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A Plea to owners of cats with Interstitial Cystitis
I wanted to make a plea to all owners of cats who suffer from
Interstitial Cystitis. There are some treatments available to cats, such as Elavil, etc. (the same meds that are used in humans with the disease, by the way!) which may help the cats be comfortable. If, however, no treatment works for your cat, and your cat still clearly has the symptoms of Interstitial Cystitis, please consider the difficult choice of putting your cat to sleep rather than letting the cat suffer. As a human sufferer of Interstitial Cystitis, who was in considerable pain and urinating 60-70 times per day/night for three years until recently finding a treatment that worked and a urologist who did not tell me just to "live with the symptoms," I can tell you that no person or animal should be left in that kind of misery. IC pain has been compared to the pain of end-stage cancer. I can not even find words to describe how miserable this disease is, if there are no treatments that work. One of Dr. Kevorkian's "patients" was an IC sufferer who had reached the end of her rope as far as the suffering went. I truly believe it is more kind to put an animal to sleep than to let it suffer the symptoms of IC, if no treatment works. Thank you, L. |
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m. L. Briggs wrote in message . ..
No treatments for IC are uniformly effective for all IC patients. There are a large range of treatments, all of which help some patients but not others. For me, Elmiron greatly reduced my symptoms. A recent study showed, however, that only 27% of patients obtain relief using Elmiron which supposedly acts to rebuild the GAG layer of the bladder. So I am part of the lucky 27%. I have read many stories of IC patients who were driven to surgical removal of the bladder to obtain relief, following countless failed therapies. Others find that one therapy or another provides significant relief, while still others find that they can cope with the illness by use of narcotic medications for pain. I am not sure which of these therapies is available for cats, but would urge owners to try every available therapy. Thanks, L. On 15 Nov 2003 05:15:59 -0800, (IHATESPAM) wrote: I wanted to make a plea to all owners of cats who suffer from Interstitial Cystitis. There are some treatments available to cats, such as Elavil, etc. (the same meds that are used in humans with the disease, by the way!) which may help the cats be comfortable. If, however, no treatment works for your cat, and your cat still clearly has the symptoms of Interstitial Cystitis, please consider the difficult choice of putting your cat to sleep rather than letting the cat suffer. As a human sufferer of Interstitial Cystitis, who was in considerable pain and urinating 60-70 times per day/night for three years until recently finding a treatment that worked and a urologist who did not tell me just to "live with the symptoms," I can tell you that no person or animal should be left in that kind of misery. IC pain has been compared to the pain of end-stage cancer. I can not even find words to describe how miserable this disease is, if there are no treatments that work. One of Dr. Kevorkian's "patients" was an IC sufferer who had reached the end of her rope as far as the suffering went. I truly believe it is more kind to put an animal to sleep than to let it suffer the symptoms of IC, if no treatment works. Thank you, L. Why don't you tell us what treatment "finally worked"? |
m. L. Briggs wrote in message . ..
No treatments for IC are uniformly effective for all IC patients. There are a large range of treatments, all of which help some patients but not others. For me, Elmiron greatly reduced my symptoms. A recent study showed, however, that only 27% of patients obtain relief using Elmiron which supposedly acts to rebuild the GAG layer of the bladder. So I am part of the lucky 27%. I have read many stories of IC patients who were driven to surgical removal of the bladder to obtain relief, following countless failed therapies. Others find that one therapy or another provides significant relief, while still others find that they can cope with the illness by use of narcotic medications for pain. I am not sure which of these therapies is available for cats, but would urge owners to try every available therapy. Thanks, L. On 15 Nov 2003 05:15:59 -0800, (IHATESPAM) wrote: I wanted to make a plea to all owners of cats who suffer from Interstitial Cystitis. There are some treatments available to cats, such as Elavil, etc. (the same meds that are used in humans with the disease, by the way!) which may help the cats be comfortable. If, however, no treatment works for your cat, and your cat still clearly has the symptoms of Interstitial Cystitis, please consider the difficult choice of putting your cat to sleep rather than letting the cat suffer. As a human sufferer of Interstitial Cystitis, who was in considerable pain and urinating 60-70 times per day/night for three years until recently finding a treatment that worked and a urologist who did not tell me just to "live with the symptoms," I can tell you that no person or animal should be left in that kind of misery. IC pain has been compared to the pain of end-stage cancer. I can not even find words to describe how miserable this disease is, if there are no treatments that work. One of Dr. Kevorkian's "patients" was an IC sufferer who had reached the end of her rope as far as the suffering went. I truly believe it is more kind to put an animal to sleep than to let it suffer the symptoms of IC, if no treatment works. Thank you, L. Why don't you tell us what treatment "finally worked"? |
m. L. Briggs wrote in message . ..
No treatments for IC are uniformly effective for all IC patients. There are a large range of treatments, all of which help some patients but not others. For me, Elmiron greatly reduced my symptoms. A recent study showed, however, that only 27% of patients obtain relief using Elmiron which supposedly acts to rebuild the GAG layer of the bladder. So I am part of the lucky 27%. I have read many stories of IC patients who were driven to surgical removal of the bladder to obtain relief, following countless failed therapies. Others find that one therapy or another provides significant relief, while still others find that they can cope with the illness by use of narcotic medications for pain. I am not sure which of these therapies is available for cats, but would urge owners to try every available therapy. Thanks, L. On 15 Nov 2003 05:15:59 -0800, (IHATESPAM) wrote: I wanted to make a plea to all owners of cats who suffer from Interstitial Cystitis. There are some treatments available to cats, such as Elavil, etc. (the same meds that are used in humans with the disease, by the way!) which may help the cats be comfortable. If, however, no treatment works for your cat, and your cat still clearly has the symptoms of Interstitial Cystitis, please consider the difficult choice of putting your cat to sleep rather than letting the cat suffer. As a human sufferer of Interstitial Cystitis, who was in considerable pain and urinating 60-70 times per day/night for three years until recently finding a treatment that worked and a urologist who did not tell me just to "live with the symptoms," I can tell you that no person or animal should be left in that kind of misery. IC pain has been compared to the pain of end-stage cancer. I can not even find words to describe how miserable this disease is, if there are no treatments that work. One of Dr. Kevorkian's "patients" was an IC sufferer who had reached the end of her rope as far as the suffering went. I truly believe it is more kind to put an animal to sleep than to let it suffer the symptoms of IC, if no treatment works. Thank you, L. Why don't you tell us what treatment "finally worked"? |
I wanted to make a plea to all owners of cats who suffer from Interstitial Cystitis. There are some treatments available to cats, such as Elavil, etc. (the same meds that are used in humans with the disease, by the way!) which may help the cats be comfortable. If, however, no treatment works for your cat, and your cat still clearly has the symptoms of Interstitial Cystitis, please consider the difficult choice of putting your cat to sleep rather than letting the cat suffer. I'm not sure why you've come here to tell people to put their cats to sleep, but it is really unnecessary and unconscionable for you to do so. There are effective treatments for dealing with IC in cats and there is absolutely NO reason that a cat should have to be euthanized just because it has IC. I have not one, but TWO cats with IC and they have been treated successfully with diet, Cosequin, and keeping their lives as stress free as possible. One recently had a flare-up, his first in over a year, and I put him back on Amitriptyline short term which did the trick. This worst case scenario you present below is blowing things way out of proportion WRT cats. As a human sufferer of Interstitial Cystitis, who was in considerable pain and urinating 60-70 times per day/night for three years until recently finding a treatment that worked and a urologist who did not tell me just to "live with the symptoms," I can tell you that no person or animal should be left in that kind of misery. IC pain has been compared to the pain of end-stage cancer. I can not even find words to describe how miserable this disease is, if there are no treatments that work. You are relating your personal experience, which has no bearing on how cats generally experience IC. One of Dr. Kevorkian's "patients" was an IC sufferer who had reached the end of her rope as far as the suffering went. I truly believe it is more kind to put an animal to sleep than to let it suffer the symptoms of IC, if no treatment works. Since treatment does work, and since your human experience cannot be compared to what a cat might experience since they can't tell us what that is your point is, well, pointless and alarmist and frankly I don't appreciate your blowing this issue out of proportion. Megan "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
I wanted to make a plea to all owners of cats who suffer from Interstitial Cystitis. There are some treatments available to cats, such as Elavil, etc. (the same meds that are used in humans with the disease, by the way!) which may help the cats be comfortable. If, however, no treatment works for your cat, and your cat still clearly has the symptoms of Interstitial Cystitis, please consider the difficult choice of putting your cat to sleep rather than letting the cat suffer. I'm not sure why you've come here to tell people to put their cats to sleep, but it is really unnecessary and unconscionable for you to do so. There are effective treatments for dealing with IC in cats and there is absolutely NO reason that a cat should have to be euthanized just because it has IC. I have not one, but TWO cats with IC and they have been treated successfully with diet, Cosequin, and keeping their lives as stress free as possible. One recently had a flare-up, his first in over a year, and I put him back on Amitriptyline short term which did the trick. This worst case scenario you present below is blowing things way out of proportion WRT cats. As a human sufferer of Interstitial Cystitis, who was in considerable pain and urinating 60-70 times per day/night for three years until recently finding a treatment that worked and a urologist who did not tell me just to "live with the symptoms," I can tell you that no person or animal should be left in that kind of misery. IC pain has been compared to the pain of end-stage cancer. I can not even find words to describe how miserable this disease is, if there are no treatments that work. You are relating your personal experience, which has no bearing on how cats generally experience IC. One of Dr. Kevorkian's "patients" was an IC sufferer who had reached the end of her rope as far as the suffering went. I truly believe it is more kind to put an animal to sleep than to let it suffer the symptoms of IC, if no treatment works. Since treatment does work, and since your human experience cannot be compared to what a cat might experience since they can't tell us what that is your point is, well, pointless and alarmist and frankly I don't appreciate your blowing this issue out of proportion. Megan "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
I wanted to make a plea to all owners of cats who suffer from Interstitial Cystitis. There are some treatments available to cats, such as Elavil, etc. (the same meds that are used in humans with the disease, by the way!) which may help the cats be comfortable. If, however, no treatment works for your cat, and your cat still clearly has the symptoms of Interstitial Cystitis, please consider the difficult choice of putting your cat to sleep rather than letting the cat suffer. I'm not sure why you've come here to tell people to put their cats to sleep, but it is really unnecessary and unconscionable for you to do so. There are effective treatments for dealing with IC in cats and there is absolutely NO reason that a cat should have to be euthanized just because it has IC. I have not one, but TWO cats with IC and they have been treated successfully with diet, Cosequin, and keeping their lives as stress free as possible. One recently had a flare-up, his first in over a year, and I put him back on Amitriptyline short term which did the trick. This worst case scenario you present below is blowing things way out of proportion WRT cats. As a human sufferer of Interstitial Cystitis, who was in considerable pain and urinating 60-70 times per day/night for three years until recently finding a treatment that worked and a urologist who did not tell me just to "live with the symptoms," I can tell you that no person or animal should be left in that kind of misery. IC pain has been compared to the pain of end-stage cancer. I can not even find words to describe how miserable this disease is, if there are no treatments that work. You are relating your personal experience, which has no bearing on how cats generally experience IC. One of Dr. Kevorkian's "patients" was an IC sufferer who had reached the end of her rope as far as the suffering went. I truly believe it is more kind to put an animal to sleep than to let it suffer the symptoms of IC, if no treatment works. Since treatment does work, and since your human experience cannot be compared to what a cat might experience since they can't tell us what that is your point is, well, pointless and alarmist and frankly I don't appreciate your blowing this issue out of proportion. Megan "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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