Out of remission

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JanetNJ

JanetNJ

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after almost a full year in remission. CC tested at 287 today. I am totally bummed. I'll call the vet later today. :( She's acting fine. Better then fine. Purring, eating normal, feeling good. Don't know why she suddenly slipped back into it. I tested twice just to be sure. It was 287 then 286. This sucks.
Last week she was still normal. We did go away for two days, but I doubt that stress would cause 150 point jump.
 
Oh, nooooo!!!!!

As long as she seems otherwise OK, I'd give it a few days before calling the vet-- sometimes numbers go up for temporary reasons (working on a hairball, constipation, etc.). Just make sure to be testing for ketones at the same time.

Crossing fingers this is just a temporary blip...
 
I say give it a day or two as well. As I understand it, anything could account for a rise..even seeing another cat outside! Keeping our paws crossed it's just a freak reading!
 
vbc2000 said:
I say give it a day or two as well. As I understand it, anything could account for a rise..even seeing another cat outside! Keeping our paws crossed it's just a freak reading!
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well there certainly are a lot of cats outside... we feed a colony who live in our garage... every day there are 5-7 cats. I tested again two hours later and it's still high. 297. I emailed her vet to see what she thinks.
 
I'm hoping if it is a relapse, catching it early will help. just 5 days ago she was still in normal rage.
 
JanetNJ said:
well there certainly are a lot of cats outside... we feed a colony who live in our garage... every day there are 5-7 cats. I tested again two hours later and it's still high. 297. I emailed her vet to see what she thinks.
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Sounds like a good plan.
 
Oh, no..... (((Janet))).... It could be temporary, and I really hope it is.....
Any chance she could have eaten something she shouldn't have...?

C'mon CC, get that BG down for your Mama....
 
Elizabeth and Bertie said:
Oh, no..... (((Janet))).... It could be temporary, and I really hope it is.....
Any chance she could have eaten something she shouldn't have...?

C'mon CC, get that BG down for your Mama....
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it is possible... but she hasn't eaten anything in two hours, so i doubt that's it.
 
Yong said:
Here's to a quick boost if she needs some insulin again, Janet! Might kick her back into remission :bighug:. Has she pooped? :smuggrin:
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NO IDEA. I have six cats... so unless I seclude her or catch her in the act it could be anyone. the box she usually uses had poop in it though. haha
 
Sorry to hear that, Janet. Hoping it may just be a blipp for you. But at least you are on to the case quickly and with your expertise will be back in remission again quickly hopefully.
 
Oh no Janet! Give her few more days, I really hope her BG is not due to diabetes, let's hope she will drop to normal BG soon.
Keeping my fingers crossed.
Keep us informed.:bighug::bighug::bighug:
 
Oh no Janet :( I hope that's not the case. Could be something to do with the eclipse tomorrow? lots of people are saying pets are a bit off. The only difference I have seen is that Tempest is eating more and following me around, climbing on my knee etc. But I'm not necessarily chalking that up to it. :bighug:
 
Oh Janet, I am sending healing vines your way, out of remission is so sad if that is what is happening. If BG doesn't go down perhaps Tempest has an infection of some sort. When Shaak came out of remission it turned out to be a UTI, however, I thought it was her food and changed her food and I made it worse and have never been able to get her back into remission. I will say prayers for you and Tempest both.
 
I'm so sorry Janet. I know how I felt and Lou hadn't even officially achieved remission, so I can only imagine how you feel. We've got our fingers and paws crossed for you and CC.
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Cathie and Shaak Ti said:
Oh Janet, I am sending healing vines your way, out of remission is so sad if that is what is happening. If BG doesn't go down perhaps Tempest has an infection of some sort. When Shaak came out of remission it turned out to be a UTI, however, I thought it was her food and changed her food and I made it worse and have never been able to get her back into remission. I will say prayers for you and Tempest both.
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She's never had a UTI before but I will take her to the vet today or tomorrow and have her checked. :( 4am and the numbers are still up at 246. She told me she feels fine though. ;)
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She is such cute girl, Janet!
Sorry about the remission but CC knows already how to get there and I hope she'll repeat the trick soon!
 
So she just tested at 316. So I called and made an appointment for tomorrow at 4pm. SOMETHING must be going on for her to go that high. Hopefully we can get to the bottom of it and get her back on track. Maybe the dental caused an infection? Maybe she's constipated? Hopefully nothing too serious. At least I know I caught it quickly. To just watch her you would never know anything was wrong.

Send some healing vines that whatever it is is treatable.
 
JanetNJ said:
So she just tested at 316. So I called and made an appointment for tomorrow at 4pm. SOMETHING must be going on for her to go that high. Hopefully we can get to the bottom of it and get her back on track. Maybe the dental caused an infection? Maybe she's constipated? Hopefully nothing too serious. At least I know I caught it quickly. To just watch her you would never know anything was wrong.

Send some healing vines that whatever it is is treatable.
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Healing vines on their way to you and CC. :bighug::bighug::bighug:
 
Ha Ha. Great pic. You know...Janet...I think you are a bit in denial on this!:D You're pretty much a diabetes expert. It sounds like CC has at least a little bit of diabetes. A little insulin would probably make her feel a little better to be in the lower ranges. I guess you could test over a 7 day period in the hopes that CC will self-reduce the BG.
 
JeffJ said:
Ha Ha. Great pic. You know...Janet...I think you are a bit in denial on this!:D You're pretty much a diabetes expert. It sounds like CC has at least a little bit of diabetes. A little insulin would probably make her feel a little better to be in the lower ranges. I guess you could test over a 7 day period in the hopes that CC will self-reduce the BG.
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Definitely not an expert. I agree and I would give a little insulin if I had it. My vial is open and is over a year old. She's going in tomorrow for a checkup... provided she has no infections causing the sudden rise, I'll get a new vial start her on insulin tomorrow night. In the meantime she's loving all the extra fussing I'm giving her. Up at 2 am testing a cat... man I do not miss this. haha
 
Rachel said:
Hoping that it turns out this was just a blip and all is well, Janet! Keep us posted.
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ty... I'm quite nervous about it all. I mean it is what it is... but with school starting in two weeks I hate that I won't be able to monitor like I did last year if she has to go back on insulin... plus most people find it's harder to get them back into remission a second time. Just worried. Plus wondering WTH happened to cause her to go off the rails.
 
Of course sending all the vines we have. (I'm curious how the phrase "Vines" came to be?)
Has her weight changed? That could do it right?
 
vbc2000 said:
Of course sending all the vines we have. (I'm curious how the phrase "Vines" came to be?)
Has her weight changed? That could do it right?
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Not sure how the term started. Maybe because vines reach out? No idea.

She gained weight over the last few months as arthritis made her less mobile.... About 7 weeks ago we started her on adequan which has helped and she's been more active lately.
 
JanetNJ said:
Not sure how the term started. Maybe because vines reach out? No idea.

She gained weight over the last few months as arthritis made her less mobile.... About 7 weeks ago we started her on adequan which has helped and she's been more active lately.
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Maybe it's just the gain?

Funny story...I had weight loss surgery in 1999 and after surgery and losing weight, I found out I had reactive hypoglycemia. Apparently when you are overweight and eating more, your pancreas produces a lot of insulin to process the food. Unfortunately when you lose the weight and are eating less, your pancreas doesn't have the ability to reset itself...so it continues to produce large amounts of insulin that over processes the decreased food you take in...leading to hypoglycemia...and passing out unfortunately. I have adjusted my diet and it hardly happens anymore but if cats' pancreases are as sensitive and reactive, I could see how a weight difference up or down, could affect the need to change insulin dose. , So I have too much insulin and Tigger doesn't have enough! Too bad I couldn't give him some. :p

Thank God you are so on top of it.
 
vbc2000 said:
Maybe it's just the gain?

Funny story...I had weight loss surgery in 1999 and after surgery and losing weight, I found out I had reactive hypoglycemia. Apparently when you are overweight and eating more, your pancreas produces a lot of insulin to process the food. Unfortunately when you lose the weight and are eating less, your pancreas doesn't have the ability to reset itself...so it continues to produce large amounts of insulin that over processes the decreased food you take in...leading to hypoglycemia...and passing out unfortunately. I have adjusted my diet and it hardly happens anymore but if cats' pancreases are as sensitive and reactive, I could see how a weight difference up or down, could affect the need to change insulin dose. , So I have too much insulin and Tigger doesn't have enough! Too bad I couldn't give him some. :p

Thank God you are so on top of it.
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Definitely something to discuss with the vet.
 
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