Lori, I'm so happy to hear this! Honestly, I've often thought of Mya and how painful she appeared in your photos as recent as August...is she truly walking around again!?! No more abscessing??!!

What fantastic news, Lori! We have the experience to guide you but you’re the one who followed through to get these results. Good work! -- Martha in Vermont ECIR Group Primary Response July 2012

Janet, An insulin less than 40 uIU/ml will NOT cause acute laminitis, but it also does not mean that the horse is negative for IR/EMS. It all depends on testing conditions and what/when they were fed

Michelle, that breakfast is not a "grain" meal and her insulin is still slightly abnormal. I assume she was also given hay for breakfast? Was blood pulled at least 4 hours after she had her first

Hi Laura, You made a second photo album: https://ecir.groups.io/g/CaseHistory/album?id=275424 Here is your original (the one in your auto-signature) :

I do give her the TC balance cubes 3oz in the morning and 3oz at night used as a carrier for supplements. Should I try beet pulp or just increase the TC cubes? If so by how much? She weighs 658

So, when our lab work comes back from Cornell and they know the horse is IR and they say the normal range is between 20 and 40 and an IR horse falls between those numbers, they are not in a so called

The blood was taken after she had eaten her breakfast (soaked Timothy Balance Cubes/ VB/Flax/Vitamin E/Handful of Nuzu Stabul One& all her supplements-Uckele Laminox , Phytoquench, GUT, InsulinWise,

My apologies, Lavinia, for not making that clear in my original post. I was a bit overwhelmed at the time and left out that pretty significant detail. Now I’m hoping that I didn’t leave other

I would avoid steroids. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001 The first step to wisdom is "I don't know."

Both ACTH and insulin are borderline. Retest after the rise. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001 The first step to wisdom is "I don't know."

That TRH test is equivocal because of the time of year. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001 The first step to wisdom is "I don't know."

You are underfeeding her for that level of work. Paradoxically, her insulin may come down some more if you feed her more. If you want to avoid the R/S/R process you could substitute TC Balance/Ontario

And just to add to Bobbie's 'nailed it' message, this news is what makes all the tears (hair pulling, fill-in-the-blank) worthwhile . -- Lorna in Eastern

On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 10:46 AM, Michele Goldberg wrote: ever since recovery her numbers have fallen in the normal rangeJust a reminder again to everyone reading the lab reference ranges (aka "normal

Lori, this is fantastic news! I'm so happy for you and the horses. I agree with you about this group. This group saved my horse's life too. -- Joy and Willie (EC/IR) Nevada County, CA -

Yes, SDMA but not all labs offer it. BUN and creatinine is fine. Blood pressure can be taken with a cuff over the root of the tail. -- Eleanor in PA www.drkellon.com EC Owner 2001 The first step

A horse with normal insulin sensitivity would show 27 after a grain meal. I don't consider 27 normal for a horse on an IR diet. It's your decision whether or not to try her muzzled on grass, just know

Hi Dr Kellon …about a month ago her most recent Insulin was 27(at the time of laminitis I believe it was 66. The steroids used at the time was an injection of Dexamethasone and then the prednisone

OK, I didn't realize that the large white area is Artimud. -- Lavinia, George Too, Calvin (PPID) and Dinky (PPID/IR) Nappi, George and Dante Over the Bridge Jan 05, RI Moderator ECIR