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Post by AnimalFarm2006 on Jan 5, 2011 20:35:27 GMT -5
Monster has not gotten better and also has not gotten worse on the deslorin. Yet at the same time he just doesn't seem too happy. His belly is huge. The pred for his insulinoma is messing with his teeth.
What other options are there for him? What are the final signs of adrenal taking over?
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Post by Heather on Jan 5, 2011 23:40:25 GMT -5
I would strongly suggest talking to your vet. Make a list of questions, Monster's specific problems, ask about the deslorin (Make sure you know exactly the date that the des was given, don't make them go through their notes). Make sure you have these written down, refer to them. Many times people get into their vets and every problem that they've been dealing with escapes their mind. Before I go in to the vet's I always write down, symptoms, dates, issues, food eaten (or not) amounts if fluids are being given, spells, seizures (dates of seizures) length of time that the seizures take, ferrets recovery after the seizure. If I have references to posts or articles I take them (I did this the last time I was in because I wanted my vet to consider deslorin for a couple of my furbabies, I used some articles posted by Jennifer in regards to her little ones as well as the contacts) When did you get the des implant for Monster? More and more people are posting that their little ones are only getting about 6 months out of the implant, so it may be that Monster needs a new implant? Is this possible? ciao
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Post by AnimalFarm2006 on Jan 6, 2011 13:43:22 GMT -5
Beginning of December. 8th.
He ate his chicken last night. ^.^ Which made me feel happy but I held him and asked him to please make it clear when he no longer wants to be here.
I'll ask my vet first but I just wanted to see what others have seen towards the end. Hear the story etc not just on Des but for adrenal and insulinoma. He doesn't have seizures and has been stable on his pred.
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Post by sherrylynne on Jan 6, 2011 20:03:39 GMT -5
Since he just got it in Dec., that could well be why you aren't seeing any real improvement yet. From what I've read, it can take 6-8 weeks to really kick in.
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Post by miamiferret2 on Jan 6, 2011 21:28:00 GMT -5
What I have seen in the end can only be described as a train wreck. I treated my ferret for adrenal for a little over 3 yrs. No surgery. He also had insulinoma which we treated with pred first. Then with pred and proglycem. The proglycem was expensive but worked much better. The pred caused his muscles to deteriorate even more. He had no muscles, a huge belly and I could see his vertebrae. Heartbreaking. The adrenal was treated successfully with melatonin first (worked for over a year), then melatonin + lupron for about a year, then deslorelin. Worse thing was in the advanced stages he had no muscles in his legs and he could barely walk. I would take him and put him in a crinkly bag by the French doors and let him eat his soup and get some sun. He would not move. No energy even though his bg was in the 80's. I would test his blood at home. in the last 9 months of his life, our biggest problem became the adrenal disease causing his prostate to become so enlarged that it hurt him when he urinated. he would whimper sometimes. we tried everything. propecia, flutamide, herbal remedies, etc. You name it, we tried it. nothing helped his prostate. I put him down because in his last days he would push so hard and not a lot of urine came out. he also had blood in his urine. That morning, when I saw that he was urinating blood, I heard him scream like a person. I frantically called the vet, rushed down to buy antibiotic and gave it to him. the vet said the antibiotic would help if he had a urinary infection as is common in makes w/ adrenal and prostate issues. he said it was "50/50 chance" that the antibiotic would work. so I sat down and I thought to myself that he gave us us whole life and the least I could do was to stop pushing for him to get better and give him his life back. it was time to let my best friend go. so, long LONG story but the "end" stages of adrenal us not pretty. it is a long slow deteriorating disease. as you know with insulinoma, I think its when the meds can't control the bg anymore and your pet is crashing too much, well, then its time to let them go to a better place. or "give them their life back" as I prefer to say.
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Post by miamiferret2 on Jan 6, 2011 22:51:20 GMT -5
I totally missed that. If he got it in Dec then it probably hasn't started working yet.
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