hi y'all, thanks for allowing me to join your group. The last three weeks have been really stressful and expensive. I'm hoping you can educate me a little about Cushings in horses. I moved from CC to

thank you for the welcome! I am working on the case history, there is much I do not know. I know that this test was free and they wanted fasting blood and non-fasting blood, but I do not know the name

Thanks, Kirsten, I guess this is why I'm here! I was under the distinct impression that early onset could be managed with diet. And fully admit I know nothing, just lots of input from well meaning fri

good morning, y'all, I *think* I have done what I am supposed to with Babe's Case History file. Hyperlinks in the case history form didn't work for me, so I searched for the how tos and please forgive

Yes ma'am, thank you I know they drew blood prior to fasting and also fasting. If I understand correctly, they submitted both samples for the test, but I may be mistaken. I know that the fasting, at l

Thank you Dr. Kellon and Sherry, I messaged the vet who asked me to have Babe fast and came and took the blood sample. She said that yes, this test was done fasting. They ran several tests on him (for

Thanks, Sherry, IDK if it would be helpful for me to upload the images of the page they sent me or not, but that's all I have. I do understand why they think Cushings, this bout of abscesses was the w

thank you once again, Sherry & Dr. Kellon I have added his test result pages in a photo album linked here in my signature, if that is of any help at all.

I just received Babe's radiographs, we only did his fronts. I have added them to my photo album.

I will do that, Sherry, he was about due for a trim when the first abscess developed. I was instructed by vet not to trim til we knew what was going on. It is possible that part of the issue is also w

Thank you, Lavinia, I did not know NSAIDS could prolong abscess issues- and he's been on them for a few weeks now. The farrier had me soaking and poulticing and then the vet said to stop it because if

Thank you once again, Lavinia, I find comfort in your words. I will get photos of his hooves this weekend and get those shared. I can see (and didn't notice before) what you mean about his foot possib

thank you, Dr. Kellon, Mineral and amino acid nutrition as in deficiencies? We just started him on Farrier's Formula 2 days ago. So I need to ask the farrier just to rasp his toes from above.

thanks, ma'am, the hay is brome that's grown locally, yes. Babe is a rich shade of bay, no sunbleaching to speak of since we moved to the mountains, his coloring has already started to change to winte

Good morning, I have written up a handful of questions and took them to the vet's clinic on Monday. I have not heard anything back, yet. I'd like y'all's input, too, please. Babe's ACTH was 45 and he

Thank you, ladies! I do not know what APF is. The vet had me start Babe on a half tab of pergolide (.o5 mg) daily. I have not given it for 2 days because I've been worried about his behavior and waiti

I cannot recall the timeline for Hot Hoof and blood draw for ACTH- he may have been on it and may not have been (I thnk he was), but I think maybe I'm glad I took him off of it, reading Dr. Kellon's c

I found APF and APF Pro- which do I want and is this only for use for the first couple of weeks or month, or all the time?

Thank you, Martha :) I maybe should have done more reading before I asked more questions, but I'm sort of glad I did ask anyway, because you broke it down for me even further, which I appreciate. We l

Thank you, Martha, I assume you meant the APF? i keep a log and have for years, of events in their lives, so I can certainly remember to do that. Today he’s been his normal self, save for tender feet.