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RE: Confusion about biochemical units

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Posted by: Tilda at Sun May 8 03:45:41 2005  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Tilda ]  
   

Hi AshleyElla, and thank you so much for replying!

It would be great if you could ask your vet/boss and shed some light on this mystery. I'm very hesitant to give him insuline (if that's what he would need), because if those units are just slightly off it would make it difficult to determine the right dosis.

I'm not sure if a human glucometer is available here in India, but I will ask my vet about it. We have managed to monitor his urine three times so far with the diabetic sticks, and it has been negative (no change of colour whatsoever) each time. My vet said he might have ketones in his urine which would prevent the glucose from showing up in the test. She suggested to test for ketones, and have another blood test done soon, as well as a urine test at the lab.

Tommy has not been on steroids and he is not overweight either. He does however have almost a fetish for white bread which we had fed to him once or twice a day for years. As soon as my vet told me about the high glucose we stopped that. We have also switched his food to a low fat premium brand. (Diets especially for diabetic cats are not easily available here, but if he turns out to be diabetic, we will have to order one from the US.)

Again, thank you for your concern and the info! I will check back here on Monday!

Tilda


   

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