Lion
Member Since 2021
Hello!
I am new to the message board. And I think I am losing my mind
I have 2 kitties that are brothers. A few years ago one was diagnosed with diabetes and through reading this board I was able to get him into remission. Now his brother was diagnosed with diabetes (7/8/21) and its not going so smoothly. Lion is 15 years old. I have slowly increased the dose from 1 unit to 2.25 units (Lantus) but his number are all over the place!
On a pet monitor he has tested as high as 480 and as low as 70. Last time around I used Relion Micro but that no longer seems to be made. The new Prime requires a lot more blood. For the moment I've been using Pet Buddy which requires less blood.
Tomorrow we go to the vet for a check up on his mouth biopsy (diagnoses was ulcerative gingivitis) and we are having a FreeStyle Libre placed on him.
I'll start the spreadsheet with FreeStyle Libre numbers.
This is all out of the blue after dental surgery to remove some teeth: diabetes, ulcerative gingivitis, now his ear looks flaky.
Food is Friskies Pate sometimes sprinkled with Young Again Zero for mature cats.
Has anyone experienced this extreme inconsistency in the numbers? Wild swings with no pattern at all?
Thank you everyone for listening. Any and all comments and advice are welcome!
I am new to the message board. And I think I am losing my mind
I have 2 kitties that are brothers. A few years ago one was diagnosed with diabetes and through reading this board I was able to get him into remission. Now his brother was diagnosed with diabetes (7/8/21) and its not going so smoothly. Lion is 15 years old. I have slowly increased the dose from 1 unit to 2.25 units (Lantus) but his number are all over the place!
On a pet monitor he has tested as high as 480 and as low as 70. Last time around I used Relion Micro but that no longer seems to be made. The new Prime requires a lot more blood. For the moment I've been using Pet Buddy which requires less blood.
Tomorrow we go to the vet for a check up on his mouth biopsy (diagnoses was ulcerative gingivitis) and we are having a FreeStyle Libre placed on him.
I'll start the spreadsheet with FreeStyle Libre numbers.
This is all out of the blue after dental surgery to remove some teeth: diabetes, ulcerative gingivitis, now his ear looks flaky.
Food is Friskies Pate sometimes sprinkled with Young Again Zero for mature cats.
Has anyone experienced this extreme inconsistency in the numbers? Wild swings with no pattern at all?
Thank you everyone for listening. Any and all comments and advice are welcome!
