thatgirlblu
Member Since 2013
Hi, I posted a few days ago about consistent too-low pre shot numbers? My vet said don't shoot under 200 and so I haven't been able to in a while now, roughly on 37 hours past his last dose of 0.5 u. I am getting mixed information on what is "remission" and what is not remission but still too low for a shot (they aren't the same? Idk..)
I was told by one vet (the office has many and so when I call I speak to who ever if my regular vet is out) that 250 is when diabetes is first diagnosed but anything under that is really iffy and not even a real diagnosis in the office, so therefor if my cat is consistently under 200 range at home he is not really truly diabetic at the moment...but the other vet I spoke to said if he's even up to 150 range he's still diabetic and needing insulin at 150, but then still my regular vet said never shoot if he's below 200-250 range?
Any way, the regular vet said his current numbers are too low to shoot where seeing that .5u got him so far, they're afraid any dose might bring him too low for too long, yet I don't know if the mid 100's are ideal entirely...I heard 70-120 max? but the vet said "this looks like the start of remission so you should do a trial of no insulin"
Any way, if you look at his chart, for reference he eats every day right after the AMPS and PMPS mark so the AMPS and PMPS numbers are before food and the +1's are always after food.
The vet also said they like to rely on "clinical signs" more than numbers so much as all cats are different, so they said even if he's in the mid 100's but is acting very happy and healthy (i.e. no drinking too much or peeing too much, has lots of energy again, etc) that he is likely heading to remission. Well he has been....more active than I've seen him in ages actually. He's like a kitten sometimes now, and he's 11, heh. Plus with the wet food he almost never drinks water now, and his pee is small and normal.
So any way, thoughts?
His chart is in my signature.
Thanks!
I was told by one vet (the office has many and so when I call I speak to who ever if my regular vet is out) that 250 is when diabetes is first diagnosed but anything under that is really iffy and not even a real diagnosis in the office, so therefor if my cat is consistently under 200 range at home he is not really truly diabetic at the moment...but the other vet I spoke to said if he's even up to 150 range he's still diabetic and needing insulin at 150, but then still my regular vet said never shoot if he's below 200-250 range?
Any way, the regular vet said his current numbers are too low to shoot where seeing that .5u got him so far, they're afraid any dose might bring him too low for too long, yet I don't know if the mid 100's are ideal entirely...I heard 70-120 max? but the vet said "this looks like the start of remission so you should do a trial of no insulin"
Any way, if you look at his chart, for reference he eats every day right after the AMPS and PMPS mark so the AMPS and PMPS numbers are before food and the +1's are always after food.
The vet also said they like to rely on "clinical signs" more than numbers so much as all cats are different, so they said even if he's in the mid 100's but is acting very happy and healthy (i.e. no drinking too much or peeing too much, has lots of energy again, etc) that he is likely heading to remission. Well he has been....more active than I've seen him in ages actually. He's like a kitten sometimes now, and he's 11, heh. Plus with the wet food he almost never drinks water now, and his pee is small and normal.
So any way, thoughts?
His chart is in my signature.
Thanks!
