It is so difficult at times. But you’re doing everything right and the main thing is that your kitty feels good. The endocrinologist we see said not to get too hung up on numbers. Few or no clinical...
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It is so difficult at times. But you’re doing everything right and the main thing is that your kitty feels good. The endocrinologist we see said not to get too hung up on numbers. Few or no clinical...
It gets a little confusing because the vet school uses nmols and some of the vet’s offices use ug/dl. But for now his cortisol level is pretty good so we will not need to treat. I went ahead an...
UPDATE: Finally got the test results back for cortisol. Click image for larger version
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Baseline 138 and post ACTH 178. He has been off...
We have Remy scheduled for Monday for ACTH. We need to find out exactly where he is at and if it’s actually high and affecting his glucose. Right now he seems rather insulin resistant with little...
Thank you all for your support and advice. Last night was awful. NO response to his Vetsulin so he was miserable pacing, panting, thirsty. It was after 2 AM before I got him to sleep. I’m pretty sure...
Thank you so much Marianne for the support. It definitely makes things more difficult. Now I don’t know if he’s fussy because he is becoming painful, high glucose, Cushings or ‘who knows’ at this...
Everything has changed this past week. We had Remy in for a baseline cortisol recheck and I also asked for an abdominal ultrasound. Got the results Thursday. Cortisol was 6.09 ug/L which would be 168...
Internist sent out a cortisol test for Remy. Hopefully have the results back in a day or so. His glucose curve has been pretty good since we opened a new bottle of insulin. Interestingly his primary...
Thank you so much. The diabetes is a big problem for us especially for me as far as my stress levels (LOL) but despite all our efforts we have not been able to obtain and sustain regularity for him....
Thanks for all your help. Since Remy’s problems are both Cushings related and unregulated diabetes I need help from all fronts! This morning is the first time in a week he has down into a normal glue...
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your help!!
THANK so much!! I think you do have the correct email. I’ll try to PM just to confirm. Right now I am wondering if his cortisol level has gone back up and is affecting his glucose and insulin since...
YES!! That’s me and I did have the ‘apostrophe’ issue trying to get back on K9Cushings. I can’t be sure if it’s the apostrophe situation or if I have the wrong password but I never get a password...
Hi Marianne, Oh yes PLEASE I would love to have help getting on K9Diabetes. I was registered and used to post on there previously but it won’t accept my information. Not sure if it’s the user name or...
Hi Leslie and all who are here…..OK I am in a real quandary with Remy. His private practice internist and primary care were pretty much against changing his insulin because they are totally...
Thank you Leslie. It’s been a very difficult week. Lots of ups and downs with Remy’s glucose. Had the Internist do an abdominal ultrasound Wednesday. Results weren’t too bad, some age related changes...
Hi Leslie,
Got the report back on Remy’s last ACTH test. Baseline was 29.2 nmol/L and post 34.8 nmol/L so his cortisol is low again and obviously 5 mg. Trilostane every other day is too much for...
Hi Leslie, Thank you so much for your thoughts. We are taking Remy this afternoon to recheck his cortisol level. Internist had us switch him back to morning dosing (still every other day) to better...
A little update on Remy. Had a snap cortisol a couple of weeks ago and he was at 2.6u (mid 70s on nmol scale) which isn’t bad but I do not want him to fall too low again. Since 5mg is the lowest dose...
For the most part Remy has been on Vetsulin. The problem is it takes too long to take effect and doesn’t last long enough. We tried PZI (prozinc) but didn’t have much luck with it either so went back...
We try use a low carb wet dog food. He won’t eat the same thing ( for breakfast and dinner the same day) so Remy is very picky. We spoon feed him It’s a lengthy process sometimes but it works. He’s...
UPDATE REMY: Finally got the ACTH Stem tests back on Remy and his adrenal has recovered and he is back within normal range. (135 and 129) So they are recommending we resume trilostane this morning...
The Libres will conk out once in a while but the majority of ours (and this is three years worth!) have gone right to the last minute. We usually change it out within an hour or two that. And they...
I am a ‘wuss’ too when it comes to diabetes. The possibility of Remy becoming hypoglycemic scares me to death especially since we have had little success in regulating him. That said, he has never...
Thank you so much to everyone who has responded. I always value your opinions so much especially considering the first recommendation for trilostane nearly four years ago was 10 mg twice a day!! I...