Badger is wise. We also have a hyperthyroid kitty. Lola was diagnosed at about 15 and will be 17 on Halloween. She has been on meds for a couple of years now, but she LOVES her thyroid meds in a Pill Pocket. She sits by the drawer where we keep the meds and yowls at us every night for her pill. Funny stuff. Lola was our first baby and we know that each birthday could be her last. But as long as she is comfortable and happy we will do what we can to keep her around. She still has great quality of life for an elderly furbaby.