My thanks to all who replied to my post of last week. Zoie is still with me, and seems no worse (if no better). My veterinarian told me that he thinks the enlargement of her mesenteric lymph node may be more due to a severe bacterial infection than anything else, and Zoie is now taking Baytril and Flagyl twice a day. She is also on carafate to help her tummy. As for the other nodules that were detected during the ultrasound, their identity is unknown. For this reason, I have also been administering essiac twice a day, and will continue that even after the course of antibiotics is done. If there is a malignancy, the essiac should help some - if not, it shoudn't hurt. I had known about essiac for some time, but I was unfamiliar with pycnogenol until some FMLers told me about it last week. I'd be real curious to hear from anyone who has used these together. I found an old post (2004) from a veterinary student who was using them, but have been unable to get in touch with her (dead email address). As long as the ferret isn't harmed, using both remedies would seem like a reasonable course of action. I just worry about harmful cross-reactions. thanks to all for sharing, John [Posted in FML issue 5190]