Radio Cat

Great place for to cure cats with hyperthyroidism. Ron is great!

I did a cost effective analysis of an average age my cat could live with the cost of radiocat vs. Meds. With the meds you run into side effects that affect kidneys/liver and additional vet costs for close monitoring, the cost of the actual drug and then the added stress to you and the cat the pill the cat. There is an option to compound the med into a cream/gel that gets absorbed into the bloodstream but compounding meds adds an increase in cost and still has the side effects associated with the medication. As much as the cost up front sucks, having the great % success rate to CURE the cause of hyperthyroidism in addition to the cost analysis and side effects I chose radiocat. The staff was very kind on the phone who took the time to explain it to me in detail (including how the radioiodine only effects the unhealthy thyroid tissue in biological terms so I fully understood the mechanism of how it worked), to the updates of how kitty was doing while he had to stay over after treatment. They explained in great detail about how if there are no side effects how other diseases could end up showing up after the hyperthyroidism is cured (and how it has nothing to do with the treatment but how the disease was actually masking underlying diseases). I am so happy that I chose to go the radiocat route because my boy is cured and his follow up appointments all look good. We can now focus on some of his other issues he is starting to have due to old age without complications and obstructions of hypetthhyperthy and medications getting in the way. Highly recommend if you have the means to do it.

First off despite the poor rating, I first wanted to state that Radio Cat does everything they state they will and you will have the same success as others talk about. There is one instance we weren't happy about with our cat Smokey, our vet took an X-ray that you are suppose to supply to Radio Cat, and our vet was a little concerned about an area around the heart but couldn't make a definitive diagnosis - we dug out an X-ray from 6 years earlier and it showed a similar thing - so the Vet said it probably isn't anything, but she stated wasn't an expert - so it was up to RadioCat's radiologist to make a decision. Anyways,you make an appointment with them and it is set in stone and if you miss it, it will need to be re-scheduled months later. When we left our 14 year old girl, we got a call back saying the radiologist wasn't there to examine the X-ray and was asked if wanted to call off the appointment, or we could go ahead and do it anyways. We opted to have it done. Initially the outcome was great. We have another cat, B.C., who had been experiencing degenerating kidneys for several years already and was later diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. Our vet said the radioactive iodine treatment given by RadioCat was not a good choice. She explained that hyperthyroidism supplies vital blood to the kidneys to make them work better and that if we have a medicine compounded to a gel for administration in the ears, we could 'throttle' back the hyperthyroidism just enough and still provide crucial blood supply to the kidneys. Over a year later B.C. is handsome and the best shape he has ever been in. Sadly, Smokey lived only 8 months after her treatment. While technically correct that RadioCat did indeed cure her hyperthyroidism, she experienced a plueral effusion with a differential diagnosis of cancer despite a 'clean' x-ray, failing adrenal glands and failing irregular kidneys - despite never having bad kidneys in the past. It's our families belief that hyperthyroidism perhaps comes in at the right time to support more blood flow to these organs when your cat needs it the most. While I believe my cat's days were still numbered - we also firmly believe that getting rid of the hyperthyroidism completely leaves your pet very few options. Had we opted for the ear cream medication instead of the Radioactive iodine - we believe like our other pet's success - that we could have balanced smokey's thyroid disease against her failing organs with an increased blood flow and had her for a much longer time. Sadly in Smokey's last month all the antibiotic for her severe infection, prednisone for her cancer and mirthapazine for her hunger had no effect whatsoever in the end. If I had to do it again - I would only elect the iodine if my cat was extremely young. I hope this review will be helpful for other cat owners.