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ACTH still high

The vet called this morning with Zahr's ACTH (and CBC) results from July 27. Unfortunately his ACTH is up from when we tested it in May, and came back at 31 pmol/L. At the time of testing he was on

By Mikaela Tapuska · #281860 ·

Re: #file-notice #file-notice

Hi Lesley, I responded to you

By Kirsten Rasmussen · #281859 ·

WAS: #file-notice; NOW: Metformin and inappetence

Hi Lesley, Yes, you could stop the Metformin and see if that is affecting her appetite. How long has she been on it? -- Kirsten and Shaku (IR + PPID) - 2019 Kitimat, BC, Canada ECIR Group Moderator

By Kirsten Rasmussen · #281858 ·

Re: How to say “Thank-you!” Good works!! — July CLARIFICATION

Thank you Nancy, for this thread. I continue to be grateful to all here for many reasons. This has been added to this endeavor at AAEP. "Dr Kellon has been a remarkable source of information forpeople

By Joan Losee · #281856 ·

Re: Re-test?

Hi Colleen, You can change the name of your current case history folder but do note that you'll need to update your CH link in your signature as well. Once you have renamed the folder you'll want to

By Sherry Morse · #281855 ·

Re: #file-notice #file-notice

Kirsten, She has stopped eating, she won't even eat the timothy pellets she likes. Should I stop the metformin to see if that changes her appetite? Blood draw for insulin levels was yesterday, Vet

By Lesley Bludworth · #281854 ·

Re: Re-test?

Hi Martha, Yes, I have been trailering Isabella for her I/R and DSLD re-checks with the clinic owner since he is the only one (out of 15 vets!) who does DSLD ultrasounds. Good to know that can impact

By colleen.m.morrissey@... · #281853 ·

Re: Weight gain question

I don’t have the actual test results, but I will ask for them. She was not trailered or fasted. This time it was done at baseline. I’m not so sure if the OST done in 2021 was accurate because the

By Olivia · #281852 ·

Re: #file-notice #file-notice

Toni, cold weather increases insulin, making winter hay soaking more critical if you have a horse that is struggling, unfortunately. If you can add some safe, more easily digestible forage to her

By Kirsten Rasmussen · #281851 ·

Re: #file-notice #file-notice

Hi Lesley, Non-weight bearing exercise is probably safe but she has to be comfortable enough to trailer first. I'd give it a bit of time. I agree you are in the longer recovery group. Once she is

By Kirsten Rasmussen · #281850 ·

Re: Sloughing Pix Posted

I had to deal with a chronic ulcer (about 25 cm x 15 cm) with proud flesh behind the front left knee of a horse along 2 years (a difficult area to have a wound because of the constant movement). He

By Maria Duran · #281849 ·

Re: recent tender footed - latest insulin up - please advise on medications

Hi Jenny, There is no real difference in the 2 insulin results. Both are indicative of sub-clinical laminitis, which appears chronic/ongoing. I know you do a lot to keep Rico moving to keep his

By Kirsten Rasmussen · #281848 ·

Re: Need for Minerals

Hello Vicki and welcome to the group! Your first post here signals a welcome message which I will include below. There are blue hyperlinks which will take you even further into the subject for more in

By Bobbie Day · #281847 · Edited

Re: Need for Minerals

HAY BALANCING (groups.io) Hii Vicki, above is a link for you to review. It lists the balancers that have been trained by Dr. Kellon and they can assist you with reviewing your hay analysis and what

By Trisha DePietro · #281846 ·

Need for Minerals

Is there a way I can send my hay analysis to someone to determine whether or not I need to be giving my horse additional minerals, or whether the minerals in my hay are sufficient for my ECIR horse.

By Vicki R · #281845 ·

Re: "normal" insulin

Have you thought about using compounded pergolide? Assuming you’re using 3 prasced,that should be about $7.50? Where a compounded capsule could be two dollars? Just an estimate and just a thought --

By LJ Friedman · #281844 ·

Re: Need Input on Management of RecentlyDiagnosed PPID Mare

Hello Mary, You originally joined the group in 2016 it looks like. Since then we've changed things a bit so we like to send all 'new/old' members a welcome letter so they have the most up to date

By Sherry Morse · #281843 ·

Re: "normal" insulin

In our collective experience a normal horse (or a well controlled IR horse) being fed only hay will have an insulin below 20 (and usually more like 10-15). So Sunday's results show that he is indeed

By Sherry Morse · #281842 ·

Re: Weight gain question

Hi Olivia, Define "negative" please - do you have actual test results? What were the circumstances of the test (trailered/not trailered/fasted/non-fasted). Your last test results pointed to her

By Sherry Morse · #281841 ·

"normal" insulin

Hello - I just updated Sunday's case history with his new ACTH & insulin numbers. Also a new body condition photo in his photo album. Briefly, we have increased his Prascend from 1 tab, to 2 tabs,

By rozaniloc@... · #281840 ·

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