Nobody wants to be boring. The ole hum drum gets pretty old after awhile. As mind numbing as routines can be, they are also of great benefit when managing diseases. Patient compliance is one of the bigger obstacles to good diabetes management for human diabetics.
One of our readers asked me this week to write about when to “let go” when a pet is struggling with medical issues. This is such a difficult subject. We’ve all been through loss. Some loss hurts more than others. Sometimes we can’t fathom going on without a loved one. Sometimes it takes years to overcome […]
It was a challenging week providing pain management to some of my veterinary patients this week. I always try my best to use multimodal pain control and to be preemptive in pain management.
I always ask for feedback and questions from my own patients and from the readers of this newsletter. Over the years, I have learned that no question is silly, and in fact if one person is asking it, many are probably thinking it.
I was chatting with a friend this morning about the cost of health care. Her insurance company wants her son to use a generic of his medication. Her son feels he can tell the difference between the generic and the "brand name" medication.
This morning I got an email from one of our readers about car sickness. Pets with diabetes go to the vet more often than the typical pet, and it's no fun when your pet gets car sick. And if you haven't yet started doing glucose curves at home, car sickness could mess up a glucose curve done in the vet office.
Urinary incontinence is not uncommon in spayed dogs, and some conditions increase the chances of incontinence. Whenever a pet is producing larger volumes of urine, the urinary bladder is more often full.
My veterinary practice is in South Florida. Each year as the rainy season approaches I start getting calls from my clients asking for remedies and suggestions for thunderstorm phobia. Thunderstorms can be real ‘doozies’ in these parts, but just about anywhere there can be triggers to anxiety. Just this week I sent 3 "Thundershirts" out the door.
Choosing to own a big dog means bigger medical bills, bigger pet food bills and pretty much bigger everything. Choosing a cat or small dog is often easier on the pocketbook, and they are much less likely to hog the bed. Nonetheless, small pets often present obstacles that the typical pet owner doesn't expect. Dosing of medication may be the biggest.
Interacting with ADW customers is one of the best parts of my job. As the staff veterinarian at ADW, I get great access to lots of diabetic pet owners and then I can translate our talks into newsletters that may be of value to all of you.