Dolly's spreadsheet

[Our Dolly Girl (GA)]

I wanted to share Dolly's spreadsheet to hopefully hear from others if I am totally doing the wrong thing by not giving her insulin. She was diagnosed 10/16/2019. She developed diabetes after one shot of Depo-Medrol, a steroid, for her allergies given back in September. I have been reluctant to give her insulin because her numbers have not climbed since January 18th, not past the 150 mark per her Veterinarian. Food always seems to bring her numbers down, higher just before morning meal. She is on a low carb diet of Fancy Feast and Friskies pate, occasionally Dr Elsey's Clean Protein. She has been peeing and drinking normally since December. I have both pet and human readers. I started with the pet meter prior to finding FDMB and all of the incredible information about Feline Diabetes. I still use the pet meter most of the time because those numbers are what I am used to. I spend at least an hour every day reading everyone's posts. I haven't seen a spreadsheet from anyone that looks like Dolly's. I am hoping I correctly attached the link. Thanks for any thoughts.

I wanted to add that she healthy and happy but many vet visits since diagnosis due to my tendency to panic. She wasn't peeing enough, her allergy's / asthma, she vomited her breakfast, anything and everything. Fructosamine tests, SDMA test, Heart test, Chest x-ray. A lot of this was in the first few months before I did home testing. I do understand that she will always be diabetic but I do not check her numbers every day. I am following her vet's advice.


https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ueQjwC-3X5JwzyhRhQcpNNQHjKJuNhvdPj4HywQiN5Y/edit?usp=sharing

 

[Juls and Billy]

Hello! I am not really able to read pet meter numbers, but I'm sure someone with more experience than me will be in shortly. It sounds like Dolly is doing awesomely. A steroid shot can absolutely get a cat into temporary diabetes. But you are wise to spot check once a week. If she ever has higher numbers, the sooner you catch and treat it, the better off she will be.

 

[Chris & China (GA)]

Food always seems to bring her numbers down, higher just before morning meal.

If the food brings the numbers down, then the pancreas is doing something!!

The AM blood glucose is always the last one to come down due to something called "Dawn Phenomenon"

In preparation for the activity of the day, the endocrine system releases stress hormones (i.e., cortisol). These cause a temporary rise in BG levels.