*Finally* found a website for that place in Kanata that does the radiotherapy.
I called for an estimate, and the lady quoted me $1100 CDN ~~ I'm assuming that doesn't cover the cost of the pre~ or post~therapy tests/consultations, or any emergencies that might arise during treatment {thanks to radiocat for that heads~up}. Should've asked if that included tax...
At any rate, they will be faxing me more information soon.
The Old Man's reaction to his medication had so unnerved me that I delayed an extra day, and then started him off slowly ~ one quarter~pill in the evenings ~ so as not to shock his system.
But he's already been boosted up to the current prescription of a quarter~pill twice a day. I'd already forgotten {or mentally blocked out} what he was like before the medication. And he'd reached that point on the curve again, during the once~a~day dosage phase ~ always hungry, constantly irritable, ever restless... he even went back to his old behaviours, like mrowling in other rooms and incessantly begging for milk & cream. The Methimazole seemed to calm all that down.
One curious/interesting thing that I noticed: while he was on his meds, he stopped doing that little thing he used to do, the thing that used to worry me...
He might be sitting perfectly still, or in the middle of doing something; all of the sudden, his skin would ripple involuntarily ~ or sometimes one of his legs might twitch ~ and he would lick down that spot. I found this described as an obsessive~compulsive behaviour in cats; some theorized it was caused by an hormonal imbalance in the brain, and others postulated that was a nervous reaction to stress or conflicting stimuli. Mentioned it to the vet and he said, keep an eye on it, and make a note of when it happens; we can make a better diagnosis when we have more information.
Well, whatever the cause, His Old Manliness had no such nervous tics while medicated; so my current hypothesis is, his twitching was a result of the nervous energy he had from being hyperthyroid...
Perhaps the vet will concur...
Posted by edgar at December 3, 2003 03:49 PM