The following highlights some of the information available on the
VAS Support Group site:

You will only be able to access the group's pages if you are a member of the VAS Support group and have a Yahoo ID and password. If you do not have a Yahoo ID and password, you can visit the
Sign up for your Yahoo ID page
http://edit.yahoo.com/config/eval_register?.intl=us&
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You will find a lot of information on our Files Page
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline_VAS_Support/files/

One folder contains Dr. Hahn's newsletters - Tumor Tidbits. One issue’s topic is VAS - the file's name is 2000_07_july.txt. There are many other Tumor Tidbits to read, most deal with cancer in pets.

We have a list of oncologists’ websites - the file is called "Oncologists' websites.txt" (we aren’t recommending particular oncologists, only providing a list).  You can do a search for specialists near you (oncologists, internists, etc) on the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine site. You can search for an oncologist in your location on the The Perseus Foundation's website. Search for Alternative Medicine Practioners at the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association or AltVetMed website.

A folder with Vaccine manufacturer's reimbursement policies is located on our files page. A good number of our members have successfully pursued reimburements. Some manufacturers will pay more than others.

It is important that your cat's vaccination reaction (or any adverse drug reaction) is reported. Read through the files in the "Reporting Adverse Reactions" folder on the files page.

Several of our members have included their cat's history in the "Our Cats" folder. You are more than welcome to include your cat's story. We also have a folder called VAS Amputees with files about the cats who have lost their leg to VAS.

There are many other articles on VAS, educational flyers that you can distribute, information on diet and nutrition, etc located on the files page.

If you are contemplating an amputation surgery for your cat, you will find that our
"Guide for Amputee Caregivers" has a lot of helpful information from owners who have experienced this surgery with their cats. http://mysite.verizon.net/shortionline/tripod/tripod.html

If you just found out that your cat has been diagnosed with cancer, you should read Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialist's "Rules of Road for Managing the cancer patient".

If you like, you can add your "information" to our members database. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline_VAS_Support/database

You can add photos of your cat (and yourself, if you would like) to our photo album. http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline_VAS_Support/lst

We also have many photo albums with myphotoalbum.com   

Please read "About the Photo's Section" on the group's file's page. You will find the User Name and Password for the ImageStation albums in these directions.

We have a lot of informative websites on our Links page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline_VAS_Support/links

Please remember to add your vote to our Polls:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline_VAS_Support/polls

To search the group's Message Archives, using Boolean search coomands may help you with narrowing your search.

If you are interested in VAS Activism, you might want to join the
VAS Bulletin Board:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VAS_Bulletin_Board/

Please feel free to email Gigi if you have any questions or our group moderators.

Thank you.
Gigi, Feline VAS Support ListOwner     Kaye & Barbara, Feline VAS Support Moderator