Hyperthyroid kitty will remain hyper....

[alfreda89]

It's official -- Merlyn is hyperthyroid, and cannot handle the one med they use for it. It's radioactive isotopes ($$$) or nothing. Considering I have not worked in three years, I am suspicious of using radiation to kill anything, and he's gonna be 15 in August, there will be no killing of thyroid. I just have to feed him to keep up with the burn, and live with him talking constantly. (They call it night yelling. My cat sitters will be thrilled.)

The biggest concern was shortening his life, but he's outlived his brother and older half-brother, so he's doing fine. I think of him as my Dorian Gray kitty. He looks like a teenager cat! Also, this can mask kidney problems. But he may not have kidney problems, just the thyroid problem. I plan to just love him, and not give him any more of the med that made him hurl constantly and me wash the bedding every day for a week.

Comments

fairy catmother...

[sheilagh.livejournal.com]

darlin, check out this old thread, starting at the comment to which this feb2011 reply is attached?

in particular:
http://www.petwellbeing.com/products/cat-hyperthyroid?gclid=CKvX_5SE76ECFRUhnAodUE8aJw#ingredients

(scroll up on that page for reviews; sort of impressive that 191 people have bothered to make some comment...)

reading this thread from March2010, back and forth discussion twixt me & thee.... perhaps bring up with your vet? what I recall is that this site seemed like it would respond to queries, so they may be able to dialog with your vet?

as a fairy godmother to cats... and especially to those cats who are particularly "familiars" to my dearest circle of friends... I would like to fund a trial of something like this (Resthyro or the native remedies product, "thyrod soothe") .. if your vet is up for careful crossing of the streams...

let me know?

Re: fairy catmother...

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

I'll bring this back up to her, if she's in tomorrow -- it may be her day off, and the blood work won't be back, what with the weather last week. But this might be a good compromise -- something like the thyroid soothe and the blood pressure meds.

He actually likes the BP med -- it's in triple fish emulsion! But throwing up his mid-night snack early am Will Not Do. I can see he is calmer with the med. Guess we should wait for the blood work. I paid for it -- we need to see it!

Thank you for your offer, dearheart. I'll let you know if I need to take you up on it. I can stand one bottle. It's just if he needs all three, that's going to hurt. I may be sleeping with the windows open this summer! (With luck, this summer I can take it!)