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Re: Support/Vent Thread

[(Anonymous)]

I am just fucking tired of going through incompetent vets in this town.

We have an elderly cat, and she's a good baby with some long-term health problems, including hyperthyroidism. But every time she develops an additional short-term issue - kitty sniffles, an infection - no matter which vet we take her to, they end up diagnosing her incorrectly, prescribing her meds which she turns out to be allergic or intolerant to, and/or sending her into respiratory distress. The worst? Because of her hyperthyroidism, she can't gain weight. She's extremely thin, and no matter how much we feed her she just can't gain weight. Then she gets sick, goes to the vet, and goes off any and all food for days at a time and loses even more weight.

She's in good health outside of these instances (it seems to happen every 6 months or so) so it's not her time yet, but I really wish we could find a vet who wouldn't make her worse instead of stable. One moron lowered her thyroid meds dose for the wrong reason and sent her into an accelerated weight loss, so when we brought her in out of sheer terror that she was starving to death, they only shrugged and said oops.

Re: Support/Vent Thread

[herpymcderp]

That's a shitty situation, but unfortunately it's one that's hard to fix. There's not really a definitive treatment for hyperthyroidism because part of the problem is it tends to compensate for other common geriatric feline illnesses like renal insufficiency, so most vets are wary of over-treating. There are surgical interventions that knock out the thyroid entirely, but again, those generally aren't recommended in an elderly animal.

The last part of the equation is that although your cat may seem active (hyperthyroidism is like having a nitrous oxide valve on your metabolism engine; so they appear to have a lot of energy and playfulness even for older cats) that doesn't mean your cat is healthy. In fact, with the rate of infections s(he) is having, I'd wager the overall health probably isn't great, and there might be some immunity issues to worry about.

That sort of thing is as common to cats as it is to humans, unfortunately, and it's just something to be dealt with and treated as it arises. The best thing you can really do for your pet is to continuously see one vet who does an okay job of treating the small things. Ideally the one who diagnosed the hyperthyroidism in the first place.

Re: Support/Vent Thread

[(Anonymous)]

thanks for the advice. I did wonder about immunity problems, so maybe next time we take her in I'll ask after that. It's more expensive but we do have enough trust in the university's vet hospital, we'll probably be taking her there - they've been really good during the emergencies, and they do see patients for regular care. Just. Price, yanno.

Re: Support/Vent Thread

[herpymcderp]

Yeah, price is a consideration, but if you think about it in terms of lasting effect then one good vet visit that addresses all of your issues and effectively treats your pet is definitely worth the price of the 2-3 cheap visits it might take to get the same problem taken care of.