Jades experiencing a relapse. We will be starting Lantus again

Jill & Jade

Member Since 2018
So sad to say that my little sugar babies remission has come to an end. We will be starting on Lantus again either tomorrow or Wednesday. Not sure how/why this happened. She went from 109 to 290 in less than 10 days and has been on the rise ever since. Needless to say, my anxiety level has risen just as quickly and dramatically.:(:nailbiting:
 
I'm sorry to see this turn of events.

With FD we often don't know what causes a remission to come to an end :(

I presume you've done all the usual stuff - rule out dental problems, other health issues as a cause for less than stellar numbers?
 
I'm sorry to see this turn of events.

With FD we often don't know what causes a remission to come to an end :(

I presume you've done all the usual stuff - rule out dental problems, other health issues as a cause for less than stellar numbers?
She most definitely has very bad teeth. The vet doesn’t think she has an abscess or infection. I don’t want to put her under for a dental. She’s VERY sensitive to any sort of anesthesia and she’s 16.5 years old. She had surgery for a horrible ear infection/ ruptured ear drum about 7 years ago and the anesthesia messed her up for over a week. It took a long time for her to be her normal self again. Just giving her half a chill pill to go to the vet affects her for days. I have a vet come to my home because of it. She did just finish a 14 day round of Amoxicillin for bronchitis/ asthma. The vet thinks she has just simply relapsed. I will keep a very close eye on her after her first insulin dose. So nervous tho.
 
I'm sorry to see this turn of events.

With FD we often don't know what causes a remission to come to an end :(

I presume you've done all the usual stuff - rule out dental problems, other health issues as a cause for less than stellar numbers?
If she did have an infection of something that we don’t know about, and I give her insulin, will she survive that?
 
Insulin won't have an impact on an infection. It'll just help control her BG's as you get the infection (if one exists) under control.

When one is coming back from remission, a couple things to look for. First, the fastest you can get her back into regulation, the higher the chances of a getting into remission again. So you might have to be a bit more aggressive this time. Could you put the dosing method you are following, TR or SLGS, onto your signature so we can help guide you better. Second, the insulin dose may have to go higher than the first time, so don't let the size of the dose factor into things. The BG's are the important numbers.

For ease of viewing the numbers on the SS, we like to have a different tab per year to reduce the amount of scrolling. I'll tag Bhoome @Bandit's Mom to see if she can help you with this. Also, not sure why you've got the World tab on there.

Good luck, hoping this is a short stay back on insulin. :bighug:
 
Insulin won't have an impact on an infection. It'll just help control her BG's as you get the infection (if one exists) under control.

When one is coming back from remission, a couple things to look for. First, the fastest you can get her back into regulation, the higher the chances of a getting into remission again. So you might have to be a bit more aggressive this time. Could you put the dosing method you are following, TR or SLGS, onto your signature so we can help guide you better. Second, the insulin dose may have to go higher than the first time, so don't let the size of the dose factor into things. The BG's are the important numbers.

For ease of viewing the numbers on the SS, we like to have a different tab per year to reduce the amount of scrolling. I'll tag Bhoome @Bandit's Mom to see if she can help you with this. Also, not sure why you've got the World tab on there.

Good luck, hoping this is a short stay back on insulin. :bighug:
I picked up her Lantus this evening and will give her her first shot in the morning at 11:00am. I will definitely need a bit of help setting up a new SS, thank you!! I think SLGS will be best for us/
I just took a new job and will be working from 3:00-11:00 or so in the evenings. My goal is shooting as close to 11:00 am/pm as possible. Thank you for keeping an eye on us. :bighug:
 
Hello, Jill. I am just thinking that if your Jade has bad teeth, but the vet thinks it is not safe to undergo anesthesia, then you should ask your vet about doing intermittent antibiotics. My cat, Tabitha, was not able to be anesthetized, and she had bad teeth. We put her on a dose of Antirobe (Clindamycin) for one week out of the month (one week on - three weeks off.) It really helped keep things under control in her mouth. Just a thought. I’m sorry that you need to re-start insulin. Balancing conditions with our beloved senior kitties is so hard!
 
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