Sugar cat prognosis

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TheBowHuntress

TheBowHuntress

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My cat, Gobbles, was dx'd 11/17/12. We are battling hi numbers (not consistent, but many days). In 9/12 when he had his senior exam (he's 10), his blood work and vitals were good. After weight loss, thirst, poor coat, I took him to the vet second week of 11/12 and he was diagnosed. Am I safe to assume that there is a good chance he will have complications or other disease(s), from the FD? His BG has been elevated for at least 2.5 months...honesty please.
 
Gobbles numbers are looking great. Sure he is bouncing but he is touching yellow and blue and green on a regular basis which means his body is getting a rest and a chance to heal. Even when he is high, unlike dogs, cats can sustain those levels for a long time. Let's worry about getting him regulated now, and then we will prevent any long term issues.
 
Hi,

Bertie was in a very sorry state when he was diagnosed, and his numbers were mostly extremely high for a really long time post DX. However, in spite of the fact that his numbers were really high his condition started to improve. So, it seemed to me then that it wasn't just 'about the numbers'. Gradually though his numbers came down, and down. Bertie was diagnosed 6 years ago this month. He's been on insulin all that time. He had some blood tests done recently and has been found to be extremely healthy! And he's on the desk next to my keyboard while I write this message, happy and healthy and playing with a catnip toy!

Have faith! ;-)

Eliz
 
My boycat Milo was diagnosed at the same time as Gobby.

He lost 30% of his bodyweight & was hospitalised with ketosis. He's been hospitalised twice now since mid November & could hardly walk 3 weeks ago due to muscle wastage & neuropathy. I carried him to the litter box & picked him up out of his water bowl. Poor chap.

He's now on a new insulin & his numbers are starting to improve *crosses fingers & touches wood*.

I weighed him yesterday & found out he's put on nearly half a kilo (about 15% his current bodyweight) & is now running up and downstairs, following me around like a bad smell, pushing his sister out of her favourite bed, and trying to teach me how to use my laptop again!

He's still underweight & he's still not regulated, but he's no longer a furry skeleton & he's ruling the roost as he always did before he got so sick. :-D

Milo's little pancreas probably went kaput months ago. When I look back, he's been acting weird for a year or so, with strange behaviours & eating patterns.

Hopefully both he & Gobby will make a spectacular comeback! bcatrun_gif
 
Well, while every cat is different...(ECID)....I can tell you that Molly was undiagnosed and slowly losing weight for almost a year before testing for diabetes. I did the food switch to canned and didn't get started with the insulin for another 3 weeks. She seems to have pulled through all of that with no complications. She's been in remission for a month now too....so there is definitely hope for Gobby!

As a side note regarding the blood sugars........just in case....watch out for any treats you're giving Gobby on the side.....I was very surprised to find that things I thought were pure meat, were actually laced with sugar (dextrose).....so if you're giving him sliced meat, or rotisserie chicken, or cooking meat for him as treats....check the labels and make sure there's nothing else in there....they're even dipping raw meat in "treatments" these days....
It took me a while to figure out the source of Molly's spikes, but it was these bits of meat I was giving to her...(that and her getting into the dog's kibble when I wasn't looking). Gobby's spikes may just be bounces but I thought I'd mention this just in case.

You're doing great with Gobby. Wishing you both the best!
 
Kat,

Hang in there hun...Gobbles didn't become a diabetic over night and he isn't going to go into remission over night either, or even become regulated overnight.

I adopted Autumn all the way back in March 2012...we have been dancing for nearly a year now and she is just now getting to a point that we are reducing her dose and she is where I consider her tightly regulated, and even so we still have our glitches where she goes into the 200s for no real reason that I can find. It takes time and patiences.

Remember this is a marathon not a sprint. Gobbles will get there, he is already starting to touch those blues and greens..

Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
 
It really is a case of ECID.

I suspected something was off with Shadow probably within a month or two of her becoming diabetic and had her tested.... I think
I caught it really early where so many don't.
She was on insulin for100 days. We aren't far from her 100 days otj aniversary.


all the other illnesses that can come are unpredictable but being here, you are constantly learning things that make a difference.
And you do the best you can.
I still give the B12 for neuropathy ( since it can't hurt) , I'm still adding water to food, I monitor the LB ( I have the one they sell here and
i love how easy it is) and I'm still learning new tricks.


There are some here that it took more than a year or two... it's really a ecid thing.
My favorite thing to say is to Look at the Big Picture....
look how far Gobbles has come... and Gobbles is getting treatment....
If something new shows up, you'll figure it out now...you've got lots of support here and experience...
It just takes time ...
Believe....
 
Thank you everyone--dr schrodinger, wendy, macal, momma of muse, rhiannon

I'm not following, Rhiannon--"I monitor the LB ( I have the one they sell here and i love how easy it is)" LB? sell here?
 
hmmm. looks like it's not up there any more. I'll have to go ask the webmaster, Rebecca.

I bought the litter box (LB) that they sold here ... it was called the Smart Box... It has a reservoir underneath where I can catch urine samples
anytime I want or monitor output...

and the litter lasts longer and doesn't stick to poo ( much) so I can grab those samples easily too.

They also have boxes like this at petstores but I wanted to support FDMB by making the purchase thru them....
I also liked the litter for the box...
 
I watch the size of the pee patches in the regular LB I have. Bigger pee patches are bad. Smaller are better - 2 inches is normal for my guys when their BG is good.
 
Thanks! Wouldn't work in my house though, as there are 2 civvies and they can't be separated from Gobbles. Gob is so predictable when his sugar is high that after he eats, he beelines to the basement and makes a very big clump. Lately, those clumps are few and far between. I always can get a "fresh from the stream" ketone test from him due to his predictability. Now when he pees like a non-diabetic cat, catching him in the box to get the ketone test is sometimes null.
 
I am kinda sad.. With two diabetic cats and one civvie I am at the LB so often (plus cos of diarrhea) that I know which poo blongs to who, and even which pee spot.. They have preferred Pee spots would you believe...
 
Wendy&Tiggy said:
I am kinda sad.. With two diabetic cats and one civvie I am at the LB so often (plus cos of diarrhea) that I know which poo blongs to who, and even which pee spot.. They have preferred Pee spots would you believe...
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Yes, I believe! Gob has his area of the litter box--which does help determining pee clumps if I don't catch him in the act (as well as poo)... I know he doesn't allow the civvies to use it
 
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