Lump and Water Drinking

[babyg]

Hi, everyone,

 

[Larry and Kitties]

b) her glucose is “normal” (meaning, normal for her as we keep her around 240-320),

I’ve asked him if she should go up another half unit but he says to leave everything alone. So I have been leaving her alone and this is how she’s been for about a year and a half.

I consider those BG too high and dose should be increased. However:

c) she eats dry food.

Dry has more carbs and raises BG/increases insulin needs. Thus I wouod switch to canned and monitor BGs since BG should increase when eating canned and I would hold off increasing insulin until full effect of canned is seen. I do not know if you are testing BG at home. Most of use do and we check before each shot and periodically between shots.
If she will not eat canned then I wouod increase insulin now

It is flesh-colored with the tip black, kinda scaley looking, and it bled 2x. It is flattish and can be moved. She also recently developed a grape-sized lump underneath her right tailbone area.

I have no reason those are related to diabetes. The sound like sebaceous (oil filled) cysts. My MurrFee had one and the vet just drained/cut it off with local anesthesia.

They said her one eye had some opaque spots but they didn’t think it was diabetes-related and nothing major;

I also do not consider it diabetes related. Just what do you bean by "spots"? Could they be freckles on the iris?
https://wagwalking.com/cat/condition/dark-spots-eye
My Badgers has them and his left eye was removed since it resulted in glaucoma which cause permanent blindness and the melanoma can metastasize.

 

[JanetNJ]

I didn't see the full original post, but keeping her above 340 is NOT a good idea. At that range Cliffside is spilling into urine and compromising her kidneys. You need to raise the dose. You want her in the 68-150 range.