Rocky&ClaireCat
Member Since 2018
Hi everyone,
Rocky had diabetes in August 2018, but it went away (transient) in Sept 2018. It has returned this fall with numbers bouncing all over the place. I noticed in October that he was drinking so much water, shaking his bowl and pulling it across the floor, and peeing a LOT. He was always hungry, as well, and begging for more food even when he had just eaten. Took him to the vet after testing him at home (and he was upper 300's on each home test with AlphaTrack2) and he was 433 at the vet. Fructosamine blood work was also in the low 400's. So, he's back on ProZinc, 1 unit 2x a day, but I have been testing pre-shot. I also filled out the spreadsheet, but just did it retroactively based on data I had thrown into a note in my phone, so it's not a perfect-looking spreadsheet. Sorry. The vet asked me to do a 12-hour curve at home this weekend if possible. Otherwise, they'll run another fructosamine. I am running out of strips, though, and don't have enough for a curve. Are there any strips that are usable in the AlphaTrack2 that I can get at a local pharmacy? My last 'refill' was with PetSure strips rather than AlphaTrack strips, but it'll take a few days for those from Amazon.
His sugar numbers are bouncing around b/c he's been so sick with his IBD and possible SCL. We started chlorambucil in October and his diarrhea is finally under control. That's the first time in 4 1/2 years that he has not had diarrhea several times a day. However, he's gone from 17-20 pounds (high of 24 lbs in 2018!) down to 10 1/2 pounds now. He's still running, jumping, playing, but it's clear that he has a lot of pain at certain times. He's on bupernorphrine as needed for pain. He's also on gabipentin for pain.
Other health issues: Heart valve disease, mild HCM, severe arthritis in back legs and C-spine, IBD/possible SCL, short colon, chronic pancreatitis, formerly obese but now has had rapid weight loss and is 1/2 the size he used to be.
ALL MEDS:
Current spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...ubKJ57V71zoFer95G283STbqz2WHTFb187zpq/pubhtml
Rocky had diabetes in August 2018, but it went away (transient) in Sept 2018. It has returned this fall with numbers bouncing all over the place. I noticed in October that he was drinking so much water, shaking his bowl and pulling it across the floor, and peeing a LOT. He was always hungry, as well, and begging for more food even when he had just eaten. Took him to the vet after testing him at home (and he was upper 300's on each home test with AlphaTrack2) and he was 433 at the vet. Fructosamine blood work was also in the low 400's. So, he's back on ProZinc, 1 unit 2x a day, but I have been testing pre-shot. I also filled out the spreadsheet, but just did it retroactively based on data I had thrown into a note in my phone, so it's not a perfect-looking spreadsheet. Sorry. The vet asked me to do a 12-hour curve at home this weekend if possible. Otherwise, they'll run another fructosamine. I am running out of strips, though, and don't have enough for a curve. Are there any strips that are usable in the AlphaTrack2 that I can get at a local pharmacy? My last 'refill' was with PetSure strips rather than AlphaTrack strips, but it'll take a few days for those from Amazon.
His sugar numbers are bouncing around b/c he's been so sick with his IBD and possible SCL. We started chlorambucil in October and his diarrhea is finally under control. That's the first time in 4 1/2 years that he has not had diarrhea several times a day. However, he's gone from 17-20 pounds (high of 24 lbs in 2018!) down to 10 1/2 pounds now. He's still running, jumping, playing, but it's clear that he has a lot of pain at certain times. He's on bupernorphrine as needed for pain. He's also on gabipentin for pain.
Other health issues: Heart valve disease, mild HCM, severe arthritis in back legs and C-spine, IBD/possible SCL, short colon, chronic pancreatitis, formerly obese but now has had rapid weight loss and is 1/2 the size he used to be.
ALL MEDS:
- Chlorambucil 1.75 every 4 days.
- Bupernorphrine as needed for pain
- Flagyl 2x a day
- Budesonide 1x a day
- VisBiome Vet probiotics
- ProZinc 1 unit 2x a day if needed
- Psyllium Husk Powder for diarrhea - I fill empty gel caps with this and give 2x a day
- Cerenia 8mg a day for nausea and vomiting
- Gabipentin for pain
Current spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...ubKJ57V71zoFer95G283STbqz2WHTFb187zpq/pubhtml
