Thanks Marylyn. I will definitely check it out. Do you know the costs associated with the radiation and how often it has to be done?
:) Wendy --- Marylyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This link has a lot of information re treatment > options: > > http://www.fabcats.org/hyperthyroidism.html > > Radiation is becoming available in a lot of areas. > > > > > > > If > you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures > > from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will > have men who > > will deal likewise with their fellow man. > > St. Francis > ----- Original Message ----- > From: catatonya > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 9:20 PM > Subject: Re: Hypertension and Julie, our geriatric > kitty > > > Wendy, > > I have a little experience with it and will be > glad to talk to you about it. there is also an > excellent yahoo group for people with hyperthyroid > cats. I would strongly recommend you join it for > more info. > > Bonnie has been dealing with this as well. I'm > not sure if she joined the yahoo group for it or > not. > > Both of my cats with hyper t lived a number of > years, and died of related causes (we think). One > had liver problems and one had a rare kidney > infection. I don't think either of their cases was > what is normally expected with hyper-t though. > > I have to get through some more emails, but I'll > try to email you more tomorrow. > > tonya > > wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I took Julie to the vet this past Friday because > she > was having pain going to the bathroom the Sunday > before and had a little blood around her > genitals. I > couldn't get her to the vet until Friday so I > gave her > Baytril I had left over from Cricket starting on > Sunday, which wiped out whatever bacterial > infection > she might have had, and all her renal functions > seemed > to be back to normal by Friday. But I took her > in > anyway just to be sure, and they ran a > urinalysis and > total blood/labwork on her. Saturday the vet > called > me and said her results showed hypertension (she > got a > 17 on her T4 results, normal is between .4 and > 5.2) > and he prescribed 10 mg of Tapazole/Methimazole > daily. > I have to bring her in in two weeks for further > blood > work to see how the drugs are helping her > thyroid. > Does anyone here have any experience with > hyperthyroidism in their kitty, and what did you > do > about it? What does T4 measure? Did your kitty > pass > away from the hyperthyroidism? Did the drugs > reverse > the heart murmur? What diet would be good for a > kitty > with hyperthyroidism? Any advice is greatly > appreciated! > > :) > Wendy > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
