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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / April 2004radioactive iodine treatment
Hey- I am going to be brining my cat in for radioactive iodine treatment (he has been on tapazole for a few years and is starting to have some adverse reactions to the drug). I was wondering if anyone has done this and could tell me what to expect when he comes home. Also, what did you do with the litter during the first 2 weeks that the cat comes home? What litter flushes best? Any other things that I should be aware of? Thanks! Stacey  SignatureTeej http://www.panix.com/~teej I found no change in Indigo's behavior right after the treatment. In a few weeks I could see the improvement in his coat and eating habits. I just double bagged up the litter and put it in the trash. SignatureLarry - Owned by six cats > Hey- > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Stacey I had this treatment done on my cat 2 years ago. I highly recommend it. A word of WARNING. I was told that if you place anything radioactive in the trash, the trash people can track it to your house and fine you $. I guess it depends on where you live, whether they run a geiger counter over the trash or not. I just flushed mine. I forget what litter I used, but the doctor doing this procedure should give you VERY detailed instructions on what to do with the litter and how to best dispose of it. The place where I had my cat's iodine treatment done was so thorough, that she literally had to wear a "Warning: Radioactive" collar on until we got her home, in case we were in a car accident driving home and no one knew that she was (mildly) radioactive. Of course, keep your cat away from small children and pregnant women for 2 weeks. Again, your vet should go over all this with you. Also PLEASE PLEASE watch out for signs of high blood pressure and kidney disease after this gets done. All the systems are inter-linked (thyroid, kidneys, blood pressure) and must be monitored carefully afterward. Normal checkups should take care of it, but you should know the signs (drinking alot, weight loss, dialation of the eyes etc.) Meghan > I found no change in Indigo's behavior right after the treatment. In a few > weeks I could see the improvement in his coat and eating habits. I just [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > Stacey >I had this treatment done on my cat 2 years ago. I highly recommend it. A >word of WARNING. I was told that if you place anything radioactive in the >trash, the trash people can track it to your house and fine you $. You are right, the litter must be flushed. Here's a link to the story of a man fined $2800 when he put the litter in the trash. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/radsafe/0210/msg00438.html BarB >>I had this treatment done on my cat 2 years ago. I highly recommend it. A >>word of WARNING. I was told that if you place anything radioactive in the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >BarB Well at least don't put anything with your name in the trash at the same time! BarB- That article on being fined for radioactive waste was fascinating! Thanks for sharing. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. circa Tue, 13 Apr 2004 03:39:13 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, BarB (pattist@earthlink.net) said, > >I had this treatment done on my cat 2 years ago. I highly recommend it. A > >word of WARNING. I was told that if you place anything radioactive in the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > http://www.vanderbilt.edu/radsafe/0210/msg00438.html Go figure. Flush radioactive waste and you're fine. Throw it away and you're fined. Why? Because it might, um, I don't know...*leak into the ground water*??? Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. >Go figure. Flush radioactive waste and you're fine. Throw it away and >you're fined. Why? Because it might, um, I don't know...*leak into >the ground water*??? No, it's the handling by the sanitation workers that is the problem otherwise it is low yield enough to dispose. We were told to save it the garage for 2 weeks then dispose of it. -mhd circa Wed, 14 Apr 2004 04:35:10 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, hamandcheese@betweentheknees.com (hamandcheese@betweentheknees.com) said, > >Go figure. Flush radioactive waste and you're fine. Throw it away and > >you're fined. Why? Because it might, um, I don't know...*leak into [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > otherwise it is low yield enough to dispose. We were told to save it > the garage for 2 weeks then dispose of it. But the sewage plant workers are expendable? Just pulling your chain now. ;-) Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. >But the sewage plant workers are expendable? > >Just pulling your chain now. ;-) In England some say pull the chain instead of flush the toilet. It's from the days when their "loos" had a chain hanging from above instead of a handle on the toilet tank. -mhd From: "Meghan" <meghanNO1112@earthlink.net> >The place where I had my cat's iodine treatment done was so thorough, that >she literally had to wear a "Warning: Radioactive" collar on until we got >her home, in case we were in a car accident driving home and no one knew >that she was (mildly) radioactive. I had to laugh when I read that. 3 years ago I lost the sweetest little girl kitty at age 20+. She had been on Tapazole for many years and would have been a candidate for the Iodine treatment if the medication had started giving her problems. In my mind I saw this funny picture of her running around the house with a "Warning: Radioactive" collar on. Her name?................"Fission". |
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