Pets

Our dog Eddie (lab cross) had bad rear end neuropathy shortly after he was first diagnosed. It too got worse initially, despite insulin, then very gradually over weeks if not months it got better and went away completely.

He became so weak he could not stand or walk without our help and the vet was convinced that he had terminal tumours as he did not think it could all be attributable to diabetes. Fortunately I had by then come across this group who gave us the hope to persevere with insulin and hope he would be ok. As I type he is out playing ball with my husband with no sign of any weakness at all - so it really can go away.

The improvement was very slight at first - so that our vet thought we were deluding ourselves - but it was real, just very slow! We had started on quite a conservative dose of insulin so that may have contributed to it being slow to improve. It looks like it is very early days for you so I'd say hang on in there and keep at it!

http://k9diabetes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5077

But I really would encourage you to stick with it.

Eddie got very weak - so we were carrying him if it was more than a few steps (and he is quite an armful though not quite as big as your Hannah). His whole back end seemed to have gone numb including his tail. He looked as if he was on the way out and we were seriously doubting whether it was right to keep him going in that state.

The vet was convinced there was something else going on and insisted he had a scan, just as we thought we had detected tiny improvements. They scanned him and three vets looked at the scan and they agreed that he has tumours which they said would kill him within 3 weeks. That was on 27 November last year.

We ignored that and carried on with the insulin, based upon the advice I found on here. I am so glad we did! By the beginning of January he was steady on his feet again, and he has gone back to normal and stayed fine.

http://k9diabetes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5077