I found Dr. Haghighat when my 12-year-old cat, Shady, was diagnosed with diabetes and my conventional vet put him on daily insulin injections. I felt very frustrated with these injections of 2 CCs of insulin, twice a day, along with switching him to a special diabetic food prescribed by the conventional vet. Shady had been having trouble with climbing stairs and jumping up and down from high surfaces, and had even started chewing the fur on his right paw. I had read online that sometimes diabetes can go into remission in cats. So I thought it was worth a try to see if anything else could be done. Under Dr. Haghighat's care, I'm so pleased to say that Shady improved by leaps and bounds!
Over the weeks and months, he became stronger, able once again to jump up onto the kitchen counters from the floor, stairs were once again no problem at all, he lost some weight, his coat became shinier and healthier (he stopped chewing his paw and the fur grew back), and he was once again back to his curious, feisty self! We managed to slowly, slowly reduce his insulin injections, monitoring his blood sugar levels all the while, and now we are only giving him 1 CC of insulin once a week!
I can't tell you how relieved and overjoyed I am to have my dear friend Shady back to full health! I'm so grateful that there are alternative treatments available to what the majority of conventional vets will advise. I feel fortunate to have found Dr. Haghighat during our time of need. I really appreciate the calm environment Dr. Haghighat has created at his clinic and his soft-spoken, calm, patient manner and grounded energy - so different from any other vet clinics I've been to! Keep up the fantastic work and thank you for all your help!
