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My cat is having Radioiodine treatment on 12/7.

I've done the research and I'm convinced it's the best way to go.

It does not require 4-6 weeks of hospitalization as another poster said.

She will go in on Monday and come home on Thursday.

See these links:

http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/brochures/hyperthyroid.html

http://www.radiocat.com/radioiodine-therapy.html

http://www.radiocat.com/


"caroline" <nospam@thanks.com> wrote in message 
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>
> "Ivor Jones"  wrote
>> On 25/08/09 23:01, Bill Graham wrote:
>>>
>>> "Ivor Jones"  wrote
>>>> On 25/08/09 10:20, caroline wrote:
>>>>
>>>> [snip]
>>>>
>>>>> I imagine that at some point she will go back on meds, and then
>>>>> remain on
>>>>> them, as by having her thyroid removed she's been put into a
>>>>> permanent state
>>>>> of hypOthyroidism ;o)
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure, I volunteer at Cats Protection (UK) and we've had plenty
>>>> of cats with hyperthyroidism over the years and I've not heard of them
>>>> needing to go back on medication after the operation, but I'll do some
>>>> digging.
>>>>
>>>> It does seem strange though as the main alternative to surgery is
>>>> medication for life, so why remove the thyroid glands only to put the
>>>> cat on medication again afterwards..?
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Never dealt with it in cats before, but I'm due to have my own thyroid
>>>>> removed soon.
>>>>
>>>> Best of luck :-)
>>>>
>>>> Ivor
>>>
>>> My cat didn't have her thyroid removed.....She was just exhibiting
>>> "hyper" behavior, and losing weight, so the vet gave us this stuff to
>>> rub on her ears......It slows her down, and she is now sleeping 90% of
>>> the time, just like the other cats. My wife had her thyroid removed, and
>>> she takes medication every day to compensate for the loss. Without her
>>> meds, she would be sleepy and lethargic.
>>
>> Well maybe things work differently in us mere humans ;-)
>>
>> I've just looked at the info I found in a leaflet I have from Cats 
>> Protection and it does say that surgery is a permanent cure,
>
> In that case, I wish I was a cat! <grin>
>
> Perhaps it just means permanent cure to hypER ?
> I would have thought it would put her in a hypO state due to the 
> post-surgery lack of thyroid gland ?
>
>> alternatives are medication for life or injection with a radioactive 
>> iodine that destroys the affected tissue. The problem with that solution 
>> is that it can only be done at a limited number of specialist practices 
>> and the cat remains highly radioactive for 4 to 6 weeks and must be 
>> hospitalised and totally isolated during that time, which would be 
>> extremely traumatic for both me and her (not to mention expensive..!)
>
> Yup, I was offered both treatments too (perhaps I *AM* a Cat? *LOL*)...but 
> the other drawback for the radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment is that it 
> doesn't always work first time and may need to be repeated, whereas 
> removing it completely by surgery is a no-brainer (to me anyway).  I also 
> have goitre complications, and RAI doesn't do anything to remove the 
> goitre.
>
>> So we went for the surgery, which meant I could bring her home the same 
>> day, she seems to be doing well so far, as I said we have a follow-up 
>> visit to the vet tomorrow, so I will post further info then.
>
> Looking forward to it!  Fascinating to see the similarities and possible 
> differences in treatment, between species so to speak!
>