Angelique, Lovenox is an anti-clotting agent (aka "blood thinner"). When the heart is enlarged, it doesn't push all of the blood through the chambers. The...
Not entirely clear on the connection between SAM and HCM, but maybe this might be of interest: We have 3 neutered males with Heart Murmurs. ZiZou, (3 years...
Everything I read says the same thing basically its secondary but my seymour was diagnosed last year with SAM but the vet said he does not have hcm, no left...
A friend send me the link to this place, and it's such a wonderful place and the woman who runs it, I think is really a kitty angel. It's called Cat house on...
... maybe this is what we are hearing when they tell us our cats have obstructive HCM. It is actually SAM but the cardios are calling it obstructive HCM. ...
Hi Again Adrian, Good to hear Jake is feeling so well despite his heart disease. It is very important to ask for copies of all chart notes and labs and ...
Hi again, Andrea! I also send this mail as public, supposing that somebody else has problem with his/her cat's poor appetite. I have forgotten appetite...
Cyproheptadine is the name of the appetite stimulant I referred to in my last email. This drug was prescribed to my heart kitty (misdiagnosed as asthma, heart...
I struggle with this all the time with Snowball who besides HCM also has IBD, chronic pancreatitis, hyperthyroid and CRF. Snowball is so nauseated all the...
I originally joined this group, because of my 2year old Siamese cross, ZiZou, who is on Atelenol and remais asymtematic. We've recently adopted one of our...
It's been almost 4 months since little Nessi became an angel and now it's time to say goodbye to this wonderful group. It has been so difficult adjusting to...
It's hard to believe Baby will be gone 3wk tomorrow. I miss him so much I get so, i can't explain. Such a build up of hurt. I think (cry) Fridays are hard...
Judith, Goodbye and thank you for being here a part of this wonderful group. Thank you for sharing Nessi's autopsy results with us. I am so sorry again for...
Vickie, I know how much you miss Baby. I have lost 2 precious kitties and I miss both of them to this day. They are still such a part of me. Both were quite...
I can completely understand your struggle. And I realize that sometimes you have to make choices, which is of course why I did not say not to use these meds...
As I told, I use mirtazapine at the dosage of 0.4mg/kg body weight (exactly 0.37mg/kg which equals 0.17mg/lb). It is really small dosage and I don't see any...
It is hard, but it gets better. With Baby Boy, the hardest thing was the "absence of care." From the night he was diagnosed it was all Baby Boy, all the time....
Although my heart kitty does not have IBD thank god, I do have a kitty with IBD. She was given cyproheptadine to stimulate her appetite and an antacid....
hi Cindy, Here's a link to one IBD group I found. http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/FelineIBD/ Carol and Snowball and the gang ... wrote: There was talk in...
While I am nowhere near ready to adopt another cat after losing my beloved furbabies Spunky and Gemma, eventually I probably will. I found dealing with the...
Hi everyone, I hadn't been a member for long, but I'll be leaving soon. Simba passed onto the rainbow bridge at 1:40am. He went downhill and we decided it was...
Please be sure to trim all replies, especially all the junk that Yahoo puts on the bottom of the emails. When replies are not trimmed reading the digest can be...
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I`m so sorry to hear about Simba, I know how you feel right now, I have lost 3 kitties, it never gets any better, if you need to talk about your kitty, you...
Hi Cindy! I am little experienced in IBD, my cat was ill with it 5 years ago. It's nice to be the member of some forum, but there are both knowledgeable and...
Hi Sandy! My cat suffers from dilated cardiomyopathy and I have been giving her 30mg of C0Q10 daily, for months now. I am sure it works well for her. I also...
My cat, Onyx, (a European Burmese) was diagnosed yesterday with Hypertrophic Cardiomypathy. We are hearbroken :(( His heart is very large, about 4x the size...
Hi Deda, Thank you for the article. I read it and unfortunately I have read similar findings/statements before. I am wary about using terms such as 'expert'...
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