Allie & Gen
Member Since 2025
Yesterday
Good morning, friends! I hope you're having a nice, calm Wednesday, with smooth surfing for your kitties.
My question today is unrelated to anything about Gen's overall care, etc ... I have very rare evening plans which will keep me away at shot time, and I wanted to ask for input. I'll be away from home from about AMPS +9 to something like (what would be) PMPS +3. I know it's not ideal, but I think given that it's just one night, I should skip shooting altogether. Thoughts?
On to a proper update. Gen was very high this morning (comparatively); I think it's clear, even after just two doses, that his BG is definitely affected by the budesonide. This morning, I increased his dose to 0.75u. He took a bit of a dive, but given how far down he had to go he's in fine numbers. I'm working from home, so I'll keep an eye on it.
The appointment yesterday went well, though it was a little anticlimactic! I met with a new internal specialist who seemed pretty great. She went over Gen's history and recent experiences with me and discussed plans for moving forward with his treatment. She agreed that it made sense to skip or defer the biopsy for now, though she had more nuanced thoughts on when or how it might be important to consider one, which I appreciated. We agreed that we'll trial Gen on the budesonide for the next 2-3 weeks to see how he does, at which point we'll also consider giving the dietary trial another try. She acknowledged my concerns about the budesonide's affect on his BG values, and we talked about the possibility of him tapering off at some point, possibly to see if his GI issues could be managed with diet alone, but we agreed that for now the med seems like the best starting point.
Tentatively, I'm looking at trying to manage his GI issues to the point that my primary vet is comfortable doing the dental surgery at last, with sorting out how to balance managing his guts and his blood glucose on a longer-term basis as the priority after the oral issues are resolved.
When I told her that I felt I had a solid handle on his diabetes treatment and didn't feel I needed input on that right now, she accepted that without question, which I was pleased about. I'll get into it more later, but the research I've been doing has me feeling more confident about my grasp of all of that (both in terms of TR/what I'm doing now, and the broader range of options, considerations, etc) than I ever have. Which is kind of fantastic, actually.
Oh, and Gen's B12 is actually a bit elevated (one plus that came out of his hospitalization: they did a fasted panel), so I won't be proceeding with those injections, unless something changes.
Good morning, friends! I hope you're having a nice, calm Wednesday, with smooth surfing for your kitties.
My question today is unrelated to anything about Gen's overall care, etc ... I have very rare evening plans which will keep me away at shot time, and I wanted to ask for input. I'll be away from home from about AMPS +9 to something like (what would be) PMPS +3. I know it's not ideal, but I think given that it's just one night, I should skip shooting altogether. Thoughts?
On to a proper update. Gen was very high this morning (comparatively); I think it's clear, even after just two doses, that his BG is definitely affected by the budesonide. This morning, I increased his dose to 0.75u. He took a bit of a dive, but given how far down he had to go he's in fine numbers. I'm working from home, so I'll keep an eye on it.
The appointment yesterday went well, though it was a little anticlimactic! I met with a new internal specialist who seemed pretty great. She went over Gen's history and recent experiences with me and discussed plans for moving forward with his treatment. She agreed that it made sense to skip or defer the biopsy for now, though she had more nuanced thoughts on when or how it might be important to consider one, which I appreciated. We agreed that we'll trial Gen on the budesonide for the next 2-3 weeks to see how he does, at which point we'll also consider giving the dietary trial another try. She acknowledged my concerns about the budesonide's affect on his BG values, and we talked about the possibility of him tapering off at some point, possibly to see if his GI issues could be managed with diet alone, but we agreed that for now the med seems like the best starting point.
Tentatively, I'm looking at trying to manage his GI issues to the point that my primary vet is comfortable doing the dental surgery at last, with sorting out how to balance managing his guts and his blood glucose on a longer-term basis as the priority after the oral issues are resolved.
When I told her that I felt I had a solid handle on his diabetes treatment and didn't feel I needed input on that right now, she accepted that without question, which I was pleased about. I'll get into it more later, but the research I've been doing has me feeling more confident about my grasp of all of that (both in terms of TR/what I'm doing now, and the broader range of options, considerations, etc) than I ever have. Which is kind of fantastic, actually.
Oh, and Gen's B12 is actually a bit elevated (one plus that came out of his hospitalization: they did a fasted panel), so I won't be proceeding with those injections, unless something changes.
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. I just deal with his bgs. Hopefully Gen will be one of the lucky ones who can be managed with diet alone
I'm glad he's had such a good outcome with it.
I'm a more temperate sort. I'm really looking forward to the low to mix-60s. But thank you for the thought! And fortunately, the boiler appears to be fixed, so it's a comfy temperature indoors at least.