MY THOUGHTS ON EPI

[Jean]

I posted this on the old forum some years ago



you have this dog or cat and its ill, and it looks to you for help and you havent a clue, and they get thinner and thinner and more pathetic and you look on the website and you find this forum and it all falls into place, and so you visit your vet and tests are run, and you have a diagnosis, and your world falls apart, you did not sign up for this when this bundle of fur came to you, and it looks like it might not make it, and once you are out of the vets surgery you are on your own


most of the time with illnesses, its a few tablets and they are well, this time you find out EPI is for life and you basically crack up


you are introduced to new words, EPI SIBO ENZYMES B12 FOLATE etc etc and you are even more bewildered because you have never had to consider the internal workings of an animal


so again you visit this site and realise you are not on your own, and you start to breathe again, and you get support and love from all over the world and its so weird as your best friends cannot help but these folk can


I just want to say to all the new folk that we have all been there and "cried a river" and dont ever give up!!!!



we are five years down the line now and we still have issues now and again and I discuss them with my fellow UK friends and we come up with a solution just recently I changed Karas food with the insistance of Uncle Ian my vet and I had a long conversation with Anne Gillian and Val from the UK for thoughts and felt a lot more confident and I thank you all for your input


so please keep in touch new people its so important to fly the flag of EPI



Thank God for the internet



so all the new folk here recently please take heart and have a read on my thoughts





Jean


as you can see this is a long time ago and we no longer have my girl, but its totally relevant









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[adriannemary91]

Dear Jean;

I can remember the day I came to this page.

I was totally broken and abated by my baby's diagnosis.

My mind changed as soon as I get information. Photographs, stories, tips from all the EPI dogs's mums ...

I remember arriving home with a huge smile and telling my boyfriend " ok, honey, Happy is going to be ok"

Since then, everything went better.

You dont have idea how supported I felt. And now, i know, we are not alone.

I have no words, (even in spanish) to say thank you, to all of you. To all the lovely people who answer my questions in the forum and help Happy to feel better.

[Jean]

Maria, its the way I felt in 2010

I am so pleased you and Happy are getting there, and have many years ahead

this FORUM was, and is my lifeline, and am proud to be its director

much love


J

[Olesia711]

Thank you Jean for re-posting Your Thoughts on EPI.... a very good read!

And Maria, thank you so much for your very kind words ... so many us us have been in your shoes when are dogs were first diagnosed or struggling with EPI..... but by sharing personal experiences, collective knowledge, and working with actual EPI veterinarian researchers on how to better handle EPI, how to get it under good control..... has been a "gift" for so many of us..... that we in turn hope to help others too!

I am so glad to hear that "Happy" is doing well now ... that is AWESOME news!