Kangen Water - Dogs are acidic?

Can't find the post where I wrote about this originally but my vet told me Kangen water is not good for dogs, since they are acidic, not alkaline...
No idea where to check on this information, but I am sure she knows better than I do. So no more Kangen for Lucy.
If anyone out there has more info on this, I'd appreciate any comments or shared info you may have....

Prednisolone/Prednisone INFO

Overview (Click here for the website I got this info from)

The immune and inflammation systems of pets and people constitute essential safeguards against infections and disease.

However, in some situations, inflammation is dangerous and leads to severe damage in tissues and organs.

Similarly, the immune system, often for no apparent reason, can attack the body and cause great damage or even death.

Many of the resultant medical conditions are called autoimmune diseases.

There are a number of drugs available to control inflammation and suppress the immune system in animals and people. Among the most prominent of these are prednisone and prednisolone.

These drugs belong to a class of drugs known as glucocorticoids, because they are related to cortisone and they contain glucose in their molecules. These drugs also are related to the steroid hormones normally produced by the adrenal gland.

The effects of glucocorticoids can be observed in every organ system and these drugs should not be used except when necessary.

Prednisone is rapidly converted in the liver to prednisolone. Except in cases of severe liver disease, the drugs are considered the same (equivalent).

Prednisone/prednisolone are anti-inflammatory drugs, which reduce the swelling, pain and redness associated with inflammation.

An important effect of these drugs is that at high and very specific doses, the immune system is suppressed.

Prednisone is a prescription drug and can only be obtained from a veterinarian or by prescription from a veterinarian.

Brand Names and Other Names

This drug is registered for use in humans and animals.

Human formulations: Prelone® (Muro), Key-Pred® (Hyrex), Predalone® (Forest), Predcor® (Hauck), Delta-Cortef® (Upjohn) and various generic preparations

Veterinary formulations: Delta-Cortef® (Upjohn), Prednis-Tab® (Vet-A-Mix), Meticorten® (Schering), Solu-Delta-Cortef® (Upjohn), Sterisol® (Anthony), Cortisate-20® (Anthony) and various generic preparations

Uses of Prednisone/Prednisolone

Since prednisone has effects on nearly every body system, the uses of this drug are wide and varied.

The drugs prednisone/prednisolone are used to treat allergies, inflammations and autoimmune diseases when the underlying cause cannot be treated or prevented. Examples include treatment of bronchial and lung diseases, skin diseases, intestinal diseases, spinal cord and brain diseases and diseases of the blood.

Prednisone is often a supplemental treatment for various cancers.

It is required as a supplement in the adrenal gland disorder, Addison's disease (hypoadrenocorticism).

It is used as a treatment in bacterial (endotoxic) shock.

Prednisone is used to treat a variety of immune system and autoimmune disorders .

Precautions and Side Effects

While generally safe and effective when prescribed by a veterinarian, prednisone can cause side effects in some animals.

Prednisone should not be used in animals with known hypersensitivity or allergy to the drug.

Prednisone should be avoided in fungal infections.

Prednisone should not be used in pregnant animals, since it can induce labor.

Extreme care must be taken when stopping prednisone therapy. If an animal has been on prednisone for an extended period of time, slow weaning off the drug is critical to avoid serious complications.

Prednisone may interact with other medications. Consult with your veterinarian to determine if other drugs your pet is receiving could interact with prednisone. Such drugs include non-steroidal anti-inflammatories.

Adverse effects include increased thirst and appetite, panting, vomiting, restlessness and diarrhea.

Some animals may develop stomach ulcers from prednisone use.

Long-term use of prednisone may result in loss of hair coat, weakening of the muscles, liver impairment and behavioral changes.

How Prednisone Is Supplied

Prednisone is available in 1 mg, 2.5 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg and 50 mg tablets.

Prednisone 3 mg/ml syrup and 1 mg/ml suspension is available.

The injectable forms of prednisone vary. Some injectable forms are 20 mg/ml up to 125 mg/ml concentrations.

Dosing Information

Medication should never be administered without first consulting your veterinarian.

Doses of prednisone vary widely depending on the reason for prescribing.

Anti-inflammatory doses range from 0.1 to 0.3 mg per pound (0.2 to 0.6 mg/kg) up to twice daily.

Immunosuppressive doses range from 1 to 3 mg per pound (2 to 6 mg/kg) up to three times daily.

Doses for various diseases range between 0.1 to 3 mg per pound (0.2 to 6 mg/kg).

The duration of administration depends on the condition being treated, response to the medication and the development of any adverse effects. Be certain to complete the prescription unless specifically directed by your veterinarian. Even if your pet feels better, the entire treatment plan

should be completed to prevent relapse.

Monday 17th August 2009

DAILY

• ESSIAC tea (orally) 10 ml + 1ml extra Sheep Sorrel Decoction Twice a day.
  
• DAY 38 PREDNISOLONE 1.5 ml x2/day (60% of the original dose)
• DAY 48 OPC one capsule twice/day - South African 'anti-cancer' herb
• DAY 47 CF IP-6 & Inositol one capsule twice/day
• DAY63 HYDRAZINE SULFATE one capsule/once a day in morning after food.
• SHEEP SORREL DECOCTION ON GAUZE compress : on back left leg lump. Nightly applied with a gauze soaked in the sheep sorrel, kept in place with first aid tape.
• Liver tonic ( 2 drops in food twice a day) Ongoing since the beginning of Lucy's treatment. (from homeopathic vet)
• Amino Acid supplement (RAN OUT) 9 drops in food twice a day. Ongoing since the beginning of Lucy's treatment. (from homeopathic vet)

FOOD
Apetite is low. Did eat can of wet Evo dog food this morning. Refused egg. Needs encouraging to eat. Didn't eat breakfast till 1pm today. Yesterday ate some hot dogs. Will try again with Raw food tonight.

ENERGY
Slow walk this morning. Obviously not feeling too well. No poop either. Long pee ( as per normal with steroids)

STEROID DOSE
Have increased it back up to 2ml, so now at 80% of the original dose.

LAST FEW DAYS - Outdoors for Lucy
It's been my partners birthday. We were supposed to go to a cabin but discovered that dogs not allowed inside. Instead we spent the weekend in Vancouver.
Friday morning I took her to Spanish Banks beach. Gentle walk and short swim.
We took Lucy to Jericho park on Saturday. So nice. We saw a pair of Merlins (birds of Prey). It was a nice walk and sit. Lucy had fun. Played with a large stick.
Sunday we took her to the beach for another short swim. It was getting hot and it really cooled her down.

ELBOW CALLOUS
Not getting better as quickly as one would expect. We are putting ointment on it. Have tried Iodine. And moisturising it with Grapeseed Oil. Its always been there. Where she flops down to lie down, so its a callous. But it is dry and cracking, so has become sore and bleeding a bit in a couple of spots.

FAN
We were given a new stand up fan. She seems to like that and lies near it in the breeze of it. The weather is getting hotter again here now, after a week or so of moderate temperatures.

SHEEP SORREL DECOCTION (by Rene Caisse)

Sheep Sorrel
(dog-eared Sheep Sorrel, sometimes called Sourgrass)
Rumex acetosella, Family Polygonaceae

Grows up to 18 inches tall. Identify by narrow arrow-shaped basal leaves.
Use whole herb including root. pH 4.5
Sheep Sorrel makes up:
35% of the Essiac formula
100% of the Sheep Sorrel Decoction formula

Harvesting
Leaves and stems of both male and female plants are most potent in May and June in Northern Hemisphere, just as the flowers are forming. “...picked in the Spring before seeds form and dried and powdered”
Seeds are best collected in August when fully ripe and just about to drop.
Roots should be harvested in November or December after the first frosts
Thrives in acidic conditions (as does cancer) preferring neutral to acidic conditions of sandy soils, good loam and clay.
One piece of root remaining in the soil is enough to regenerate growth (like cancer)
Infiltrates surrounding ground sending out fingers of roots (like cancer) and forms a defined territory of growth (that it will cannot be forced to grow beyond even with artificial seeding).

INGREDIENTS:
30 fl. oz either filtered, distilled or bottled mineral water (pH7) ( 30fl oz = 0.88 of a litre = 3.75 cups)
1 fl.Oz sheep sorrel herb as: (1fl oz = 1/8 of a cup)
7g powdered leaf and stem (both male and female plants, May-June Harvest)
1g powdered root (November harvest, after first frosts)
1g crushed seed (August harvest)

DIRECTIONS:
Bring water to boil, add powdered herb and simmer for 5 minutes.
Remove the pan from the heat, cover, allow to stand for 12 hours.
Reheat the decoction to steaming - DO NOT REBOIL!
Bottle in prepared sterilised small bottles, preferably 30ml maximum. Seal immediately and well, remembering that the decoction contains no preservatives. Refrigerate as soon as the bottles have cooled.
Don’t strain through (cheese)cloth
“... to strain it through cheesecloth destroys it... do not strain through cheesecloth or anything else.” Rene Caisse

USE:
Topically as an undiluted lotion, either to bathe the affected area once or twice daily, or to soak sterile gauze swabs to use as dressings. Change the dressings once every 24 hours.
Diluted 10 ml decoction with 20 ml water warmed to blood heat, as a mouthwash once daily or as an enema or douche once every third day last thing at night on going to bed.

INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION
Rene Caisse - injected the decoction into human muscle. “intramuscular injection to the forearm”
Decoction - tested on mice
“One oz of the powdered herb put in 30 oz of pure water, brought to a rolling boil and boiled for five minutes. This would reduce the boiling to 28 oz’s. Turn off the heat and let stand overnight. Then pour off liquid into sterile bottles (or fill one c.c. ampoules to keep for intramuscular injection. One ampoule should treat two mice (innoculated with human cancer) every day. Do this every day for 9 days. I am sure you will get results.)” Rene Caisse

Other Treatments Used by Blog Followers

I am going to start a list here of blog readers suggestions:

MARITIME PINE BARK EXTRACT: Josie from Halifax, Nova Scotia
Wisp, 11 year old Border Collie.

"Dr. Robert Macdowell out of Australia. I got very excited about their "support" system they offer dogs with lymphoma. It is one- a Maritime Pine Bark extract- a super anti-oxident combinded with an herbal remedy. They were so quick to get back to us and very helpful. We are ordering the stuff very soon. And our new vet looked over the concoction and thought it would be great. It can also be used in conjunction with other treatments which i like! The testimonials on the dogs doing this treatment with lymphoma were very impressive. You should check it out."

YUNZHI: Gloria from Hong Kong.
16 year-old Shih Tsu.

"I am feeding him a chinese supplement, which is the extract from Yunzhi, a type of fungus found on broad-leafed trees and pine trees. I think it's something similar to chaga tea you mentioned on your blog."

Researchers and traditional herbalists have discovered that polysaccharides in Yunzhi mushroom possess broad immune stimulatory properties that helps to bolster the body's defenses against microbes and an array of cancers.

Hydrazine Sulfate - How does it work? Where can I get it?

• www.alternative-cancer.net/78_alternatives.htm
  
  Published on: 9/12/2007 Last Visited: 9/12/2007 This is a common industrial chemical that was first proposed in the treatment of cancer in the 1970s by Joseph Gold, M.D., of the Syracuse Cancer Research Institute.Its use is based on the fact that a cancer cell is known to derive it's energy from fermenting sugar instead of by burning oxygen, as normal cells do. Gold reasoned that hydrazine sulfate would inhibit the liver's ability to deliver sugar to the tumor and, in that way, inhibit tumor growth.

WHERE TO GET HYDRAZINE SULFATE?
It requires a prescription from a vet. In order to make that possible, I phoned Judy Taylor at the Syracuse Center for Cancer Research to find out as much as I could about it. After that, armed with the information she gave me and the link to her website, I asked my homeopathic vet if she would look into it herself, and I told her that I wished to try it with Lucy. She agreed to do some research herself and also phoned a natural pharmacy near me, where it turned out to be available. (It is used on humans too, so is not as hard to find as some may think). After that my vet was happy to write me a prescription.
Despite some early rapid weight loss when Lucy was first diagnosed, Lucy has now regained all the weight she lost, and has a healthy apetite. The low dose of Prednisolone steroid is also very active, I believe, in keeping her apetite strong, but the Hydrazine Sulfate is reputed to work well in conjunction with Prednisolone.

Wed August 12th 2009

DAILY

• ESSIAC tea (orally) 10 ml + 1ml extra Sheep Sorrel Decoction Twice a day.
  
• DAY 33 PREDNISOLONE 1.5 ml x2/day (60% of the original dose)
• DAY 43 OPC one capsule twice/day - South African 'anti-cancer' herb
• DAY 42 CF IP-6 & Inositol one capsule twice/day
• DAY 58 HYDRAZINE SULFATE one capsule/once a day in morning after food.
• SHEEP SORREL DECOCTION ON GAUZE compress : on back left leg lump. Nightly applied with a gauze soaked in the sheep sorrel, kept in place with first aid tape.
• Liver tonic ( 2 drops in food twice a day) Ongoing since the beginning of Lucy's treatment. (from homeopathic vet)
• Amino Acid supplement 9 drops in food twice a day. Ongoing since the beginning of Lucy's treatment. (from homeopathic vet)

SHEEP SORREL DECOCTION
Skipped one night with the Sheep Sorrel on Lucy's leg. (Intuition).The next day it seemed to have again broken down the size and shape of the lump some more. Not sure what that means or if I simply examined the lump more the next day than I had for a few days before that?
A client of my homeopathic vet is coming to day to pick up some of my sheep sorrel decoction to try on her cat that has an open tumor sore on its shoulder. Will let you know what happens...

FOOD
She is happily back to her Raw food again. Drinking normally.

MOOD & CAMPING
Happy and playful. We are going with Lucy to a cabin/camping spot on 16 acres near the beach for five days this weekend. She thrives on being in the outdoors, so hoping this will be a nice boost for her and most of all, is the doggie equivalent of a 6 year olds trip to Disneyland :) We'll be visiting old growth forest as well at Cathedral Grove and scouring the beaches at low tide.
Will post photos when we get back.