Hi Mods and All,
A friend and fellow Board member is having Neo issues and asked me to post the following question for her.
Thank you,
Kathy Brinkerhoff
SE/WI 10/07
Gelding, 15 years old, draft/shire
Ulysses was tested for ACTH/Insulin/Glucose/Leptin December 5, 2013.
According to the IR calculator he is IR...Intermediate
Compensated IR, laminitis risk
RISQI 0.31
MIRG 6.47
His labs were:
ACTH 29.2 pg/ml
Insulin 10.69 ulU/ml (can't quite read the letters. Numbers clear)
Glucose 82
Leptin 5.04 ng/ml
My question is...If his ACTH was 29.2 in December should I be doing/watching/whatever something as the seasonal rise is beginning or after it has started or at the height of the seasonal rise? I do not have the resources to test every time I need to. And if I really need to test probably could only afford one time for a check. Of course if the check came back positive I would scramble around to do a second check after he is on meds.
Donna Powell
Beaufort, SC
ECIR May 2011
