*Pauline*
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Dylan CM/SM
I am very happy to report that as of this weekend, Dylan can now jump on my daughters bed (mine has steps). Before Dylan started on Pregabalin, he was struggling to get onto the small footstool I had put in front of the sofa to help him get up.
Yesterday we stopped giving Rimadyl b*n*n* I never liked that drug even though I had increased his dose to 20mg twice a day. Clare Rusbridge thought that was at the high end of the scale. He came off Rimadyl for a 24 hour "washout" yesterday because we are trying a new drug today. Even though he was still taking the Pregabalin (wonder drug!), poor fellow was missing the Rimadyl and took himself up to bed at 9pm.
We started with Trocoxil this morning. It's an anti-imflamatory pain killer given once a month. The second dose is in a fortnight though, just to build some up in the system then it will be monthly. He is already full of beans and trying to get Poppy to chase him for a toy.
Poppy CM
I didn't see any improvement with Poppy on Zitac. I feel we all seem to notice more symptoms after a positive diagnosis so this may have influenced my observations. To be quite sure, Poppy is have two days off Zitac before joining Dylan on Trocoxil and I will be looking for an increase in scratching and biting her back.
On the whole I am delighted with the way things are going. A massive thanks to Clare for getting things right for Dylan, Poppy and a happier me.
I am very happy to report that as of this weekend, Dylan can now jump on my daughters bed (mine has steps). Before Dylan started on Pregabalin, he was struggling to get onto the small footstool I had put in front of the sofa to help him get up.
Yesterday we stopped giving Rimadyl b*n*n* I never liked that drug even though I had increased his dose to 20mg twice a day. Clare Rusbridge thought that was at the high end of the scale. He came off Rimadyl for a 24 hour "washout" yesterday because we are trying a new drug today. Even though he was still taking the Pregabalin (wonder drug!), poor fellow was missing the Rimadyl and took himself up to bed at 9pm.
We started with Trocoxil this morning. It's an anti-imflamatory pain killer given once a month. The second dose is in a fortnight though, just to build some up in the system then it will be monthly. He is already full of beans and trying to get Poppy to chase him for a toy.
Poppy CM
I didn't see any improvement with Poppy on Zitac. I feel we all seem to notice more symptoms after a positive diagnosis so this may have influenced my observations. To be quite sure, Poppy is have two days off Zitac before joining Dylan on Trocoxil and I will be looking for an increase in scratching and biting her back.
On the whole I am delighted with the way things are going. A massive thanks to Clare for getting things right for Dylan, Poppy and a happier me.