Hello from Oliver (Sydney, Australia)

Discussion in 'Feline Health - (Welcome & Main Forum)' started by Bec and Oliver, Oct 21, 2018.

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  1. Bec and Oliver

    Bec and Oliver Member

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    Hi everyone,

    I have been looking around the forum for a little while and thought it might be time to join.

    I got Oliver as a 4 month old rescue for my 11th birthday. He has always been a large cat. He is now 12 and was diagnosed with diabetes just over a month ago, after losing a lot of weight and lots of extra drinking and urinating.

    Since his diagnosis, he has been fed equal portions twice daily of kangaroo mince cat food (very Australian, I know!) and a small amount of kibble. He used to be fed a bigger portion for dinner and a little snack of kibble for breakfast.

    He was initially in at the vet for glucose curves for a few days and then started on a routine of 3u Lantus 2x daily and improved dramatically! Last week he had another glucose curve done at the vet to check everything was going well and his numbers came out lower than expected, they suspect he might be going into remission. My vet ran this glucose curve on both their pet monitor and my human monitor so that we could compare/calibrate the readings.

    Since then, my family and I have been trying to test before each feed where possible. We are still getting the hang of collecting blood samples and sometimes we have to walk away and come back another time. It is not always possible for us to do a full glucose curve, but I am testing 2 hourly today. So far he has been 92 before insulin, then 69, then 62.

    My vet's advice while we are 're-calibrating' him is to give no insulin if he is less than 90 (5mmol), 1 unit if he is between 90 and 180 (5-10 mmol) and 2 units if he is above 180. So far he has either had 1 or 0 units per dosage.

    I am a bit nervous while he is not stable! The syringes I was sold by my vet do not have markings for less than 1 unit and I am concerned that he may need less than 1.

    Sorry for the long post!

    Bec
     
  2. Idjit's mom

    Idjit's mom Well-Known Member

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    Welcome Bec and Oliver. What a sweet face that kitty has!
    I think you are going to find the information you need here on the board. It would be a good idea to read the yellow tagged info threads in the Lantus forum so that you know how the Lantus works and get a good idea of how to best treat Oliver. Posting there also will open a discussion into your concerns and get the experienced Lantus users helping. I am going to tag one of our Australian members who can chime in and be of tremendous help also @Bron and Sheba.
    We use a spreadsheet here to track the insulin and the BG tests. When you have time, please get that going and fill in whatever past data you have collected, and keep the record up to date to see how Oliver is doing. Here is the link: SPREADSHEET
    You can also post in the Health (Main) forum with general health questions if these arise. Here's to a successful adventure with your sugar cat and hopefully remission.
     
  3. Bron and Sheba (GA)

    Bron and Sheba (GA) Well-Known Member

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    Hi Bec and Oliver and welcome to the forum!!! You have come to the right place to gets lots of help and support.
    I live in Sydney and will certainly try and help you. I live on the northern beaches. Where are you?
    Am just heading out to get kids from school but will pop back on line after that.
    See you soon
    Bron
     
  4. Bec and Oliver

    Bec and Oliver Member

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    Thanks! I have set up the spreadsheet (I wish I had the data from his initial vet glucose curves!) I'll copy over some of my original post to the Lantus forum.
     
  5. Bec and Oliver

    Bec and Oliver Member

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    Hi Bron,
    I'm not far from you, I'm on the North Shore.
     
  6. Bron and Sheba (GA)

    Bron and Sheba (GA) Well-Known Member

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    I see you have posted on the Lantus forum.....I'll reply over there.
     
  7. PussCatPrince - GA

    PussCatPrince - GA Well-Known Member

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    I'm in New Zealand so just up the road.

    I've posted to your lantus thread also.
     
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