No help with Iowa facility, but some questions and a request for updates.

I too have a 15 year old hyperthyroid kitty. Memphis takes tapazole twice daily to keep her thyroid in check. She's been diagnosed and taking it for over a year.

I looked into the radiation. But the isolation at the facility (in CA by law that's 10 days) and even after the 10 days, I'd be required to lock her in a bathroom and only see her a total of 30 minutes a day to feed and clean litter box for 2 more weeks.

Memphis is totally bonded to me. Not only does she follow me everwhere she sits on me immediately, snuggles under the covers when I sleep to sleep next to me. She gets majorily depresssed if I'm gone on vacation or business trip and she hates the vet.

She had surgery about 7 years ago when she broke her jaw in 3 places. (Still a mystery as she's a total indoor only cat and it happened in the middle of the night while I was asleep). When she woke she tried to claw her way out of the cage at the vets and they had a really hard time trying to keep her from harming herself.

So I still buy the tapazole. My vet says that it will keep the thyroidism in check, and we do blood tests every 6 months to make sure Liver and Kidneys stay healthy. This costs money as well.

I still wonder about the radiation. If you find a place, can you keep us updated about your cat's treatment and recovery? Especially if her behavior changes or doesn't change once she's completed treatment.

My cat Basil is currently in radiation therapy. It is his second time. He was one of the very small percentage of cats that needed radiation twice. My facility is Animal Care Hospital in Richfield, MN. They typically keep them two full weeks, but there are no restrictions after that except to dispose more carefully of the litter.