I read this horrible thread on a board. I’m now terrified. How to prevent them aside from drinking water?

Also my cousin drinks about 3 cans of Diet Pepsi and about one bottle of water per day. He also eats some salty snacks at times and eats mostly beef for dinner. Is he at risk??

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My cat was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. I had to maek the decision to pill him with methimazole or go ahead with I131 radioactive Iodine which is a cure however there are risks with both procedures. The risk with the I131 is your cat could go into acute renal failure if it has preexisting renal failure prior to the I131 injection-AND SOEMTIMES AFTER TREATMENT OF I131 THE KIDNEY FAILURE IS FOUND THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY HIDDEN. DO YOU THINK MY CAT HAD KIDNEY FAILURE PRIOR TO BEING DIAGNOSED WITH HYPERTHYOIDISM AND IT WAS BEING MASKED OR HIDDEN?

my cat was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism in Nov 06. My cat was diagnosed with kidney disease & 75% kidney loss in Nov 07. I decided to pill him with medication to control but not cure his hyperthyroidism out of fear that if I had the I131 he would go into acute renal failure. There was no evidence suggesting that but I wanted to play it safe but having not gotten the cure may have caused him to die 2 years later instead of a cure of his hyperthroidism. Should i have gotten the I131 when he was first diagnosed with hyperthyroidism or do you think i made the right decision to pill him by allowing extra bllod flow to the kidneys which helps kidney function. But i feel really really guilty like i didnt make the right decison and have been cryign for 1 month straight. My cat dies 2 years later after being diagnosed with Hyperthyroidism on 12/29/08, and I balme myself becuse I think if i had gone ahead with the I131 he would still be here. The doctors dont know why he died. they just say he was severly dehyrdated, lethragic, anemic. I dont know if the hyperhtroidim killed him or kidney failure. I Ijust blame myself either way and will never forgive myself. I will never own another cat becuse I am not worthy or deserving of a cat. My cat was 16 1/2 when he died. I was giving him subq fluids under the skin for his dehydration and wellness can food 2 cans daily with hyperthyroid medicine. I hate myself!
I am an awful awful person. if my cat had another mom instead of me he probabaly would have lived longer. Im th eone who should be dead nt him. if i could die 4 him and he live I would do it becuse my life is meaningless & empty without him.

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I got my wisdom teeth out and for the past 2 days had about 5 cans of chicken noodle soup which is a lot of sodium. Should i drink a lot of cranberry juice and water? Any ideas would help!

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I drink a lot of diet Pepsi. And i don’t want a kidney stone

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I have been hearing that drinking too much soda (or drinking more than 2 cans of soda per day) can result in pancreatic cancer, or rather Kidney Stones.

But nevermind the Kidney Stones.

To be honest, I drink ALOT of DIET soda nonstop, 24/7 and I can’t get myself to drink something else most of the time. Its like to me, what beer is to adults.
I am only 14 so I don’t think I have a good chance of getting MS.

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