Can I Give My Vet Access to Saoirse's Spreadsheet?

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Critter Mom

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Hi all,

I am finding it confusing trying to maintain two spreadsheets for Saoirse (one for the vet, and her FDMB spreadsheet). It would help if I could give give my vet access to Saoirse's spreadsheet over the internet if he has a Google account? Is this possible? Is it permissible/recommended? If so, how do I go about sharing it with him?
 
Hi Aine,

Sharing data with the vet is generally a good idea. (What better way to showcase your excellent work!) And few vets would ever get to see a diabetic cat's blood glucose data in this kind of detail. It may even encourage the vet to promote hometesting. ;-)
I think you only have to send him/her the link to the page (as long as s/he has a Google account..?)

Eliz

PS. I do hope you're feeling better today. Sounds like you've had a really rough time of late...
 
Thanks for the reply, Eliz. :smile:

I'm cool with our main vet seeing the data, but I think it may raise a few disapproving eyebrows with some of the other practice members: I get the feeling that I'm an unusual client in terms of the frequency of testing. I'm finding that the data are invaluable: they are letting Saoirse communicate her needs to me so that i might help her better. For example, my practice consults with an external diabetes expert. Said expert saw some of Saoirse's early data (before the LC sensitive food started working its magic). The specialist's preliminary view was that Saoirse appeared to be a "true diabetic" and would more than likely remain insulin-dependent. Personally, I think Saoirse developed a problem with her pancreas that was compounded by her having an outmoded, species-inappropriate treatment protocol inflicted on her. The steroid jab she received at the May consult didn't help her any either (50% increase in PU/PD).

If I'm interpreting the data correctly, it appears that Saoirse has functioning pancreatic beta-cells. Whether she has enough remains to be determined. (Is that a fair assessment?). If my interpretation is correct and the specialist's initial take is wrong, then that alone justifies the testing because it is providing a basis for choosing treatment options based on fact and not conjecture. Much more importantly, the testing has kept Saoirse safe from the worst ravages of the Caninsulin treatment.

BTW, I'm a bit better today (taking suitable foods, supplements, and token dose of offending Rx medication (thank you for asking! :smile: ) It ain't pleasant, but it's just the latest episode in the soap opera that my life has become since the accident. Hey ho! :roll:
 
BJM said:
Use the same link you put in your signature to share it with us.
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Yep, no need for a Google account unless you want your vet to have access to edit it as well as viewing it. The link in your signature allows anyone with internet access to view it without a login.

Also, if it helps to convert a vet to giving the protocols on this site a hard look, feel free to also share my spreadsheet! I was also told that my cat would never be diet controlled based on her initial reaction to insulin (while on prescription dry food). I think her spreadsheet confirms that that was only true BECAUSE of the prescription dry food...
 
atajev said:
Yep, no need for a Google account ... The link in your signature allows anyone with internet access to view it without a login.
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Better again! Thanks for the tip. :smile:

atajev said:
Also, if it helps to convert a vet to giving the protocols on this site a hard look, feel free to also share my spreadsheet! I was also told that my cat would never be diet controlled based on her initial reaction to insulin (while on prescription dry food). I think her spreadsheet confirms that that was only true BECAUSE of the prescription dry food...
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Amen to that. From the get-go I did not want w/d as part of Saoirse's treatment protocol. My best friend and his mum are both diabetic so I had some prior familiarity with the dietary implications of diabetes and I thought the Rx for w/d was insane.

My new vet fully supports home testing and agrees that there is overwhelming evidence that FD moggies do much better on a LC, wet diet and he considers that there is no body of research that justifies feeding the likes of w/d Dry to a feline diabetic patient. Conversely, I think the treating vet at my previous practice is the one who could do with seeing your spreadsheet. I am deeply troubled and saddened at the thought that other sugar kitties who go there might not get the right help. Sacred cows are hard to budge ... :sad:
 
Hi Aine,

I see that Saorise's numbers are looking great, but that she is still feeling poorly; I'm so sorry to see that the latter is still the case...
I do so hope that you are feeling better. You've had a tough time of late...

Hugs,

Eliz
 
((Hugs)) to you too, Liz.

My gut instinct is that the pancreatitis symptoms have flared up again because Saoire's pancreas isn't ready to take off its training wheels. Thankfully the LIly's Kitchen food arrived today, and she's able to cope with the Kitten Dinner recipe. Poor love is really hungry, but I'm still only giving her small portions at each meal. The last couple of days have been a real intensive care situation on the comestible front. The pancreatitis really complicates matters.

I can't put into words how absolutely awful I feel about the fact that I fed her the dren that did this to her... :sad:

I'm working on a short document to send to the vet along with her spreadsheet link to argue the case for resuming treatment with a different insulin. The PTSD cognitive impairments makes very heavy weather of it. I'm still waiting for my GP to call me back. It's tough going at the mo, but my love for Saoirse will get us through it. The love I have received from my beautiful, gentle girl has got me through much worse over the past 8 years. I am profoundly in her debt. :smile:
 
Critter Mom said:
...I fed her the dren that did this to her...
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I see Farscape influences in your language, Aine! :-D
I used to feed my cats the frelling awful dren that many vets here in the UK recommend (Science Diet). It was only when Bertie became diabetic that I wised up. And I think that experience is a common one....
We do the best we can with the knowledge we have at the time...

Eliz
 
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Yotz! There goes my cover. (Currently hiding out in the unfashionable end of the Uncharted Territories away from the beady eyes of the Peacekeepers ... ) :lol:

What's really getting to me is that, with the exception of scrapping injuries, an unfortunate encounter between an eye and a rosebush and a paw infested with harvest mites, all of the health problems my puisín's experienced I now know were directly attributable to bad food. I lost two of my little ones because of food (plus less than adequate veterinary support), and I nearly lost another one. I'm angrier at myself than I am at the food companies and the veterinary profession: it was my job to protect them, and I failed. :oops: That said, it's frightening to see the way that vets lay the blame for the illnesses caused by inappropriate diet on the cats for their illnesses and not on the food. It just adds insult to injury. And exactly the same thing is happening with the rise in obesity and type II diabetes in the human population. The drive to maximise profit regardless of externalities never gets a look in.
 
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