? Smoky has pancreatitis,vet not sure what to do,any advice for natural pain meds?

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I hope your vet gave you something for pain--or you consider looking for a new vet. When pancreatitis or any inflammation starts especially with a diabetic you can really help by jumping on it quickly before the pain gets too ahead of you. I have a box of medicines "just in case"
I hope things are better...prayers :bighug:
 
Sounds like you would get better care for Smokey by switching to the cat vet - if you can afford the extra tests and can "work with" her assertiveness.
 
I thought about asking the vet at cat clinic about just running some of the tests for now. I'm hoping she won't give me an all or nothing approach. Maybe just the spec fPL to see how bad the inflammation is and the regular bloodwork.
 
Maybe she'd agree if you're as forthright as you can be about wanting to do what's best for Smokey but have to watch your budget, etc. A little "stroking" like mentioning that she seems to be on top of how to treat FD and you'd like to have her expertise to draw upon wouldn't hurt either. This is a situation where exercising a few "people skills" can work for you.
 
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Perhaps show her the document attached below; it's a published, peer reviewed study from the University of Queensland which advocates the use of human meters as being suitable for monitoring of feline diabetics' BG levels.


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Thanks for the file, I will print it out for the vet at the cats only clinic. I am wondering about the in house curve being done, is that really necessary?
 
The problem with in house curves is that many kitties have higher bg levels due to vet induced stress. This can lead to an incorrect dosage of insulin beimg prescribed. If your vet is insisting on you using an alphatrak, it would be less expensive for you to buy an alphatrak and strips for purposes of an in home curve. Or better yet, ask to borrow theirs and pay for the strips. My vet was also leary of me using a human meter. However, I was able to show her, that while the numbers differed, the trends were the same.
 
Both vets I have gone to told me they did not feel comfortable adjusting Smoky's insulin dosage unless I was using the alpha trak meter.
@Critter Mom sent me a useful file to print out and show them about using human meters.
 
Vet doesn't have to know which meter your using until you have some data to show them.

I started with the Alpha Trac and I will say when labs were done my AT matched the labs within 5 points. I switched to the Wal-Mart micro meter because of cost. My vet now recommends a human meter to his other clients.
 
No I didn't do any more tests. I had planned to but kept falling asleep. I am planning on doing a curve today or tomorrow. Is it better to do a curve when starting a new dose or should a cat be on that dose a few days first?
 
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