KPassa
Member Since 2012
Hi Everyone! It's been a while since I've posted, so many of you might not know of Michelangelo. He was diagnosed all the way back in 2012 at 6 months old. For the last +10 years, he's been on Levemir ranging from .25u to 2u BID. (His spreadsheet has not been updated for a couple of years, but I still keep track in log books.)
I always suspected he was a diabetic due to some external factor causing hyperglycemia but it was very difficult to figure out what the underlying problem was. I had hints over the years, from his feline hyperesthesia (which was helped significantly when I switched from Lantus to Levemir), to his annual "October Oscillation" where he would become unregulated and increase in dose over the winter. The last few years, the symptoms became more pronounced and I was finally able to get vets to pay attention.
We tried a few different medications and he was finally referred to a pet allergy specialist. They were the first to prescribe Atopica and it seems to be working! Mikey has been on a daily dose (11Lb dose) since early this year and his BGs immediately started falling. At first, it was a skipped shot here and there, then it became entire days where he didn't need insulin, until finally he was only needing a dose about once a week. He received his last dose of insulin in the beginning of July and has been below 100 ever since. (Something rather ironic is that the Atopica costs more per month than the Levemir did.)
I never thought it would happen for him, even if we found the underlying cause, just because he's been diabetic for so long. But now, Michelangelo is officially
I always suspected he was a diabetic due to some external factor causing hyperglycemia but it was very difficult to figure out what the underlying problem was. I had hints over the years, from his feline hyperesthesia (which was helped significantly when I switched from Lantus to Levemir), to his annual "October Oscillation" where he would become unregulated and increase in dose over the winter. The last few years, the symptoms became more pronounced and I was finally able to get vets to pay attention.
We tried a few different medications and he was finally referred to a pet allergy specialist. They were the first to prescribe Atopica and it seems to be working! Mikey has been on a daily dose (11Lb dose) since early this year and his BGs immediately started falling. At first, it was a skipped shot here and there, then it became entire days where he didn't need insulin, until finally he was only needing a dose about once a week. He received his last dose of insulin in the beginning of July and has been below 100 ever since. (Something rather ironic is that the Atopica costs more per month than the Levemir did.)
I never thought it would happen for him, even if we found the underlying cause, just because he's been diabetic for so long. But now, Michelangelo is officially
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That's soooo joyful. I'm celebrating with you. It's so beautiful to witness how you stayed alert to what you sense that was in play and persevered to find the answer. Well done. Congratulations 
