5.21 Bella amps 181,+2 170+9:30 220,pmps 287,+3 180

http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/posts/2193012/
Not much bounce at all after all those greens yesterday and the reduction at pmps,pretty good amps

 

Congrats on the reducie. Looking good Bella.

 

Thanks, yes so exciting

 

Bella’s sister going to vet for full bloodwork, she has hyperthyroidism and pills were making her sick so they switched to gel, first month of gel was fine, they increased and now she is throwing up, looks depressed is still losing weight she’s at 6lbs, vet said this am something else must be going on with her cause he has never had anyone who couldn’t use the gel, I hope nothing bad is wrong!!
I will post the results this afternoon if there are any bloodwork experts out there I would appreciate weighing in and tell me what they may see.

 

What is the strength of the cream? I wonder if they miscalculated and it's much too strong for her? It should be something like mg per ml. I hope it's nothing too serious.

 

It says 2.5mg/0.1ml gel

 

Starting dose was 2x a day and now it’s 2 doses in am and 2doses pm

 

Had they tested her T4 before increasing? If you are giving 0.1ml per dose, then you are in effect giving her 10 mg a day now. That sounds like an overdose to me. The recommended starting dosage is 1.25 mg twice a day or 2.5 mg total.

 

Yes they tested her said it was still high, it wouldn’t even read the first time they took it when dx

 

They are having me give it to her 4x a day 2am and 2pm

 

Do you belong to any hyperthyroid groups? I have not heard of 10 mg a day not causing issues for the cat. When you can, ask for the T4 values at dx, before increasing, and now.

 

I just tt pharmacy and they said standard dose was 2.5 1x a day, she agreed that for such a small cat the dose was way to high

 

I didn’t know there was a group, so no

 

So I don’t know now whether to take to vet for 180 worth of blood work and just lower dose to 2.5mg 1x a day

 

This is for the tablets: https://www.drugs.com/vet/felimazole-2-5-mg-tablets-can.html

It says 2.5 mg twice a day for a total of 5 mg per day.

 

What I can tell you with certainty is that my mom's cat only ever had the ear gel and the full dose at the start didn't agree with him. It had to be dropped to a half dose and increased extremely slowly. So - it's definitely possible for a cat to react badly to the transdermal gel version.

 

Ok I called vet again and they said that yes 5mg is standard but with Abby’s being so high it barely reads on machine that’s why she’s on a higher dose

 

I do not mean to cause any panic.

If you can, request to have the sample sent out to an outside lab. It is possible their in-house equipment is not calibrated correctly as they do not calibrate it often. Would you like to join a group so they can give you more guidance? Do you have Facebook? There is a great FB group.

 

I know you don’t, I’m just a very anxious person when it comes to something new and I know nothing much about, I already was in a panic as of yesterday, I don’t have FB but I can get it, what’s it called, I am going on with blood work and see what it shows thank you for all your help I do appreciate it

 

I can direct you to the Yahoo group instead. They work together with the FB group.
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/feline-hyperT/info

 

We are at vets, abby is highly allergic to meds, ears are hot she' made them bleed today, so no more of the medicine, we r waiting on blood results

 

They are seeing if she's a candidate to have it removed

 

Look at that sweet little girl! I hope that your vet can help her.

 

Good luck - fingers crossed for you and Abby.

 

Blood work perfect, she can have surgery,her thyroid levels are almost perfect, we are first gonna see if she can tolerate the meds on back of neck they are shaving her neck

 

Wow! Those few days on the increased dose got her numbers down almost to the ideal range? Wasn't she still too high on the recent blood check?

Good plan to try meds on another spot first.

 

Pretty good numbers there. I think you should re-check again in 3-4 weeks if you are able to continue with the cream. It can take up to 3 weeks for the dose to settle in so the thyroid numbers may continue to drop until then. Would you be able to do the i131?

 

Yeah a week ago she was 9.9

 

No can' afford it, we talked about removing it, she' s a good candidate

 

So we are trying it on neck, 1 sign of reaction I stop it and call to make a appointment to have it removed, she will come home same day and he will let me make payments on it

 

Sounds like you have a good plan going forward.

 

Thinking of you & sweet Abby! I’m glad she can have the surgery...

 

thanks Becky!

 

I am so very grateful to have you guys around for support even when it doesn’t have to do with diabetes!! Big hugs to you all, make everything less stressful to have someone to listen, talk to and support!!

 

Great community here!