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My nearly 15 year old cat was diagnosed with diabetes in June of 2022. He has been on insulin since, starting with one unit, then increasing to two units, before finally settling in at 2-1/2 units, where he has been for about the last 9 months.
Last Friday, he went in for his bi-annual glucose screening. He was also having a gastro-intestinal panel done, in which he needed to fast, (because of vomiting issues) so it worked out well, as he can't eat when he is getting his screening.
I get a call about half way through his screening. They needed to feed him because his glucose levels dropped below 80 (this was about 7 hours after his injection). The highest he registered the 8 hours he was there was 144 and that was at 4:30pm when I was picking him up. (For comparison, when he was diagnosed, his levels were immeasurable, as the test they used only measured to 500, and he topped that out.)
So my question. For those who have had a diabetic cat go into remission, does it sound like this could be what is happening? The vet didn't want to call it for sure yet, but she did decrease his insulin down to 1.5 units, and he goes back for another screening in 2 months (usually every 6 months due to his age.)
Also, could too much insulin be causing his vomiting issues? he will go a week and be just fine, then vomit for a day pretty much non stop. Then he's fine again for 10 days, then is sick again.
Thanks for any insight!
Last Friday, he went in for his bi-annual glucose screening. He was also having a gastro-intestinal panel done, in which he needed to fast, (because of vomiting issues) so it worked out well, as he can't eat when he is getting his screening.
I get a call about half way through his screening. They needed to feed him because his glucose levels dropped below 80 (this was about 7 hours after his injection). The highest he registered the 8 hours he was there was 144 and that was at 4:30pm when I was picking him up. (For comparison, when he was diagnosed, his levels were immeasurable, as the test they used only measured to 500, and he topped that out.)
So my question. For those who have had a diabetic cat go into remission, does it sound like this could be what is happening? The vet didn't want to call it for sure yet, but she did decrease his insulin down to 1.5 units, and he goes back for another screening in 2 months (usually every 6 months due to his age.)
Also, could too much insulin be causing his vomiting issues? he will go a week and be just fine, then vomit for a day pretty much non stop. Then he's fine again for 10 days, then is sick again.
Thanks for any insight!