So here goes my long speech
My cat Zola was diagnosed with diabetes a month ago. She was started on 2 units twice a day. When I searched through some conversations on here the consensus was that that amount was too high to start. For context my cat is 17 pounds, I talked to my vet about concerns and he said he did it based on her weight. This vet gives me concerns as he seems to have a small amount of knowledge on diabetes from what I’ve seen on here is common. I felt I had to do my own research and found out that I could use a pen for insulin told my vet and he said that was OKAY .Which felt like a relief because the insulin will last me 6 months for 150 dollars over a vial that’s 70 dollars a month.
My cat is on glargine insulin, and now after doing a curve to see what’s going on ,he wants to raise her insulin dosage by .5 increments each dose. That is 5 units total a day. He neglected to inform me before starting with the pens that the dosage may have to be increased in .5 increments which doesn’t really work with pens and I didn’t really think about it because I was overwhelmed with all the contradictory advice that seems to come with feline diabetes. So now the pen isn’t going to work but I have 5 pens still that I really do not want to waste. I did see that you can draw from the pen but when I went to the pharmacist to get her to show me how to draw it seemed much more difficult then just using the pen.
I JUST got use to using the pen which after research seemed like the better choice until I real more on these message boards. I’m just super confused and overwhelmed and have a hard time processing all this information with my adhd.
I’m worried my vet has no idea what they’re doing and is just following the small amount of old school information theywere given in vet school!
if anyone has some helpful advice I would very much appreciate it. I do not test every day , my vet has said on two occasions that it’s not necessary every day and to do curves instead which obviously sounds concerning after what I’ve read! I do struggle to test still but I watch her closely and have tested when she seemed off but I may start doing it daily now that the dose is being raised. Help please I almost had a panic attack today just stressing out so much on how to do right by my cat while struggling to afford everything (currently on stress leave)
Lastly I have my cat on nulo wet food , after contacting thecompany all the food is under 7% carb! I have been feeding my cat only nulo wet food for a month before diagnosis and it’s low carb high protein but she still became diabetic whichis confusing to me because I’ve seen on here a lot that usuallythat diet will put them into remission but the low carb dietdidn’t stop her diagnosis so I’m so so lost sorry for the book.
My cat Zola was diagnosed with diabetes a month ago. She was started on 2 units twice a day. When I searched through some conversations on here the consensus was that that amount was too high to start. For context my cat is 17 pounds, I talked to my vet about concerns and he said he did it based on her weight. This vet gives me concerns as he seems to have a small amount of knowledge on diabetes from what I’ve seen on here is common. I felt I had to do my own research and found out that I could use a pen for insulin told my vet and he said that was OKAY .Which felt like a relief because the insulin will last me 6 months for 150 dollars over a vial that’s 70 dollars a month.
My cat is on glargine insulin, and now after doing a curve to see what’s going on ,he wants to raise her insulin dosage by .5 increments each dose. That is 5 units total a day. He neglected to inform me before starting with the pens that the dosage may have to be increased in .5 increments which doesn’t really work with pens and I didn’t really think about it because I was overwhelmed with all the contradictory advice that seems to come with feline diabetes. So now the pen isn’t going to work but I have 5 pens still that I really do not want to waste. I did see that you can draw from the pen but when I went to the pharmacist to get her to show me how to draw it seemed much more difficult then just using the pen.
I JUST got use to using the pen which after research seemed like the better choice until I real more on these message boards. I’m just super confused and overwhelmed and have a hard time processing all this information with my adhd.
I’m worried my vet has no idea what they’re doing and is just following the small amount of old school information theywere given in vet school!
if anyone has some helpful advice I would very much appreciate it. I do not test every day , my vet has said on two occasions that it’s not necessary every day and to do curves instead which obviously sounds concerning after what I’ve read! I do struggle to test still but I watch her closely and have tested when she seemed off but I may start doing it daily now that the dose is being raised. Help please I almost had a panic attack today just stressing out so much on how to do right by my cat while struggling to afford everything (currently on stress leave)
Lastly I have my cat on nulo wet food , after contacting thecompany all the food is under 7% carb! I have been feeding my cat only nulo wet food for a month before diagnosis and it’s low carb high protein but she still became diabetic whichis confusing to me because I’ve seen on here a lot that usuallythat diet will put them into remission but the low carb dietdidn’t stop her diagnosis so I’m so so lost sorry for the book.
