Re: Mickey Has diabetes possible Cushings too
You said thinning hair and it got me thinking. Brandy had alpicia(sp) as a puppy. Every February she would get to thin spots on her back. Each side of the rump forward towards the front. The vet told me this is because she is a black dog and doesn't get enough sun in the winter. By May the hair would start to grow back. There was medication for this, but because it didn't effect anything else we didn't treat. The year that Brandy was DX with diabetes I noticed the hair wasn't growing back. I thought with all that was going on with diabetes it could just take longer. All of a sudden Brandy insulin needs changed(she needed more insulin). Then she got very lazy. All she wanted to do was lay around. So the vet suggest to run a T4 test. Sure enough her Thyroid was bad. Now in June it was fine. By August it was bad. Now two years later after some adjustment of the thyroid medication. She hasn't had the bald spots in the winter. I have been follow along with Mickey story, but I can't remember if you had his thyroid check.
Dawn and the girls
You said thinning hair and it got me thinking. Brandy had alpicia(sp) as a puppy. Every February she would get to thin spots on her back. Each side of the rump forward towards the front. The vet told me this is because she is a black dog and doesn't get enough sun in the winter. By May the hair would start to grow back. There was medication for this, but because it didn't effect anything else we didn't treat. The year that Brandy was DX with diabetes I noticed the hair wasn't growing back. I thought with all that was going on with diabetes it could just take longer. All of a sudden Brandy insulin needs changed(she needed more insulin). Then she got very lazy. All she wanted to do was lay around. So the vet suggest to run a T4 test. Sure enough her Thyroid was bad. Now in June it was fine. By August it was bad. Now two years later after some adjustment of the thyroid medication. She hasn't had the bald spots in the winter. I have been follow along with Mickey story, but I can't remember if you had his thyroid check.
Dawn and the girls
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