beccalecca
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We went to the vet today to get an insulin demo, armed with the information the blood glucose monitoring system gave us last night and this morning (202 and 199 respectively). We finally got a copy of her test results from last week (459). Our only change from before was the diet change to low-carb. Now the vet won't prescribe insulin at all. He says she is maintaining her weight, and the fact that we told him she is drinking water more normally and not urinating as much combined with these two measurements makes him not want to prescribe anything at all. Just keep watching her, he says.
I got him to give me a copy of her test results, so I think we could go elsewhere. He wasn't keen on the home monitoring thing anyway. When we talked on the phone, he said they've "done that in the past..." but in the office today he said insulin would mean that he would need us to bring her in once a week to get tested anyway. Even if we're monitoring.
Maybe it's time for a second opinion? Or do we wait a bit and see, like he says?
I got him to give me a copy of her test results, so I think we could go elsewhere. He wasn't keen on the home monitoring thing anyway. When we talked on the phone, he said they've "done that in the past..." but in the office today he said insulin would mean that he would need us to bring her in once a week to get tested anyway. Even if we're monitoring.
Maybe it's time for a second opinion? Or do we wait a bit and see, like he says?