Every month I get questions on how families can save money treating a diabetic pet. Sometimes I even get suggestions on how to save money, such as from the client who found insulin for her dog, Molly, significantly less expensive at a big box store pharmacy compared to the neighborhood pharmacy. She was smart enough to […]
Years ago when my father was losing the battle with kidney disease and diabetes, the nutritionist told him a long list of what he should not eat. My father was a funny man. After the nutritionist finished telling him what he should avoid, he asked, “Well, Doctor, what CAN I eat?”
As veterinarians become better at catching disease processes earlier we can provide improved quality of life for our beloved pets. Let’s face it, for many of us our dogs and cats are our family. […]
The other day I met a client with a several year old intact (non-spayed) female dog. I suggested to her that we perform an ovariohysterectomy. Her response was that she has had pets her whole life and had never spayed any of them. […]
Glucose levels do vary from day to day, so when we run a blood glucose curve we want as much as possible for the day to reflect the pet’s “typical” day. We are evaluating if we are giving enough, or maybe too much insulin. We are evaluating how long the insulin lasts in the pet, and […]
Just this week I had one of my clients ask me which part of the insulin syringe plunger is supposed to go to the unit mark I prescribed. He was a little embarrassed to ask, but I am so glad he did!
Before I opened my own veterinary clinic I did “relief work” at a lot of veterinary clinics. This goofy lifestyle worked well in my 30s because I often traveled to 3rd world areas and spent my winters doing veterinary volunteer work. […]
When we run a glucose curve, sometimes we may actually drop the insulin dose. Those who have read my newsletters know that I like to sneak up on an insulin dose. […]
Healthcare tips are all over the media. You can hardly turn on the television without seeing a commercial for ways of improving one’s body weight, diabetes control, blood pressure, etc. […]
I tend to form tight relationships, oftentimes close friendships, with my veterinary clients. Particularly when I ran a house-call practice I might spend as much time gabbing about life after the appointment as I would spend examining Fluffy! Many of my clients send me text messages or emails. It’s a lovely thing being their family veterinarian. […]