katiesmom
Member Since 2013
This may be a stupid question, but since stress can elevate the sugar, can prolonged stress (like a vet visit) cause a cat to come out of remission?
Katie has been OTJ for over a year, and in that time we have taken special care to try to avoid stress. But sooner or later she is going to have to go to the vet, or something else stressful is going to happen.
I also need a new furnace put in which will require workmen and installers here all day, which will be very stressful even though I will put the kitties in a bedroom.
Actually I am even worried about the stress on her because her sister has go to the vet tomorrow and will be scheduled for a dental next week. Katie always hisses and growls at her sister for a day or two after she has been to the vet because she will smell differently. Heck, when I get that carrier out in the morning everyone will be in a panic....I am most of you know what that is like.
Do I have to worry if her numbers get elevated due to the stress, that they may remain high or cause her to go out of remission?
Before she was diabetic, her blood sugar was always within normal w/ the stress at the vets, but since the diabetes diagnosis, they always skyrocket.
She hasn't been to the vet since full remission, I don't know what to expect. When she was there last, she was "going" into remission, meaning her numbers were normal with tiny amount insulin (she was down to 1/4 unit lantus). They went up into the 300's at the vets but came back down by the next day. Within the month she was off insulin entirely.
(A little backstory- She had been on insulin nearly 1 1/2 years before remission, mosty unregulated, getting 2-3 units lantus 2x day).
So, am worrying about the stress thing for nothing or is this a legitimate concern?
Katie has been OTJ for over a year, and in that time we have taken special care to try to avoid stress. But sooner or later she is going to have to go to the vet, or something else stressful is going to happen.
I also need a new furnace put in which will require workmen and installers here all day, which will be very stressful even though I will put the kitties in a bedroom.
Actually I am even worried about the stress on her because her sister has go to the vet tomorrow and will be scheduled for a dental next week. Katie always hisses and growls at her sister for a day or two after she has been to the vet because she will smell differently. Heck, when I get that carrier out in the morning everyone will be in a panic....I am most of you know what that is like.
Do I have to worry if her numbers get elevated due to the stress, that they may remain high or cause her to go out of remission?
Before she was diabetic, her blood sugar was always within normal w/ the stress at the vets, but since the diabetes diagnosis, they always skyrocket.
She hasn't been to the vet since full remission, I don't know what to expect. When she was there last, she was "going" into remission, meaning her numbers were normal with tiny amount insulin (she was down to 1/4 unit lantus). They went up into the 300's at the vets but came back down by the next day. Within the month she was off insulin entirely.
(A little backstory- She had been on insulin nearly 1 1/2 years before remission, mosty unregulated, getting 2-3 units lantus 2x day).
So, am worrying about the stress thing for nothing or is this a legitimate concern?
