Criteria for getting off the insulin.

What guidelines will a vet use to tell me it's OK to stop the injections?

Jumping ahead, but hopeful.

RuthV

 

RuthV,

Are you testing glucose levels at home?

You will have a cat in remission when you get non-diabetic glucose numbers each time you test (65-120).

Best,
Pam & Layla

 

Hi Ruth,

This probably will go against your vet's advice, but it really doesn't make sense to send your cat to the vet for curves. Stress raises bg levels in most cats, and the vet's office is full of stressors - noises, smells, people who are not the mommy......So the numbers you get from the vet will not necessarily be accurate and then dosage based on those numbers won't be accurate. Some cats here are 100 points higher at the vet than the minute they get home.

It makes a lot more sense for you to do the curves at home, where stress is not a factor. (Also, you should be taking a bg level every time before you give a shot to be sure it is safe - just like human diabetics do.) Here is a great beginning website: http://www.sugarcats.net/sites/harry/bgtest.htm and a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zE12-4fVn8

We have helped hundreds of cat owners learn how to test at home over the internet. We will be happy to help you.

Hometesting will give you a daily, accurate picture of how the insulin is working. And as it works, you reduce the dose as needed until none is needed. Do be advised, though, that not every cat goes into remission. Some kitties do need insulin all the rest of their lives.