Yesterday, green start, check out yellow floor, then a long blue surf. cat_pet_icon
12/12 Recap:
AMPS 88 :mrgreen: +3 256 +9 136
PMPS 120 +3 135 +7 127
All systems OK in Neko land so far today. Too early for play (other than whacking). CPC as ever, she's now waiting for Otto to deliver +2. The rain seems to have stopped after melting what little snow we had, but it's still wet out so no reason a cat would want out.
Two years ago today was the day we got Neko's diabetes Dx. I knew the vet had the b/w results but she was busy and I was impatient to hear from her, so I went into the clinic and got the staff to give me the results. And there it was in black and white. And then questions started. Why would she have diabetes? She ate mostly low carb wet food - I had found Dr. Lisa's web site at the beginning of the year and was trying mostly low carb wet to get them to lose weight. And I immediately went onto the internet and started searching - I found FDMB right away. By the time the vet called a couple of hours later, I knew enough to question why they were going to prescribe Caninsulin - it's what they did. My vet was going to be away the next day, but a locum would be there to get us started on insulin and practice shooting. Some of my favorite gems from the locum "It's OK to reuse the syringes, some people use them three times, but maybe just do two times". "Watch the cat for 20 minutes after the injection, and then you are OK" - a particularly good one given we were shooting Caninsulin. :roll: He didn't explain that nadir was the time to be vigilant for hypo, or when it might be. And we were scheduled to come back in 2 weeks for another fructosamine test. The one good thing he said was "you may want to think about learning to do blood tests at home". And a two months later a better locum got us on Lantus and showed me how to blood test.
We've all been through the stress and a million questions at diagnosis time. The fun thing for us was that our main water line started leaking that week so we had to get that replaced, and then number two cat decided Neko shouldn't have all the vet fun and that's when his cystitis started. Yikes! It's amazing how much has improved since then. This holiday season is shaping up to be a lot less stressful. Neko is doing SO much better. Two years ago I was treating Neko like a delicate piece of china I didn't want to break. She was hungry all the time - on the counters, in the kitchen sink. I wasn't home blood testing yet
but I knew when the Caninsulin wore off a couple hours before shot time. It made us both miserable.
But thanks to FDMB I finally got a better insulin and 5 months after that I finally got the answer to the question "why did Neko get diabetes". I thank everyone here who provided advice, support and humor to keep me (mostly) sane. Special thanks to Julie, Marje and Sienne for their support while I had to keep on increasing the dose. On their advice, I booked Neko into SRT (stereostatic ratiation therapy) at CSU (Colorado State University). I think we were cat #33 to do this. As the cover of the high dose/acro cat calendar says - these SRT cats really are pioneers. But it was so worth it. I have my sweet tempered, soft furred, lap loving kitty back. cat_pet_icon
12/12 Recap:
AMPS 88 :mrgreen: +3 256 +9 136
PMPS 120 +3 135 +7 127
All systems OK in Neko land so far today. Too early for play (other than whacking). CPC as ever, she's now waiting for Otto to deliver +2. The rain seems to have stopped after melting what little snow we had, but it's still wet out so no reason a cat would want out.
Two years ago today was the day we got Neko's diabetes Dx. I knew the vet had the b/w results but she was busy and I was impatient to hear from her, so I went into the clinic and got the staff to give me the results. And there it was in black and white. And then questions started. Why would she have diabetes? She ate mostly low carb wet food - I had found Dr. Lisa's web site at the beginning of the year and was trying mostly low carb wet to get them to lose weight. And I immediately went onto the internet and started searching - I found FDMB right away. By the time the vet called a couple of hours later, I knew enough to question why they were going to prescribe Caninsulin - it's what they did. My vet was going to be away the next day, but a locum would be there to get us started on insulin and practice shooting. Some of my favorite gems from the locum "It's OK to reuse the syringes, some people use them three times, but maybe just do two times". "Watch the cat for 20 minutes after the injection, and then you are OK" - a particularly good one given we were shooting Caninsulin. :roll: He didn't explain that nadir was the time to be vigilant for hypo, or when it might be. And we were scheduled to come back in 2 weeks for another fructosamine test. The one good thing he said was "you may want to think about learning to do blood tests at home". And a two months later a better locum got us on Lantus and showed me how to blood test.
We've all been through the stress and a million questions at diagnosis time. The fun thing for us was that our main water line started leaking that week so we had to get that replaced, and then number two cat decided Neko shouldn't have all the vet fun and that's when his cystitis started. Yikes! It's amazing how much has improved since then. This holiday season is shaping up to be a lot less stressful. Neko is doing SO much better. Two years ago I was treating Neko like a delicate piece of china I didn't want to break. She was hungry all the time - on the counters, in the kitchen sink. I wasn't home blood testing yet
but I knew when the Caninsulin wore off a couple hours before shot time. It made us both miserable. But thanks to FDMB I finally got a better insulin and 5 months after that I finally got the answer to the question "why did Neko get diabetes". I thank everyone here who provided advice, support and humor to keep me (mostly) sane. Special thanks to Julie, Marje and Sienne for their support while I had to keep on increasing the dose. On their advice, I booked Neko into SRT (stereostatic ratiation therapy) at CSU (Colorado State University). I think we were cat #33 to do this. As the cover of the high dose/acro cat calendar says - these SRT cats really are pioneers. But it was so worth it. I have my sweet tempered, soft furred, lap loving kitty back. cat_pet_icon
Looks like I'll be back daily starting tonight nailbite_smile But THIS time, I know to use a good insulin, test...and have help. 
