Tommy is doing well

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Hi all, finally found time to update Tommy's numbers and take a peek at everyone's activities. Tommy has been doing well in the blues and some yellows. The two high numbers where when my master food finder accompanied by DH grr_red found the nasty dog food. He has done well with all the odd times and doses. (Please, do not follow this dosing for your cat... it is only for Tommy.) His 5 P"s are normal and he is very happy. The only problem is those dang horseflies!! cat(2)_steam They just don't leave him alone! I put antibiotic ointment on it twice daily and Tommy hates that. He lets me do it, but under protest.

I may have found an answer to my prayers concerning what to do with Tommy when we fly to Utah later this fall. At a local county fair there was a "Pet Inn" that had a booth. I talked to them about Tommy and they said that they would indeed take care of him, diabetes, testing, and shooting as well. They recommend that I stop by sometime without calling to let them know I would be coming. They are that sure of themselves that they run a clean and loving service. I will be going next week. :RAHCAT

Tommy sends his high paws to all his other sugar friends!
 
Lucky you to be doing so well with Tommy - and to have found a place that you can feel confident will take care of him in your absence. We have not yet begun to search for such a place near our home - but that will be in the future for us, once our Monkey is more stabilized on his routine (and us too). :smile:

We are hoping to get our vet to change his insulin fron Humulin N to Prozinc. That seems to be the insulin of choice in many of these posts.
 
Prozinc is a much better insulin than Humulin N. It is a better one to try first. My Tommy was all over the place in the beginning and it has been quite a journey to get him in these better numbers. Some cats respond quickly and others do not. I think that Tommy was diabetic for awhile before the "signs" finally dawned on me. I could not imagine doing this without the wonderful help of these compassionate people. :thumbup

I noticed that you commented in your SS that you were having the vet do the curve. Is there a specific reason that you needed the vet to do this? The vets try to say that it is necessary, but if you are home testing you could do this at home, saving a lot of money. Also remember stress with being at the Vet's will elevate his numbers, so you still won't have accurate curve. I am also assuming that Monkey is one low carb canned food. Anyway stick around and ask any questions you may have. You are in the right place.
 
Hi Sandy,

Glad you and Tommy are doing so well! And exciting that you have found a good place for him while you travel. That is always one of the most difficult parts of this sugar dance. We ended up taking Oliver with us on trips and staying at pet friendly places but that has its own set of issues.
 
Hi and thanks for responding! We are real "newbies" at all of this - Monkey was only diagnosed in June of this year, and I didn't find this forum and begin to really get educated until July 20. Monkey has been on an IBS diet (Hills I/D) since January 2014, as well as Prednisolone and Metronodazole to control the IBS - the diabetes didn't show up until June. So yes, we are intending to get him switched over to a canned low carb diet, and that is on the agenda to discuss with our vet next Wednesday. We are adding canned "Halo" Spot's Pate ground chicken, with added water, in small increments as an inducement to reward him for his glucose tests, along with reconstituted freeze-dried chicken.

We also will be asking to switch him to ProZinc insulin. This is all a big learning curve for us. We had the vet do his first glucose curve because we are just starting all this, and want our vet to be on board with us as we go forward. We do intend to do that ourselves as we progress with all this.
 
Hi Donna,

I hope your vet will change insulins. In most cats, Humulin does tend to be harsh and not as long lasting as Lantus, Levemir or ProZinc. I wanted to urge you to be careful when changing to wet low carb food. When we changed Oliver from dry to wet, he dropped 100 points overnight. If we hadn't been testing and had given his regular dose, he would have hypoed.
 
Thanks, Sue for chiming in. You are much better at this than I am. :mrgreen:

I will say that we who are investing our love and heart to our sugar dudes with home testing and low carb food are in the minority when it comes to vets. Consider yourself very lucky if your vet works with you instead of demanding that you do it his/her way. I'm in the country and have only one vet reasonably close, and she is definitely not happy that I have Tommy on a low carb wet food instead of one of the prescription diets she wants him on. Oh well...
 
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