Comments on: Living Out Loud: My Cat, Diabetes, and Gluten

By: Frau Guten Tag

Frau Guten Tag — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:07:33 +0000

I had a diabetic cat in the past. We tried oral drugs first, with no success. Then we put her on insulin. I had to time her feedings–I bought a feeding bowl on a timer. In time I was able to stop needing the insulin by changing her diet. That is often the case with type 2 diabetes. A couple of years later she died of cancer unfortunately. But the vet who diagnosed her suggested I just put her to sleep & I found a new vet–I was always so glad I didn't put her to sleep for having diabetes.

By: Betsy

Betsy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:13:50 +0000

I used to think that my mom was silly for always saying 'when it rains, it pours,' but that is how my life has been lately. I do really well for a while and then something will set me off.

I hope that you have a wonderful rest of your week and that your kitty does well with his/her/its new med.

By: Her Heatherness

Her Heatherness — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:31:05 +0000

My cat has had diabetes for years. He was able to go off the insulin for a year or so, but it came back so he had to get back on it again. He was the only cat I knew that had diabetes before hearing of yours.

That was interesting about the yeast being similar to gluten. Might explain why I don't do so well with yeast.