Not a silly suggestion-- thanks for making it! I was going to ask the neurologist about it but it turns out he's pretty confident it's a meningioma.
In case anyone ever stumbles across this thread the same way I did (google search!)--
Meningiomas are benign tumors of the membrane around the...
Alex--
did you ever get a diagnosis for your cat? I have a 13 year old cat with very similar symptoms -- particularly the episodic nature. She just started being ill about a month ago, but it's been pretty much weekly ever since. She seems to recover pretty well in between episodes.
My cat...
