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Comment on Feline triaditis by out of towner

out of towner — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:02:21 +0000

THANK YOU LYNETTE,
IM STILL STRUGGLING WITH THESE HORRIBLE FEELINGS. I FOUND OUT WEDNESDAY THAT I AM PREGNANT. ONLY A FEW WEEKS. IM NOT TELLING PEOPLE YET. IM EXCITED BUT NOT AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO BE. IM STILL FEELING VERY DEPRESSED AND HAVE VERY LITTLE APPETITE. MY GENERAL DR HAS ACTUALLY REFERRED ME TO SEE A THERAPIST TO HELP ME DEAL WITH MY OBSESSIVE THOUGHTS AND DEPRESSION. I DONT REALLY KNOW WHERE THE LINE BETWEEN GRIEF AND DEPRESSION LIE. PERHAPS THERE IS NO DIVIDED LINE. MY HUSBAND IS POSSIBLY BUYING A PUPPY BC HE ALWAYS WANTED ONE AND IS HOPING IT WILL CHEER ME UP WITHOUT CAUSING ME TO FEEL TOO DISLOYAL TO MY FELINE BABY BY GETTING A CANINE INSTEAD. ALTHOUGH I AM SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS WITH LATIFA, I FIND COMFORT IN LEARNING THAT IM NOT THE ONLY CAT OWNER WHO HAS BEEN GONE THROUGH THESE EXPERIENCES. IT MAKES ME FEEL LESS ALONE AND A LITTLE LESS CRAZY. I CAN HOPEFULLY TAKE SOME COMFORT IN KNOWING THAT ILL BE MORE INFORMED FOR THE FUTURE. IM GOING TO TRY TO FORGIVE MYSELF AND ALLOW MYSELF TO FEEL OK. I DONT KNOW HOW IT WILL WORK OUT BUT I NEED TO BC NOW IM CONCERNED ABOUT MY STRESS LEVELS AFFECT ON MY EARLY PREGNANCY. I DONT KNOW IF I CAN BUT I WILL try. thank for your support.

Comment on Feline triaditis by Lynette

Lynette — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:59:58 +0000

Oh Vicki… I understand truly. I do this with all of my cats. Did I make the best choices for them? What if I’d done things differently? I lost two cats to kidney disease before I realized the dry food I was feeding them was killing them. All I can say, to myself, is I did what I could at the time… And I loved them the best I knew how.
Rumpelmintz just celebrated her 18th birthday in April. It’s a balancing act now… She has IBD, heart disease, kidney disease, eye issues, arthritis… Treatments for one thing contraindicated for something else. But, for now, I am enjoying her company and she is loving that she is finally an only cat.
Gentle hugs to you.
Lynette

Comment on Feline triaditis by Vicki

Vicki — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:31:05 +0000

Thank you for your kind comments and your information. I don’t think I will be able to get over this anytime soon. I keep replaying everything over and over again in my head often changing things in order to possbly get a diffrent outcome. If he actually did have cancer then I feel that it worked out as it should have but it it was something else that could have been treated and could possibly have saved him, then I will never forgive myself. The problem is, I will never know what really happened am am left to wonder, research and guess. People keep saying he was 16 and had a long life and I happy for that but I keep thinking what if he had 1 or 2 or 3 years left with quality of life. I actually feel sick over it. The more time goes by the more and more I miss him. The more time I have to think about what really happened and what couldve been. I tend to be an obsessive person to begin with. This is consuming me though. I know I need to find a way to come to terms with this and let go but I don’t know how. The only things make me feel somewhat ok is that I will handle things more promply and wiith more thought next time and I will have more knowledge and the desire to educate myself about pet food. I too feel disgusted by the pet food industry. I wish the other posters would write in to tell us how their cats made out. How is Rumpelmintz?

Comment on Feline triaditis by Lynette

Lynette — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:13:00 +0000

Hi Vicki,

Please, try not to feel guilty! I know that is much easier said than done. Love is THE MOST IMPORTANT THING we can give our animal companions, and it sounds like Wally got plenty of love. That is a great thing.

I think it’s lovely you are seeking answers to your questions. Should you decide to adopt a cat of your own in the future, or assist others with theirs.

Unfortunately, just like doctors, vets generally receive little nutritional education. What they do get is sponsored by large pet food conglomerates – and often focuses more on “feed animals” (cows, swine, chickens, etc) rather than companion animals. I’ve personally found that vets that know of – and are willing to educate others on – the benefits of a wet food diet for cats are few and far between. In fact (and this angers me to NO END), the AVMA is in the process of adopting a policy that all vets should educate pet owners against a homemade/raw diet. Guess who are the largest sponsors of the AVMA? Yup – pet food conglomerates. While dry food is often “cheaper” than wet food, it is more profitable for the pet food companies due to the decreased costs, particularly of shipping, etc.

Please be gentle to yourself.

Lynette

Comment on Feline triaditis by Vicki

Vicki — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:10:58 +0000

Thank you Lynette for sharing all this info. I wish that I had know to do this research a few months ago but as Jessica said in an earlier post, hindsight is 20/20. after researching an finding this among other posts, I am now left wondering if this is what my beloved Wally suffered from. We put him down 1 month ago today. He had many of these symptoms, liver failure, jaundice, high bilirubin, wight loss, little – no appetite, swollen stomach. His vet said that his blood work was pointing to cancer in a few different areas. She wanted us to go for an ultrasound but my parents decided against it assumuming that it would lead to a biopsy or exploravtive surgury. I should add that he was my parents cat however I lived with them for most of Wally’s life aside from some college time 11 years ago and then I got married and moved out 2 years ago. I fortunately lived 7 min away and could visit a lot. I’m now extremely sad and embarressed to say that mostly only ate dry food for almost 16 years or his whole life. We did this because he was a extremely picky cat and would only eat dry according to my father. Also my father believed that it was the best thing for him; not sure why and I never questioned it. I really wish a vet had mentioned the importance of wet food at some point to me. A week bfore we put him down he completely stopped eating so I began giving him wet food less than a week before he was pts and he ate a little but definately not enough. I feel so awful and guilt stricken right now and I just don’t know what to think. I wish so much that I knew what excatly happend to him. Was it some form of cancer, was it Pancreatis or Triaditis, was it Fiv or Lukemia related. I have so many questions and my vets answers were all extremely vague simply because more tests were needed for a definitive, I suppose. I just wonder if I could have prevented this had I fed him diefferently. My mom told me that she thought he was eating less for a while but didn’t really think too much of it. I am so regrettful and sad.

Comment on Behaving rashly by Lynette

Lynette — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:41:14 +0000

Nope. Dermatologist suspects seasonal allergies. I suspect Benadryl, since it got WAY worse after I took Benadryl.

Comment on Behaving rashly by Lola

Lola — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:27:45 +0000

Hope the drugs and creams are helping. If not, the beer will! Personally, I would go with margaritas, but…
Any idea what you are allergic to?

Comment on ‘Roid rage by Lynette

Lynette — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:35:53 +0000

Any idea just how tempting that is? Almost motivates me to eat cleaner and drop some body fat. Bwah ha ha!

Comment on ‘Roid rage by Daniel Eggert II

Daniel Eggert II — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:34:05 +0000

Not gonna lie. I’m just waiting for you to challenge me to a Wilks duel and destroy me.

Comment on Training a trainer by Lynette

Lynette — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:54:39 +0000

Thanks, Danielle!