Cataract surgery for diabetic dog?
Update on Jimmy, our mini-poodle/mini-Aussie mix who was diagnosed about a year ago with diabetes. The good news: the possible neuropathy that was making him "weird" (scared of his water bowl and c...
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We use the Walmart Novolin N also for our Dachshund, he has had diabetes since 6 years old and is 13 now, the DW monitors his blood sugar like a hawk, we have found the best control is his diet of course, he gets the same amount and type of meals every day and the 12 units of insulin has crept up over the years but if we only give him non carbs for snacks it seems to work.
The only thing that gets his blood sugar out of wack now is the trips to the vet, she told us the emotional trauma will also play havoc on their blood sugar so we make them as few as possible, we purchased a dog glucose monitor and can do his blood curves at home and that really helped in the beginning. My wife can just look at him now and knows if he is high or low from the normal.
A year ago he developed Glaucoma from the diabetes the vet says, cataracts are also there but the Glaucoma was worse, he started on drops 3 times a day but eventually she had to remove his left eye because the drops couldn't control the pressure and he was in pain. Now we are fighting the glaucoma in his right eye and on drops for that one, we are hoping he doesn't loose that one.
Going on nearly a year now with only one eye and that one is blind, but he goes about his routine pretty well, I am retired so I can keep him on a normal schedule, he doesn't get to go outside anymore by himself, he has a tendency to fall in the pool or get disoriented and wind up in the street. But he is happy and especially at meal times, camping is a little harder for him but he still loves riding in the truck and mom's cart behind her bike.
Good luck to all the diabetic animals of ours, it is definitely not a death sentence, just a little more attention and they get by pretty good, we are hoping for a lot more years with Duke the Daschund.
Keith
The only thing that gets his blood sugar out of wack now is the trips to the vet, she told us the emotional trauma will also play havoc on their blood sugar so we make them as few as possible, we purchased a dog glucose monitor and can do his blood curves at home and that really helped in the beginning. My wife can just look at him now and knows if he is high or low from the normal.
A year ago he developed Glaucoma from the diabetes the vet says, cataracts are also there but the Glaucoma was worse, he started on drops 3 times a day but eventually she had to remove his left eye because the drops couldn't control the pressure and he was in pain. Now we are fighting the glaucoma in his right eye and on drops for that one, we are hoping he doesn't loose that one.
Going on nearly a year now with only one eye and that one is blind, but he goes about his routine pretty well, I am retired so I can keep him on a normal schedule, he doesn't get to go outside anymore by himself, he has a tendency to fall in the pool or get disoriented and wind up in the street. But he is happy and especially at meal times, camping is a little harder for him but he still loves riding in the truck and mom's cart behind her bike.
Good luck to all the diabetic animals of ours, it is definitely not a death sentence, just a little more attention and they get by pretty good, we are hoping for a lot more years with Duke the Daschund.
Keith
