4/6 Tugger PMPS 72 +2 55 +5 73 +10 121

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OK, good.
Anxious to see what Tugger does this cycle. Oh silly me, I'm anxious to see what he does every cycle.
BBL.
 
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Boy Tug you've been doing some amazing things with your numbers!!! Great Job Marvie! This is looking very very good! :mrgreen:
 
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Tugger, you wild cat, you. :mrgreen:
Hope you have a nice 50s surf and I'll see you in the morning.
 
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My approach to working with new MDs or vets is to let them do their thing -- do the exam and tell you what they think. At that point, you can start to ask questions and figure out whether the vet is digging him/herself into a hole. If no mention is made of home testing, you can then ask what the vet thinks of it. If you get a song and dance about how hard it is, that human meters aren't accurate, it tortures your cat, etc., there is the Roomp & Rand (2009) article you can share. I attached a copy. (If vet makes a face when you hand over a research article from a top line vet journal, find another vet.) If the vet suggests getting bloodwork that's fine. It is a check up and it's good for a new vet to have baseline lab values. I agree with what everyone else has said about a fructosamine test -- with the amount of testing we do it's unnecessary. It's also a perfect opportunity to hand the vet a copy of Tugger's SS and sweetly ask whether a fructosamine test is really necessary with ALL of the data you have. (If the vet insists, find another vet.)

It would be wonderful if all vets were up to speed when it comes to FD. The reality is that many are not. That doesn't mean they aren't good vets. I think it's got to be an overwhelming task for a vet to be knowledgeable about every disease and its treatment in every possible species of animal that a vet may see in his or her practice. What I look for is a vet who is willing to work with me. The resources on FDMB are huge. It's not surprising that some of the people here are better schooled in FD than many vets who see a small number of cats with FD. I want a vet who can say, "I don't know, but I can find out." or who won't get completely whacko if I do the research. My vet knows I am fully capable of picking up the phone and calling the Dept. of Veterinary Pharmacy at my university vet school. I've also called ans spoken to specialists (e.g., a veterinary dermatologist) when Gabby was dealing with ringworm. I don't want a vet who is going to get bent out of shape because I have a medical and veterinary library at my disposal, I can read a research article and understand it, or if I challenge them if I don't understand or agree with something she suggests.
 

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Was the +10 food related.
Want to go with 0.5u this morning?
I think we need to see if that is what he is asking for.
 
Might have been, the food dishes were cleaned off when I got up, except for the one on the counter that he can't reach. We'll see here in a while because he's been without (and the world is gonna endddddddddddddddd!) since whenever those plates got empty.

I'm thinking this is either a food thing or maybe a lil bounce from his two drops in a row. Sometimes he'll throw one or two blues after a drop to the 40's.

I was thinking we could go ahead and try the .5 and see, we can always add a drop tonight if we need to right?
 
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