NYC Feline Renal Failure Cat CRF Group

"Unfortunately I will not be able to renew this "meet up" group when the subscription ends in mid-May. Meet Up is just too expensive (they charge a small fortune). If anyone has a suggestion,..."

"Hi I'm wendy and i have an 18 y.o. cat with 60% renal failure. Her name is oreo"

"I am Diane my 14 year old cat was diagnosed with CRF last Thursday. I am completely devestated. He is coming home from the vet tonight with lower numbers than he went in with but certainly not normal by any means. I write this through streaming tears"

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"My kitty fritz is about 16 years old, and has renal failure. Despite my sticking needles in him, and stuffing pills down his throat and offering him food he hates, he still nuzzles up to me when I come home. What a sweetie!"

"Email me at talaskatt@gmail.com before 6pm if you're attending. Otherwise, I'll just go home straight from work. Thanks! ---Jean "

"I sent emails to several group leaders requesting permission and only got a response from the NYC Cat Group person (very nice lady by the way). I put some notices up on other message boards too..."

"I think it's just a matter of getting the word out. I bet membership would be boosted if a notice was posted to the yahoo CRF group - but I'm not sure it's appropriate. Just a thought....."

"We all know that the vet's office can be QUITE expensive and a bit of a pain in the butt to go to. I got sick of waiting an HOUR or more just to buy our cat's Hill's KD dry food. More than half the time..."

"Welcome, Juliet. Here's my email address: talaskatt@gmail.com I paid for this group for a 3 month trial. It's not doing so well...so please keep my email address in case it closes. Assume we'll move to an email group/yahoo eventually. "

"Hello, my name is Juliet and my boy Sylvester is 14 years old and has been treated for CRF for about 3 months now. I would love to share info with others in the same boat. "

"I've updated this meeting. For more details, see the full listing: http://cats.meetu... When: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 6:30 PM Where: Starbucks Madison Ave at 36th Street..."

"I've updated this meeting. For more details, see the full listing: http://cats.meetu... When: Thursday, February 28, 2008 at 6:30 PM Where: Starbucks Madison Ave at 36th..."

"Sorry to hear about your kitties health issues. It's scary and overwhelming at first, but you get used to it after a week or two."

"We've had a rocky road with pet sitters. One woman (bonded, insured and a member of a professional pet sitters organization) took a deposit before our vacation and then later told us she didn't want to..."

"My 17 year old male cat was just recently diagnosed with Kidney problems. I didn't catch the terminology, but something in his blood work that should have be no more than 36 was 56. He's dehydrated and within the past week received fluids at the ve"

"We live in Northeast Queens, have one cat with renal failure (gets fluids) and 7 other cats and a dog. Manhattan is too far for me to meet: I can do Flushing, though, or Bayside."

"Hello. I have a 12 year old cat who was diagnosed with CRF about 6 months ago. It is a very stressful situation for both the cat and myself. I would love to get together and talk about options, vets, etc."

"I'm looking forward to sharing tips, tricks and other goodies so that we may all have long and loving relationships with our little buddies. My cat was diagnosed with CRF in August of 2007 and we were..."

"This is the place to continue the conversation between monthly Meetups. Get to know your local Meetup community, ask questions, answer questions, talk about your last get-together--it's up to you. We..."

"My cat (Talas) was diagnosed in August 2007. She has had some bumps in the road - but is mostly doing ok. Talas is 14 years old. Prior to the CRF the Vets always assumed she was more like 6-7 years old. She was so Sprite!"