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What are some of your worst moments in life? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Edit: Im asking because I'm currently going through some serious depression and I've been forgetting stuff lately. I wake up every morning with a panic attack, I am too tired to do anything. I barely had any appetite to eat. I just wanted to see if I'm the only one. Hearing stories from others makes me feel less alone.

Sorry if I sound pathetic af, I'm just sad

Edit 2: I'm gonna mark this as NSFW because the potential very traumatic stuff.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The one about FIP got me. I lost a cat to FIP several years ago and couldn’t get the drugs on the black market. Had to watch her die.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m so sorry for the loss of your kitty. We were preparing for the same thing but got really lucky and found a Facebook group that had a contact near us. I wish it were more accessible for everyone. We still have some of the injection meds in our fridge and I would gladly part with them for free if I knew it could help someone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s so good that the disease is manageable now. I see my vet and every time I do, I ask her how FIP treatment is going and she says the drug has completely turned the tables on FIP. She said it’s hard to overstate the impact of the treatment on cats and their owners.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It’s weird. We have 2 vets we work with and neither of them would really talk about FIP treatments. My wife and I basically had to do all of the research and footwork ourselves. We were reading white papers and stuff! We learned that because the drug is illegal in the US, vets would refrain from talking about it because I guess they can get in trouble for it.

The FIP med is currently in studies for use against Ebola, which means it can’t simultaneously be in a study for use on cats for FIP since it would interfere with the human studies. That’s why it hasn’t been cleared or officially flagged for use legally on cats with FIP. This article talks about that a bit.