>From:    "Todd P. Cromwell III" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: New Treatment for Ferret Adrenal Disease!
>            (Lupron,my results)
>...I would say, go ahead and try it, and I hope it works for you, but
>Seldon, after 4 months with it, is back to where he was before we started,
>so I would suggest getting estradiol tests ($48/test if you do that test
>alone), and hold off judgement for a few months. ... It's too bad, my
>results, because books on endometriosis and prostate cancer had info on
>lupron providing the possibility it might be just the right thing for me.
>Maybe your results will be better.  Now I'm going to try a pulsed regimen
>of lysodren.  Seldon's days are numbered.
 
Hi Todd!  I thought I just might add that Lysodren isn't usually used alone
(though I have to dig out where Cathy advises to try it alone - I think it's
where no abnormal adrenal tissue could be found via exploratory; which makes
sense because the Lysodren targets and kills adrenal tissue, and if nothing
abnormal can be found...well, you get the drift).  Since Seldon already had
one abnormal adrenal, the left, which was removed, it makes sense that more
abnormal adrenal tissue is present (though nothing was found upon
ultrasound; not unusual).  Lupron, as much as is understood, blocks
estradial receptors and/or somehow interrupts the pituatary/hypothalamic
feedback loop, which is somehow out of whack in adrenal fuzzies.  If
abnormal adrenal tissue is already present it might continue to generate
itself, though Lupron is working away in the "brain" area... the tumor might
outstrip it so to speak and the disease carries on.  Of course, Cathy says
all this much better than me!  And, I'm happy to send her info to anyone who
wants it (as mentioned in previous post) Some, not all, of what I have from
Cahty is now in Pam Greene's Adrenal FAQ now, too!
 
Also, Todd, I admire your courage in facing Seldon's disease and accepting
he may not live much longer, but I hope his days aren't numbered.  I just
got a message from someone whose sweet fuzzy, Missie, had her left adrenal
removed at 5, relapsed at 6.5, was placed on Lysodren, and lived two more
years to the ripe old age of 8.5!  So, I have hope for Seldon... I would
keep him on the Lupron, though, and add the Lysodren... to hedge bets.  I
love that little "crabby-faced" guy... :)
 
Fuzzy hugs,
 
Lynn
 
P.S.  That's an inside joke.  Todd and I both think Seldon looks a bit like
a little crab, especially his eyes.  I think he's a love bug... he let me
hold him for about an hour, and he's very handsome, too.  :) Hi Seldon!
(oh, and Dors, too; just cause you're not sick doesn't mean you don't merit
special attention!)... L.
[Posted in FML issue 2208]