I'm not sure of the cost. The figure of $1000.00 was mentioned when I was
considering it for Kitty. It is a once in a life time event. Had Kitty not
developed cancer I would have had it done in a heart beat. Even using the
topical meds stresses her. She was feral when she moved in with my parents
then was forced to move in with me. The cat has to stay at the clinic where
the radiation is done for a few days but I didn't pursue it further. Good
luck. If you do use it, please let me know how it turns out. I am sure I'll
wind up with another cat with the problem eventually.
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: "wendy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 11:49 AM
Subject: Marylyn: Hypertension and Julie, our geriatric kitty
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
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