Re: Cushing's, Diabetes and Hypothyroid
Was Lulu fasted for her blood work (see there was a nice drop in her cholesterol value)?
For some reference:
Decker had a pot belly and elevated ALT and ALKP - we originally suspected Cushings was his reason for insulin resistance. He was 97 pounds and on 10u of levemir before we did the testing for concurrent diseases. Decker was overdosed on 40u of NPH insulin by his original vet when he was diagnosed. So when he went to 40u of NPH and we could not control his blood glucose, we knew something was wrong.
We switched him to levemir (detemir) and started at 5u and worked our way up to 10u with little movement in his blood glucose. Levemir was much more level for him - his curves were pretty flat lines. On NPH his glucose bounced around and left him feeling terrible.
In June 2012 we tested him for:
Pancreatitis (he was positive, despite eating and never vomiting)
Fasted for high lipids - cholesterol was over 1000 at fasthing. Triglycerides were high at fasting
4Dx for tick borne diseases - negative
UC:CR for cushings - negative
T4 for thyroid - low (diabetes can cause a low T4 value so we had to follow up with a full thyroid panel).
Here are some links:
Picture of the pot belly - before the thyroid diagnosis: https://inmemoryofdecker.shutterfly.com/pictures/169
Several months after starting thyroid meds:
https://inmemoryofdecker.shutterfly.com/pictures/241
His December 2011 and Feb. 2012 blood work:
https://inmemoryofdecker.shutterfly.com/26
June 2012 testing for concurrent diseases:
https://inmemoryofdecker.shutterfly.com/27
Full thyroid panel results:
https://inmemoryofdecker.shutterfly.com/28
November 2012 blood work:
https://inmemoryofdecker.shutterfly.com/32
Holli
Was Lulu fasted for her blood work (see there was a nice drop in her cholesterol value)?
For some reference:
Decker had a pot belly and elevated ALT and ALKP - we originally suspected Cushings was his reason for insulin resistance. He was 97 pounds and on 10u of levemir before we did the testing for concurrent diseases. Decker was overdosed on 40u of NPH insulin by his original vet when he was diagnosed. So when he went to 40u of NPH and we could not control his blood glucose, we knew something was wrong.
We switched him to levemir (detemir) and started at 5u and worked our way up to 10u with little movement in his blood glucose. Levemir was much more level for him - his curves were pretty flat lines. On NPH his glucose bounced around and left him feeling terrible.
In June 2012 we tested him for:
Pancreatitis (he was positive, despite eating and never vomiting)
Fasted for high lipids - cholesterol was over 1000 at fasthing. Triglycerides were high at fasting
4Dx for tick borne diseases - negative
UC:CR for cushings - negative
T4 for thyroid - low (diabetes can cause a low T4 value so we had to follow up with a full thyroid panel).
Here are some links:
Picture of the pot belly - before the thyroid diagnosis: https://inmemoryofdecker.shutterfly.com/pictures/169
Several months after starting thyroid meds:
https://inmemoryofdecker.shutterfly.com/pictures/241
His December 2011 and Feb. 2012 blood work:
https://inmemoryofdecker.shutterfly.com/26
June 2012 testing for concurrent diseases:
https://inmemoryofdecker.shutterfly.com/27
Full thyroid panel results:
https://inmemoryofdecker.shutterfly.com/28
November 2012 blood work:
https://inmemoryofdecker.shutterfly.com/32
Holli
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