12/13 Silver's Opinion of Diabetes and Vet Bills

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KittyMom777

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Woohoo - just three more days to go until Silver is officially OTJ. Its been great not having to give him his shots every day. The peeing in the wrong place is improving. Unfortunately his legs are NOT which is very discouraging. I know, I am impatient...but its been so long and I hate seeing him hobbling about.
 
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I'm wondering if his legs might be that his potassium is low, that can cause muscle weakness. Has he ever been checked for that? Because usually once their blood sugar stabilizes the neuropathy resolves itself.

Mel and The Fur Gang
 
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No he hasn't....but I'm not in a financial position to take him back to the vet....is there supplements I can get myself for that? and if it wasn't low and I gave supplements, would I do harm?

I have heard that the methylcobalamin does take several months to bring him back to normal - he's been on it for one month and only in normal numbers for 10 days.

Juliet
 
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It is a supplement but too much can be just as bad as too little, so not something that you just want to try and see with. I know all about not being in the financial position to get vet work done. Right now I'm having to stretch the budget here to pay off Angel's last trip. Just sucks to have a $400 vet bill and still only bring home an urn full of ashes. :sad: Thankfully my vet works on payment plans.

Mel and The Fur Gang
 
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I know...can't imagine how hard that must be. Unfortunately my vet does NOT do payment plans. I have completely scrapped the idea of Christmas this year as my temporary job ends right after Christmas. Sure does suck!

Well I will keep going with the methyl B12 and hope that does the trick.
 
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GO SILVER :RAHCAT :RAHCAT :RAHCAT

Juliet - i can't believe your vet won't do payment plans.
Mine wouldn't have any business if she didn't. Who can afford it? Yikes
 
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Oh I agree Nadine! Full payment on treatment. When I first took him in and they did blood work, I thought the floor was going to fall out under me when they told me they wanted $280! I was not expecting it and had no warning of vet prices before that. Now at least I think to ask.

This is what Silver thinks of vet prices and of diabetes in general!
 

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I agree with you Silver. When Tibbs first came to me 5 years ago he was OPC - Other peoples cat. someone abandoned him and i used to feed him outside. one night around 9:30, my neighbor called and said i think that cat you are feeding broke his foot. well he broke every bone in his back paw. i drove him to the emergency vet and he had to have pins put in his paw. $2000 !!!!!!! on the credit card. Ahhhhhhhh. i kid you not, i am STILL paying it off 5 years later. insane.
 
There was a kitty with neuropathy in PZI a couple of years ago that got B-12 for year before it went away. Point is, it did get better, just took a long time.

Mel's point about potassium is a good one. That was Bob's battle, low potassium. It took probably three months after he was OTJ before his levels got into the normal range. It is something you have to do slowly. But the most important thing is that you have to know what the level is, and it has to be monitored by blood tests. Bob was tested every 3-4 weeks. Because too high is just as risky as too low. Potassium affects all muscles and the most important muscle they have is their heart. If the costs are prohibitive, I'd stay with the B-12 and at some point in the future when a blood panel is an option, and if he still shows muscle weakness, try to have one done. But give the B-12 a chance as it can take quite a while to work it's magic.
 
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There was a kitty with neuropathy in PZI a couple of years ago that got B-12 for year before it went away. Point is, it did get better, just took a long time.

Mel's point about potassium is a good one. That was Bob's battle, low potassium. It took probably three months after he was OTJ before his levels got into the normal range. It is something you have to do slowly. But the most important thing is that you have to know what the level is, and it has to be monitored by blood tests. Bob was tested every 3-4 weeks. Because too high is just as risky as too low. Potassium affects all muscles and the most important muscle they have is their heart. If the costs are prohibitive, I'd stay with the B-12 and at some point in the future when a blood panel is an option, and if he still shows muscle weakness, try to have one done. But give the B-12 a chance as it can take quite a while to work it's magic.
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Thanks for the encouragement re the neuropathy. Will keep going with the B12. No can do re potassium and regular blood tests. I am now unemployed and out of funds.

Juliet and Silver.
 
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