MaxsMom74
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https://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/8-31-2024-max-dosing-advice.293614/
So Max appears to be in remission. He has maintained low numbers, including very low numbers for a week and a half so far. The vet had me bring him in during the first few days to run tests. His urin is completely free of glucose and ketones and his Fructosime level test was normal. She asked me to bring him in again a week later to see how he was doing. I told her he has been eating well, getting lots of exercise, and feeling great. She saw his spreadsheet and that he has numbers mostly in the 50-60 range with some 40's. She was then worried that he might have a turmor on his pancreas. She wanted to do a blood test to see if he was producing too much insulin himself. She took him to the back and did a blood glucose test and came back to tell me that her reading on said 159. Now keep in mind he had been sitting in the vet for 2 hours stressing before she took her test. She then asked about the meter I am using and when I told her it was a human metere she roller her eyes and said they dont' work for cats. I told her that everyon on her uses them. That I had tested it's calibration and had even tested my own blood to see if it was giving weird readings. All came back normal. She wants me to bring him back in a week for them to do a curve.
Here is my concern, I think my meter is performing normally. I think Max's numbers are consistantly in the same range. I don't want to keep spending hundreds of dollars at the vet for them to do a curve that then could be falsely high because Max is stressed from being there. What do you guys think?
So Max appears to be in remission. He has maintained low numbers, including very low numbers for a week and a half so far. The vet had me bring him in during the first few days to run tests. His urin is completely free of glucose and ketones and his Fructosime level test was normal. She asked me to bring him in again a week later to see how he was doing. I told her he has been eating well, getting lots of exercise, and feeling great. She saw his spreadsheet and that he has numbers mostly in the 50-60 range with some 40's. She was then worried that he might have a turmor on his pancreas. She wanted to do a blood test to see if he was producing too much insulin himself. She took him to the back and did a blood glucose test and came back to tell me that her reading on said 159. Now keep in mind he had been sitting in the vet for 2 hours stressing before she took her test. She then asked about the meter I am using and when I told her it was a human metere she roller her eyes and said they dont' work for cats. I told her that everyon on her uses them. That I had tested it's calibration and had even tested my own blood to see if it was giving weird readings. All came back normal. She wants me to bring him back in a week for them to do a curve.
Here is my concern, I think my meter is performing normally. I think Max's numbers are consistantly in the same range. I don't want to keep spending hundreds of dollars at the vet for them to do a curve that then could be falsely high because Max is stressed from being there. What do you guys think?