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Henry's human

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I had to take Henry to the vet today because he has a swollen lip (nothing to do with his diabetes, but I wanted to have it checked out pretty fast in case it affected his diabetes) and his usual vet was not in, so we saw a vet we hadn't seen before. She immediately asked how Henry's diabetes was going and I showed her the list of his BSL (she was telling Henry he had a very clever mummy because I was doing the home testing and she thought I was wonderful hehe). She asked me how long he has been in remission and I said to her that I didn't know he WAS in remission... She said his numbers were mostly really great and she was confused as to whether Henry actually HAD diabetes at all to begin with. I was really confused... I don't know what to think.
He has not had insulin for six days now (it would have been longer, but I gave him insulin 'just in case' seven days ago). He's slowly gaining weight again (which I will have to be careful about as I don't want him to be overweight again). I think I am feeding him too much - we are learning to live without the dry food :) It's a process.
(I need to update the spreadsheet again - I can only update it when I am on my laptop)
 
Yeah I agree that he's not ready for OTJ just yet

Don't be in a hurry for remission....what we want is to get them into a strong remission that lasts, not a fast one
 
Yeah I agree that he's not ready for OTJ just yet

Don't be in a hurry for remission....what we want is to get them into a strong remission that lasts, not a fast one
I'm not in a rush. I was just confused by what the vet had said to me. All I care is that he is happy and as healthy as he can be.
 
Most vets want their cats running higher than we recommend here because of the risk of hypo's

Most also don't recommend home testing (which would keep their cats safe from those hypo's in the first place) so in the end, they'd rather see them run higher
 
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