askye, since I don't know if you deleted that post because it was meant for a different thread or because you were hurting in some way, please know that I am thankful to have you in my life. I am glad whenever I see a post from you. When you come here to share the difficult parts of life, I am glad you have this safe place to share them. When you come to tell about you triumphs, I am happy and proud of you. When you simply talk about work, or your family, or cats, I am simply glad to be part of your life.

What andi said. You are a cherished member of this community; don't ever forget that, askye.

I honestly don't remember all of what I posted.

I deleted partly because i keep feeling like I'm over sharing and everyone is cringing any time I post something.

Right now I don't even think I deserve kind words. I don't know this is just a really intense experience and while I thought fighting against self sabatoge with work was hard, fighting not to run from myself is even harder.

I feel very confident in saying that no one is cringing, although in that extremely unlikely event, there are plenty of people who want to know what is going on with you and want you to have this space to share.

What Vortex said, askye. We are here for each other, even when "here" is hard.

No one's cringing, askye! We care about you and we want to know what's going on.

I want to hear from people when they are hurting - even if all I can do is nod from afar I feel good that there is a safe place to let things out.

In more cat talk, we finally put my cancer kitty on an appetite stimulant. the chemo was sometimes upsetting his belly and he was getting too careful about eating - which was helping the heartburn. The vet says he isn't really too skinny, but he has no extra weight on him. 13 pounds was good - 11 is just too thin. Happily the appetite stimulant seems to be working well - and no barfng 24 hours after chemo this time. Foods that he had been rejecting are being eaten again.

Askye, what everyone else said.

Oh, good news for your kitty, Beth. May that continue.

And yes, goodness, askye, you're one of our own and we want to know how you're doing, even if, as others have said, all we can do is support you from here. I'm not the only one who worries when we don't hear from one of us, so don't hesitate to post.

Our ancient kitty (almost 18 years) has lost more weight -- she's now 4 pounds and change. She's always been a small cat, but that's way too thin. The vet gave us Hill's critical care formulation canned food to get her to eat more, so she had that for a week. She loved it, of course, but now she's not super thrilled at transitioning back to their regular canned food (which is Friskies canned).

However, in the past month or so, Tim has been giving the cats a little bit of Sheba canned food as a treat (everyone gets a treat at bedtime), which they love. So since Andi and Zenkitty have spoken fairly highly of Sheba, we may switch them over to that as their regular food, which I think Slinky (the ancient kitty) will happily eat. I know she won't live forever, but other than being old, she's in decent health for an 18-year-old cat. So I don't want her to keep losing weight if it can be prevented. Ideally, I'd like her to gain back a pound or two.

t edit My only problem is that I can't find calorie information for Sheba. I want to make sure the kitty will be getting enough.