chicken, boiled or grilled on the bone, with some broth and skin;

WD, a high-protein, high-fiber diet for felines with AIDS and digestive problems; occasional fresh salmon or shrimp--poached--for the omega 3's and because Todja loves seafood!

additional fiber (we were using senna but switched to whole flax seeds,a nd, more recently to psyllum seed husks, considered to be the ultimate fiber--flax seed, which Todja still takes on occasion, contains an omega 3, alpha lipoic acid, an anti-oxidant now being studied in AIDS treatment!);

1 and 1/2 to 2 teaspoons of Barlean's Greens, dissolved in warm not hot water (a source of vitamin A, the various B vitamins, plant proteins, and fiber);

500 mg of oyster shell calcium, with vitamin D for absorbtion--to combat wasting (Todja started taking 50 mg daily when he first started getting opportunistic infections and wasting, and when the dose no longer controls his wasting, it's upped--so the dose depends on the stage the virus is at!);

50 mg of magnesium citrate, for calcium absorbtion (we tried 100 mg; it was too much; lately we've dropped magnesium altogether, and Todja seems to do o.k.);

1 and 1/2 mg of melatonin or more, which does seem to help with the diarrhea, in combination with fiber, calcium, and enzyme (I take the other half of the 3 mg pill to control my lyme disease, and the melatonin plus a little chicken and Barlean's greens does seem to keep my lyme totally controlled; I originally tried various medicines which helped some but never came close to curing it; I got chest pains so tried coenzyme Q10, chlorophyl, and pennyroyal oil--which, with walking seemed to keep my heart feeling clear of lyme but could not stop the constant skin rashes and even infections and sores on one of my toes that has previously been damaged by frostbite infection and a skin/nerve infection during childhood; the melatonin regimen followed--there's no way to be sure it would have worked without the previous regimens, but it did work!);

a small amount of cod liver oil--which like all fish oils is a rich source of vitamins A, D, and the omega 3 fatty acids (these do help the heart some I believe)--and which Todja loves much more than I would--the cod liver oil seems to please him even when he is finicky, and it plus a little witch hazel got rid of some lumps that developed around his chin from too much rubbing with droppers--but we've quit the cod liver supplement for now as it finally irritated Todja's stomach (in the 'good old days' as they're called, cod liver oil was used to treat just about everything; my mom was given only cod liver oil to treat her tb as a child and she got better; whether or not she would have gotten better without the cod liver oil, who knows?);

human digestive enzyme (which includes some calcium carbonate; also some chlorophyl; there's a digestive enzyme for kitties, but it's too expensive);

occasionally, mint and/or ginger--to prevent gas and bloating;

on occasion, a few teaspeans of liquid chlorophyl (this seemed to help reduce the signs of dementia--dilated pupils that did not adjust to light, with some confusion--in Todja, whether these were caused by ill health or the FIV, though did not seem to help McBufderTuf, who ultimately died with paralysis, spasms, and dilated pupils, though he seemed lucid his last day);

pro-biotic for cats (cats' fauna and flora are a bit different than humans') with cottage cheese; lately just plain cheese has helped; Todja's not really a milk fan as much as he's a meat and potatoes fan.

various things for heart condition aggravated by wasting and diet (potassium gluconate and a bit of powder from hawthorne berry capsules, both good for heart muscles supposedly; exercise and air also seem to help some).

occasionally, a quarter or less of a tablet of baby aspirin (more might give Todja too much sugar and also might upset his stomach) daily--for pain in the rear legs which has developed and also to help him with weight gain--this is done on a hunch I have that anti-inflammatories might reduce the inflammation of his adispose tissue, and thus the adispose's chances of being infected and damaged by HIV!!! (NOTE: adispose is a kind of fat needed by the body. Some fat is good, it's getting the right fat in the right places; it took me years to learn that people needed some body fat to live.) We'll reduce the aspirin though as his legs feel better--as aspirin can slow down the immune system, and this is not always good--and we might go back to L-Glutamine for wasting, a stomach amino acid, not related to aspirin.

prevastatin--for elevated blood sugar and fat;

hematopoeitic growth factor--for AIDS-related anemia.