Checking in for February 2013

[mytil]

"Checking in" is a topic that we start on the first of each month. We suspect that we have a good number of members who read the messages regularly but who don't post very often. Maybe that's because their dogs are doing well, or they don't have a Cushing's dog anymore, or they haven't got any questions to ask, or maybe they don't feel very comfortable about posting answers to other members' questions. It's perfectly understandable and acceptable for folks to only post once in a while, but when we don't hear from people, many of us find ourselves wondering what those folks have been up to recently and how their dogs are doing.

It's always preferable to post updates about your Cushing's dog in your own thread/topic (especially if you want feedback/replies from other members) but you can also post a quick reply here if you just want to say hi and let everyone know how you are doing in general.

We'd love to hear from you! :)

[otiswoman]

My 11 yr old dog "Brittany" was on Lysodren for 15 months. Her only symptom was excessive thirst and urinating. She was diagnosed as having cushings and atypical cushings. We stopped the lysodren a month ago and just got the results of an ACTH test which showed she had normal cortisol levels. the vet has recommended we keep her off drugs and re-test in 3 months.