tiffmaxee
Member Since 2013
Hi,
My name is Elise and my cat's name is Max. He is 16 years old and has had chronic pancreatitis for about 4 years with an increase in episodes recently. He also is being treated for high blood pressure with amlodipine. His BG at the vet's office had been between 170-198 but in September 29th was 258. The fructosamine was within normal range however. He started drinking water (which he never does as he's eating only canned food) and urinating more so I checked his urine and it tested positive for glucose on Wednesday so we went to the vet yesterday. His BG was in the mid 300's and glucose was in his urine so I brought him back today for his first shot of insulin, Lantus, and the vet is doing a glucose curve. I started reading about all this last night and it seems it was too soon for this but my vet doesn't agree. Max is a VERY timid cat and easily stressed. I know too much about CKD, anemia, and intestinal lymphoma but not about diabetes. I am freaked out that he might have a problem over the weekend and I won't know it. I plan to buy the necessary things to test at home but I am freaked about about sticking his ears. I remember how freaked I was about sub-q fluids so I know I will get over this too. I most likely won't start home testing until after Wednesday when I take him back to the vet and if I have what I need they will teach me. In the meantime I will try to get him to eat the fancy feast classics even though he much prefers the sliced which are higher carbs.
He has had a pancreatitis attack since the end of Sept. as well so his eating has been sporadic. He gets ondansetron for nausea and I can give him cyproheptadine if he doesn't eat. So what do I need to know about feeding him, signs to watch for his BG going to low, how often should I test his urine. I just need to get through this first week and will read a lot here. Thanks for reading.
Elise
My name is Elise and my cat's name is Max. He is 16 years old and has had chronic pancreatitis for about 4 years with an increase in episodes recently. He also is being treated for high blood pressure with amlodipine. His BG at the vet's office had been between 170-198 but in September 29th was 258. The fructosamine was within normal range however. He started drinking water (which he never does as he's eating only canned food) and urinating more so I checked his urine and it tested positive for glucose on Wednesday so we went to the vet yesterday. His BG was in the mid 300's and glucose was in his urine so I brought him back today for his first shot of insulin, Lantus, and the vet is doing a glucose curve. I started reading about all this last night and it seems it was too soon for this but my vet doesn't agree. Max is a VERY timid cat and easily stressed. I know too much about CKD, anemia, and intestinal lymphoma but not about diabetes. I am freaked out that he might have a problem over the weekend and I won't know it. I plan to buy the necessary things to test at home but I am freaked about about sticking his ears. I remember how freaked I was about sub-q fluids so I know I will get over this too. I most likely won't start home testing until after Wednesday when I take him back to the vet and if I have what I need they will teach me. In the meantime I will try to get him to eat the fancy feast classics even though he much prefers the sliced which are higher carbs.
He has had a pancreatitis attack since the end of Sept. as well so his eating has been sporadic. He gets ondansetron for nausea and I can give him cyproheptadine if he doesn't eat. So what do I need to know about feeding him, signs to watch for his BG going to low, how often should I test his urine. I just need to get through this first week and will read a lot here. Thanks for reading.
Elise
