Mushroom (yes, it's a pet-heavy month in my LJ)

So, blood work came back, and she does actually show signs of the very beginnings of hyperthyroidism. The vet's out today, so we're going to talk at greater length about the various options when Harry's pathology comes back, but I've been doing some reading. The excellent thing is that in catching it this early, she doesn't seem to be showing any clinical signs or evidence of health problems that prolonged hyperthyroidism can cause. Also excellent is that it's generally very controllable. The not-so-excellent part is that the three options appear to be twice-daily pills for the rest of her life and frequent vet visits, surgery, or radio-iodine treatment. Anyone have any experience with having/caring for a hyperthyroid cat?

Friendship quiz

Create your own Friend Test here

I wonder if something weird is happening with the site; I just tried doing mine, and theferretts, and both times after I submitted the answers, it just went to the sign-in page, instead of a results page.

Correct Answers

( answers back here, since I'm not sure the meme is working, and I don't know if it gives correct answers anyway )

Exciting medical news!

Sometimes I'm reminded of how much of my biogeek stuff is sex-specific, because although I've been following the HPV vaccine since the very beginning, this one took me totally flat-footed (thanks to jajy1979 for the link):

FDA advisers OK prostate cancer vaccine

WASHINGTON - Federal health advisers have endorsed an experimental vaccine to treat advanced prostate cancer as safe and effective.

The Food and Drug Administration advisers voted unanimously Thursday to say Provenge is safe. They then voted 13-4 to say there is substantial evidence that it works in treating advanced prostate cancer that no longer responds to hormone treatment.