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Oh yes, the itemized bill ! Another funny story about a “mistake” on a bill. My 13 year old son recently had surgery on his penis and I got a bill that included physio therapy. When I questioned it I was told that they often do therapy after surgery to make sure there is full function at the surgical site. I asked WHO THE HELL WAS PLAYING WITH MY SONS PENIS!! They took it off my bill, and assured me it was a “service” that he did not get

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Yes, this post is thyroid related but it won’t seem like that to start. My dog is a rescue so I don’t know how old he is. He’s been showing his age (whatever it is) recently. I expressed concern to my sister that my dog must be getting really old. About two weeks ago, I took him to the vet for his annual check up and titers testing (instead of vaccines). He had been losing the hair on his tail. I don’t care if he has hair on his tail. I only care if it means something. How many of you have figured this out already? I mention the bald tail to the vet. He checks if it is a skin condition. Of course, it’s not a skin condition. He says “Let’s check his thyroid.” I had been so dense. I had not even thought of his thyroid. I was attributing it to getting old. Yes, he was extremely hypothyroid. No wonder he was acting old. He’s perking up. The hair hasn’t started to come back on his tail yet but it will in time. In the morning, I take my thyroid replacement and I give him his. He gets another one at night.

The hair has been falling out of his tail for awhile. I could have had his thyroid checked months ago. At least, I did finally get it checked. I won’t be so dense if this happens to another dog in the future.

Linette

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Linnette, I know all about being dense. My 18-year-old cat had been losing weight and hair both, like crazy. I attributed those to her age and never thought about her thyroid until a couple of months ago when a light went off in my head, and it occurred to me that she might be hyperthyroid. I took her right in to the vet, and sure enough, she was! She’s been on tapazole for two months now, and is finally looking pretty good again for an old girl!

I’ve been through the hypothyroid dogs too. Two of our elderly Cocker Spaniel females were on Synthroid until they gave out completely due to old age (tears). Every morning I took mine and gave them theirs. It wasn’t difficult to remember. I’m sure you know all about that!

Hope to see you again at the Conference!

Dianne W

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I’ve got another interesting dog story. When I was diagnosed and getting ready for RAI, I consulted the vet because the dog I had at the time was diabetic. I wanted to be able to give her her insulin without exposing her to my radiation. I could have had my sister take care of her but it would have stressed my dog out not to be at home, which would have messed with her insulin levels. I kept my dog at home and it worked out fine. Here’s the interesting part: the vet was full of questions as to how I was feeling and what was going on with me. Everytime I took my dog in, he asked about Graves’ disease. He wanted to know what it was like so he could better understand what was going on with the animals when they had it. He asked me more questions and was more concerned than some people in my life at the time. It’s hard enough to tell people how we are feeling. What about our poor animals? They can’t explain it to us.

Dianne – I’m glad that your cat is doing better. My dog is perking up a lot. The sparkle is coming back in his eyes.

Yes, I’m planning on being at the conference. I look forward to seeing you and your husband, too.

Linette

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