moose&bandit
Member Since 2024
Hi! I hope I'm using this correctly; please bear with me if not!
My five year old male, Bandit, was diagnosed with feline diabetes back in March with numbers in the low-mid 300s as a result of the medication he'd been prescribed to treat his feline asthma. We've been treating him with one unit of insulin glargine twice a day, and his numbers have been getting steadily better. We've also managed to get him fully off of his asthma medication, and he's made quite a bit of visible improvement.
We went to do a partial curve Wednesday evening, and his first reading was 142, which was lower than it's ever been. We thought our glucometer was acting up, so we tested it with the control solution, but it was fine, so we did another reading to make sure we hadn't messed up somehow. We got back 174, which we were happy with, since he was pretty stressed from having us do a second reading. Five hours later, he was at 116. Our vet recommended not giving him insulin if he's under 225, so we skipped his dose the next morning and checked his levels that evening, and he was at 200, so we skipped his evening dose as well. When we checked him this morning, however, he was back up to 316.
We're waiting to hear back from the vet, but in the meantime, has anyone experienced something like this where their kitty has a major dip (without getting dangerously low) and then climbs back up? We thought we were just getting lucky and he might be going into remission, but with him back at 316, that seems unlikely.
My five year old male, Bandit, was diagnosed with feline diabetes back in March with numbers in the low-mid 300s as a result of the medication he'd been prescribed to treat his feline asthma. We've been treating him with one unit of insulin glargine twice a day, and his numbers have been getting steadily better. We've also managed to get him fully off of his asthma medication, and he's made quite a bit of visible improvement.
We went to do a partial curve Wednesday evening, and his first reading was 142, which was lower than it's ever been. We thought our glucometer was acting up, so we tested it with the control solution, but it was fine, so we did another reading to make sure we hadn't messed up somehow. We got back 174, which we were happy with, since he was pretty stressed from having us do a second reading. Five hours later, he was at 116. Our vet recommended not giving him insulin if he's under 225, so we skipped his dose the next morning and checked his levels that evening, and he was at 200, so we skipped his evening dose as well. When we checked him this morning, however, he was back up to 316.
We're waiting to hear back from the vet, but in the meantime, has anyone experienced something like this where their kitty has a major dip (without getting dangerously low) and then climbs back up? We thought we were just getting lucky and he might be going into remission, but with him back at 316, that seems unlikely.
