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Thyroid surgery
Buddha's checkup today revealed that she is indeed hyperthyroid. The doctor
showed me how enlarged her thyroid is now. I'm kicking myself because another vet saw this a year ago, but because her T3 levels were only high-normal I did nothing. (Either I misunderstood what this doctor's partner said about medication, or he didn't tell me about Tapazole.) Our (the senior one there and founder of the practice 20+ yeats ago) vet told me that cats do best with radiation treatment, but that his own cat did well with surgery, which he performed. Because I trust him, if her blood tests for renal function etc. come back okay, I think we will opt for the surgery. (We would have to take her elsewhere for the radiation treatment. Cost is not so much a factor--surgery is about $600 and radiation $1,000, not such a big difference--as trust. Ever since my friend's kitten came back from a spaying declawed I have some fears about vets I don't know.) If her bloodwork is okay, we will have an ultrasound done of her heart to make sure that it can withstand the surgery. I would like to hear from anyone who has had this surgery done for their cat. He explained the risks involved with the parathyroid--apparently they leave a bit of that in there, but on rare occasions cats who have the surgery do not recover parathyroid function. On the good side, our fat girl has lost three pounds since her last checkup. I want to think it is the canned food, but the vet told me cats lose weight due to being hyperthyroid. He also told me that Boo is the fattest cat he has ever seen with an overactive thyroid. She is a small-boned female who now weighs 13.6 pounds. She is a really sweet and quirky cat, and if my failure to act last year has hurt her I'm just going to want to die. |
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