Dad of Lulu - sweet Lulu has crossed The Bridge

[Skye]

I am not certain of weather conditions in your area.....but i feel i need to at least mention couple of things that caught my attention......cheese nips contain quite alot of salt which can really throw things off balance and the other is leaving her in car unattended. For many reasons and all being for her safety.....including safety from other people. I so hope all is well, and she is doing okay.

[LabDad]

No worries, it wasn't hot. I came out after an hour and walked her around and then worked another hour. Could have stayed longer but didn't. The mixture a bit salty. She likes some salt, but she doesn't get an over abudance. I just didn't want her starving.

[LabDad]

I am going to put a call in today to Dr. Booth, not sure where he's at today. But I will tell him that the general (wise) consensus is to wait until her levels go above normal.

Is 30 days a good time period to wait for a retest?

[labblab]

If Lulu were my dog, I think I'd let her symptoms determine how soon you retest. If her Cushing's symptoms start really kicking in again quickly, I would want to go ahead and recheck her so that you can resume dosing if her cortisol is rising again rapidly. But on the other hand, I wouldn't rush to recheck if her symptoms seem to stay under control for a lengthy time period. This is one situation where I'd let her symptoms really "call the shots" in terms of testing/treating.

Marianne

[Jenny & Judi in MN]

I am going to put a call in today to Dr. Booth, not sure where he's at today. But I will tell him that the general (wise) consensus is to wait until her levels go above normal.

Is 30 days a good time period to wait for a retest?

when Jenny saw the specialist after becoming Addisonian, he recommended a few weeks at a minimum but like Marianne said, he was most concerned with her symptoms. He doesn't want her to have raging cushings again.

That was last April. I tested her in August and will be partially testing her tomorrow. She hasn't had any symptoms.

So yes, at least a month pending any symptoms.

[LabDad]

Thanks, Jenny, Judi & Marianne,

Sounds good. I will just monitor Lulu's symptoms.

[LabDad]

Just got the notice that the reduced 75 mg pills have been sent, though I hadn't authorized payment. I had to change credit cards, so the one they tried to charge was closed. But I told the Kentucky company to call me first telling them that I would have to give them another card.

I told them I might send the pills back, because they are 88 dollars. They said they would keep for a year, so I wonder if I should just hang on to them and if so keep them in the refrigerator or just room temperature. I am thinking that Lulu's cortisol levels will eventually go up?

[Jenny & Judi in MN]

you just don't know
in April 2012 Jenny's pre and post were .2 & .3
In August 2012 they were .8 & 1.0
Here it is January 2013 and she hasn't had any cushings meds for 9 months

But I don't think Belinda's Bo's levels ever came up. $88 is a lot of money. I'd cancel if I were you. You can always place an order later.

Judi

[frijole]

I agree... you don't know so I'd have them cancel the order if you still can. You can always order again. And the dose might be even lower... let the symptoms determine the next step. Kim

[addy]

Hi,

You sure are getting lots of good advice. I hope Lulu is ok so far. Have you talked to Dr. Booth at all? Just wondered. Sometimes the pups bounce back faster from going to low from Trilostane compared to Lysodren, but you just never know.

Give Lulu a big hug from me