How much would treatment for a cat’s bladder infection cost?

I think my cat may have a bladder infection and I want to take her to a vet. but I want to know how much would this cost me?

Depends. Usually you will have to pay for the checkup, which at my vet, is about $75. Then the treatment will cost you probably just as much. My cat had one when he was younger, and i wound up spending around $200. Just depends on where you take the animal for treatment.

Hope this helps!

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At your doctor’s office.

Why do I need to have a comfortably full bladder when I receive a radiation treatment?

Actually filling your bladder full of air would be a VERY bad idea. You don’t want to create a tissue/air interface like that in an area that’s being treated by radiation. You wouldn’t get good coverage which is what you want.

To answer your question. I’m assuming this is for prostate cancer. The prostate (or if it’s not that, other parts in that area) will move around some during treatment. For prostate cancer, the radiation is very localized on the cacerous tissue. You want it to be in the same place every day. Because there isn’t much of an indicator besides your initial CT, and you don’t get a CT every day (it doesn’t show up in the films they take) they have to try to have the conditions as close to the original conditions as possible.

Another consideration is surface area. If your bladder is full, less of the surface area of the bladder will be hit by the radiation during treatment – which will mean less complications for you down the road. Less of the bladder will be getting the full dose. I hope that helps, if you need further clarification you can email me or ask your doctor. I’m sure he/she would be happy to answer Or you can ask a therapist.

Also – your urologist will not be able to answer these questions. This is a question for your radiation oncologist.

cystoscopy, as in people?
Well, sinic, that is one treatment! =)

If he’s blocked up, this is serious – obviously. If the stones are small (only gravel) you may get away with having him back-flushed, but if they are big, and have really blocked him (and with males this is more likely to happen as the penis has a bone in it – bitches will quite often flush out) they will have to open him up and clean him out, poor boy. There are two sorts of stones, and some will dissolve with the correct diet, again, if you/he are lucky.

I’ve had two cases in my hounds, both survived okay, with the correct diet after surgery. Apart from bloat (gastric torsion) this is one of the two conditions that cannot wait.

ps I have a small bottle, still, with stones from my first case – he’s long gone (born 1973) but his stones remain.

My Sheltie was taken to the vet today after urinating several times on our belongings and bedding. I did witness blood in her urine and took her ASAP this morning.

Indeed, she has 3 to four bladder stones and a urinary infection. She was given an antibiotic to clear up the infection and "Hill’s PRESCRIPTION DIET s/d" to be eaten everyday for 2 to 5 months in hope of dissolving the stones.

The other option was surgery-$1,500. She’s 3 years old and the vet explained that this food can cause the stones to disolve to nothing or even be urinated out when small enough.

Has anyone had experience treating dog bladder stones or with this food? Any other suggestions?

Thanks so much!

Hill’s diets are good ones. They are unfortunately expensive. Often the diets for stones work in two ways-1) they change the pH of the urine depending on the stone type. This will help prevent stones (and I guess dissolve them too) in that some stones form at certain pHs. And 2) they often contain large amounts of salt which makes the dog drink more, making them urinate more. Urinating more often prevents urine from sitting around in the bladder letting the minerals that make up stones settle out.
Antibiotics are often called for because bladder stones predispose to infections and often it goes the other way around too.
Surgery often seems drastic and expensive. The price seems reasonable to me if it includes after care and medication for pain. Keeping your pet on a diet to prevent stones may be needed afterwards as well.
You should also keep in mind that the diet may be a lifelong thing though I think I would be willing to try it before surgery and use surgery as a second option. Esp. since your vet seems to think that the diet changes will work.
Good luck!

Eg: keyhole surgery

get an anesthetic for it, and then let it pass.. it’ll feel a lil weird but atleast it won’t hurt like a bitch

I Ihad stage 1 T1 bladder cancer after 8 bcg treatments test was negative for cancer 4 months ago Iam being tested again in3 days if positive what might the treatment options be ?

If positive, the urologist will probably repeat the BCG bladder treatments again.
Another alternative is intravesical mitomycin C http://blcwebcafe.org/intravesicalchemo.asp

Someone dear to me has Cancer in her bladder. She already had a few chemo treatments last year but now thay are saying that they need to remove her bladder and still needs more treatment. Is it better to have it before or after the surgury?

Different patients respond differently to treatments.
Her oncologist is in the best position to recommend the best treatment.

My Sheltie was taken to the vet today after urinating several times on our belongings and bedding. I did witness blood in her urine and took her ASAP this morning.

Indeed, she has 3 to four bladder stones and a urinary infection. She was given an antibiotic to clear up the infection and "Hill’s PRESCRIPTION DIET s/d" to be eaten everyday for 2 to 5 months in hope of dissolving the stones.

The other option was surgery-$1,500. She’s 3 years old and the vet explained that this food can cause the stones to disolve to nothing or even be urinated out when small enough.

Has anyone had experience treating dog bladder stones or with this food? Any other suggestions?

Thanks so much!

My Basset Hound had bladder stones. The x-rays showed hundreds of them. From tiny grains of sand up to larger stones. He did not recommend food to me until after the dog had surgery to remove the stones. We had the surgery done at less than 1/2 of what you’ve been quoted. I think the final bill was around $600.00. Why don’t you phone around to some other vets and get some prices.
If surgery is not an option for you, try the food and see what happens. You really only have 2 choices. Food, or surgery.
Good luck

Hello–

My 3 year old Sheltie was just examined today and has 3 to 4 bladder stones. She was given an antibiotic and "Hill’s PRESCRIPTION DIET s/d" to delove the stones over time.

I’ve been doing some reasearch and have found some "herbal" treatments that claim to disolve the stones and are pills NOT food.

Do theses work?

Below are two exaples:

http://www.allergicpet.com/products/kidney_bladder_stones.html?source=GoogleStonesAdword&gclid=CPuXpaXywp4CFQKdnAodJmYAow

AND

http://www.pawhealer.com/bladder-kidney-stone.aspx#top

Thanks!

Sorry don’t know about these prepared treatments…prepared treatments often have very little of the herbal/homoeopathic ingredients required to do the job correctly

As for Hill’s PRESCRIPTION DIET s/d" that won’t help at all

These are some active natural ingredients that do work/have worked and you need a RAW diet, not one full of grains like Hill’s

http://www.natural-dog-health-remedies.com/canine-bladder-stones.html

You can contact a homoeopathic vet who will prescribe the correct treatment for your dog, many vets are now training in homoeopathy and acupressure etc and you can Google it and find one near you they will then use vet prescribed medicine for acute and homoeopathy for chronic illness, getting the best for your dog.