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Olive's doing great, just need to watch her since she's 118+6 and still has a while to drop. The problem is with Cindy. Evidently the new thyroid meds (Methimazole) is making her sick. Now she won't eat at all, despite her teeth issues. She has snubbed her nose at food this entire day, threw up 1 1/2 hours after the pill and has just been laying. I did some reading up on the thyroid med and one of the side effects is lack of appetite and throwing up. Just great! She's already skinny as a rail and the meds cause a lack of appetite on top of it?! I'm going to call her vet first thing in the morning. I just ran to Petsmart to buy some Forti Flora as Dr. P said it worked as an appetite stimulant. I put some in her food and forced about a tsp or two into her. I'm hoping she'll want to eat something on her own in a bit. She's not the type of cat who will let you do hands on things, so she's running from me, hissing, and tries to bite. I've not read to many positives on the med so I've opted to try the holistic approach and see what happens. I've ordered some herbals that have gotten some great reviews through a vet/holistic site. I will start her on it as soon as it arrives this week and plan on pulling her off the prescribed meds while I give the herbs on a 2-3 week trial. That's about the point many people say they start noticing a change. But I'm not just going into it blindly. I will let the vet know of this trial phase and I plan to continue with Cindy's labs through the process to ensure if the herbs are working or not. Many people have done the same and the proof of progress is in the "pudding" at lab rechecks. We can't afford the $2200 procedure that supposedly cures hyperthyroidism and if the meds make her sick, what other choice do we have but to try an alternative route. She can't have the dental surgery until her thyroid is working normally, so we've got to do "something" and fast.
I'll update on Olive as time allows. The girls are really making this mom exhausted!
Olive's doing great, just need to watch her since she's 118+6 and still has a while to drop. The problem is with Cindy. Evidently the new thyroid meds (Methimazole) is making her sick. Now she won't eat at all, despite her teeth issues. She has snubbed her nose at food this entire day, threw up 1 1/2 hours after the pill and has just been laying. I did some reading up on the thyroid med and one of the side effects is lack of appetite and throwing up. Just great! She's already skinny as a rail and the meds cause a lack of appetite on top of it?! I'm going to call her vet first thing in the morning. I just ran to Petsmart to buy some Forti Flora as Dr. P said it worked as an appetite stimulant. I put some in her food and forced about a tsp or two into her. I'm hoping she'll want to eat something on her own in a bit. She's not the type of cat who will let you do hands on things, so she's running from me, hissing, and tries to bite. I've not read to many positives on the med so I've opted to try the holistic approach and see what happens. I've ordered some herbals that have gotten some great reviews through a vet/holistic site. I will start her on it as soon as it arrives this week and plan on pulling her off the prescribed meds while I give the herbs on a 2-3 week trial. That's about the point many people say they start noticing a change. But I'm not just going into it blindly. I will let the vet know of this trial phase and I plan to continue with Cindy's labs through the process to ensure if the herbs are working or not. Many people have done the same and the proof of progress is in the "pudding" at lab rechecks. We can't afford the $2200 procedure that supposedly cures hyperthyroidism and if the meds make her sick, what other choice do we have but to try an alternative route. She can't have the dental surgery until her thyroid is working normally, so we've got to do "something" and fast.
I'll update on Olive as time allows. The girls are really making this mom exhausted!
