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Hi there, just wondering is there anyone on here Familiar with Blood results?

My Robbie has lost a lot of weight (around 3 kg) for no apparent reason, always been a fussy picker, tho he is quite fond of pigeon with a pulse (He eats what he kills) Robbie was a stray that appeared about 6 years ago in our garden, and was staying in our shed, it took a long time to get him to gain my trust, saying that, even today, if I am out in the garden or street, He will not come to me

anyway, he has stayed here with us (usually sleeps on the lobby floor even tho he has the run of the house) just in the last 3 or4 months he has lost weight, finally got his bloods done, but the foreign vet is pretty vague about them and I can't get an answer from him, says he is not concerned about results?

Robbie is currently back on Steroids and vet is now speaking about scans?

btw, I do not trust vets, my old vet I trusted, then he retired, vet's that took over seem to be in it for the money, even charged for board when He was in from 9 am 3:30pm

I will post blood results if someone can read them

here's a picture of the mannie in his normal pose

Blood test results usually show the normal range so you should be able to see what is abnormal in Robbie's results

Googling will then give you a fair bit of info as to what is going on, so you can start to narrow down your further researching

Your vet of course should be your main source of info but the internet can be invaluable if you are, for instance, dealing with hyperthyroidism, which many UK vets seem to be rather ignorant about

Kay wrote: Your vet of course should be your main source of info but the internet can be invaluable if you are, for instance, dealing with hyperthyroidism, which many UK vets seem to be rather ignorant about

UK has the highest number of I-131 clinics in Europe and the vets don't know much on the HT?

Stuart, if you want to give us a chance, you can type in your blood results. No need to scan the page and hide the personal details, just type in the levels along with the ranges.
Someone could be of help

Antonio wrote:

Kay wrote: Your vet of course should be your main source of info but the internet can be invaluable if you are, for instance, dealing with hyperthyroidism, which many UK vets seem to be rather ignorant about

UK has the highest number of I-131 clinics in Europe and the vets don't know much on the HT?

they almost always start a newly diagnosed cat on too high a dose of Vidalta, Antonio, instead of a lower dose of Felimazol - my own vet did it which is what sent me to the Yahoo group for more info - and she had not heard of I131 treatment either - and this was at a veterinary centre rather than a small practice

I know lots of other people with the same experience, which makes you wonder what they are teaching our vets at college - hopefully this is now changing

Here are Robbies blood results guys

ok I have resized them and they don't seem to upload?

Stuart, it seems I can't see the file you have uploaded. I have checked on two different PCs.
Probably you can only upload images?

Hi Guys, finally got the bloods uploaded

and the second part

Robbie himself is still not right, he is physically sick at least once a week (that we can see, he still goes out)

I think Vet is speaking about doing more bloods again and if still no change go for a scan, I do not see the point of doing the bloods
again, feels like doing it just to get more money, He has had a long course of steroids which fairly improved his appetite, but now
that course is finished, he is back to his old ways, I feel something else is wrong with him and will tel lthe vet to forgoe the second blood test and just do a scan

anyway, hope someone can maybe make sense of these bloods?

Kind Regards
Stuart

the elevated ALT and ALP seem to be the only significant findings, Stuart

have you read this? https://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/h ... -test.aspx

Thanks for the reply Kay
And the link, interesting read

So it could be that Robbie's liver is giving him problems

I will make another appointment with the vet

I can see why the vet would want to repeat bloods, to see what change there is, not sure what an ultrasound would show to be honest, it is clear the liver is an issue, but high urea also indicates infection. I've only had one cat with a liver issue, she had to have a special fasting test that showed what the problem was (she had cholangeohepatitis sp??), so that might be better than a full blood count. She was also sick at least once a week, but don't recall her being given steroids.

For liver issues there are very good supplements that might help a lot to solve the problems.
My cat Pallina had very high liver levels, even higher than Robbie's ones.
I've been giving her these supplements regularly for the past 5-6 weeks now, and the last test ten days ago showed a clear improvement of her liver. This gave me an incentive to keep giving her these pills.

I'm giving her a newly introduced product called BeSame by an Italian manufacturer, Candioli. It's a replacement for Denosyl which is no longer imported here in Italy, but the manufacturer guarantees that it's the same composition.
I also give her a different product by the same manufacturer that I started giving her before the BeSame came into market.
So I give her 1/4 pill of Glutamax Forte in the morning and 1 pill of BeSame in the evening.
She will have a new test in February, I can't wait to see what further improvement we have.

Ask your vet if Denosyl is a solution. It's a supplement, not a medicine, so I wouldn't see why not.

Thanks for the replys guys, I'll just follow vets advice BT
and I'll ask about the Denosyl Antonio

I should get home on Monday coming, will see if the mrs can arrange an appointment

I am still not home, my wife is not happy with Robbie, she has an appointment at 10am

Robbie has been checked by another vet (same practice) this vet gave Robbie a thorough examination..... he thinks there may be several things going on.... might be liver disease, it might be hormonal? He also said he can feel lumps in the abdomin, but whats puzzling him is Robbie has lost all his guard hairs? His chin feel thick too? He has had more bloods taken and has been given another steroid injection and something to stop him feeling sick

My gut feeling on this isn't a good one :'(

Has the new vet expressed any thought on this?
When will the reports be ready?

Poor Robbie - it's unusual, but males can get mammary cancer. I am puzzled why they keep giving steroids though.

So frustrating not being at home, I can only guess that he gave him another steroid injection to get him to eat? OH told me he has just been picking and is not interested in food... think the blood results will be back monday? They are being sent through to Aberdeen

Ask the vet if you can give Robbie something to wake up his appetite. There are meds that can stimulate the appetite in cat not much interested in food.
A cat with a sick liver MUST eat or he won't ever come out from this situation.
It is called Fat Liver Disease.

Taking Robbie to the vet this morning, he is booked in for an Xray

Stuart wrote:Taking Robbie to the vet this morning, he is booked in for an Xray

Please, keep us posted!
And fingers and tails crossed!

Unfortunately, it is not good news

The Vet diagnosed Robbie with Intestinal cancer and there is nothing that can be done.

Robert will have palliative care until he has no longer a good quality of life.

Needless to say I am numb

Stuart, I'm so sorry to hear.

Hugs to you and Robert x

Stuart, that's terrible, I am really and truly sorry.
I hope Robbie will be with you for a long time and without pain.
I'm sorry

Thanks guys

He IS beautiful, indeed!
I will never understand why animals have to suffer, they are innocent creatures, they should be saved from pain and diseases

So sorry to read the final outcome.

I hope he can have many more happy times with you and when the time comes he goes peacefully to sleep with many good memories to take with him.

A hug to both of you, or just ear rubs for Robbie if he isn't the cuddling type.

So sorry about the results, wishing Robbie all the best. He’s a very handsome lad bless him, give him a gentle snuggle from me Stuart.