Glucose on urine test strip (new member)

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Muir2000

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Hello everyone, I have just joined the forum. I’m at my wits end. My baby Ichabod (well she’s 13) was diagnosed with diabetes in October after we noticed excessive thirst. She’s a very aggressive and highly strung cat so the vet said to try senvelgo rather than injections because lord knows, if I somehow managed to get ONE injection in her, I know she’d never let me near her again for a repeat, certainly not twice daily. She’s been taking senvelgo on her chicken in broth every morning for just over a month now but she’s more ravenously hungry than ever and her thirst doesn’t seem much improved either. I know I should just take her to vets but they have to give her a general anaesthetic to do anything with her and I am very hesitant to do that as are they. I used a test strip in her urine just now and the glucose looks so high :( very happy there’s no ketones (seemingly) at least! Are these strips trustworthy does anyone know? I suppose I should report this to the vet in the morning and see what they say? I’m just so scared because if they say injections are needed I know it won’t be possible :(
 

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I wouldn't consider them to be scientifically accurate since they aren't calibrated for cats, but I would trust that this likely means she has a fair amount of glucose in her urine. When my cat first started experiencing symptoms, I used these tests just to see before going to the vet and found similar results which matched with the lab results showing high glucose.

If you don't mind me asking, what are your reservations regarding injections? It was definitely very intimidating to me at diagnosis and I was not sure if my cat would be able to tolerate the injections and testing, but he surprisingly adapted extremely well
 
Muir2000 said:
Hello everyone, I have just joined the forum. I’m at my wits end. My baby Ichabod (well she’s 13) was diagnosed with diabetes in October after we noticed excessive thirst. She’s a very aggressive and highly strung cat so the vet said to try senvelgo rather than injections because lord knows, if I somehow managed to get ONE injection in her, I know she’d never let me near her again for a repeat, certainly not twice daily. She’s been taking senvelgo on her chicken in broth every morning for just over a month now but she’s more ravenously hungry than ever and her thirst doesn’t seem much improved either. I know I should just take her to vets but they have to give her a general anaesthetic to do anything with her and I am very hesitant to do that as are they. I used a test strip in her urine just now and the glucose looks so high :( very happy there’s no ketones (seemingly) at least! Are these strips trustworthy does anyone know? I suppose I should report this to the vet in the morning and see what they say? I’m just so scared because if they say injections are needed I know it won’t be possible :(
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We have just started Senvelgo, and I remembered reading about glucose in the urine; they say "SGLT2 Inhibitor: Senvelgo is a Sodium Glucose Co-Transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, preventing the kidneys from reabsorbing glucose, causing it to be excreted in the urine" in my instructions. It is confusing to me because they say increased hunger and thirst can be side effects, but then can be signs of other things too. I'd talk to your vet, but maybe not stress too much about the urine strip test? We get to see our Vet tomorrow for our first check up after beginning the drug.
 
Glassgoblin said:
We have just started Senvelgo, and I remembered reading about glucose in the urine; they say "SGLT2 Inhibitor: Senvelgo is a Sodium Glucose Co-Transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, preventing the kidneys from reabsorbing glucose, causing it to be excreted in the urine" in my instructions. It is confusing to me because they say increased hunger and thirst can be side effects, but then can be signs of other things too. I'd talk to your vet, but maybe not stress too much about the urine strip test? We get to see our Vet tomorrow for our first check up after beginning the drug.
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Hi don't worry too much about the glucose urine test strip senvelgo works by the excess glucose going out through the urine so that test strip is expected to show lots of glucose in the urine. But is that top test leukocytes? Positive?
 
Have you considered having a Libre sensor applied? They’re not perfect, but you really need to get an idea of her blood glucose levels (or interstitial fluid glucose numbers in the case of a Libre continuous glucose monitor.)
 
Those urine test strips are just going to tell you that she’s spilling a lot of glucose into her urine. That’s not surprising for an uncontrolled diabetic cat. That’s not the kind of information you need regarding your cat’s blood glucose. You need more specifics.
 
Regarding her behavior at the vet, consider Gabapentin. It should be given the evening before a visit to the vet and in the morning two hours prior to the time of the appointment. It sounds like she may need a larger dose.
 
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