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I thought I'd let everyone know that Woody is doing GREAT! His radioactive iodine therapy was very successful. It turned out that Woody had bilateral thyroid tumors: the one on the left side of his neck that was mostly removed by surgery, plus one on the other side of his neck that had already...

It's taken me awhile to get back with news about Woody because it wasn't good news. It turns out that the benign cyst was attached to a malignant thyroid tumor. Thyroid carcinomas are so extremely rare in cats that it just wasn't something anyone considered, and I'm having a hard time dealing...

I decided to take Woody to see the oncologist, who, after reviewing the tests on Woody's cyst (including an ultrasound and xrays) and consulting with the surgeon, felt that surgery was the best option for treating the cyst. In addition to it pushing his throat and windpipe way out of place...

All of Woody's bloodwork and cyst-fluid analysis was done at our state's Veterinary University lab. It showed he's in good health (not diabetic, no kidney disease, no cancer, no immune deficiency), and all that my vet and his staff could conclude from the slightly-elevated white blood cell...

I just got back from having Woody's cyst drained, and today they told me they aspirated nearly 60 cc of fluid -- I think that's about a quarter of a cup! He's a big cat, but that's still a lot of fluid, and the vet still has no diagnosis for it. Not a thyroid problem, not cancer, not a...

My 14-year old cat, Woody, has an odd cyst on his throat that our vet has been unable to diagnose. It's on the left side of his neck, and because I don't want to risk surgery unless absolutely necessary, the vet has just been aspirating it every three weeks or so. The vet withdraws about 15 cc...