Pandasmom
Member Since 2010
Hi All,
I was active on this board back in 2010, when dealing with diabetes for my cat Odie. My username back then was Odiesmom. Odie has since passed away. At the time, Odie was dealing with several health issues and his diabetes was difficult to manage. I became very accustomed to close monitoring and home testing.
We now have 3 cats, and have just found out that Panda has diabetes.... so here we go again. I've changed my username to Pandasmom
On May 15, Panda had double knee surgery to correct luxating patellas that were causing her significant discomfort. During blood work relating to surgery, they uncovered that she was diabetic. Panda has had IBD for many years now and has been on Prednisolone long-term to control it. Her last blood work in December was normal. We assume the diabetes has been triggered by the Prednisolone. We immediately started tapering her off of Prednisolone and will try switching her to Budesonide instead. She also gets Pepcid daily and had been on Gabapentin daily to help with pain from her knees. She gets Cerenia and Cyproheptadine as needed when her IBD flare ups, and B12 injections monthly.
The first days post-surgery were pretty complicated and she was pretty groggy from pain meds, so we waited a few days before starting insulin treatment. In the meantime, I started home testing a couple of times a day to get an idea what we were dealing with. She hovered around a BG of 18, with no big swings in either direction.
Today, we started her on 1 unit of Lantus twice per day. So far:
Day 1: AMPS 16.7, +2 BG 12.8, +4 BG 11.1, +6 BG 8.9
She was already eating Nulo Turkey + Chicken, and we have continued with that.
She had been eating a bit of RC Satiety kibble (because her sibling eats it and she likes it), but we discontinued that as soon as we heard about her high BG.
We're hoping for eventual remission, but we'll deal with whatever comes.
You can see Panda in her pyjamas in my avatar. She absolutely freaked out with any kind of cone of shame or neck alternative post-knee surgery, and the surgical onesies didn't cover her legs, so I had to get creative. This is an infant onesie that I've modified to fit her. She seems relatively content wearing them and it keeps her legs/incisions covered. On the plus side, she also looks kind of adorable in them
Pandasmom
I was active on this board back in 2010, when dealing with diabetes for my cat Odie. My username back then was Odiesmom. Odie has since passed away. At the time, Odie was dealing with several health issues and his diabetes was difficult to manage. I became very accustomed to close monitoring and home testing.
We now have 3 cats, and have just found out that Panda has diabetes.... so here we go again. I've changed my username to Pandasmom
On May 15, Panda had double knee surgery to correct luxating patellas that were causing her significant discomfort. During blood work relating to surgery, they uncovered that she was diabetic. Panda has had IBD for many years now and has been on Prednisolone long-term to control it. Her last blood work in December was normal. We assume the diabetes has been triggered by the Prednisolone. We immediately started tapering her off of Prednisolone and will try switching her to Budesonide instead. She also gets Pepcid daily and had been on Gabapentin daily to help with pain from her knees. She gets Cerenia and Cyproheptadine as needed when her IBD flare ups, and B12 injections monthly.
The first days post-surgery were pretty complicated and she was pretty groggy from pain meds, so we waited a few days before starting insulin treatment. In the meantime, I started home testing a couple of times a day to get an idea what we were dealing with. She hovered around a BG of 18, with no big swings in either direction.
Today, we started her on 1 unit of Lantus twice per day. So far:
Day 1: AMPS 16.7, +2 BG 12.8, +4 BG 11.1, +6 BG 8.9
She was already eating Nulo Turkey + Chicken, and we have continued with that.
She had been eating a bit of RC Satiety kibble (because her sibling eats it and she likes it), but we discontinued that as soon as we heard about her high BG.
We're hoping for eventual remission, but we'll deal with whatever comes.
You can see Panda in her pyjamas in my avatar. She absolutely freaked out with any kind of cone of shame or neck alternative post-knee surgery, and the surgical onesies didn't cover her legs, so I had to get creative. This is an infant onesie that I've modified to fit her. She seems relatively content wearing them and it keeps her legs/incisions covered. On the plus side, she also looks kind of adorable in them
Pandasmom
