http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/members/monica-lewis.19053/
Monica Lewis and her kitty Josie. She is still overwhelmed with the diagnosis and a bit overwhelmed with maneuvering through FDMB,
Here are some posts from a FB group to bring everyone up to snuff
https://www.facebook.com/groups/503...tif_t=group_comment¬if_id=1492439062083802
"Hi everyone and thank you for the add. Would love some advice please!
This is our lovely Josie, 13 years old, diagnosed with diabetes 2 wks ago. All internal organs fine, the only visible symptom is drinking excessive water, otherwise very happy eater, playful and running to us for treats. His blood sugar was 20 at the vet. Been told to give her 3 units of Caninsulin twice a day. We did that for 4 days. Josie put up such a fight every time, had to hold her down as she was hissing growling scratching and crying. It was so distressing for everyone, we decided to try out any alternative first and do injections if there's really nothing else left.We stopped the insulin injections, switched her diet to high protein pouches,freshly cooked fish/chicken and very tiny amount of 85% meat no grain no starch dry food. Unhelpful vet just keeps saying do the insulin shots, can anyone recommend anything else for us to try?! We don't want to distress her twice a day every day in her old age..
Taking blood sample also been tricky but managed to do it.. Been giving her herbal Blood Sugar Gold drops and her blood sugar is 18.4 at the mo. Anyone tried out insulin in tablet form?? Thanks so much, any related advice would be much appreciated!"
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Monica Lewis Good morning and thank you for your support. We did a BG read this morning and it was even higher than before so we decided it was time to go with the injections again. As suggested by you we gave it to her whilst eating and it went really well. She only objected to it for a second and went back to eating. I cried with relief over how well it went. Thank you again."
Monica Lewis Just an update that we checked Josie's blood again couple of hours after first insulin shot and numbers went down from 19.2 to 10.4! Ideal would be under 7 which we'll be working towards but we're off to a good start and very happy! Many thanks
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Monica Lewis Thank you everyone for trying to help. My vet doesn't really care about my cat that much that he'd go into the above details with me, I'm thinking of changing vet to a more compassionate one. I'm finding this whole thing bit overwhelming to deal with actually. The injections, the frequent blood tests, establishing curves, choosing needles, picking out the most suitable food, making sure she gets enough nutrients - actually probably because I love her so much I just want to make sure I'm doing the right thing. I'm finding it all so stressful and I'm not even sure if I can deal with it all. I've got tears running down my cheeks right now.. I'm very confused if I should follow my vets advice of 3 units or yours here of 1 unit, my husband insists on that we should follow the vet's advice.. It's bloody hard to deal with it all in my head and in my heart."
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Monica Lewis He refuses to read as can't be bothered, only wants to follow our vets advice.. Right, with 3 unit starting shot at 8 :15 am here are the blood test numbers:
8:00am 19.2 11:am 10.4 and 3.30pm 8.9.
Too low, too high? Planning to give one unit around 7pm. When should check blood next please? Thank you"
Monica was advised that the starting dose of 3 units was too high. She has just started home testing today using a human meter....Accu-chek performa nano... Any input would be welcome'
) whereas at the beginning I had to slow down and take a step back as everything just got too confusing and overwhelming and I was beginning to lose my sanity!
. I'm just checking in from my Mum's pc and saw tags. At least everyone can see it right now via Shared link. I'll double check when I get home 
