Spiderlily
Member Since 2010
Hello everyone. I joined this board in 2010, when Dominick was first diagnosed. We adopted him in 2009 and now he is probably about 10 or 11 years old. Generally, I've had an easy time of it with him, because he's spent almost all that time in remission. I don't think that would have happened if I hadn't read so much information on this forum. We were also very lucky that the veterinarian who diagnosed him really knew his stuff about feline diabetes. He recommended that I learn to home test, for example, and he even lent me a meter to use until I got one of my own. Unfortunately, we moved and his new vet isn't quite as well informed.
After the initial diagnosis we changed Dominick's diet first, to Fancy Feast classic pates, then started Lantus and he was in remission within three weeks. He relapsed in spring of 2013 for unknown reasons, and was OTJ again within two weeks. In January this year, he got a respiratory infection and his numbers rose slightly, nothing to worry about. The vet gave him Covenia for the infection. Then he stopped eating, his BG skyrocketed and he went into DKA - I was shocked at how fast that developed. He survived and pretty quickly went into remission for the third time. Now, he's relapsed again for unknown reasons, and for the first time I'm having some difficulty getting his BG under control. I have started following the Tight Regulation protocol and we are making progress. I know better than to expect a fourth remission (of course, I didn't expect the third one, either), but I want his BG to be within normal range as much as possible so he continues to be a happy and healthy cat.
Thank you so much for being here and making all this information available. You have improved the lives of countless diabetic cats - including mine.
Sharon and Dominick
After the initial diagnosis we changed Dominick's diet first, to Fancy Feast classic pates, then started Lantus and he was in remission within three weeks. He relapsed in spring of 2013 for unknown reasons, and was OTJ again within two weeks. In January this year, he got a respiratory infection and his numbers rose slightly, nothing to worry about. The vet gave him Covenia for the infection. Then he stopped eating, his BG skyrocketed and he went into DKA - I was shocked at how fast that developed. He survived and pretty quickly went into remission for the third time. Now, he's relapsed again for unknown reasons, and for the first time I'm having some difficulty getting his BG under control. I have started following the Tight Regulation protocol and we are making progress. I know better than to expect a fourth remission (of course, I didn't expect the third one, either), but I want his BG to be within normal range as much as possible so he continues to be a happy and healthy cat.
Thank you so much for being here and making all this information available. You have improved the lives of countless diabetic cats - including mine.
Sharon and Dominick
