AggieNuke14
New Member
Hello,
I have been creeping on FDMB for nearly 2 years now. My cat was diagnosed in August 2022. We started with a vet who gave us very limited information and seemed very uninterested in our cat after his first BSC was "good." We were given no further instructions except to continue on at 2u of Lantus.
May 2023 he began displaying symptoms again (lots of pee, peeing outside of box, etc). All the weight he had gained back was lost. We switched vets. Our vet clinic just had 2 vets go do additional training in feline diabetes management at a University vet school. The new vet started us over on 1u and his numbers were always iffy those sometimes looked really good but his appetite was low. She also encourages home testing. She calls a feline endocrinology specialist for help. She doesn't cringe when I saw "I read on Feline diabetes forum..." She doesn't make us come in for visits and will just monitor from our google sheet (I'm sorry I have a different one from y'all that I got from a facebook group--- I had to unfollow because it wasn't great for my mental being)
Over 2023 we slowly went up from 1u to back to 2u. In October '23 and February '24 we have confirmed cases of pancreatitis. In April '24 we had another suspected case. All were able to be managed at home. By February he had gained his 2lbs he had lost between December 22 and May 23.
Now since April he has started to become symptomatic again (tons of pee, extra hungry). I have been consistently getting "high flat" curves for awhile (nearly January). His vet has been hesitant to change to his dose since he was sick so much this year. We brought him in to her at the end of May and he had lost nearly 1.5 lbs (he's only typically a 12 lb cat!) We had been on an extended vacation where he was home with others. We gave it a month and there was no change. I couldn't in my mind handle the amount of at home testing she wanted me to do so we tried the free style libre (he ripped both of them off).
His vet and I spoke on July 19 before she went on a vacation and she wanted me to continue at 2u, weigh him and do as much testing as I/Loki could tolerate. By the end of the week last week I was still getting high flat numbers. So I on my own changed his dose to 2.5u. If you look at the spreadsheet you will see why I am here... I know we have not gotten to 6 cycles on the new dose but the sudden high numbers have me freaked out. Loki's vet finally gets back from vacation tomorrow. But I am finally breaking down and posting here.
We've been so successful in a way the last 2 years. He was maintaining weight. He was playing and he was very much his old self. Most symptoms went away (peeing outside of the box probably is half diabetes and half behavioral). He's never had neuropathy. But now things seem way out of whack with symptoms all over the place. Hunger and thirst have been increasing a lot lately. He'll just pee straight on the floor in front of us. When he did this in front of us for the third time in 3 days was when we decided to change his dose to 2.5u.
Is there some chance we need to just start all the way over? Start at 0.5u and go from there? I plan to ask our vet tomorrow. I have a note in with her to look at his sheet and give me a call. She always responses very quickly.
I have been creeping on FDMB for nearly 2 years now. My cat was diagnosed in August 2022. We started with a vet who gave us very limited information and seemed very uninterested in our cat after his first BSC was "good." We were given no further instructions except to continue on at 2u of Lantus.
May 2023 he began displaying symptoms again (lots of pee, peeing outside of box, etc). All the weight he had gained back was lost. We switched vets. Our vet clinic just had 2 vets go do additional training in feline diabetes management at a University vet school. The new vet started us over on 1u and his numbers were always iffy those sometimes looked really good but his appetite was low. She also encourages home testing. She calls a feline endocrinology specialist for help. She doesn't cringe when I saw "I read on Feline diabetes forum..." She doesn't make us come in for visits and will just monitor from our google sheet (I'm sorry I have a different one from y'all that I got from a facebook group--- I had to unfollow because it wasn't great for my mental being)
Over 2023 we slowly went up from 1u to back to 2u. In October '23 and February '24 we have confirmed cases of pancreatitis. In April '24 we had another suspected case. All were able to be managed at home. By February he had gained his 2lbs he had lost between December 22 and May 23.
Now since April he has started to become symptomatic again (tons of pee, extra hungry). I have been consistently getting "high flat" curves for awhile (nearly January). His vet has been hesitant to change to his dose since he was sick so much this year. We brought him in to her at the end of May and he had lost nearly 1.5 lbs (he's only typically a 12 lb cat!) We had been on an extended vacation where he was home with others. We gave it a month and there was no change. I couldn't in my mind handle the amount of at home testing she wanted me to do so we tried the free style libre (he ripped both of them off).
His vet and I spoke on July 19 before she went on a vacation and she wanted me to continue at 2u, weigh him and do as much testing as I/Loki could tolerate. By the end of the week last week I was still getting high flat numbers. So I on my own changed his dose to 2.5u. If you look at the spreadsheet you will see why I am here... I know we have not gotten to 6 cycles on the new dose but the sudden high numbers have me freaked out. Loki's vet finally gets back from vacation tomorrow. But I am finally breaking down and posting here.
We've been so successful in a way the last 2 years. He was maintaining weight. He was playing and he was very much his old self. Most symptoms went away (peeing outside of the box probably is half diabetes and half behavioral). He's never had neuropathy. But now things seem way out of whack with symptoms all over the place. Hunger and thirst have been increasing a lot lately. He'll just pee straight on the floor in front of us. When he did this in front of us for the third time in 3 days was when we decided to change his dose to 2.5u.
Is there some chance we need to just start all the way over? Start at 0.5u and go from there? I plan to ask our vet tomorrow. I have a note in with her to look at his sheet and give me a call. She always responses very quickly.
