From:
fertluv4@yahoo.com
Date: 2003-04-02 01:10:47 UTC
Subject: RE: insulinoma meds
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <26200167.1049245847702.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Alicia and Lisa,
It's good to know that you have had the same experiences of no nodules but very low BG readings. I have a very good ferret experienced vet, but worry that because we are at the highest dose of dex that she may be more advanced. I am puzzled that if she is this advanced, why are there are no visible nodules?
Thanks,
Lynn Barker
Author wrote:
> I have a 4 yr old MF ferret,Mitzi that had a second
> bilateral adrenalectomy on Feb. 3rd 2003. Her blood
> work before surgery showed a BG of 70 and we had a
> suspicion of insulinoma, so when the vet was in
> cryoing the right side again she looked over the
> pancreas thoroughly and found no nodules. Mitzi was
> closed with the suggestion to have her BG checked
> again in a month after she was off her dex. At her
> check she was 46 and was put on the dex 1/4 tablet of
> .25 MG twice a day and recheck in a week. At that
> recheck, she was 54 and the dex was increased to 1/2
> tablet in the morn.,1/4 tablet in the eve. with a
> recheck in a week. At this recheck her BG was at 69,
> her dex was increased to 1/2 tablet, 2x a day, recheck
> in a month. I know this is the max that he likes to
> dose. My question is, if we are at max. dosage, but
> there were no visible nodules present, does this mean
> Mitzi is pretty far advanced already? Mitzi eats
> kibble on her own (totally ferret& Muzuri) and she is
> fed chicken gravy twice a day. What else can I be
> doing, as I feel that since we are at the max on meds,
> our options are limited for controlling the BG level.
> Mitzi has never shown any signs of insulinoma, except
> that she sleeps a little more, and has never crashed
> Thank you,
> Lynn Barker
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