Hi Cindy, How is Stinky today? Is he staying at the vet's right now? I was reading online when I did a search for cats + not absorbing fat and it said that there are diets out there (I think some of them are called elimination diets, as someone mentioned earlier) that can help kitty to deal with not absorbing fat. You might do some research on it. Has the vet found anything else out yet (biopsy)? How are YOU doing today?
:) Wendy --- cindy reasoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We had her tested last week and it wasn't her > thyroid. > The vet and I both thought that it would be her > thyroid because she showed all of the signs. They > even sent the sample off to another lab just to make > sure there wasn't something wrong with their > machine. > They got the results back on Monday and it showed > normal. It is just so hard to see her this way. > She > acts fine but she is just wasting away to nothing. > > Cindy > > --- Carla Shoppe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Cindy > > > > Hi did your vet do bloodwork. Sounds like Hyper > > Thyroid maybe. > > If you vet doesn't feel like that it could be and > > has not > > tested I would test anyway. > > > > My one cat didnt' show the normal signs someone on > > this group > > mentioned a Hyper-T test so we did and the vet was > > surprized > > she was. > > > > You cat does show some signs of Thyroid problems. > > > > Carla > > > > > > > > Message: 13 > > Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 12:16:11 -0800 (PST) > > From: cindy reasoner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Stinky > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > > I adopted my brother's cat Stinky back in November > > 2000 after my brother was killed by a drunk > driver. > > Stinky doesn't have feline leukemia but over the > > past > > year she has been losing weight. In January she > > broke > > her elbow and had to undergo surgery to put a pin > in > > the bone. She did good after the surgery but kept > > on > > losing weight. I had blood work done and it came > > back > > normal. Today I took her to the vet because I > could > > tell the pin had moved out of the bone somewhat. > He > > was concerned over how much weight she had lost so > > did > > a test and he said she can't absorb fat when she > > eats. > > He is going to get a biopsy of the intestines and > > he > > thinks she may have cancer. I know nothing about > > this > > does anybody have any experience with this? He > told > > me she might not make it through the surgery but > if > > we > > don't get this biopsy she won't make it anyway. > She > > eats all of the time but doesn't gain any weight. > > She > > vomits sometimes. > > > > Cindy > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > 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
