17/3/13 Angie Trial Day 8 pmbg=forgot:( +3=68

Good morning everyone,

I bought some automatic feeders yesterday to take care of the +9 (3 am/pm) feeds. I didn't buy the batteries so I had to wake up after all. I had a lovely number this morning but I don't know what's going on with that 122 at +6.5.

Angie is really angry with me at the moment over her testing. She won't sit on my lap at all. I don't know how much is her tail - it seems much better - and how much is desire to stay away from me. She gets cross when I touch her ears. She's letting me do the tests but she's hasn't looked at me with a happy face for days. Just these big cross eyes. It's breaking my heart! :sad:

Grace

Yesterday's condo is here.

Re: 17/3/13 Angie Trial Day 8 ambg=56 +6.5=122

Is she getting a treat every time you test? I often forget to give one and have to remind myself to go get it.
You want it to be something she really really likes. It takes a while, but even mine now purrs when I say "test" and she hears the beep beep when I put
in the strip..... then she cops a little attitude like ... "aren't you done?" but is happy to get the treat.

I can see her tail making it more difficult to test. Maybe if you sat beside her so her tail doesn't get pushed around....?

Re: 17/3/13 Angie Trial Day 8 ambg=56 +6.5=122

I've worked it out so her tail is ok with the testing - I was just hoping that it's partly her tail that keeps her hiding under things and making cross faces at me. I need to do better on the treats. I was giving them to her at first but she wasn't so into them - I was just giving her a snack of her normal food though. Time to go source some treats!

Thanks for the reminder - there's always something new that I've forgotten when it comes to this diabetes management stuff!

Re: 17/3/13 Angie Trial Day 8 ambg=56 +6.5=122

Nice AMBG today! I hope each day finds Angie feeling better.

Re: 17/3/13 Angie Trial Day 8 ambg=56 +6.5=122

Hi Grace, sorry to hear Angie's little ears and her tail are bothering her.

Once she is OTJ, it might be worth investigating keto-diastix strips. They test for Glucose and Ketones so there's no need to poke her regularly. When K was OTJ, I relied primarily on the urine strips (3-4 tests weekly) and periodically ran blood tests. Keto-Diastix

Happy Day 8! :mrgreen:

Good night everyone,

Thanks for the ideas today. I can't believe I forgot to test her at pmbg! :roll: I realised after she ate dinner.

See you tomorrow.