KLD
Member Since 2024
Hi all,
My 5-year-old cat has been in remission for almost a year now. However, back in April we noticed a mysterious condition on his tongue. It was biopsied because we were concerned for cancer, but while it turned out not to be cancer, we’re actually still not sure what it is. At first we thought it was an eosinophilic granuloma, an autoimmune condition he has due to a chicken allergy. He started back on steroids beginning of May. Thankfully, because he was now no longer overweight and eating only low carb, his blood sugar remained stable and normal.
The bump on his tongue did not respond terribly strongly to the steroids, so we eventually weaned him off by October and ruled out eosinophilic granuloma.
Unfortunately, the bump came back with a vengeance. 5 weeks ago he went back on steroids, plus an antibiotic. The bump continues to remain a mystery, but has been responding MUCH better to this combo. Tomorrow he goes back to the vet for another check up to decide if he will need a referral to a surgeon.
All that being said, I have noticed the past couple of days he has been acting off—clingy, extreme hunger (even taking into account the steroid hunger), and he’s been drinking a bit more than usual. I tested his blood sugar and it’s 13.1 on the Freestyle Lite. 10 days ago it was within normal range, so this is recent. I’m not surprised by this. I’ve been struggling with his weight slowly increasing since he went back on steroids, and I think that is playing a large part of why he got diabetes again.
I’m just wondering if anyone has any advice, or anything I should take into consideration before his appointment tomorrow? He obviously needs to be weaned off the steroids, but he had a good run. I’m just hoping this won’t set back our progress with the mystery bump too much.
My 5-year-old cat has been in remission for almost a year now. However, back in April we noticed a mysterious condition on his tongue. It was biopsied because we were concerned for cancer, but while it turned out not to be cancer, we’re actually still not sure what it is. At first we thought it was an eosinophilic granuloma, an autoimmune condition he has due to a chicken allergy. He started back on steroids beginning of May. Thankfully, because he was now no longer overweight and eating only low carb, his blood sugar remained stable and normal.
The bump on his tongue did not respond terribly strongly to the steroids, so we eventually weaned him off by October and ruled out eosinophilic granuloma.
Unfortunately, the bump came back with a vengeance. 5 weeks ago he went back on steroids, plus an antibiotic. The bump continues to remain a mystery, but has been responding MUCH better to this combo. Tomorrow he goes back to the vet for another check up to decide if he will need a referral to a surgeon.
All that being said, I have noticed the past couple of days he has been acting off—clingy, extreme hunger (even taking into account the steroid hunger), and he’s been drinking a bit more than usual. I tested his blood sugar and it’s 13.1 on the Freestyle Lite. 10 days ago it was within normal range, so this is recent. I’m not surprised by this. I’ve been struggling with his weight slowly increasing since he went back on steroids, and I think that is playing a large part of why he got diabetes again.
I’m just wondering if anyone has any advice, or anything I should take into consideration before his appointment tomorrow? He obviously needs to be weaned off the steroids, but he had a good run. I’m just hoping this won’t set back our progress with the mystery bump too much.
