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    Tips on pilling a traumatized cat that doesn't like to be touched...by yourself.

    This may be something to keep the FYI list or maybe FMI. My kitty was diagnosed with hyperthyroid and I was given the option to medicate 2x per day..for an impossible cat with very sharp, long claws. I did a lot of research online and found that the only real "cure" was irradiation, about 98%...
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    surgery or not?

    I tend to want to do that.. just  get it removed., but there's general agreement in conventional meds that is you cut into a cancerous tumor and don't "get it all" it will almost always spread. To worsen matters, I really don't know this vet and he has been pretty vague about the condition and...
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    surgery or not?

    I absolutely agree and am really struggling with that .
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    surgery or not?

    Thank you so much. My Greb is also a grumpy guy when it come to exams. He had a needle aspiration six months ago and it didn't turn up any cancer cells. This Vet seems to think it may be cancer despite the evidence lacking at that point. He suggests a biopsy, more extensive, but encourages...
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    surgery or not?

    I need some help or just support. My 20 year old cat has just been diagnosed with "maybe cancer" or maybe not. This after blood work done 3 days ago. He is healthy, all organs functioning as they should, but has a large growth on his neck/thyroid? It is not hyperthyroid, although I have been...
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