Wendy,
I don't know if they would do the radiation treatment on a cat at that age. When my cats had it I was told to put them on the tapazole and try to get things regulated first before considering the surgery. And my cats were around tenish when they became hyper-t.
tonya
wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
wendy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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: [email protected]
> 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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