skybar22
Member Since 2010
Morgaine is diet controlled but lately her BGs are a little higher than they used to be. She used to run 90-120 and now she is more like 130-150 and once in a while 170. I have increased testing her and I have also been checking her urine for glucose because she was spilling glucose. Mostly she is neg-+1/2 on the diastix. She went to the vet last week and due to the stress her BG went up to 365. Her glucose urine was +2 on diastix. Her BP is normal.
The vet has been very concerned about Morgaine's triglycerides. They were 1600 after a 12 hour fast. Two weeks earluer they were 1200 without a fast. Besides possible pancreas issues other than Diabetes, the vet thinks she needs a low fat diet. I had to convince her that a prescription diet was out the question because of the high carbs. right now she eats very low carb Pro Plan. Carbs are 4 and under. I am going to have to increase to a food with 6-10% carb. or make her food and add Instincts mix. She won't eat raw food.
If anyone knows what the carb content of Instincts with chicken liver is I would appreciate that info.
My question right now is whether Morgaine should be getting a tiny amount of Lantus. I have not had to give her any insulin since her diagnosis over a year ago. It has been a week since she had the high BG from vet stress and it came down to 199 the next day after the 354 but she seems stuck in the 150 range and there is some urine glucose occasionally beyond the trace amounts.
Do I give it a little longer to see if she is still recovering from that high glucose? I did get a 127 the other day.
Also, her fructosamine tests have confused me. 3 weeks ago the vet did one and it was 424 and the vet said it was good control. Her BG at the time of the test was 191. Last week it was done again, different vet, and it came back really high in the 500 range. Her BG at the time was 365. BUT, whenever I test her at home she is always in that 130-150 with occasional 170 range. I test her at different times and all the tests 2-3 hours after she eats are not high. It is as if the fructosamine tests are coinciding with the vet stress numbers. Try telling a vet that. I don't get any of this because my blood tests are always pretty darn good and mostly within the normal range.
I have been driving myself crazy with it all. As I have mentioned before, I have had type 1 diabetes for almost 50 years so i know this disease and i know how to control it. I have no problem giving Morgaine a little insulin but my numbers indicate she doesn't really need it at this point. The vet thought that maybe she was spending more time hyperglycemic than not but the only times I don't test her is overnight and she gets no food so why would her numbers be high?
Anybody have any idea what may be going on with my girl. She is 13, has high triglycerides and all blood tests other than glucose and the lipids are perfectly normal.
The vet has been very concerned about Morgaine's triglycerides. They were 1600 after a 12 hour fast. Two weeks earluer they were 1200 without a fast. Besides possible pancreas issues other than Diabetes, the vet thinks she needs a low fat diet. I had to convince her that a prescription diet was out the question because of the high carbs. right now she eats very low carb Pro Plan. Carbs are 4 and under. I am going to have to increase to a food with 6-10% carb. or make her food and add Instincts mix. She won't eat raw food.
If anyone knows what the carb content of Instincts with chicken liver is I would appreciate that info.
My question right now is whether Morgaine should be getting a tiny amount of Lantus. I have not had to give her any insulin since her diagnosis over a year ago. It has been a week since she had the high BG from vet stress and it came down to 199 the next day after the 354 but she seems stuck in the 150 range and there is some urine glucose occasionally beyond the trace amounts.
Do I give it a little longer to see if she is still recovering from that high glucose? I did get a 127 the other day.
Also, her fructosamine tests have confused me. 3 weeks ago the vet did one and it was 424 and the vet said it was good control. Her BG at the time of the test was 191. Last week it was done again, different vet, and it came back really high in the 500 range. Her BG at the time was 365. BUT, whenever I test her at home she is always in that 130-150 with occasional 170 range. I test her at different times and all the tests 2-3 hours after she eats are not high. It is as if the fructosamine tests are coinciding with the vet stress numbers. Try telling a vet that. I don't get any of this because my blood tests are always pretty darn good and mostly within the normal range.
I have been driving myself crazy with it all. As I have mentioned before, I have had type 1 diabetes for almost 50 years so i know this disease and i know how to control it. I have no problem giving Morgaine a little insulin but my numbers indicate she doesn't really need it at this point. The vet thought that maybe she was spending more time hyperglycemic than not but the only times I don't test her is overnight and she gets no food so why would her numbers be high?
Anybody have any idea what may be going on with my girl. She is 13, has high triglycerides and all blood tests other than glucose and the lipids are perfectly normal.
