Jane and Ragnar
Member Since 2020
Ragnar has just finished the first 7 days of his OJT. He is doing great, numbers stellar, lots of energy, zooming around and jumping on and off the cat tree. I am so happy! I'm still having to work hard to ensure that he eats enough since he needs to gain weight, but I know that will take some time.
I know that I did not follow the rules for getting to OJT but I felt that since his diabetes was triggered by recent steroids and was of such short duration prior to diagnosis, it was unlikely that his pancreas needed a very slow taper.
I wanted to say that I am very grateful to everyone here who took time to read my posts and answer my questions, and to the many, many people who provided the information that is available in the stickies and who have answered countless questions posted by other owners. I read the stickies over and over, browsed the threads and read some of the related scientific articles that were mentioned. I have absolutely no doubt that I would still be pumping in unnecessary insulin if I hadn't been able to educate myself here. My vet got me started right with Lantus at an appropriate dose, pointed me to a few videos on home-testing and to Mark's Marine, and while I do appreciate that, it was not nearly enough support.
Extra shout-out to @Wendy&Neko for pointing me toward considering a decrease in insulin rather than an increase when the high numbers were blinding me. I think that started the quick downward trend that got him to his OJT trial so quickly.
Fingers crossed for the remaining 7 days!
I know that I did not follow the rules for getting to OJT but I felt that since his diabetes was triggered by recent steroids and was of such short duration prior to diagnosis, it was unlikely that his pancreas needed a very slow taper.
I wanted to say that I am very grateful to everyone here who took time to read my posts and answer my questions, and to the many, many people who provided the information that is available in the stickies and who have answered countless questions posted by other owners. I read the stickies over and over, browsed the threads and read some of the related scientific articles that were mentioned. I have absolutely no doubt that I would still be pumping in unnecessary insulin if I hadn't been able to educate myself here. My vet got me started right with Lantus at an appropriate dose, pointed me to a few videos on home-testing and to Mark's Marine, and while I do appreciate that, it was not nearly enough support.
Extra shout-out to @Wendy&Neko for pointing me toward considering a decrease in insulin rather than an increase when the high numbers were blinding me. I think that started the quick downward trend that got him to his OJT trial so quickly.
Fingers crossed for the remaining 7 days!
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