Alternative, Affordable
Treatment for Feline Leukemia
The "Burroughs' White Cat" Challenges the
Board
By Roger Holden
whitecat23skidoo@hotmail.com
My name is Roger Holden from
Specifically, our
collaboration was a series of 3D stereograms that
were adapted from samples of his artwork(refer to
"Ports of Entry: William S. Burroughs and the Arts" Sobieszek; page 149).
In 1993, William gave me "Porch", a stray cat who in a sickly, dying
state wandered on to his front porch as if to ask for help. William with the
help of Dr. Bradley, a brilliant and compassionate local veterinarian nursed
Porch to lively health in 3 or 4 weeks. My good catfriend
Porch subsequently lived with me until July of 1995 when he then passed on from
the ravages of feline leukemia. His picture may be
found at my celtic rock band's Uncle Dirty Toes
website http://www.forthrt.com/~dirtytoes/
Currently, I am the caretaker of Marigay,
"The White Cat", the familiar of William S. Burroughs. As presented
by William, in the book Last Words, the Final Journals of William S. Burroughs;
editor James Grauerholz, Marigay symbolizes the Searing White Light of Truth.
When as a gift from
William, Marigay first entered my life in January of
1997 at an estimated age of 3 or 4 years, he was a tough 13 pound white cat
with an immense territorial control instinct. When he was outside, the neighbors knew him as a bully cat whom
thought of himself as king of the city block. Marigay dissappeared
the week of Williams' death and funeral (August of 1997). He had been
picked up by the local animal "control" as a vagrant cat. I rescued
him from the kitty prison and subsequently nicknamed him Butch. Now whenever he
would go outside I would go out with him and monitor his locations.
In late May of 1999 Butch (Marigay) was chased under
my porch by a German Shepard dog. It was only the next morning that I realized
that he had been bitten and his health was declining rapidly. The prognosis by
the veterinarian was that Butch would soon die from cat leukemia.
His white and red blood cell count seemed hoplessly
low. The docter told me he had 1 to 3 months at the
most to live. This was a devastating blow to me as he had all of his leukemia shots since 1996 and previous testing showed that
he had no virus.
This time I was determined to see if there was any alternative treatment
available which would help Butch. I would be heartbroken to see another catfriend given to me by William succumb so soon to the
ravages of feline leukemia. The first thing I did was
to treat him with traditional prescribed antibiotics to assist with the healing
of the dog bite and its infection. I simultaneously searched the internet for
any seeming reliable alternative treatment for feline leukemia.
The first ones I found seemed to be complicated, involving needle injections,
exotic phamecuticals and strict regimental
administration. Those sadly would have been beyond my means to deal with. Then
the breakthrough came. In my internet research I found a site which mentioned
that "Flor Essence" http://www.florainc.com/united_states/html/flor_essence.html an herbal Essiac
tea had been used to treat feline leukemia with
apparent success. Essiac tea is an herbal combination
presented originally to the modern world through an Ojibwa native
American herbalist. It has apparently been used successfully for decades to
fight and win over cancer, leukemia and other dreaded
diseases. Here is a good website for information on Essiac
tea in general.http://www.essiac-info.org/
Flor Essence is a version of Essiac
tea that I used for the treatment of Butch. The other versions of Essiac tea available may just as well produce equivalent
results. It is my opinion that the "Flor
Essence" Essiac tea has produced the miraculous
results I will now report.
The antibiotics I gave Butch in late May and early June of 1999, no doubt in my
mind, significantly helped to fight the dog bite infections. But while I was
giving him the vet prescribed antibiotics, I was told by the same doctor that
Butch's blood cell count was so low that he would not live past August 1999. A neighbor told me of a vet who performed acupuncture and
chiropractic treatments on animals. I took Butch there immediately for such a
treatment from Dr. Van Petten. Web info:
http://www.barrelhorses.com/JEFJO/
Dr. Van Petten told me that the procedure he
undertook might help to stimulate Butch's kidneys and liver. In addition I gave
Butch pinches of Vitamin C (calcium asorbate I was
told would digest appropriately in cats stomachs) in his breakfast. His diet
was also changed to a prescription diet.
All in All I would have to say that the Flor Essence
seemed to me to be the catlyst for his remarkable
recovery, with the other things I just mentioned, lending assistance to his
treatment. Butch's blood count almost reached normal levels within three weeks.
By August 1999, they were essentially normal. He has been in remission ever
since. He runs up a flight of stairs in one second!
I started by giving Butch 2 tablespoons of Flor
Essence everyday mixed in with a spoonful of his canned food. After August
1999, I cut down to apx. 1
tablespoon of Flor Essence a day. Now his
daily maintance dose is about a half a teaspoon
everyday. Over the past year and a half there has been a regurgitation or
throwing up of his meal, once every other month or so, but the cause of that
could be most anything. I am positive that had William still been alive that he
would have wanted the word to get out on this possible effective and affordable
treatment for the horrible ravages of feline leukemia.
The fact that William had bequeathed "the White Cat" to be his
"familiar", is reason enough for his fans
everywhere to take this news with serious interest. Perhaps there are implications
for human Leukemia treatment as well. Perhaps it is
imagination and just the luck of the draw. Perhaps it is Magic.
Postscript: As Izzy reminded me, love is the great
medicine for our ill animal companions. I can certainly testify that Burroughs
LOVED his cats and that I in turn LOVE the White Cat. William put it best in
his last written words, "Love? What is it? Most natural pain killer what
there is. LOVE"
Roger Holden whitecat23skidoo@hotmail.com
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Hi Izzy,
I want to thank you for the privilege of having a web page on your great site
which allows the researching of information on Essiac
Tea and its possible benefits in the treatment of Feline Leukemia.
Butch Burroughs has survived 4 years now with this disease which was originally
diagnosed to be fatal after no more than 3 months. I still give him a dash of
the Tea mixed in with soft food every morning. Last year Butch had a serious
bout with Pancreatitus which was sucessfully
treated with orthodox vetenarian methods.
Butch is currently in fine health.
I hope all is going well for you,
Thanks,
Roger Holden whitecat23skidoo@hotmail.com
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From:
"Roger Holden" <whitecat23skidoo@hotmail.com>
To: <izz@inter-zone.org>
Sent:
Subject: Margaras (Marigay) The White Cat
has passed on
Izzy,
It is my sad task to report to you that Margaras
"Butch" Burroughs, the White Cat has passed on to the Western Lands
to be with William as of the evening of
March 29. Butch's feline leukemia finally won
over his strong fortitude and stamina. This current bout encompassed a serious
declining period of about three weeks. He was put to sleep before the
possibility of any
agonizing pain would accompany his impending death.
Having been previously diagnosed in May of 1999 with an assured death to come
from this dreaded disease within in a three month period, his survival
in a good natured healthy state until just recently (with the exception of a bout
of pancreatitus he overcame) should stand as
testimonial to the
"searing white light of truth" of questioning authoritative control mechanisms,
whether medical or otherwise.
Thank you so much for your support over the years for getting the
"word" out on this. I will follow up in the next few months with an
expanded essay
which will include new ideas for alternative treatments.
Roger Holden
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