 2000 herbal tonic [used to be called Chei Shei], (E-mail or phone
me for source; Important part of recipe)
1 scoops KMR, kitten milk replacement powder (pet supply store)
The contents of 2 caps of Immuplex 4960, Standard Process co.,
    Palmyra,Wi. 53156
About 40% of a 30mg. CoQ-10 cap
1 Tsp. Ferretone
1cc pet tinic vitamins (vet or pet supply)
1/8 tsp. Schiffs Liverall powder (Health food store)
1 tsp. Lewis Labs Brewers Yeast (Health food store)
 
Feed 20-40cc 2-4x day or what ever he will eat.  When his chin gets wet we
have to pause to wipe it dry, he likes to be neat!  Afterwards he rubs &
stretches on the carpet & seems to feel much better. He still sleeps more
than the others, but he seems alert & in no pain, sleeping peacefully, so
I'm glad he's here with me. The rest of the batch my other guys finish
eagerly. I hope to perhaps visit Dr. Brown later this year with him mostly
or fully recovered.  It would be a mile stone in treatment for our little
friends & family.
 
    One thing that really helped is my friend Mason in Ind.  repeatedly
telling me to be aggressive in positive treatment with Timmy.  Not just
grieve, thinking there's nothing we can do to help!  It may sound weird,
but talking to them & telling them you love them & am glad they're alive
really does help give them something to live for.  It's just like us 2
legged people, we need something & someone to live for.  I've gone thru
some bad periods of chronic fatigue & depression & these little guys at
times have made a difference for me also.  "We're all in this together".
 
                Peace, love & ferret kisses,            Gary
 
    Update 3/20/95 Timmy is now eating Whiskas Kit Nips, which has 5 animal
proteins, & is helping keep his teeth clean.  His energy has improved, as
he's now playing with the others, something he had not done in over 4
months!  :
IT IS THE ONLY DRY FOOD TIMMY IS EATING!
 
        It has: Wheat flour, liver, soy flour, chicken by products, beef,
chicken, fish, carob powder, natural flavors, spray-dried blood, salt, guar
gum, taurine, vit.e., Vit.d3, Vit.B1, Vit.B2, vit.B6, biotin.  Protein 25%,
fat 4.0 (low), fiber 3%, moisture 12%.  The protein blend seems good as it
has 5 sources of animal protein, but as the fat is low & he isn't eating
other stuff like the totally ferret I have available, he will continue to
get the superfood, as will the others who seem to want it
 
Gary
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
 
Timmy & friends' maintenance food recipe (Supplement to regular dry food &
treats) a/o 8/23/95
 
        The following recipe is for 8 ferrets, can be refrigerated or use
smaller amounts proportionally.
 
4       jars Gerber Turkey Rice 2nds baby food
2       tsp. Ferratone
1       heaping tsp. Lewis Labs Brewers yeast
1       tsp. powdered garlic    (NOT garlic salt!)
2       scoops KMR (kitten milk replacement)
2-4     Tbl. pure water
8       cc Pet Tinic liquid vitamins
1       30mg CoQ10 capsule (contents only)
4       tsp. clover honey
800-1000        mg. Vitamin. C powder
1       cc Colloidal Silver (270ppm) available from Silver Wings,
800-952-4787  (not used as a therapeutic dose, but to countermand the fact
that the Gerber product is not organic or of highest possible quality, but
more cost effective substitute.
 
Additions:
 
A)      If ferret is skinny,  and / or not eating well, Deliver 2.0 high
calorie supplement (Mead Johnson=mfg.) from any pharmacy would be added to
approx. 30% of recipe by volume.  (Not a critical ratio.)
 
B)      If  ill, would add 7-10cc per ferret per jar of baby food of PWS
2000 herbal supplement, and provide water with clover honey & PWS at ratio
of 1/2 C. water, 1 Tbl. clover honey, and 10cc herbal tonic. (I can provide
purchase info.)
 
C)      If ill would also use colloidal silver as natural anti biotic &
immune system booster.  Depending on condition, have used .2cc up to
2cc/ferret /day in divided doses.
 
D)      If ill, I would add 1/2 capsule  2x/ day /ferret of Immuplex 4960
by Standard Process Co. that Dr. McCluggage of Boulder prescribed for
Timmy.  This might not be absolutely critical as Timmy was 85% healed by
the time he got to Boulder,  but he also said that the last 15% of the
lymphoma was most important to get rid of, as if he slipped backwards, it
would be much harder to beat the second time.  I also found it available at
a good health food store here in Scottsdale.
 
E)      I have been doing for almost 3 weeks now, treatment of enlarged
spleens on four of my little ones with colloidal silver, .3cc to
2cc/ferret/day depending on magnitude of enlargement.  Wanted to not report
too soon, but have found a general across the board a shrinking to about
1/2 of original size b4 treatment!  Still early, and by the grace of God &
the previous work of Stephene in Colorado these are encouraging results,
but this is offered as research information, not a guarantee or "medical
advice";  Consult your favorite health practitioner as appropriate, etc.
 
        [Timmy is still eating the Kit Nips ONLY as his dry food choice,
though Turkey Pro Plan, Precise Feline, Totally Ferret & Natures' Recipe
Feline Mtce. are available.]
 
        Having said all that, I am very thankful that I'm having such
positive results with something that I have not heard of any treatment for
except surgery.  I am speculating the mechanism of action is to help kill
off defective and invading cells much earlier in the immune response cycle
so the total of dead cells the spleen has to filter out is vastly reduced.
I do not have the equipment, budget, nor desire to subject my fuzzies to
the drawing of blood, etc.  necessary to "prove" a scientific methodology,
but am content to simply get positive results that should result in longer,
healthier lives.  Their energy levels are up overall, and Timmy (who last
Oct. was diagnosed with terminal lymphoma, & 2-3 weeks to live, for the
newcomers), currently is the last to want to go to sleep in some nice quite
corner! :) :) :)      [much happiness being expressed!]
 
        Keep well, & God bless,   Gary
 
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