Duchess

[cjsmith]

Preliminary update from the blood lab: glucose high. I don't have a number on that nor do I have an "upshot" (insulin required or not). The rest of the report will arrive Monday, including stuff like thyroid numbers.

I've already told my vet that if she's diabetic I'll want to switch to a veterinarian closer to where I live. He suggested I ask the emergency clinics for a recommendation. "They usually know," he said. "As these animals come in they know whether a vet's any good." I bet that's excellent advice.

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[sharya.livejournal.com]

Oh poor Duchess :(

My old cat, Boots, had diabetes and required insulin shots. The shot itself was actually very easy and if you used the smallest gauge needle there was, he didn't even seem to feel it! It was a chore to hunt out the smallest needle though...

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Wow, it never occurred to me I'd have to hunt around for supplies. I figured I'd get stuff at the vet's office. I'm glad Boots didn't seem to mind it at all!

[tryslora]

Oh! That's something I forgot to mention. You'll need a script for the needles (which are controlled), and you'll buy insulin at the pharmacy too (standard humulin... we used "clear"... there's also "cloudy"... and I can never remember which is which). And you'll need a red sharps container for disposing of the needles.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

You get these things at the human pharmacy, not at the vet's? Good to know.