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NBR: MSTie24 or Anyone who knows anything about older feline diseases

ckmommyckmommy member
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Does anyone have any insight or information on older felines and hyperthyroidism? My 16 almost 17 year old kitty Pumpkin has been obviously off for a bit so we took her to the vet last week. She had bloodwork, a urinalysis amd urine culture done. So far everything looks fine except her urine is highly diluted, thus the culture. The vet now wants another test on the remaining blood for hyperthyroidism. I guess my selfish question is has anyone dealt with this and can tell me what it all entails? I don't want her to suffer, but I don't want to put her through the ringer of treatment when she is so old. Is that selfish or what? I hate myself for thinking like this, but would it be better for her to live a few more years with treatment or consider putting her down so she doesn't have to deal with it? I am awaiting a call from the vet to get more info but this is all stewing and bothering me...my poor kitty.
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  • tobykittytobykitty
    Hyperthyroidism is really easy to treat!! Depending on your lifestyle it can be as simple a a pill or two a day. Or If you want to go a bit further, you can have I 131 done. They do it at Cats exclusive if you want to look into it. My kitty was about 10 or so when she started treatment. We started w/ methimazole and opted to get the treatment done. We thought it would be easier for everybody that way. No stress for her daily and we could leave town occasionally. I 131 isn't cheap so that's something to consider as well. there are some heart things to consider related to her hyperthyroidism but the Dr can give you more details on that. Hang in there, this is totally manageable. =) HTH. 
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    imagetobykitty:
    Hyperthyroidism is really easy to treat!! Depending on your lifestyle it can be as simple a a pill or two a day. Or If you want to go a bit further, you can have I 131 done. They do it at Cats exclusive if you want to look into it. My kitty was about 10 or so when she started treatment. We started w/ methimazole and opted to get the treatment done. We thought it would be easier for everybody that way. No stress for her daily and we could leave town occasionally. I 131 isn't cheap so that's something to consider as well. there are some heart things to consider related to her hyperthyroidism but the Dr can give you more details on that. Hang in there, this is totally manageable. =) HTH. 

    I haven't personally dealt with this so I'm glad tobykitty has some ideas!  (Not glad you've had to deal with it, tk, of course.)  Cats Exclusive is a great vet, and they really know their stuff.  I would definitely not throw in the towel, it is very manageable and there's no reason why she can't live many more years.  Sorry you're dealing with that, though, I'm sure that must be stressful.  ((hugs)) 

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    Thank you for the info! I have no experience with a pet living as long as Pumpkin has, so dealing with disease with her is totally foreign to me. I heard back from our vet and was able to add the bloodtest to her existing sample so we don't have to stick her again. Hopefully we find out something in the next few days. I just hate stewing, waiting, and playing the what if game.
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  • tobykittytobykitty
    Always happy to help. Let me know if you'd like more info. 
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