Oh boy Tiffany is suffering from Hypothyroidism!!!! - Exclusively Setters2024-03-29T14:54:40Zhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/forum/topics/oh-boy-tiffany-is-suffering-from-hypothyroidism?commentId=865021%3AComment%3A1138932&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHi Christine, I did see you t…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2014-06-03:865021:Comment:11388382014-06-03T09:25:46.566ZFran Griffinhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/FranGriffin
<p>Hi Christine, I did see you thank you then it disappeared :-) Jean Dodd's. What can I say. Without her so many dogs would continue to suffer in silence. Thank goodness for her.</p>
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<p>Hi Christine, I did see you thank you then it disappeared :-) Jean Dodd's. What can I say. Without her so many dogs would continue to suffer in silence. Thank goodness for her.</p>
<p></p> I am so sorry for all what is…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2014-06-03:865021:Comment:11389422014-06-03T09:17:26.522Zsilviahttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/silviamarco
<p>I am so sorry for all what is going on !!! Really hope to hear some better news soon from all of you :( such a stressful time. a big hug from us !</p>
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<p>I am so sorry for all what is going on !!! Really hope to hear some better news soon from all of you :( such a stressful time. a big hug from us !</p>
<p></p> Hi Catherine-Marie
I deleted…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2014-06-03:865021:Comment:11388302014-06-03T08:07:11.812ZFinding_Beauhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/HammerBeau
<p>Hi Catherine-Marie</p>
<p>I deleted my comment. Cornelia has shown the links to the information Dr Jean Dodds emailed me. I am feeling extremely stressed at the moment and got caught up in the discussion about Dr Jean Dodds and forgot Tiffany had already been diagnosed with Hypothyroidism. Whereas Hobson's own vet turned his back on him, Dr Dodds went out of her way to help Hobson. She and the Hemopet staff were all very helpful so do not hesitate to contact them. Cornelia has shown their…</p>
<p>Hi Catherine-Marie</p>
<p>I deleted my comment. Cornelia has shown the links to the information Dr Jean Dodds emailed me. I am feeling extremely stressed at the moment and got caught up in the discussion about Dr Jean Dodds and forgot Tiffany had already been diagnosed with Hypothyroidism. Whereas Hobson's own vet turned his back on him, Dr Dodds went out of her way to help Hobson. She and the Hemopet staff were all very helpful so do not hesitate to contact them. Cornelia has shown their email address. The book Cornelia has mentioned will be helpful for you. I wish you all the best with Tiffany. It is certainly a very worrying time. The same applies to Bridie and Harry. Susan</p> Fran, somehow my reply to say…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2014-06-03:865021:Comment:11387212014-06-03T07:39:23.696ZChristine Pullenhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/ChristinePullen
<p>Fran, somehow my reply to say thank you for the info seems to have disappeared maybe you can see it? The vet gave Harry the once over yesterday and said he was fine but he's not so am going to look at enzymes etc...the vet also mentioned malabsorbtion so depending on what the blood results show we may go down that route.....I can highly recommend Jean Dodd's book about the canine hypothyroid epidemic, it is easy and interesting reading.</p>
<p>Fran, somehow my reply to say thank you for the info seems to have disappeared maybe you can see it? The vet gave Harry the once over yesterday and said he was fine but he's not so am going to look at enzymes etc...the vet also mentioned malabsorbtion so depending on what the blood results show we may go down that route.....I can highly recommend Jean Dodd's book about the canine hypothyroid epidemic, it is easy and interesting reading.</p> Found one:
https://my.imatrix…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2014-06-03:865021:Comment:11388292014-06-03T06:49:32.249ZCorneliahttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/Cornelia
<p>Found one:</p>
<p><a href="https://my.imatrixbase.com/clients/14145/documents/Hemolife_Literature/International_Shipping_Instructions_2013_(1).pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://my.imatrixbase.com/clients/14145/documents/Hemolife_Literat...</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.hemopet.org/forms/shipping-instructions.html" target="_blank">http://www.hemopet.org/forms/shipping-instructions.html</a></p>
<p>Here's the other:…</p>
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<p>Found one:</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://my.imatrixbase.com/clients/14145/documents/Hemolife_Literature/International_Shipping_Instructions_2013_(1).pdf" target="_blank">https://my.imatrixbase.com/clients/14145/documents/Hemolife_Literat...</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.hemopet.org/forms/shipping-instructions.html" target="_blank">http://www.hemopet.org/forms/shipping-instructions.html</a></p>
<p>Here's the other:</p>
<p><a href="https://hemopet.imatrixbase.com/clients/14145/documents/Hemolife_Literature/TEST_REQ_FORMandINSTRUCTIONS_2014.pdf?_ga=1.67697430.627200777.1399066615" target="_blank">https://hemopet.imatrixbase.com/clients/14145/documents/Hemolife_Literature/TEST_REQ_FORMandINSTRUCTIONS_2014.pdf?_ga=1.67697430.627200777.1399066615</a></p> Hi Catherine, this book might…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2014-06-03:865021:Comment:11387182014-06-03T06:33:20.684ZCorneliahttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/Cornelia
<p>Hi Catherine, this book might help - available via amazon - also kindle edition:</p>
<p><a href="http://books.google.ch/books/about/The_Canine_Thyroid_Epidemic.html?id=uS72uAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Canine Thyroid Epidemic by J. Dodds</a></p>
<p>It is written for laypersons - although it's not easy read it is well understandable and gives you a lot of info, including nutrition, vaccinations an so on in connection with hypothyroidism. As you said, it helps to…</p>
<p>Hi Catherine, this book might help - available via amazon - also kindle edition:</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://books.google.ch/books/about/The_Canine_Thyroid_Epidemic.html?id=uS72uAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y" target="_blank">The Canine Thyroid Epidemic by J. Dodds</a></p>
<p>It is written for laypersons - although it's not easy read it is well understandable and gives you a lot of info, including nutrition, vaccinations an so on in connection with hypothyroidism. As you said, it helps to talk to a vet well informed. If your vet does not want to draw blood, it might be worth to plan a trip (next holiday / prolonged weekend) to one that does. Have a look at the links above that Susan / Finding Beau posted and do not hesitate to write to Hemopet. You can send the blood sample yourself, make sure it is drawn at the right time (a few hours after medication, I think / all written in the links), settled for half an hour and centrifuged. Take the forms and the prepared parcel with you and make sure you have all you need for US customs (for sending animal blood) and send via Federal Express or something alike. I hope this helps. Wishing you and Tiffany all the best, C & J</p>
<p>I just noticed that the links have been deleted - here one of them is again:</p>
<p><a href="https://labordatenbank.com/cake/hemopet/samples/hemopet_form" target="_blank">https://labordatenbank.com/cake/hemopet/samples/hemopet_form</a></p>
<p>Do not hesitate to write to <a href="mailto:hemopet@hotmail.com">hemopet@hotmail.com</a> for further help (also about international shipping) and make sure you include this: <span>US Customs clearance requires a letter specifying that the </span><i>"sample is from a dog or cat for diagnostic purposes <u>only</u>, and is non-infectious."</i> Do ask hemopet about the form that tells you, how much blood needs to be taken and how to send it - it was all in the above links - hopefully, Susan does post them again.</p> Hi Sue, if you can get into t…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2014-06-02:865021:Comment:11390102014-06-02T15:24:27.523ZFran Griffinhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/FranGriffin
<p>Hi Sue, if you can get into the link on dysbiosis, please do a search for Dr. Karen Becker and why animals need digestive enzymes, it should bring you back to the talk on malabsorption :-)</p>
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<p>Hi Sue, if you can get into the link on dysbiosis, please do a search for Dr. Karen Becker and why animals need digestive enzymes, it should bring you back to the talk on malabsorption :-)</p>
<p></p> Oh I do hope your vet will li…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2014-06-02:865021:Comment:11390092014-06-02T15:23:10.476ZFran Griffinhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/FranGriffin
<p>Oh I do hope your vet will listen to you. It is so frustrating when they start power playing when the animals should be the centre of attention . Love you too, and hope the vet does her best for Tiffany. Please keep us updated as to how you get on. x</p>
<p>Oh I do hope your vet will listen to you. It is so frustrating when they start power playing when the animals should be the centre of attention . Love you too, and hope the vet does her best for Tiffany. Please keep us updated as to how you get on. x</p> Thank you for that Fran. I ca…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2014-06-02:865021:Comment:11390082014-06-02T14:17:48.448ZSue Patersonhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/SuePaters0n
<p>Thank you for that Fran. I can only open the 2nd link but will trawl the site later on for more info.</p>
<p>Thank you for that Fran. I can only open the 2nd link but will trawl the site later on for more info.</p> Hi everyone who has been so v…tag:irishsetters.ning.com,2014-06-02:865021:Comment:11390072014-06-02T14:13:40.577ZCatherine-Marie & Tiffanyhttp://irishsetters.ning.com/profile/WilliamCatherineMarie
<p>Hi everyone who has been so very kind to reply to our original post.</p>
<p>We also had a great problem getting Tiffany diagnosed the vets here in France are really good in some things, average in some and totally backward in others and unfortunately for us hypothyroidism is one of the latter...we knew there was some underlying problem following Tiffany's hysterectomy a couple of years back when she slowly started to gain weight and all the vet said was you are feeding her to much...not the…</p>
<p>Hi everyone who has been so very kind to reply to our original post.</p>
<p>We also had a great problem getting Tiffany diagnosed the vets here in France are really good in some things, average in some and totally backward in others and unfortunately for us hypothyroidism is one of the latter...we knew there was some underlying problem following Tiffany's hysterectomy a couple of years back when she slowly started to gain weight and all the vet said was you are feeding her to much...not the case she has always been on a very controlled diet but he insisted this was the problem...then the usual hair loss from the tail again we asked why, we were told diet..again and again...unfortunately we never knew anything about hypothyroidism until by chance we met someone from a rescue centre who said that is what Tiffany has so we went to vet and were basically told that we should not tell them their job however Catherine insisted and last week they eventually did a blood test and now we have been put on the medication stated above..we return to the vet on Friday just to see how it's all going and we are going to mention Soloxine and pray that she will allow us to try it and naturally we are going to see if we can get hold of the enzimes you mention Fran..Tiffany is our baby and we feel so let down by the vets here and unfortunately we don't have the luxury of transferring to another practice as this is the only one for hundreds of miles as you all know we live in a very, very rural area of the country so we just have to well armed with information before we go...we all wish your beautiful dogs well and pray they continue to receive the very best treatment, once again we thank each and everyone who has responded especially our dear friend Fran..we love you. </p>