Jim---question about Heartworm

[flgirl]

Lysis, and Amazed really amaze me.  This lady has had her dog to the vet, can't either of you read??  And I beg to differ, IMO it is not quackery.

[flgirl]

I will say you aren't supposed to take this all the time, but there are times when using it for a short time can be beneficial, IMO.  The medical field isn't all that smart either.  I am on oxygen 24/7 because of a medicine I was given so you see, prescriptions aren't all that safe either.   Neither are some doctors, like one who sent me home one time after an office visit on a friday evening, and told me to see my family dr on Monday.  My husband wasn't satisfied with that and took me to an emergency room and my heart rate was 24.  I had to have a pacemaker immediately.  These days and times, it pays to watch after yourself.

[Lysistrata]

My post was intended for you, Flgirl.  If you aren't sure your dog is cured of heartworms, YOU need to get him to the vet.  You failed him once by not preventing heartworms and now you're failing him again by not following up with his treatment.  Parasites go through a life cycle and if you haven't killed them all, and the larvae, they will come right back.  A simple blood test at the vet's office can tell you for sure.  If you allow your dog to run and exercise in the months while his body is expelling the dead worms, they can lodge in his blood vessels and kill him.  Heartworms are easily and inexpensively preventable.  Your ignorance and cheapness have caused your poor dog to suffer needlessly and could kill him.  Prescribing yourself quack medicine is stupid enough, but your dog has no choice and depends on you to do the right thing. 

[flgirl]

Lysis, YOU can't read.  I had him tested three times, and once after he tested no heart worms.  He has been on heartgeard since and that was way over a year ago.  He is healthy, probably more so than your pets.  He is taken care of the same as a child.  What you need to do is mind your own business.