mona-camille

YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Almost 14k in one day???? WHOA!!!!!!!!! What a great job!! And to get up to so many steps when you weren't use to it is fantastic!!!!! You did a great job girl!!!!! I am so happy for you! You really got moving and got up there very quickly!!! Congratulations on a job VERY WELL DONE!!!!!!!!!!! You are fantastic!!!!!!!!!! I KNEW you could and would do it!

Yes, they absolutely should have sent the SPCA to the neighbors house. I am sure they DID have you mixed up!!! The reason they come out is the vet is required to report abuse or neglect on an animal. You can't let an animal suffer like that, it is against the law. For you, the situation worked itself out, but for the neighbor he absolutely should have been charged with animal cruelty. Alllowing a blocked cat to go without medical intervention is nothing short of torture. Crystals are different, as long as the cat can still pee. Blockages are torture and require immediate medical intervention. What that man did was to allow that cats bladder to burst and kill the cat. That is extreme torture and it took a while for that cat to die so the torture was long! Although it seems like a personal attack, I am glad the vet called SPCA for you because at least they would have intervened if needed if your cat would have gotten blocked. So try not to be insulted, they were thinking of the cat. And thank God that really he just had crystal and not a true blockage, that is so much worse. I am sure they had you mixed up though and they went to the wrong house. But yes, you are right, I would have thought they would flush it. Food can help as long as it is not blocked yet. Once it is blocked, food won't do anything. A cat needs emergency care to be un-blocked. Maybe the crystals weren't that bad. It can take a while for the food to get rid of crystals though. Unfortunately, this is common in male cats and has a lot to do with the food they eat. People should never EVER feed cat food from the stores that has anything to do with the bladder. None of the PH food, none of the crystal food, none of it. See, there are 2 main types of crystals cats can get and without the vet telling you which one your cat has, you can't know which food to buy. Those foods can actually cause crystals if giving the wrong one. And the ones with blueberry and cranberry and all those other urine PH foods are also bad. They shouldn't even be allowed to sell those foods because people buy them without the vet telling them too and then they create new problems in the cat. You should only feed regular food unless the vet tells you otherwise. Geez, did you expect all of this from me? Sorry! It's just that I have had 2 cats with crystal problems and spent many thousands of dollars fixing them. So I over educated myself, LOL!!

I better stop calling him the rabies kitty, but he doesn't have a name yet. I wanted to call him James but the gal who is fostering him doesn't like that. Anway, here he is............... And then, here is another little one who was walking around the vets office and trying to get himself adopted.......... He is a little persian that someone dumped off at the vets and his little butt had maggots all over it! GOD people make me sick!! Anyway, he is only 6 months old and so freaking cute! I dont usually care for the look of persians and their squished faces - I hate the deliberate breeding of defective genes - but this one is so sweet he is irresistable. He kept trying to play with rabies kitty through the cage while we were there and then kept sitting by my purse waiting for me to hide him in it and take him home. SOOOOOOOOOOOO hard not to do that! I love my vet. They have so many office kitties from dumb a$$ clients who either refused to give them medical treatment or wanted them euthanized for no good reason. Which of course, my vet will not do. He just keeps them instead. I just LOVE critters!!!!!!!!

You can get Natures Miracle at anypet store, it doesn't HAVE to come from the vet.

The vet only gave you food? He didn't give you antibiotics or anything? He didn't flush his bladder out? If the vet is relying on food only, then it is going to take quite a while for those crystals to disappear. The food method usually helps, but takes a long time. So he still has pain. Which, he does associate with his litter box. Denise is right. Try the natures miracle for smell removal. A new litter box with with a new type of litter could also help as could additional boxes. You need to get it stopped quickly though so he doesn't keep it up forever. I would set up more boxes in more places around the house because with crystals, he may not be able to make it to the box fast enough. Like us when we have bladder infections, we have to go right away. So, more boxes in moreplaces would makeit easier for him to get to them in time. There is a difference between regular pee and marking pee. Marking pee is spay which is not the same thing as regular peeing. A cat that sprays is a behaviour problem that has many causes. Simply adding more boxes or changing litter types often helps in this case. Also, NEVER EVER use scented litter. EVER!! They should not even make the stuff! NO CAT likes it. Also, if you have a stray cat wandering around outside your window, that could cause problems for your inside cats too. Just give the above things a try and see how you do. Let me know if it doesn't stop and we can go from there. There is ALWAYS a cure for peeing problems. I RPOMISE!! It just may take a lot of trial and error to find out HOW to fix it, but all of those types of problems ARE fixable!

Yeah cool, but who is everyone in the pictures???

WOW you look fantastic!!! And I love that color! What a great outfit! And congratulations!!!!!!!!

The 10 day quarantine is up and since he is alive, that means he is fine and so am I. No rabies for him YEAH!!! and no shots for me, DOUBLE YEAH!!! And yes, it's a boy! And the little sucker turned into such a love bug that we should be able to find a home for him quickly. Going up to the vet to take some pictures of him later. I was so darn worried that he would stay wild after that trapping/attacking debacle, but according to the vet, he is a sweetie and loves attention. I am sooooo happy.

Congratulations!! Restriction IS a great thing, isn't it? Hope you start losing tons of weight now!

Awww good for you buddy! How wonderful! Bet you are still smiling!!

WOW, I swear I was in the middle of reading this and had my own PB slime episode! WHAT THE HECK!!!!!!!!!! It's what I get for trying a french fry!

All I got to say is, oatmeal is soft and mushy but keeps me full for a looooong time!

Evette is 100% correct. No worries!

Don't you worry, in a few days you will step on the scale again and see it drop all at once!

Oh my God, I am so sorry to hear about your mother! (((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))

Because with the larger band, it takes more fills and more time to get restriction.

This was a VERY good and informative post Evette!

HAHAHHAHAHAA thats great!!! Now go buy some new clothes, you deserve it!!!!

Don't forget your local mall. When it rains here, I just go to the mall and do several laps. I know all the secrets to racking up the steps. I love a good competition - only if I can win, that is!! LOL, just kidding.

I too, thank you for your post. I am one of those (gals) who's had a very hard time finding restriction. I was banded in March of 08 and only just found restriction 2 weeks ago. I now have 9.2 cc's in my 10 cc VG band. I was hard to keep my chin up and go on with hearing about everyone else's dramatic weight loss when I had none. But, I wasn't ready to give up. I sepnt too much money and time and had such high hopes, I KNEW I couldn't give up. So, it's 8 months later, but I feel confident that I will be wasting away to nothing very soon, LOL!! It just feels very good to me, to hear someone else who was having a hard time too. Take care and congratulation for all you have done!

Nope, took me 6 fills to get restriction. But, I am NOT the norm so don't rely on my numbers. Also, I have the larger VG band that needs 10 cc's.

1 mile equals approximately 2000 steps. So, if you go 10,000 in one day, thats 5 miles. When you see K behind a number, it is just the abbreviation for thousand. So, I ended up with 12765 for the day. Less than Tuesday, but I intend to do more today!

I'LL DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Except Turkey, I don't want to go there!

Sure! What the hell, could be a lot of fun for me!

So, whats everyone up to so far today? I'm at 8890 so far but got lots of time left!