11/8 Chewie AMPS 283/ +2 274/ +6 262/ PMPS 327/ +2 284

[Virginie & Chewie (GA)]

Yesterday

I'm not liking this steady climb into higher yellow numbers... giving it one more day to see if she starts going down, but either the dose is "going stale" as you said @Wendy&Neko or being less stressed after the move and the settling in period is somehow enhancing her insulin resistance? Her numbers were first shaken loose during our road trip, a super stressful period for her.

Two other things have changed in her routine:
- I started feeding 2 meals out of 4 with raw turkey (very low carb) that she used to eat in Oregon, because she was super picky about canned food. Doing 2 meals of each minimizes the picky monster effect.
- She seemed more uncomfortable in her back/hips, so I started giving her 25mg gabapentin twice a day. I know gaba doesn't normally affect BG, but again, maybe being less stressed because less pain is having an impact?

 

[cecile & bella]

When will you have the results about acromegaly? I hope she has less pain

 

[Wendy&Neko]

At Chewie's size of dose, there is something else causing her numbers creep. Once you get the test results, you will know more. In the mean time, I would not wait overly long before increasing. You will start to see glucose toxicity creep in as well. I know I noticed the effects if I went more than six cycles without greens and the numbers going up.

Move stress would not last this long. After all, she is where you are now and it should smell like her home things. I once saw a kitty on at OTJ trial have his numbers go up to reds during a trip - he HATED travel. And down to greens the next day.

The food changes would not have that much of an impact, especially since it's all low carb.

Relieving pain improves numbers, it does not make them worse.

The evidence leads to something else.

 

[Virginie & Chewie (GA)]

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE - all joking aside, this is stressing me out so much. I spend so much of my awake time worrying about her
Wish the vet would call me with those results already!

I will switch her to 8.5 tonight, I don't want her to keep climbing after all the progress we had made.

 

[Virginie & Chewie (GA)]

When will you have the results about acromegaly? I hope she has less pain

We are still waiting to hear from the vet - thanks for the well wishes, I hope daily gabapentin controls it

 

[Jackie and Biggie]

I hope you get answers soon.
You are in such good hands with all the gurus here

 

[Jackie and Biggie]

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE .

Maybe we need to get Mulder and Scully on the case?

 

[Wendy&Neko]

A wise person once told me, don't worry about the size of dose, the important numbers are the BG's.

Vet blood draw was the 31st, a Monday. MSU needs the blood in hand by Tuesday to run the test on Wednesday, which is the day they start the IGF-1 tests. It takes more than a day. If you miss one week, you get the results the following week. Yes, this happened to me. The wait is hard.

 

[Diane Tyler's Mom GA]

I hope you get the results back soon, easier said than done when it comes to our kitties , please try and not to worry to much. .♥

 

[Virginie & Chewie (GA)]

Maybe we need to contact Mulder and Scully, too?
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Sculler and Muldy to the rescue! I wouldn't mind their help!

Thanks everyone for the support.

@Wendy&Neko the vet charged for overnighting the blood sample, but it may well have arrived to late on Tuesday to run the test that day... so I guess we might be in for another week of waiting

 

[Hendrick Cuddleclaw]

dammit, I had so much hope when she started surfing in the greens a few weeks ago! I hope you get some answers soon @Virginie

 

[Virginie & Chewie (GA)]

dammit, I had so much hope when she started surfing in the greens a few weeks ago! I hope you get some answers soon @Virginie

Thanks Kyle - same here, I was so happy to even have her stable in lower blues! And then overnight, back to climbing up

 

[Wendy&Neko]

Did you call the vet clinic and see if they have results? They should have gotten them Friday or the weekend, if the test was run last week.

 

[Virginie & Chewie (GA)]

What the heck, 327 at PMPS?!!
Started her on 8.5 units and will call the clinic tomorrow… didn’t call yet because they said they would call when they had the results and that the turnover was a week. I’m so sad and frustrated at having no idea why this is happening.

 

[Virginie & Chewie (GA)]

On the off chance that something might be wrong with that new insulin vial, I will use one of our new pens tomorrow morning.