pixiegirls & Boy
Member
Boy is definitely trying hard to get to his (and mine) OTJ goal. He is on his third attempt now at (+) 28. Maybe he'll get much further this time.
I had received an email from my vet today....and I did have to laugh at the first part. She had recently been to a seminar on diabetic cats. So she wanted me to "know" that I should not give Boy any dry cat food. Why? Oh, they are high in carbohydrates and can make the diabetic cat difficult to regulate, and if they go into remission, eating the dry food could cause a recurrence of diabetes, lol. Oh, and no FF with gravy....too much surgar, rofl! I do love my vet, but realized that maybe she hadn't "really" read my emails entirely....wordy or not. Every time I mentioned only wet low carb/high protein cat food was being kept in the house and has been since mid-April. Our "diet" issue always centered around giving Boy a higher quality food than the Friskies/FF pates I was using [because I could afford it primarily, but also the only food he and the other 2 cats will eat). But I can be happy that she now "gets" it.
We are not however on the same wavelength in regards to Boy's insulin dosing, etc. Again, she said I could probably just stop giving him any insulin since his BG's were good, BG's were no longer necessary.....I could use urine glucose strips just as effectively on an occasional basis, and to just get a BG and a fructosamine in a month. I knew there was a reason I had procrastinated in sending her updates.
I, personally, don't feel comfortable enough with his BG levels to just stop.....although it may be perfectly fine for him since the levels are now averaging ~100 or under.....but I guess I've felt that I want to be safe before I stop giving him the insulin even with the occasional >140 BG level. I didn't want to set him back in his progress...and only hope that I'm not impeding Mr. P from working full time again. Aside from it being impossible to ever get a urine sample form Boy (really gun shy, lol), I feel better knowing what his actual number is. I found the instructions somewhat odd as well since she knows that Boy is in the DCIN program to help with blood glucose strips ands the testing is mandatory. So needless to say, I did get a chuckle out of the "new" updates on cat food, but will continue to poke his poor ear for his BG levels (and we've been good with those lately in getting them), but thinking that BG levels (especially PS values) should all be running in the 100 or under range for the whole day. If that isn't right, please someone let me know!
Still trying to get in and post as much as I can, and have been keeping up his SS although there isn't always a lot of data. I am so thankful that Boy is getting better as I now have to spend a lot of time with my mom as she starts chemo and radiation for her recently diagnosed cancer. So if Boy does go OTJ soon....what a gift!!!
I had received an email from my vet today....and I did have to laugh at the first part. She had recently been to a seminar on diabetic cats. So she wanted me to "know" that I should not give Boy any dry cat food. Why? Oh, they are high in carbohydrates and can make the diabetic cat difficult to regulate, and if they go into remission, eating the dry food could cause a recurrence of diabetes, lol. Oh, and no FF with gravy....too much surgar, rofl! I do love my vet, but realized that maybe she hadn't "really" read my emails entirely....wordy or not. Every time I mentioned only wet low carb/high protein cat food was being kept in the house and has been since mid-April. Our "diet" issue always centered around giving Boy a higher quality food than the Friskies/FF pates I was using [because I could afford it primarily, but also the only food he and the other 2 cats will eat). But I can be happy that she now "gets" it.
We are not however on the same wavelength in regards to Boy's insulin dosing, etc. Again, she said I could probably just stop giving him any insulin since his BG's were good, BG's were no longer necessary.....I could use urine glucose strips just as effectively on an occasional basis, and to just get a BG and a fructosamine in a month. I knew there was a reason I had procrastinated in sending her updates.
I, personally, don't feel comfortable enough with his BG levels to just stop.....although it may be perfectly fine for him since the levels are now averaging ~100 or under.....but I guess I've felt that I want to be safe before I stop giving him the insulin even with the occasional >140 BG level. I didn't want to set him back in his progress...and only hope that I'm not impeding Mr. P from working full time again. Aside from it being impossible to ever get a urine sample form Boy (really gun shy, lol), I feel better knowing what his actual number is. I found the instructions somewhat odd as well since she knows that Boy is in the DCIN program to help with blood glucose strips ands the testing is mandatory. So needless to say, I did get a chuckle out of the "new" updates on cat food, but will continue to poke his poor ear for his BG levels (and we've been good with those lately in getting them), but thinking that BG levels (especially PS values) should all be running in the 100 or under range for the whole day. If that isn't right, please someone let me know!
Still trying to get in and post as much as I can, and have been keeping up his SS although there isn't always a lot of data. I am so thankful that Boy is getting better as I now have to spend a lot of time with my mom as she starts chemo and radiation for her recently diagnosed cancer. So if Boy does go OTJ soon....what a gift!!!
, no dry food :shock: .....oh ok... :roll: . Thanks for letting me know (insert vets name).
I'm sure there are a lot of places you can get really poor advice, but I think most of us here have found great value in the combined knowlegde and experiences of THOUSANDS of people with sugar cats, and a fair amt of them that have gone into remission or are food controlled. You gotta take everything with a grain of salt, but it's good the vet is starting to see the light - even if she heard teh esame things you said from an "expert" instead of you! 