Carol in Chicago
Member Since 2017
Wow - It has been 1 year since Rosie was diagnosed!
On the one hand, I'm happy. She is doing well. She has her own version of the 5 P's and they seem to be OK for her. On the other hand, I'm disappointed I haven't been able to get her into remission. We started this journey with a bit of a false sense of ease - she saw green numbers immediately. For the first couple of months, I was obsessed with getting more and more green. I cried when I saw the first pink number! Then her other health problems started - constipation, arthritis, and now CKD. These have been so much harder for me to manage because I don't have the quantitative data from my meter.
I wish I had a meter for kidney values. I wish I had something more scientific than my own "score" for her litter box performance. More than anything I wish she could tell me how she feels after a year of being on this journey.
On the one hand, I'm happy. She is doing well. She has her own version of the 5 P's and they seem to be OK for her. On the other hand, I'm disappointed I haven't been able to get her into remission. We started this journey with a bit of a false sense of ease - she saw green numbers immediately. For the first couple of months, I was obsessed with getting more and more green. I cried when I saw the first pink number! Then her other health problems started - constipation, arthritis, and now CKD. These have been so much harder for me to manage because I don't have the quantitative data from my meter.
I wish I had a meter for kidney values. I wish I had something more scientific than my own "score" for her litter box performance. More than anything I wish she could tell me how she feels after a year of being on this journey.
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