Shaak is officially OTJ Today!

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Today is a big day!!!

 

Woohoo!!! So exciting, I am so happy for you and Shaak Ti!!! HUGE congratulations!!!

 

Hurray, hurray! You worked really hard, Cathie, with a difficult insulin. Congratulations!

 

CONGRATULATIONS SHAAK AND CATHIE!!!! SHAAK IS OFFICIALLY OTJ!!!!!!!!


Many wishes for a long, happy, healthy life at the FALLS!!!!!

You did an awesome job, Cathie!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOTTTTT!!!​

 

Here is some important info you need to have now for going forward:

Enjoy your life at the Falls, Shaak!!

 

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I feel as if we are dreaming. The day I first tested Shaak was one of the most anxiety filled days I have ever had. I am so very thankful to have found all of our friends here. It has made the last several weeks much better than what I had feared for our future. Now we have new forever friends and a place to be comfortable with all our unique situations. I thank Jesus for bringing us together and look forward to long and happy times together. I hope all of our months go by for us all as good as the last few weeks have been for Shaak and me.

 

Cathie, when you have a minute it would be great if you could share the wonderful news with everyone by changing the title of this thread to say that Shaak is now OTJ.


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I am so happy for you and pray too that one day my kitty can be OTJ or at least somewhat regulated. This is such an amazing group of people here on FDMB

 

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Best thread title on the board. I'm so happy for you both, Cathie!

Sending Shaak some special congratulatory OTJ scritches.


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Congratulations on a job well done.

 

Cathie,

With all the doom and gloom on this board lately, and in the world for that matter....this is exactly what we needed...Congratulations Cathie & Shaak!!!!

 

Congrats!! now what does it mean since I am a noob here

 

Concatulations Cathie and Shaak Ti!!

OTJ(off the juice) means kitty doesn't need insulin anymore

 

Shaak started out on dry food when we first came here diagnosed with Diabetes in Early Feb. Within a week I chose to go hog wild and switched her to all wet Low Carb Fancy Feast and did not alter her insulin dose and she almost hypo'd. She dropped down to 49 at the lowest and made a slow crawl back up. After that it became a dance each day to see where she would be on what small dose, finally she began dropping for longer and longer times after the insulin should have been out of her body so everyone began to think perhaps her pancreas was doing some serious work for her. So we decided to go for 14 days of no insulin and see what her numbers would show. She went all 14 days with no insulin and I tested her four times a day and she was never over 99 after the first trial day on. So double digit numbers are all normal, even numbers you would think would be low on insulin are not low when not on insulin.

I think I explained that good. I know that someone will jump in and explain it better for you though.

 

Congrats!!

 

I am grinning from ear to ear!
So happy for you and Shaak

Enjoy life at the falls!!

 

So glad we have another kitty So Happy for the both of you. Nice Job!!!!

 

Congratulations Cathie and Shaak Ti!

 

Congatulations Shaak Ti! Partytime . I'm in my tuxedo best.
Cuz Michael.
A job well done Cathie and Shaak Ti. Enjoy the Falls!

 

Awesome!

 

Enjoy life at the Falls!!!

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congrats!!!

 

We love this all day long party!!!

 

WOOHOO!!! OTJ!

CONGRATULATIONS Shaak and Cathie!

YARD DANCE!​

 

PMBG 66

I am dancing all over the place!

 

Finally some good news! Congratulations!

 

Happy, happy OTJ day!!!!! Great work!

 

Congrats on being - well done!

 

CONGRATULATIONS CATHIE AND SHAAK!!

WELCOME TO THE FALLS!!!
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Cathie, congratulations to you and Shaak Ti!!! I'm thrilled for you - way to do the hard work! The wooties are on their way to make the party!

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Many congratulations Cathie on getting Shaak Ti to the Falls . I hope you have many happy years there.

 

Congratulations, Cathie! WOOT!

 

Way to go, Cathy and Shaak!

 

Mickey and Minnie just emailed that all of the critters at Disneyland are celebrating your OTJ today!! Hooray! HOoray!

 

Should I now start posting mainly in the Honeymooners thread or still in here or in both as I go? Also, what exactly should I be doing as far as testing right now, if I read the instructions correctly it says to test one day a week. I assume this means to test like four times in that one day, at AMBG, +?, PMBG, +?, would this be the right way or is that not enough?


Also, what all should I change my signature to read now?


Thank you everyone for celebrating with us. It was really a party on here and at home as well!

 

Furball was on Lantus, so when I post an update for her I post to the Lantus forum. I think they mean test once a day, but you can test more if you want to. It's hard to get out of the habit of testing.

See my signature of stating Furball is OTJ. You can change yours like that if you want.

 

Thank you.

 

And my goodness! but Disney people know how to throw a mean party.


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Has anyone seen @MrWorfMen's Mom lately? She was the first person to ever respond to my first thread on the introductions forum and I so wanted to thank her. I sent her a message but from her stats it looks like she hasn't been online in a while. I hope she is okay.

 

the quote from Marje's post at the top gives directions for life in remission:

Now you enter a new phase. Shaak is still diabetic (and always will be) but has now become diet-controlled.

Continue feeding low carb food in the manner successful for her. If you decide to change her feeding schedule, let your meter be your guide to the best times to feed.

Avoid medications with sugar in them and steroid medications unless they are medically essential.

Continue testing blood glucose weekly for the first month and then monthly forever.

It's a good idea to weigh her monthly. Weight should remain stable. If she seems "off" or sick, or is showing signs of diabetes (excessive drinking, eating, urinating, weight loss), test her blood glucose right away.

Keep the teeth and gums clean and healthy; dental issues can bring a cat out of remission. If you see rising blood glucose numbers, it's time for a visit to the vet!
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So for now, I'd test once a week at her morning breakfast, just like you've been doing. If the number is under 100 on a human meter, don't do anything further. You're done for the week. If it's over 100, feed her and retest in about 3-4 hours. If it's come back down under 100, she's good. She really should be holding under 100, though, so if you're starting to see numbers over 100 I would take that as a signal to test more often. It's not uncommon for cats to come out of remission. The teeth mentioned above are often a problem. Pancreatitis is another thing that brings cats out of remission. Dry food is another problem for many cats - sometimes we see people back after the helpful petsitter or family member let their cat have dry food.

This is a good study to read - the gist of it is that most diabetic cats remain impaired in their ability to handle glucose, even while in remission. So you want to continue to treat her as a diabetic and keep a close watch on her blood sugar. if it starts to rise, that's a red flag that something's going on in her body. Here's the study: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jvim.12509/pdf

You can keep posting wherever you feel most comfortable. Seeing from OTJ cats always encourages others that are new to the Sugar Dance.

 

I've PM'd Linda (@MrWorfMen's Mom) too, because I'm concerned for her - and for her fur babies. I'm hoping that she's just having a recharge; she gives so much to the beans and kitties who come here looking for help.

Linda


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