Hi all,
 
Happy holidays to you and your fuzzies.  I have a question that I am
posting to both FML and FAIML in hopes of obtaining wisdom from those of
you who have been there.
 
I have a 5 1/2 yr old MF spayed female.  She had her left adrenal removed
at age 3.  She began to lose her hair all over her body in fall of 1999.
For reasons I won't go into, her vet and I considered her a poor surgical
risk at the time so the vet started her on the 4mo depot of Lupron.  Her
first injection was in 10/99.  She has had a total of 4 injections with
the last one in 11/00.  She recently started to show some loss of hair at
the base of her tail on one side.  It would appear that the Lupron isn't
working as well this time since she has the hair loss.  My vet and I are
discussing the possibility of doing a right adrenal surgery.  The reasons
that she was a poor risk 2 yrs ago apparently are no longer a factor.  I
know there are others out there who have experience with bilateral
adrenalectomies in your fuzzies.  Could you please share your experiences.
Such as how the fuzzie did after both adrenals were out.  How long did
they live after surgery, how was the quality of life, any health problems
attributed to the lack of adrenals, any medications to make up for loss of
hormones as a result of no adrenal glands.
 
I would appreciate any input from those of you who have personally
experienced this.  Thanks in advance.
 
I have posed this question to Dr Williams and he has kindly responded to my
question (thanks Dr Williams) but I would also like some input from others
who have had this done to their fuzzie.
 
Take care of your kids and give them fuzzie hugs and I hope Santa is good
to all.
 
Ann, Cinnamon, Jillian, Zoey and Wriggley, sadly missing Sabrina and
Pepper.
[Posted in FML issue 3275]