我（笔者）的一个朋友告诉我说，她的朋友有一只猫得过糖尿病，后来被兽医治好了。

“糖尿病猫”

那只猫被诊断为糖尿病以后，主人对猫很呵护，她甚至把所有的猫粮都换成低糖猫粮。她还带着她的猫去兽医那里接受血糖监测（很贵！）。故事就这样平淡无奇，直到主人要外出度假１周，把猫寄存在兽医那里。

尽管女主人已经把猫咪交给兽医照料，度假的整个星期主人还是在担心猫咪的健康。当她假期结束回来的时候，兽医通知她说，那只糖尿病猫已经痊愈了。于是猫咪被主人连同医嘱带回家，继续保持低糖饮食，不过已经不再需要胰岛素了。

柯尼尔大学兽医学院的学者称：“一些糖尿病猫在诊断为‘糖尿病’几个月或几年以后，就不再需要胰岛素了。如果猫的糖尿病是源于肥胖，那么只要是体重控制得好，病情的改善甚至是彻底解决都是有可能的；如果猫的糖尿病与肥胖或者其它紊乱无关，则糖尿病可能不会自行消退，不过仍然是可以控制和管理的。”

在这里，我的问题是：动物和人类的区别有这么大吗？为什么2型糖尿病的治疗方法不能如此简单？——说简单可能有些过于轻描淡写了，搞懂血糖升高的原因还有待深入研究，这恐怕要比低糖猫粮难。呵呵。

The great escape - boarding a diabetic pet

A friend of mine told me about a friend of hers who had a cat that used to have diabetes - until she left him with the Vet. Her friend was overprotective of her little cat since it was diagnosed with diabetes. The cat was put on insulin injections. She also upgraded the entire posse of cats to low-carb cat food.Routinely she took hercat to the vet to have the blood sugar levels checked ($75 a pop!) So far, so good - the story is mundane until her friend left for a vacation and boarded the cat at the Vet's for the week.

All week her friend was worried about the welfare of her cat - even though she was safely under the watchful eye of the vet. As it turns out, upon her return from vacation - the vet notified her that her cat no longer has diabetes. She was sent home with instructions to continue feeding the cats low carbohydrate food, and to discontinue the insulin injections.

Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine says, "Some diabetic cats may lose the need for insulin, months or years after diagnosis. If diabetes has resulted from obesity, it is likely to improve a great deal-or even completely resolve-once the cat's weight is under control. If obesity or some other disorder is not a factor, the diabetes probably will not go away; however, it can be successfully managed."

So here's my question: are animals so different from human beings? Why isn't the equation so simple in curing Type 2? Simple is a grave understatement - but understanding the cause of elevated blood sugar could be the great escape from diabetes. It's more than just switching a diet to low-carb cat food, isn't it? Meow.