Laura and Quincy
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Good morning,
Haven't posted in a while (spreadsheet is current though), in part because Quincy was pretty steady state with his diabetes and dealing with a lot of GI/potential lymphoma issues instead. He's really faced a lot of challenges in the past two months with the latter, particularly with vomiting. He's been off prednisone and only on leukeran for almost 8 months now, and I fear our luck has run out with that. When Quincy goes in for his next 3-month check in a few weeks, I think it's going to be time to discuss starting him on something like budenoside in addition to the leukeran. I'm afraid to try something else, but I'm increasingly afraid to do nothing. He's going to be 13 next month and it's almost 2 years since his diagnosis, so I'm getting nervous.
Quincy has been on 0.5 BID for 3 weeks now and it's been a pretty good dose for him - usually PS #s under 120 and spot checks under 100 for the most part. He dipped below 50 once, on 1/1/10, and I've caught him in the 50s a few times at an evening +3 or +4 check. I have been able to bring up his number a bit with a little LC. I am wondering if he's earn a slight decrease given these numbers and even if not, I am thinking it may be a good idea to do so given the increased vomiting frequency. A few times I have found myself giving him food to balance the Lantus only to have him throw it up. Actually this morning he vomited soon after his shot, so this message is very timely. And there was an evening earlier in the week when I gave him a few small snacks after an early # in the 50s, and hours later he vomited everything. I think it was just too much in his tummy.
I've been feeding him small meals with a while now, which seems to help. They are a combination of boiled chicken breast and Merrick cowboy cookout. I think I've done what I can in terms of diet changes. His appetite is very good, and other than the vomiting he seems pretty good too - great energy level, inquisitiveness, tolerance for Katie the dog, etc. And I'm happy that he's done pretty well lately in the BM dept (anti-jinx). We've seen tootsie rolls for a while now, which is a relief and I hope it lasts.
Anyway... I'd appreciate input on the pros/cons of a dose decrease. I was thinking of trying 0.40. I was wondering how to measure it, though. I've seen photos, but is it maybe 0.5 with 2 drops twisted out? Just want to come up with a consistent way to measure this shaved dose.
Thanks for your help. Hope everyone's new year has gotten off to a good start!
Haven't posted in a while (spreadsheet is current though), in part because Quincy was pretty steady state with his diabetes and dealing with a lot of GI/potential lymphoma issues instead. He's really faced a lot of challenges in the past two months with the latter, particularly with vomiting. He's been off prednisone and only on leukeran for almost 8 months now, and I fear our luck has run out with that. When Quincy goes in for his next 3-month check in a few weeks, I think it's going to be time to discuss starting him on something like budenoside in addition to the leukeran. I'm afraid to try something else, but I'm increasingly afraid to do nothing. He's going to be 13 next month and it's almost 2 years since his diagnosis, so I'm getting nervous.
Quincy has been on 0.5 BID for 3 weeks now and it's been a pretty good dose for him - usually PS #s under 120 and spot checks under 100 for the most part. He dipped below 50 once, on 1/1/10, and I've caught him in the 50s a few times at an evening +3 or +4 check. I have been able to bring up his number a bit with a little LC. I am wondering if he's earn a slight decrease given these numbers and even if not, I am thinking it may be a good idea to do so given the increased vomiting frequency. A few times I have found myself giving him food to balance the Lantus only to have him throw it up. Actually this morning he vomited soon after his shot, so this message is very timely. And there was an evening earlier in the week when I gave him a few small snacks after an early # in the 50s, and hours later he vomited everything. I think it was just too much in his tummy.
I've been feeding him small meals with a while now, which seems to help. They are a combination of boiled chicken breast and Merrick cowboy cookout. I think I've done what I can in terms of diet changes. His appetite is very good, and other than the vomiting he seems pretty good too - great energy level, inquisitiveness, tolerance for Katie the dog, etc. And I'm happy that he's done pretty well lately in the BM dept (anti-jinx). We've seen tootsie rolls for a while now, which is a relief and I hope it lasts.
Anyway... I'd appreciate input on the pros/cons of a dose decrease. I was thinking of trying 0.40. I was wondering how to measure it, though. I've seen photos, but is it maybe 0.5 with 2 drops twisted out? Just want to come up with a consistent way to measure this shaved dose.
Thanks for your help. Hope everyone's new year has gotten off to a good start!