Archive for May 20th, 2008
Here is some more information about cat diabetes. Pretty comforting really.
Diabetes is not a death sentence. Diabetes in cats is a treatable disorder. Many cat owners are able to control their cat’s condition for years, and the animals lead normal, happy lives. The treatment generally entails giving insulin injections once or twice a day, though a small number may be controlled through diet and oral medication.
People are often initially reluctant to give injections to their pets, but it isn’t really that distressing. Insulin needles are very small, and pets usually do not react at all to getting the shots. When one begins to treat a diabetic cat, their veterinarian will go over all the procedures, including feeding instructions and symptoms of too much or too little insulin and what to do in these cases. The veterinarian will also set up a schedule of regular recheck visits to gauge how the therapy is working and to adjust the insulin dose. A diabetic cat’s need for insulin may fluctuate up and down requiring a change in the insulin dose. Some cats’ need for insulin will actually cease as the pancreas resumes the secretion of adequate insulin. This reprieve is commonly referred to by owners as a “honeymoon”.
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Do you put off making the bed until the cat gets up?
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Does your cat eat out of cut crystal stemware because you both watched the same commercial on television?
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Do you microwave your cat’s food? Prepare it from scratch?
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Do you climb out of bed over the headboard or footboard, so you won’t disturb the sleeping cat?
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At the store, do you pick up the cat food and kitty litter before you pick out anything for yourself?
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Do you cook a special turkey for your cat on holidays?
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Does your cat “insist” on a fancy Sunday breakfast consisting of an omelet made from eggs, milk, and salmon, halibut, or trout?
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Do you have pictures of your cat in your wallet? Do you bring them out when your friends share pictures of their children? (Pollsters claim that 40 percent of cat owners carry their pet’s pictures in their wallets, by the way.)
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When people call to talk to you on the phone, do you insist that they say a few words to your cat as well?
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Do you accept dates only with those who have a cat? If so, do you eventually double-date with the cats to see how they get along?
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When someone new comes to your house, do you introduce your cat, by name, to them?
Here is some beautiful wisdom for you humans!
True freedom and the end of suffering is living in such a way as if you had completely chosen whatever you feel or experience at this moment. This inner alignment with NOW is the end of suffering.
Is suffering really necessary? Yes and no. Suffering cracks open the shell of ego and then comes a point when it has served its purpose. Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary.
Unhappiness needs a mind made “me” with a story. It needs time - past and future. When you remove time from your unhappiness, what is is that remains? the “suchness” of this moment remains.
Suffering begins when you mentally name or label a situation as undesireable or bad. You resent a situation and that resentment personalizes it and brings in a reactive “me”.
Watch what happens when you don’t name an experience “bad” and instead bring an inner acceptance, an inner “yes” to it, and let it be as it is.
From Stillness Speaks, by Eckhart Tolle
