Toulouse & O’Malley
Member Since 2018
Hello, I’m new, to this community and to feline diabetes. I recently (1/24/18) adopted two 14 year old brother cats from my local shelter, Toulouse (grey tabby) and O’Malley (brown tabby). They had a senior blood panel (IDEXX) and urinalysis done the day that I adopted them. O’Malley’s results were thankfully pretty normal. Toulouse’s showed his glucose at 211. He was also pretty normal though, other than that. A week after I adopted them I took them in to see my own vet and we went ahead and redid Toulouse’s blood work (Antech). This time his glucose was up to 258. This was on 1/30/18. My vet had me start feeding Purina DM canned and dry (mostly canned though). On 2/5/18 I took him in for a curve, as recommended by my vet, after which she had me start him on 1 unit of ProZinc twice per day. She didn’t think it was necessary to start home testing yet. She wanted to do another curve after two weeks at this dose (which was done on 2/19/18) after which she had me increase his dose to 2 units per day. She still didn’t think home testing was necessary yet. She wants to see him back now in three weeks (3/12/18) for a fructosomine test.
A week or so ago I found this place here, and have been trying to read and absorb as much information as fast as I can. I do like my vet, but I can see how her instructions don’t really line up with what’s recommended on here. I am weaning them off of the dry DM (I have both boys eating the same thing, for convenience, since my vet said the DM would be fine for O’Malley to have as well). And once the canned DM that I have left is gone, I’m planning to switch to other brands that I see recommended on here. I also bought a ReliOn Confirm meter and supplies, and just officially started home testing tonight. (The reading was surprising to me, and I think I’ll start a post asking for opinions over on the regular health board). I will work on getting a spreadsheet going. I use my iPhone for almost all of my personal internet usage, so I think I’ll need to download an app to make it work? I’ll get it figured out soon.
Toulouse was very thin when I brought him home. His diabetes had been undiagnosed at the shelter (bloodwork was done the day that I adopted him, I was notified of results when they got them the next day). He was very scared at the shelter, and he has some bad teeth too (not well enough for a dental right now though). I think due to stress, and possibly pain, he wasn’t eating very much during his time there. His appetite has been great ever since I brought him home though, and he’s gained about a pound already!
Thank you for this wonderful (albeit slightly overwhelming) place, and thank you for reading all of that!
A week or so ago I found this place here, and have been trying to read and absorb as much information as fast as I can. I do like my vet, but I can see how her instructions don’t really line up with what’s recommended on here. I am weaning them off of the dry DM (I have both boys eating the same thing, for convenience, since my vet said the DM would be fine for O’Malley to have as well). And once the canned DM that I have left is gone, I’m planning to switch to other brands that I see recommended on here. I also bought a ReliOn Confirm meter and supplies, and just officially started home testing tonight. (The reading was surprising to me, and I think I’ll start a post asking for opinions over on the regular health board). I will work on getting a spreadsheet going. I use my iPhone for almost all of my personal internet usage, so I think I’ll need to download an app to make it work? I’ll get it figured out soon.
Toulouse was very thin when I brought him home. His diabetes had been undiagnosed at the shelter (bloodwork was done the day that I adopted him, I was notified of results when they got them the next day). He was very scared at the shelter, and he has some bad teeth too (not well enough for a dental right now though). I think due to stress, and possibly pain, he wasn’t eating very much during his time there. His appetite has been great ever since I brought him home though, and he’s gained about a pound already!
Thank you for this wonderful (albeit slightly overwhelming) place, and thank you for reading all of that!
