cat with hyperthyriodism

[nemobell]

My poor boy cat Aston (aged 7) has just been diagnosed with this and we are now facing 3 choices of treatment - tablets, surgery or radioactive iodine. Has anyone's cat gone through this and do you have any advice? We are quite worried and unsure what to do.

Thank you!

[orange-gnome]

As a vet nurse who has seen many of these cases I would recommend surgery...its the most expensive but in the long run it'll work out cheaper. It is a relatively simple procedure that vets do all the time and at least that way it's over and done and your cat can go on to live a normal life afterwards without having to take tablets every day or go through iodine therapy.
Is it unilateral or bilateral ?

[orange-gnome]

Don't worry too much about it, it's always horrible when your animals are unwell but this is a very common thing in cats and he will go on to live a happy life whatever treatment you decide to go for. It's something that vets are very used to dealing with as it is so common so try to remain optimistic and best wishes to Aston : ) x

[nemobell]

Thank you both for the advice. Not sure what type it is yet, but know it's been caught early. He's just had surgery to remove 2 bladder stones and now this! Luckily he coped well with the surgery so maybe that could be the best option - I dont like the thought of having to give him a tablet everyday for the rest of his life. He just has to recover from inflamed nipples from the clippers - poor boy!

[PringlesQueen]

I had two cats both who had bilateral hyperthyroidism at the same time at the grand age of 14.
We opted for surgery for both of them (which was not traumatic for either cat or myself in the least!)
It became rapidly apparant post surgery that the female was well and the male was still strugling with this symptoms (having an insatiable appetite). We had his blood checked and sure enough his levels were still high, so the vet put him back on carbimazole tablets. Thankfully this did the trick, and both cats lead very happy lives until they died of natural causes some years later.
Please do not worry nemobell - I hope my post will hope to allay your fears. xx

[orange-gnome]

Ah well, luckily the op for hyperthyroidism is on the thyroid which is in the neck...so no having to suffer from the nipple clippers!!
Let us know how he does!

[Gem08]

Hi there, my cat boots has just been dianogsed with it as well he is just 6 as well so a very young case! We first noticed his coat wasnt the same he was malting a lot and looked like he had dandruff and eating constantly where as before he was not a big eater and just preferred eating his biscuits. He has lost over 1.5kg. We tried one lot of tablets however he had a bad reaction to them he stopped eating and drinking and his blood pressure soared so a night in the vets and a change of tablets seemed to have helped. He is useless at taking tablets and is now funny about his food since we started putting it in there. Any ideas?! he now has to have 2 and a quarter inthe morning and one capsule at night.

any thoughts or experiences welcome!
Thanks!