Yesterday Neko continued her lovely blue streak through most of the day. In the evening, Mr. Twitchy (aka Liver) kicked in and we went pink. We are now into the second day of bounce recovery. All 5 P's have been observed today.
11/5 Recap:
AMPS 169 +4 179 +6 172
PMPS 377 +4 330
Both last night and this morning, Neko was extra hungry. Normally she doesn't get that way until she is in the reds. I put fresh litter in one of the boxes (Worlds's Best) and caught her try to snack it. ohmygod_smile :YMSIGH: That may have contributed to today's numbers.
Today it is 3 months since Neko's exciting SRT adventure at CSU. We celebrated by going to the local vetty for a blood draw. The folks at CSU recommended getting T4 done as hyperthyroidism is one of the few side effects they have seen of SRT. I decided to get a complete geri panel done because it has been 4 months and as the vet said "she has been through a lot in that time". The vet noted that Neko has lost a little over a pound since July. I too had noticed a weight loss, but she has been stable the last month. Her weight now is actually just about perfect for her, but we have to see if there is a reason for it. She is getting fed exactly the same amount. The two reasons I can think of are HyperT or with the acro tumor slowly dying off, she isn't getting as much growth hormone sent out. I'll get results of the blood test tomorrow.
I did ask the vet today how she felt about ongoing treatment of Neko. When she was first diagnosed with acromegaly, it sounded like she was hesitating and uncomfortable with it. As Neko was going up the dosing scale, and before the IGF test, I had told her that I was concerned that acromegaly was a concern, but she had poo pooed it as rare. Today however, she admitted that she does have other cats with acromegaly in her practice. I think someone has been doing some research! But as she said, I am also in the 1% of people with time and resources to do something about it. I think the vet was impressed in how far we have come down the dosing scale.
On one sad note, there was a poster in the exam room for someone looking for a new home for their new diagnosed diabetic cat - a brown tabby Manx girl, who looked just like Maggie! So cute, so sad. Apparently they aren't home much so finding the care too much.
11/5 Recap:
AMPS 169 +4 179 +6 172
PMPS 377 +4 330
Both last night and this morning, Neko was extra hungry. Normally she doesn't get that way until she is in the reds. I put fresh litter in one of the boxes (Worlds's Best) and caught her try to snack it. ohmygod_smile :YMSIGH: That may have contributed to today's numbers.
Today it is 3 months since Neko's exciting SRT adventure at CSU. We celebrated by going to the local vetty for a blood draw. The folks at CSU recommended getting T4 done as hyperthyroidism is one of the few side effects they have seen of SRT. I decided to get a complete geri panel done because it has been 4 months and as the vet said "she has been through a lot in that time". The vet noted that Neko has lost a little over a pound since July. I too had noticed a weight loss, but she has been stable the last month. Her weight now is actually just about perfect for her, but we have to see if there is a reason for it. She is getting fed exactly the same amount. The two reasons I can think of are HyperT or with the acro tumor slowly dying off, she isn't getting as much growth hormone sent out. I'll get results of the blood test tomorrow.
I did ask the vet today how she felt about ongoing treatment of Neko. When she was first diagnosed with acromegaly, it sounded like she was hesitating and uncomfortable with it. As Neko was going up the dosing scale, and before the IGF test, I had told her that I was concerned that acromegaly was a concern, but she had poo pooed it as rare. Today however, she admitted that she does have other cats with acromegaly in her practice. I think someone has been doing some research! But as she said, I am also in the 1% of people with time and resources to do something about it. I think the vet was impressed in how far we have come down the dosing scale.
On one sad note, there was a poster in the exam room for someone looking for a new home for their new diagnosed diabetic cat - a brown tabby Manx girl, who looked just like Maggie! So cute, so sad. Apparently they aren't home much so finding the care too much.
