Yes - my instincts are telling me that is what may have happened with my Kuma cat also. He was 22 lbs. before any of this, and that likely contributed to him developing pancreatitis. He had two bad attacks of pancreatitis within 6 months last fall. His blood sugar also tested high during his 2nd pancreatitis attack. Once that 2nd attack resolved, I had to begin giving him insulin shots (in May of 2015). The vet had me very slowly increase his insulin in the following months to get his sugar down. It almost seems like maybe his pancreas got a rest from manufacturing its own insulin during the time the insulin shots took over (from May 2015 to October 2015). An now, over the past month, his pancreas maybe has had enough rest to the point where it was able to begin manufacturing its own insulin again(??) and perhaps that is why his diabetes is going into remission(??) I got Kuma down to 16 lbs. while watching his diet closely. He has crept up a bit from that now though, so I really have to watch his weight from now on. I was killing my poor Kuma with kindness from too much feeding! I no longer feed him ANY dry food, and I look for canned foods high in protein, low carbohydrate. P.S. Frankie looks so much like Kuma!
It could happen either way, is my understanding. Sketch had diabetes in Nov 2014 but quickly went into remission with a change of food. Then in spring I started Evo dry food (his house-cat-mate was rebelling on the low carb canned diet) and a few months later his diabetes returned and then he got pancreatitis. The tests showed in his case, the return of the diabetes came first, then the pancreatitis.
Exactly. Diabetes increases risk for pancreatitis, and conversely, pancreatitis can result in diabetes (although I think this kind of diabetes can potentially be temporary sometimes). I've read this in a lot of papers from vet journals. I hope your kitty feels better soon!
