Quote Originally Posted by carole View Post
I am also concerned about you Mary,if you are not well, maybe you have to make yourself the top priority in this case, i am so relieved to hear your scan showed nothing up and the tests came back negative for ovarian cancer,we don't even get offered these blood tests in NZ yet,you maybe can get them but at a huge expense and only if they think something is wrong, i have been told soon their will be a simple urine test for ovarian cancer in the states,which all sounds positive.

I am sorry you are having so much worry with your two kitties at the moment, you have enough on your plate with your own health by the sound of things,have they tested your thyroid yet, however putting weight on around the middle with no appetite does not sound like thyroid either, you are usually hungry and put on the weight, i am worried about you, please take care and you can only do your best for Puddy, so far Puddy has not done without and you have given her every chance possible, take comfort in knowing that,maybe it is time to stop some of her treatment, it is so hard to know as they cannot tell us,just know we are all here to help in anyway we can. HUGS

I'm going in for testing for thyroid and diabetes on Wednesday. My mother had both conditions so I follow up w/tests every couple of years and, so far, everything has come back negative. I sure would like to get to the bottom of this. I had every single symptom of ovarian cancer, which had my gynecologist (and me) concerned but, as I said, the tests came back normal. As long as my Puddy and the rest of the Fur Posse are doing ok, that's half the battle for me. When someone close to me that I love is ill, I end up getting sick myself; too much of an empath, I guess. Thanx for the concern, Carole. I'll keep you posted. As for the tests for ovarian cancer, I do have health insurance but it's really only good if I get a devastating illness or am in an accident. When you're my age and self-employed, insurance is expensive and lousy. They probably will only pay 10% of the costs for all this testing and the rest I will be responsible for.