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Member Posts: 10 | Penny has been confirmed with diabetes now and we have to Go back to vets in the morning , so he can teach us how to inject her ! Glad I know what wrong with her , just dreading injecting her daily !! Had a feeling this would be a possiblity with the EPI .... | |
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Hi Shirley,
It's been a bit since you posted (that I know of)...Please let us know what's going on and how your vet came to this diagnosis! I was assured 5 years ago that it was not a matter of "if", but "when" Tara would become diabetic based on exploritory findings in that the vet could not find a pancreas??? I've let my guard down, stopped test striping her urine after a few years, but how/what made your vet come to this conclusion?? Also, did she become EPI due to Pancreatitis as I'm sure Tara's EPI is due to PAA. Please give us more information! | |
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-- Donna
Owned by Tara, a 8 YO GSD w/EPI and DM dx'd at about a year old. Fed Taste of the Wild Lamb formular kibble and enhance this diet with cooked meat, veggies and fruit, Enzymes: Pancreatin 8x - 1 tsp per cup of food. Suppliments include 1000 mg Wild Salmon oil, Glucosomine/Chondrotin/MSM and Probiotic acidophilus. Stable since 2005 Also owned by sidekicks' Zoey my rescued GSD and Max, a 10 MO PWC rescue - along with Tess (GSD) and Zeke (PWC) with Angel wings
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Hi Shirley - so sorry to hear about Penny also having diabetes. We have several others on the forum - Frankie and Zip - Samantha and Honey - and Sue and Claire who are also dealing with EPI and diabetes so I am sure they will chime in and give you first hand experience. I absolutely remember the pic of your pups spine...how are things going as far as the EPI is concerned?
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-- Michele "No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich" - having 2 makes you even richer! :-)Jackie (back in pic) Diagnosed at 9 mos (09/09) - TLI 0.3 and low end of B12. Pancreatin 8x dosing 3/4tsp per cup. Natures Domain, Trinfac-B Intrinsic Factor daily, probiotics and Duralactin in the am. Stable and happy 115 lbs - thanks to all the beautiful souls on this forum, we could not have done it without YOU. Dexter - Diagnosed 11/10 approx 3 yrs of age. We failed fostering and now he has his forever home
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HI Shirley~ I am so sorry to hear that Penny now has to deal with diabetes too. Poor baby!!!!! BUt... thank goodness you suspected it all along and was on top of the situation!! WOW! I am humbly impressed. Also, as Michele mentioned, we have some others here on board who also have experience dealing with EPI + Diabetes, so if you need someone to fall back on for help, I am sure they will be glad to work with you. Please keep us posted! | |
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-- Olesia, owned by Izzy-45lb SWD, Diagnosed at 1.5 years old - TLI results 1.3, Stable almost 7 yrs! Once stable, was able to reduce enzymes to only 1/2 tsp of Enzymes with each meal, but after almost 4 years of stabilization... had to increase the amount of enzymes to 3/4 teaspoon with each meal. Feed various grain-free kibble+real meat, 6x pancreatin enzymes from EnzymeDiane. I give 1 tsp of coconut oil one day and 1 tsp salmon oil next day, and also give canned sardines packed without salt or canned herring for extra omega oils.
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At initial testing - TLI 1.2 (range 5-35) B12 254 (range 249-733) folate 20.2 (range 6.5-11.5) Natures Domain, Pancreatin 8x dosing is 1tsp per cup, Trinfac-B Intrinsic Factor daily, probiotics with each meal and glucosamine chondroitin in the am. Stable and happy 95 lbs 8/15/11You must login to post.
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