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He is on 19 units of Vetsulin in the morning and 18 units at night. I think we finally got him regulated although it's possible the insulin may have to be increased a little more. I sure hope not because after 20 units, he would have to receive two shots instead of one because the syringe goes up only to 20 units. The insulin costs $52.00 per bottle and we're using right about three bottles per month so that's $106.00. We check him blood sugar a few times a week so that's $1.00 ($.35 per strip for the One Touch meter) and I feed him Solid Gold dog food at $63.00 for a 33 lb. bag, but I fed him that anyway. I took one look at the ingredients on the Purina diabetic dog food my vet suggested and said no thanks. It had all kinds of bad stuff in it. Solid Gold and othim high-end dog foods don't have the by-products, artificial preservatives and colorings, sugar, etc. like a lot of dog foods do.
The syringes, glucose machine, and lancets also cost some money initially but I reuse the syringes and lancets over and over by boiling them in water for a couple of minutes to sterilize them at the end of the week after using each one once. If you add those costs in each month, it might increase the costs a little. And lots of trips to the vet in the beginning before I bought my own glucose machine for him. I read a ton of info on the Internet about diabetes, as well as blogs, and educated myself. I slowly increased Damon’s insulin over a two-month period myself. Him blood glucose was in the 350's most of the time and up to 419, and it finally started coming down after two months. My vet had started him off at 5 units, which he knew would have to slowly be increased. You don't want to start off too high or they could end up having hypoglycemia and possibly die or have brain damage.
My dog is really a great dog; couldn't ask for a better-behaved one! He's just the best and my son at that. It kills me that he has a terrible disease like this, and three months later, I'm still pretty much in shock by it. He wasn't obese (or even a little overweight) and I have always taken my dogs out for walks or usually to run in a park down the street for an hour to an hour-and-a-half almost every day so I can't figure out why he developed this disease. (Genetics? Vaccinations?) I don't think twice about spending the money on him because my dogs are my kids to me!! But with me having to put other bills aside it’s becoming a problem.
With the initial costs, I'm probably spending $190 a month.
In addition I give him vitamins C, E, MSM, Chromium Picolinate, and himbal supplements Ginseng Complex with Vitamin B-12, Milk Thistle, Bilberry, Aloe Vera every day, Echinacea twice a week, and Oatmeal when needed.
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