Dr. Mew tells all about his inflammatory bowel disease.

How are ya?” people ask, as if they really want to know, and it’s tempting to answer: “Well, this inflammatory bowel disease is killing me. It all started with frequent vomiting, which I tried to ignore, and then came weight loss and that awful diarrhea.”

Dr. Mew says: Nice to see my friends eating to their hearts’ content when I’m stuck on a special diet. But even if dietary changes seem to help the condition, veterinarians just don’t know exactly what causes IBD. Go figure!

Perhaps that’s why people don’t inquire about cats’ feelings — although they should — and why we cats don’t complain as much as we would — if we could. Or maybe the message is: What you don’t want to think about can kill a feline friend. …

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