Condition journey
Diabetes
Just diagnosed, starting insulin, getting glucose under control and living well day to day.
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Your diabetes care team
These are the practitioners this condition can call for, from your everyday vet to specialists and therapists. Enter your postcode to see who's near you at each step.
- Your vet (primary care)
Internal-medicine specialist ·Referral hospital
Understanding diabetes
Reading from PetsLikeMineStage 1
Just diagnosed: what now?
- Diabetes in Dogs and Cats: The Same Word, Two Different Diseases 9 min
- "Is This a Death Sentence?" The Real Prognosis for a Diabetic Pet 10 min
- What Diabetes Actually Is in Dogs and Cats 10 min
- Can I Do This? The Real Commitment of Caring for a Diabetic Pet 10 min
- Getting the Diagnosis: How Vets Confirm Diabetes 10 min
- Feline Diabetes Explained: Why a Cat's Diabetes Is Its Own Disease 10 min
Stage 2
Starting insulin
- Your First Insulin Injection: How To Do It Without Fear 11 min
- Hypos: The Emergency Every Diabetic Owner Must Be Ready For 11 min
- The Insulin Types Explained (and the New Oral Options for Cats) 12 min
- Storing, Drawing Up and Handling Insulin Properly 11 min
- Feeding a Diabetic Pet: Timing, Portions and Treats 10 min
- The First Two Weeks on Insulin: What To Expect 10 min
Stage 3
Getting the glucose under control
- Home Blood Glucose Monitoring: Curves and Spot-Checks, Done Properly 11 min
- Continuous Glucose Monitors (FreeStyle Libre) on Pets: The Leap Forward 12 min
- How Insulin Dose Titration Works (and Why It Takes Weeks) 9 min
- Reading a Glucose Curve: The Nadir, the Duration and Stress Hyperglycaemia 11 min
- Fructosamine and the Vet Rechecks: The Bigger Picture of Control 9 min
- Diet as a Lever: Low-Carb Cats, Consistent Dogs 10 min
Stage 4
Living well day to day
- Settling Into the Daily Routine That Works 10 min
- What To Watch at Home: The Signs That Tell You How Control Is Going 10 min
- Diabetic Cataracts in Dogs: Spotting and Managing the Blindness Risk 12 min
- Weight, Dental Disease and the Other Things That Quietly Wreck Control 12 min
- Travel, Boarding and Sick-Day Rules for a Diabetic Pet 13 min
- The Lifetime Cost of a Diabetic Pet, and How Insurance Really Works 12 min
Stage 5
Remission and the best outcomes
- Feline Diabetic Remission: Real, and the Window Is Now 11 min
- Giving Your Cat the Best Shot at Remission: The Playbook 11 min
- Staying in Remission, and Spotting a Relapse Early 11 min
- What Good Control Buys: Heading Off the Complications 12 min
- What "Good Control" Actually Looks Like (and Why It Isn't Perfect Numbers) 11 min
Stage 6
When diabetes is hard to control
sensitive- The Unstable, Brittle Diabetic: Why Control Slips, and What To Do 10 min
- The Concurrent Diseases That Fight Your Insulin 12 min
- Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA): The Emergency and Its Warning Signs 10 min
- When the Insulin Just Won't Work: The Resistance Work-Up 12 min
- Somogyi and Dose-Chasing: When More Insulin Is the Wrong Answer 10 min
- Quality of Life and the Hard Decisions 10 min