Give up your cats... sheesh.

Maybe the only way to excuse that comment is to consider that as a nutritionist, she is only looking at the "food" point of view and not seeing the whole picture.

It is true that we sometimes have to make sacrifices for practical purposes but that doesn't mean the "obvious" choices are the right ones. I think anyone involved in more generalized health care would recognize the benefit of your cats, even hospitals bring pets in now because even the medical profession is starting to recognize how important our state-of-mind is to our physical health and how much animals can have a very positive effect on that. I would consider your cats a very very important part of maintaining your health, as important as medicine and therapy maybe. We can't always have everything we need because of practical matters... we certainly couldn't go without ANY food for example, but the right thing to do always involves seeing the bigger picture for ourselves.

I know you haven't asked if keeping your cats is the right decision... it seems that you understand how important keeping a balance of helpful things in your life is. But I just wanted to reinforce what a positive factor pets in particular can be and given how important they are to you you have done the right thing.

I wish I had a cat to help me through this difficult time in my life. I haven't gotten one because I am very worried about my ability to take care of it properly... because of my depression but also because of my current physical ailments. Even thinking about having to bend down to feed it or clean the litterbox is a pretty traumatizing thought for me right now. Hopefully in the future I will be in better shape to consider it.

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