kitten68
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9/3/25 Prev Thread Pudgles
..my cat isnt feeling too good and idk what else to do.
he just wails sometimes at night, at certain hours, and i understand it could be his BP (the nurse mentioned so..) but hes been on his medicine almost 2 weeks (have been managing pills..) and i think we’re seeing improvement, but idk. he is acting a bit better but idk whats going on at night/early morning. im so bitter, too, about his poor eyes.
all of this (FD) has just been a gigantic adjustment in not so great ways.. i am sleeping at night (tho its interrupted every few hours..) and he was indoor/outdoor until we had to start insulin therapy/frontloading.. and i know hes safer, which is best, but maybe hes bored and thats why theres cries at night sometimes. he always gets fed and that seems to help. but then a few hours later.. and now his BP.. and everything is making sense now, and i regret i didnt notice before.. but i thought it was the FD and trying to get numbers back. and not like the multiple vets hes seen ever said to watch his BP.
well, im doing some research and everythings connected and im thinking we’re struggling w numbers because of his BP…. its been so stressful and disheartening. we’re almost double the dose we were.. and we seem to keep having to go up (last dose seemed good but wasnt behaving the same as it used to if we had to skip/reduce a day.. which could not be helped cuz he was sick one day, and prior to that he had his appts…) this is not sustainable in any way. how can we just keep going up and up? somethings wrong.
has the BP now caused insulin resistance, are his vessels now damaged, which happens in people?….. is his vision going to be poor from now on? has this been the problem this whole time maybe?.. because we were coming down……. i’m sure my hot house didnt help, maybe even exacerbated it, caused it even, the stress, and im just so disappointed.. and then if his BP gets better, what then?.. whenever that is i guess, do we have to be careful w dosing? or is the damage done?.. or was it just glucose toxicity?.. but we got back to dose, tried any way as we could under conditions.. the board was down a while, and i didnt hear on things for a while, and things here were very hard. i just do not know.
the veterinary establishment is just a failure it feels like as an institution sometimes.. i mean i did my best this last year and we had a really hard time, but he did see vets and not one could mention this could be a problem, to check for it.. like, high BP can cause vomiting, and his BP was 240 at the hospital.. the damn vet there couldnt expand/emphasize on that? or did she not really connect it? she wrote in her stupid notes tho he was hypertensive, which of course i read much, much later. in general, apparently 1/3 older cats get hypertension….. and so who to take him to? does anyone know what theyre doing? you pay for experts to be experts and i have to do everything it seems. but i dont have knowledge on all things until i do and he saw people!!! and then.. sometimes.. when i come on here, threads and questions dont get attention or answers….. i understand the site is a volunteer, layman basis and we have appreciated things so much cuz none of this is easy and its a way to healing, but w this past year it hasnt felt great.. the board going down also was not fun.. sometimes, if im honest, i dont even want to come on here cuz im not sure if to be a bother.
idk what to do.
this is terrible. abysmal. im confused. and we’re tired here. especially him. just stumbling around in the dark. i dont like seeing my cat not well and not feeling good.. and not sure what to do rn about it..
..my cat isnt feeling too good and idk what else to do.
he just wails sometimes at night, at certain hours, and i understand it could be his BP (the nurse mentioned so..) but hes been on his medicine almost 2 weeks (have been managing pills..) and i think we’re seeing improvement, but idk. he is acting a bit better but idk whats going on at night/early morning. im so bitter, too, about his poor eyes.
all of this (FD) has just been a gigantic adjustment in not so great ways.. i am sleeping at night (tho its interrupted every few hours..) and he was indoor/outdoor until we had to start insulin therapy/frontloading.. and i know hes safer, which is best, but maybe hes bored and thats why theres cries at night sometimes. he always gets fed and that seems to help. but then a few hours later.. and now his BP.. and everything is making sense now, and i regret i didnt notice before.. but i thought it was the FD and trying to get numbers back. and not like the multiple vets hes seen ever said to watch his BP.
well, im doing some research and everythings connected and im thinking we’re struggling w numbers because of his BP…. its been so stressful and disheartening. we’re almost double the dose we were.. and we seem to keep having to go up (last dose seemed good but wasnt behaving the same as it used to if we had to skip/reduce a day.. which could not be helped cuz he was sick one day, and prior to that he had his appts…) this is not sustainable in any way. how can we just keep going up and up? somethings wrong.
has the BP now caused insulin resistance, are his vessels now damaged, which happens in people?….. is his vision going to be poor from now on? has this been the problem this whole time maybe?.. because we were coming down……. i’m sure my hot house didnt help, maybe even exacerbated it, caused it even, the stress, and im just so disappointed.. and then if his BP gets better, what then?.. whenever that is i guess, do we have to be careful w dosing? or is the damage done?.. or was it just glucose toxicity?.. but we got back to dose, tried any way as we could under conditions.. the board was down a while, and i didnt hear on things for a while, and things here were very hard. i just do not know.
the veterinary establishment is just a failure it feels like as an institution sometimes.. i mean i did my best this last year and we had a really hard time, but he did see vets and not one could mention this could be a problem, to check for it.. like, high BP can cause vomiting, and his BP was 240 at the hospital.. the damn vet there couldnt expand/emphasize on that? or did she not really connect it? she wrote in her stupid notes tho he was hypertensive, which of course i read much, much later. in general, apparently 1/3 older cats get hypertension….. and so who to take him to? does anyone know what theyre doing? you pay for experts to be experts and i have to do everything it seems. but i dont have knowledge on all things until i do and he saw people!!! and then.. sometimes.. when i come on here, threads and questions dont get attention or answers….. i understand the site is a volunteer, layman basis and we have appreciated things so much cuz none of this is easy and its a way to healing, but w this past year it hasnt felt great.. the board going down also was not fun.. sometimes, if im honest, i dont even want to come on here cuz im not sure if to be a bother.
idk what to do.
this is terrible. abysmal. im confused. and we’re tired here. especially him. just stumbling around in the dark. i dont like seeing my cat not well and not feeling good.. and not sure what to do rn about it..
.. i think im hard on myself maybe but i feel bad about everything cuz i love him.. i made mistakes i didnt mean to and didnt realize some things.. generally just have tried so hard..
.. he’d be a gigantic handful otherwise.. (neighborhoods have always been closed.. but i did always worry anyway..) so maybe.. yeah.. and you’d think! 
and we wont know if the meds are working for sure til next week when his pressure is to be checked..
its good to know tho. poor kitties. 
thanks for the words.. appreciate our friends here a lot. 
he needs to be in now.. no doubt about it exactly. im also nervous cuz he also needs to be tested.. so it just doesnt work. and i try to amuse him but know he misses it.. hes done that his whole life. i try to compensate by taking him outside on the patio/sits on a bench w and open window.. but i know its not the same. 
