Re: Affordability of Treatment (can't keep increasing doses! Thank you for the advice. Chester is somewhere between 12 and 14 years old. He was a...
Re: Affordability of Treatment (can't keep increasing doses! We're at 30 units, but clearly, that is too low given his recent numbers in the 460s....
So, I've been rather absent lately - Chester is doing ok, although his BGs are going up higher and higher everyday. I haven't updated his online...
Ok, good to know. In the past, I've smelled his breath - of course, his breath is always rather icky. I think he's needed dental cleaning for a...
Those are low numbers for Chester, actually. Question, though - how do I test for ketones when I have multiple cats? I do have test strips, but I'm...
Ah, ok, that's good to know about the Lantus lowering and Lev increasing - I suppose it will make for some odd numbers for at least a little while....
He was tested twice - once in November 2009, once in November 2010. The vet did not believe he had acromegaly because he went into remission for...
As for the spreadsheet - I haven't updated it in a while. I should probably start doing that again. Chester has been tested twice now for...
Hey, I posted in the Levemir section, but I thought I'd ask here, too. I'm switching Chester from Lantus (he's at 15 units, no change AT ALL in his...
So we've decided to try switching to Levemir from Lantus (he's still above 500 BG for most of the day, with lows in the high 400's). Although we're...
Re: Chester - yes, diabetic remission possible with acromega When Chester was OTJ, his numbers were consistently between 60 and 80. I never recorded...
So, Chester was re-diagnosed this year with acromegaly, His IGF-1 values were similar to last year's numbers (I think he said 255 or 205). Either...
This is interesting, although I'm not sure that I can afford either the surgery or the radiation therapy. We have a neurologist who has been...
Yes, I just found that, too. I remembered it was quite high.
Oh, yes, I've read the acro stuff. Chester does not have fragile skin as far as we can tell, although he did get some nasty burn/cut last year from...
It looks like his IGF-1 was around 250 (tested in November 2009). Definitely curious about levemir and if it would be better than Lantus or not. BG...
Just found my old post from December - he was on 7 units of Lantus 2xs a day. Good to know!
The vet has now forbidden me to take anymore BG's! Hah! Ok, anyhow - the vet doesn't think he's acro, so he doesn't want me to increase the Lantus...
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AsDSJgc7xAAAdDdtLWx4LUx3aXNGWUk4eldKUXFIc0E&hl=en&authkey=CLCXk40O Yep, 23 seems high! I'm just concerned...
There actually can be false positives - Yes the test was done at MSU, and it was discussed with them. They don't know all of what can cause false...
