Hi Everyone,
Thank you all for having this site. Whoever had the forethought to set this up an maintain this site, I am sending you lots of love and gratitude.
About a month ago we took one of our dogs, Penny (~8 to 10 year old Pit Bull Mix), to the vet because of the inability for her to make it through the night without peeing! She also had, I would soon learn, many of the symptoms of Cushings: unexplained weight gain, panting, lots of H20 drinking etc...
Well, She has had the ACTH and the low does dexamethasone test and it was confirmed she has cushings...today I just picked up the medication (Vitoryl) and will be starting her on it tonight. She has gone up to 110+ lbs from a "normal" weight for her of around 90lbs.
So far, we have managed this by waking up in the middle of the night to take her out, providing lots or water and lots of love. That is getting old for all of us though.
The vet is starting us on 60mg 2x daily. WOW, this drug is expensive. It does seem as if you can get it online and I guess we are just going to be eating out a little bit less.
Any way, just wanted to come on here once I found this place so I can get support when needed and hopefully show the world the results or proper treatment of this disease!!!!
Love and gratitude to you all, I am more then open for feedback!!!!
Jeff