The spite, hate, rage, apathy and mild irritation thread...

[01010111]

My cat died. He developed diabetic ketoacidosis over the weekend, and there was some sort of other infection as well. The combination of the two was too much, and he passed away this morning. I’ve never been more devastated by a loss. I have an emergency appointment with my therapist this afternoon to come up with a safety plan for me, because I feel like I killed him. Had I not moved to the UK, he would be alive right now

[Chankgeez]

[dubkitty]

cats developing diabetes has nothing to do with travel stress. the major causes are obesity, inactivity, medication interactions, and underlying illnesses. it's a biological thing that happens. was there no sign of distress beforehand? my cat is diabetic, and i only discovered it when i noticed he was pissing more than normal. find something to beat yourself up with that's actually your fault if that's what you're into.

Last edited by dubkitty on Tue Oct 03, 2023 10:58 am, edited 2 times in total.

[Blackened Soul]

I hate architects most of the time, the rest I just dislike them…. We really need to build that B ark….

[01010111]

cats developing diabetes has nothing to do with travel stress. the major causes are obesity, inactivity, medication interactions, and underlying illnesses. it's a biological thing that happens. was there no sign of distress beforehand? my cat is diabetic, and i only discovered it when i noticed he was pissing more than normal. find something to beat yourself up with that's actually your fault if that's what you're into.

My cat developed diabetes last fall, and I noticed it the same way you did. I had been giving him injections for the last year, and his glucose levels were staying in a healthy range. When he got to the UK they switched him to caninsulin and put him on the introductory dose because they weren’t sure how he’d react to it. Obviously it wasn’t enough (or maybe it just wasn’t effective for him), and I wish I would have gotten him back to the vet sooner. He was scheduled to get a glucose curve this week (about two weeks after getting here). He was behaving normally on Saturday morning, by Saturday night he was having trouble walking and was hiding near his litterbox. So, I took him to the emergency vet. They gave him the standard treatment for ketoacidosis, but his kidneys weren’t functioning like they needed to. Then he started to develop a fever and his kidneys shut down.

Had I stayed in Korea his condition wouldn’t have deteriorated like this because he would have been able to stay on his old insulin, and it was a lot easier to take my cat to the vet there. If I’d even just been more paranoid and insisted on giving him a larger dose of caninsulin he might still be alive. But it doesn’t matter now. He’s dead because I fucked up

[friendship]

My cat died. He developed diabetic ketoacidosis over the weekend, and there was some sort of other infection as well. The combination of the two was too much, and he passed away this morning. I’ve never been more devastated by a loss. I have an emergency appointment with my therapist this afternoon to come up with a safety plan for me, because I feel like I killed him. Had I not moved to the UK, he would be alive right now

I'm so sorry about your cat.

I hope the therapy session was helpful. Please don't beat yourself up.

[dubkitty]

how many units of insulin was he on in Korea? 2 weeks from switchover to dying is a terribly short time. and 2 weeks after change in dosage/etc. is the standard period for vet monitoring. perhaps if you were psychic you might have detected the problem sooner, but cats don't give you a lot of clues as to their condition.

i'm really sorry for your loss. since the pandemic started i've had to grieve the cat who kept me from killing myself and a dog i loved with all my heart. please try not to be too hard on yourself.

[PanicProne]

I recently scored a Dwarfcraft Loop Mangler and either it's broken or it's just suuuuuper underwhelming. Being probably my all time favourite builder, at least one of them, I have a lot of their stuff, but this one, so far, just feels "meh". Very, very "meh". It also makes me sad that they're not around anymore. Besides the awesome pedals I always thought Louise had good stuff to say/some great points to make and demoes by your old pal Aen...