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Revision as of 18:47, 5 July 2008
| Chukalu:Feline | |
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| Female, fuzzy brown tabby | |
| Born | 6-1997, Frederick, MD |
| Dx | 3-8-2002 |
| Oral meds | SAM-e, Milk Thistle, Vitamin E: |
| Regulated | 6-2003 |
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Regulated between 55 and 225 | |
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Started TR (Dr. Hodgkins' protocol) on 1-5-07; Testing performed with a FreeStyle Flash meter and ear pricks. | |
| Remission | Not-yet |
| Insulin | BCP PZI U40 |
A Brief History of The Chu
So cute you just wanna poke her ears! Photo: 01/15/07
Chukalu ('choo-ka-loo') is an eleven-year-old diabetic female cat. I do not know how long she was diabetic before I brought her to live with me; her previous owner did not want to keep her due to the health issues which turned out to be diabetes. Over the past seven years she has been on six different types of insulin. I have fed her a canned-only diet of low-carb Fancy Feast since 2002 because I found that it greatly helped with keeping her numbers lower. She eats two cans per day and I try to minimize food spikes by giving her each can in little meals spread over several hours. She is not allowed any dry food or high-carb snacks at all.
Most Recent Blood Glucose Data w/ notes
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July 2008
Chukalu is no longer on the tight regulation protocol because my husband and I have been far too busy to properly adhere to the dosing and monitoring requirements and because the insulin she does best on (Idexx PZI Vet) has been discontinued. As of right now, she gets 2u of BCP PZI b.i.d. but she has a dental infection that may be making it difficult to regulate her. Hopefully once that is taken care of her dose will decrease to her normal dose of between 1.2-1.5u.
Chu's experience with trying the tight regulation protocol is documented below. Even though she wasn't able to achive remission during the time she was on the protocol (about 6 months in total) she definitely had more energy and her overall health seemed better. We haven't ruled out trying TR with her again if we can find an insulin that is compatible with it and, ideally, if I'm able to work from home so I can always monitor her.
--Kellie & Chu 5 July 2008
Chukla Tries Tight Regulation: January 2007
When I found out more about TR and Dr. Hodgkins' protocol I hoped that perhaps it might not be too late to put her diabetes into remission. Even if that's not possible at this point, we'd have a healthier Chu and that makes it very worth trying.
--Kellie & Chu 12 January 2007
Learn about Dr. Hodgkins' protocol here: http://www.yourdiabeticcat.com/protocol.html
Week 1: Tight Regulation Begins - using PZI Vet insulin
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Week 2
WEEK 2 NUMBERS: http://sheet.zoho.com/publishrange.do?id=bca6205e4c987b707e0a72e8853c3520
Week 3
WEEK 3 NUMBERS: http://sheet.zoho.com/publishrange.do?id=fd44b13e8b2359d0e6badccbf6f9b3df
Week 4
WEEK 4 NUMBERS: http://sheet.zoho.com/publishrange.do?id=0e4faf4bb03f51321e866a2e1f4d0e7a
Week 5
WEEK 5 NUMBERS: http://sheet.zoho.com/publishrange.do?id=79058e675f06bfc57ca44252f8776fc9
Week 6
WEEK 6 NUMBERS: http://sheet.zoho.com/publishrange.do?id=b2f1c829b78acfab0e3278f0b6d6d83b
Week 7
WEEK 7 NUMBERS: http://sheet.zoho.com/publishrange.do?id=88b3a7792c6bfc34ee473d5d9f608156
Week 8
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