Help! Hyperglycemic Kitty

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hhelman08

hhelman08

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My baby Ness has been struggling with diabetes for over a year now. We can't seem to get his sugar regulated. At his vet appointment last week it was over 500! He is on Prozinc 8 units twice a day. The vet told me he wanted to do some research and he would get back to me on how he wants to progress with his treatment he mentioned sending him to a specialist. I have done my own research as well and have begun testing his blood sugars. He currently eats wet food twice a day either Blue Buffalo or Merrick. I also free feed my cats with purina one. I know his diet has to change but I don't even know where to start. He tested 333 this morning before his injection.
 
Welcome. It is good to test at home. Nost of use here record our BG and other data in a spreadsheet so others here can view it. For how to do that see:
http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/...te-a-ss-and-link-it-in-your-signature.130337/

I would test today at about 3 hours and then at about 6 hours since 8 units may be too much

The canned food you are using is not that bad. FOr a lost of low-carb canned see:
http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/shortcut-shopping-list-all-8-or-less-updated.117688/
 
Hello and welcome to you and Ness. It is very distressing not to be able to successfully regulate our little ones. :bighug:

Is there any chance you might give us a little background on Ness's treatment to date? Some cats with certain underlying conditions require higher doses of insulin, but sometimes cats may be on too high a dose. The trouble with too high a dose is that it can actually drive numbers UP as the kitty's body fights to protect itself from possible hyoglycaemia. In particular, it would really help if you could tell us more about the dose that Ness started on at time of diagnosis and how you worked up to the 8IU BID of Prozinc that he is currently receiving.

Getting data into a spreadsheet for Ness will also give members a clearer picture of how his body is responding to the insulin now. FDMB members are based all over the world. Some measure BG in mg/dL (US) and some in mmol/L (international). When you go to the link that Larry provided above you'll be given a choice of spreadsheet templates. If you're in the States, select the US template . If you're outside the US, choose the world template.

You've found a great place to learn more and hopefully to help Ness towards better and healthier numbers. :)
 
Ness was diagnosed over a year ago. The vet started him on 1 unit twice a day and I took him in a week later and it was still high so they upped it to 2 units twice daily and so on until we reached the current 8 units twice a day he has been on this dose for 6 months. We are talking with the vet now about what tests to run to see if there are any underlying conditions that we are dealing with.
 
Check out this post on high dose conditions.

Can we get you started using our grid to record your glucose tests? It will help us give you better feedback. Instructions are here.

Understanding the spreadsheet/grid:

The colored headings at the top are the ranges of glucose values. They are color-coded to clue you in as to meaning.

Each day is 1 row. Each column stores different data for the day.

From left to right, you enter
the Date in the first column
the AMPS (morning pre-shot test) in the 2nd column
the Units given (turquoise column)

Then, there are 11 columns labeled +1 through +11
If you test at +5 (5 hours after the shot), you enter the test number in the +5 column
If you test at +7 (7 hours after the shot), you enter the test number in the +7 column
and so on.

Halfway across the page is the column for PMPS (evening pre-shot)
To the right is another turquoise column for Units given at the evening shot.

There is second set of columns labeled +1 through +11
If you snag a before bed test at +3, you enter the test number in the +3 column.

We separate day and night numbers like that because many cats go lower at night.

It is merely a grid for storing the info; no math required.
 
Ok, I think I have the spreadsheet up correctly not sure. I put his numbers in from yesterday and they were high but all over the place.
 
Also, I am off Wed and plan to do a glucose curve on him that day. It's every 2 hours, right???
 
Your spreadsheet ling does work, The BG values in the SS do show a good decrease in BG which indicates that the insulin is working and that it is likely Ness is a high dose cat.
Yes, a cure is BG value taken every two hours from the preshot BG to the next pre shot BG
 
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