GregFurBall
Member Since 2012
Previous condo
Hi LL-
Just wanted to give an update on our furry happy kitty. Can hardly believe it has been 30 days since he last received insulin! Wow. Wonderfully amazing!!
I finally called his vet today. Brief recap: Fur Ball was dx with FD on 9/5/12 and he went back to the vet on 9/11/12 for a BG test as she did not advice us to home test. She asked us to schedule a follow up appointment in 2 weeks from this test. Well. Needless to say, after we found this board I just focused on your wise counsel and the rest is history--our boy went OTJ. He has not been back to the vet since.
So, I had a pretty indepth phone conversation with our vet about all the research I did. Informed her of this web site as well as catinfo.org. Told her that Fur Ball had completed his transition to Raw food (pretty quickly) and we believe that played a significant factor in his remission. I told her that even if she believes most of her clients will not test, it is her responsibility to recommend it. She was shocked that we got our meter for $15 at Walmart as she had last priced them close to $100. She mentioned a local vet that supports wet/raw diets but then laughed at the idea of dry food being 'kitty crack.' She also 'thought' she had told us that Lantus was based on the nadir, needed to be dosed every 12 hrs. She was unaware of the 'depot effect.' I recommended she develop a 'newby' handout she could give to newly dx'd beans so if she misses telling information about Lantus, FD etc, we would have something to refer back to from the vet. Overall, she was receptive to take down the websites and forward it along to her other clients. But, I didn't believe she really bought into the importance of testing or getting cats off dry. She was also 'surprised' we had not been back to the vet or called her. Once I found FDMB I trusted you guys more than her and just didn't take the time to call her. She did say she was going to use Fur Ball as a 'poster child' for remission.
While she was so amazing when we lost Simon, DH and I have an interview with another vet scheduled for next Monday. On their website they had a link for feline diabetes so they at least seemed a bit more informed. They are doing a 1 hr consult for free which we thought was pretty amazing. We'll know more next week as we look to find a vet that will support and encourage our decisions we have made with FB.
Thanks to everyone who has been there for us in this journey. Words cannot express how much you have meant to us! :YMHUG:
Enjoying life at the 'falls'
Karen and Fur Ball
Hi LL-
Just wanted to give an update on our furry happy kitty. Can hardly believe it has been 30 days since he last received insulin! Wow. Wonderfully amazing!!
I finally called his vet today. Brief recap: Fur Ball was dx with FD on 9/5/12 and he went back to the vet on 9/11/12 for a BG test as she did not advice us to home test. She asked us to schedule a follow up appointment in 2 weeks from this test. Well. Needless to say, after we found this board I just focused on your wise counsel and the rest is history--our boy went OTJ. He has not been back to the vet since.
So, I had a pretty indepth phone conversation with our vet about all the research I did. Informed her of this web site as well as catinfo.org. Told her that Fur Ball had completed his transition to Raw food (pretty quickly) and we believe that played a significant factor in his remission. I told her that even if she believes most of her clients will not test, it is her responsibility to recommend it. She was shocked that we got our meter for $15 at Walmart as she had last priced them close to $100. She mentioned a local vet that supports wet/raw diets but then laughed at the idea of dry food being 'kitty crack.' She also 'thought' she had told us that Lantus was based on the nadir, needed to be dosed every 12 hrs. She was unaware of the 'depot effect.' I recommended she develop a 'newby' handout she could give to newly dx'd beans so if she misses telling information about Lantus, FD etc, we would have something to refer back to from the vet. Overall, she was receptive to take down the websites and forward it along to her other clients. But, I didn't believe she really bought into the importance of testing or getting cats off dry. She was also 'surprised' we had not been back to the vet or called her. Once I found FDMB I trusted you guys more than her and just didn't take the time to call her. She did say she was going to use Fur Ball as a 'poster child' for remission.
While she was so amazing when we lost Simon, DH and I have an interview with another vet scheduled for next Monday. On their website they had a link for feline diabetes so they at least seemed a bit more informed. They are doing a 1 hr consult for free which we thought was pretty amazing. We'll know more next week as we look to find a vet that will support and encourage our decisions we have made with FB.
Thanks to everyone who has been there for us in this journey. Words cannot express how much you have meant to us! :YMHUG:
Enjoying life at the 'falls'
Karen and Fur Ball
