rhiannon and shadow (GA)
Member Since 2012
Hello. My name is Rhiannon. My girl is named Shadow, 12 yrs old and was just diagnosed on monday, july 9 with 431 bg. I have been reading and reading and really like Lisa Pierson's advise on catinfo.org Shadow was already a canned food eater so that shift was easy. She always had dry food available but since she had all fangs (Feline Resorptive Lesions ) pulled in March, she wasn't eating the dry food anymore, just a kibble or two. However, she did get a lot of treats, kind of replacing the dry food. I would let her have all the greenies she wanted. I have no idea what the carb load for all the cat treats are. I haven't seen any postings
for those. From the binky list, I bought Wellness canned, merrick, Innova chicken and a few fancy feasts. She's liking all of these so far. She had been eating Friskies canned but the carbs in it are much higherthan the one's I bought yesterday. I did find 2 replacement treats that are pure protein ...Nature's variety freeze dried chicken and Purebites freeze dried shrimp ( chicken is on order). I also bought the natures variety raw chicken but we haven't tasted that yet.
She is very shy to everyone and easily stressed out especially if we have to go see the vet. She had a horrible experience at 5 months old. My daughter, then 5 yrs old fell off the bed holding her and fell on the cat. Shadow's ball joint of her hip broke off and she had to have emergency surgery so going to the vet for surgeries
has always stressed her out. She has had 5 surgeries. I stay with her until they are ready for anesthesia and won't leave her at the vets unless I have no choice. I will never be able to go on trips because no one else would be able to give her the shots and I can't board her at the vets.
She had her first shot last night, 1 unit of Lantus. I bought a Accu-chek aviva plus glucose monitor. I'm checking her bg before each shot, 1 unit / twice day.
I am reading up on getting a bg curve and might do one tomorrow since I can be around every 2 hrs.
I definitely am having revolving emotions. Yesterday, I was grateful for the diagnosis because I was afraid the vet would call with worse news like pancreatitis.
I felt optimistic all afternoon that we could get this into remission and then went to bed worrying about her levels dropping too low. I think the fantasy in
my head was that I had caused this high sugar with all the treats and her recent stresses and that we would immediately start this process and her levels would
all go normal because I changed her diet immediately upon readin Pierson's website. I had no idea how bad dry food was. The treats must have been far worse.
I do wonder if we had spent a week with the new diet before starting the Lantus if we would have gotten lower?normal bg levels. The vet thinks this has probably been developing for a while but she is optimitic about remission. The sooner we started .... the sooner we might help the situation.
I would very much like to find if there is any research on the effects of stress and bg levels. It's mentioned everywhere but I want some science and numbers.
The most difficult part for me is the shots. Besides the part that I always hated needles , I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and manipulating the syringe with it's
tiny amount in it and pushing the plunger and not feeling like I'm actually gettig it inside her all the while thinking I'm twisting the needle at the same time.
for those. From the binky list, I bought Wellness canned, merrick, Innova chicken and a few fancy feasts. She's liking all of these so far. She had been eating Friskies canned but the carbs in it are much higherthan the one's I bought yesterday. I did find 2 replacement treats that are pure protein ...Nature's variety freeze dried chicken and Purebites freeze dried shrimp ( chicken is on order). I also bought the natures variety raw chicken but we haven't tasted that yet.
She is very shy to everyone and easily stressed out especially if we have to go see the vet. She had a horrible experience at 5 months old. My daughter, then 5 yrs old fell off the bed holding her and fell on the cat. Shadow's ball joint of her hip broke off and she had to have emergency surgery so going to the vet for surgeries
has always stressed her out. She has had 5 surgeries. I stay with her until they are ready for anesthesia and won't leave her at the vets unless I have no choice. I will never be able to go on trips because no one else would be able to give her the shots and I can't board her at the vets.
She had her first shot last night, 1 unit of Lantus. I bought a Accu-chek aviva plus glucose monitor. I'm checking her bg before each shot, 1 unit / twice day.
I am reading up on getting a bg curve and might do one tomorrow since I can be around every 2 hrs.
I definitely am having revolving emotions. Yesterday, I was grateful for the diagnosis because I was afraid the vet would call with worse news like pancreatitis.
I felt optimistic all afternoon that we could get this into remission and then went to bed worrying about her levels dropping too low. I think the fantasy in
my head was that I had caused this high sugar with all the treats and her recent stresses and that we would immediately start this process and her levels would
all go normal because I changed her diet immediately upon readin Pierson's website. I had no idea how bad dry food was. The treats must have been far worse.
I do wonder if we had spent a week with the new diet before starting the Lantus if we would have gotten lower?normal bg levels. The vet thinks this has probably been developing for a while but she is optimitic about remission. The sooner we started .... the sooner we might help the situation.
I would very much like to find if there is any research on the effects of stress and bg levels. It's mentioned everywhere but I want some science and numbers.
The most difficult part for me is the shots. Besides the part that I always hated needles , I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and manipulating the syringe with it's
tiny amount in it and pushing the plunger and not feeling like I'm actually gettig it inside her all the while thinking I'm twisting the needle at the same time.
