babyg
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Hi, everyone,
I kind of tried to take a break yesterday from thinking too much about the diabetes other than doing the normal BG checks and giving her shots. Got a bit more rest, cleaned the house, caught up on regular things that needed to be done around here, and that was great. She seemed to do pretty well yesterday; was out and about a lot and eating really good on her own.
I have noticed lately, though (past several months), that she doesn't want to jump as much and when she does, she seems kind of shaky or weak. I wonder if that's a type of neuropathy or maybe arthritis. Hope she didn't hurt her neck somehow; when she was examined before, the vet moved her neck around and said everything was okay, but she seems to wince sometimes if I feel around her neck/shoulder area. I asked another vet if they noticed anything and they said no. She otherwise lays around and contorts herself in normal cat ways so you'd think nothing is wrong, so who knows; that's the mystery of cats.
Just trying to figure her out. I did pick up calipers and was playing around with them but not sure I really like them so we will see.
When I talked with the teaching hospital vet Friday, she made out like there's nothing more we can do for her pancreatitis than what we are already doing, that none of the meds come in liquid form, that they don't give fluids or really do anything else unless the cat is eating nothing, and even then, there's not a whole lot they do in the hospital. She said there's no magic pill to suddenly make her better, which I know but I just feel like there's gotta be more? When I asked about the ultrasound and could she have IBD or anything else going on, the vet said it's possible but because she's diabetic, they couldn't treat any IBD anyway since the treatment is steroids. All she could sum it up to was that having a diabetic cat with chronic issues is stressful and all you can do is try to make them comfortable and that's about it. Frustrating.
Haven't seen anymore blue numbers on the 3 since perhaps Thursday; I can tell looking at the Libre graph that she may have hit around 190 or 180 a couple times, but they were not scans so I don't have the exact numbers. Yesterday's PMPS was decent for her (239), but other than that, she's been pretty high. Could it be that there are some lows she's still reacting to by bouncing? I thought the 3 was starting to work really well but it seems any time she gets a decent number out of it, back up she goes for a while and then the 3 seems to be doing blah. What do you guys think?
Hi, everyone,
I kind of tried to take a break yesterday from thinking too much about the diabetes other than doing the normal BG checks and giving her shots. Got a bit more rest, cleaned the house, caught up on regular things that needed to be done around here, and that was great. She seemed to do pretty well yesterday; was out and about a lot and eating really good on her own.
I have noticed lately, though (past several months), that she doesn't want to jump as much and when she does, she seems kind of shaky or weak. I wonder if that's a type of neuropathy or maybe arthritis. Hope she didn't hurt her neck somehow; when she was examined before, the vet moved her neck around and said everything was okay, but she seems to wince sometimes if I feel around her neck/shoulder area. I asked another vet if they noticed anything and they said no. She otherwise lays around and contorts herself in normal cat ways so you'd think nothing is wrong, so who knows; that's the mystery of cats.
Just trying to figure her out. I did pick up calipers and was playing around with them but not sure I really like them so we will see.When I talked with the teaching hospital vet Friday, she made out like there's nothing more we can do for her pancreatitis than what we are already doing, that none of the meds come in liquid form, that they don't give fluids or really do anything else unless the cat is eating nothing, and even then, there's not a whole lot they do in the hospital. She said there's no magic pill to suddenly make her better, which I know but I just feel like there's gotta be more? When I asked about the ultrasound and could she have IBD or anything else going on, the vet said it's possible but because she's diabetic, they couldn't treat any IBD anyway since the treatment is steroids. All she could sum it up to was that having a diabetic cat with chronic issues is stressful and all you can do is try to make them comfortable and that's about it. Frustrating.
Haven't seen anymore blue numbers on the 3 since perhaps Thursday; I can tell looking at the Libre graph that she may have hit around 190 or 180 a couple times, but they were not scans so I don't have the exact numbers. Yesterday's PMPS was decent for her (239), but other than that, she's been pretty high. Could it be that there are some lows she's still reacting to by bouncing? I thought the 3 was starting to work really well but it seems any time she gets a decent number out of it, back up she goes for a while and then the 3 seems to be doing blah. What do you guys think?
Will have to keep looking. It's difficult too because there are not many animal clinics out here and I have to travel for everything because I live more south.
). I feel so lost and scared without it. I know I can check her any time with my meter but it's just not the same; I'm not getting the same amount of data, and I don't want to poke her too much either for it. Not sure if I'm going to get a new one put on or not. She hates going to the vet, and I have no idea how long the next one will last so that's another factor to consider. Not sure if I will break the bank and buy the stuff to try doing it myself because then I worry I might hurt her as I've never used clippers before. Definitely something I've got to think about.
Only got 9 days out of it. Debating if I should get a new one put on...she hates going to the vet. I've considered acquiring all the equipment to do it myself but it's expensive and I'm worried if I might hurt her. Some people say oh it's easy and then others warn about the dangers of snagging/cutting their skin. I feel very lost and afraid without the sensor, though. It easily gives a lot of data I wouldn't otherwise have. I would probably want it if I'm going to up her dose at some point again.