Hello - we are new to this forum and have already learnt a lot from this site for which we are very grateful.
Eddie was diagnosed two weeks ago. He has well-controlled EPI as well and has lost his sight for unrelated reasons. He is on medication for high blood pressure. So he has a lot going on!
We are in the UK and he has been started on 9 units of Caninsulin. His weight should be around 30kg but is currently 25kg. He is fed Orijen fish kibble. He's 8 and is a labrador cross.
Since we started with insulin his drinking has moderated but we still have two huge worries - a) continued weight loss - around 150g per day on average despite a good appetite, and b) awful weakness in his back legs so he can barely walk across the room and falls over easily.
The vet is going to do a glucose curve tomorrow (2 hour intervals). I am today getting some Methyl B12 pills to try to help with the neuropathy (if that is what it is). The vet also wants to re-scan him later in the week to look for a tumour on his pancreas - previous scan was inconclusive on this.
I suppose I am looking for any reassurance that anyone can give me to encourage me to think we can get him through this,and any advice as to whether what we are seeing is remotely likely to be attributable just to the diabetes. It's very hard to see him like this! Thanks for any replies.
Eddie was diagnosed two weeks ago. He has well-controlled EPI as well and has lost his sight for unrelated reasons. He is on medication for high blood pressure. So he has a lot going on!
We are in the UK and he has been started on 9 units of Caninsulin. His weight should be around 30kg but is currently 25kg. He is fed Orijen fish kibble. He's 8 and is a labrador cross.
Since we started with insulin his drinking has moderated but we still have two huge worries - a) continued weight loss - around 150g per day on average despite a good appetite, and b) awful weakness in his back legs so he can barely walk across the room and falls over easily.
The vet is going to do a glucose curve tomorrow (2 hour intervals). I am today getting some Methyl B12 pills to try to help with the neuropathy (if that is what it is). The vet also wants to re-scan him later in the week to look for a tumour on his pancreas - previous scan was inconclusive on this.
I suppose I am looking for any reassurance that anyone can give me to encourage me to think we can get him through this,and any advice as to whether what we are seeing is remotely likely to be attributable just to the diabetes. It's very hard to see him like this! Thanks for any replies.
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