Thank you for commenting.The roll technique seems to be popular and reliable. I need to look more closely at using it. I've had good luck in the 5 years I've been giving injections and it baffles me that I recently began having trouble. Obviously, the anxiety involved, over-thinking, and trying corrections is complicating the process. I could probably get more skin, but try to be real gentle with him. In doing so, I'm trying to make sure it's subq, but am concerned too about not getting too deep. I'm working on not rubbing over the site after injecting. Thankfully, no fur shots since going lower in the tent.
I've been seeing high blood sugar in the morning lately and will stop glipizide to see what effect it has. He might be going low during the night and rebounding. The only advantage we saw in using it is a slight decrease in insulin demand. It could be doing more harm than good with keeping him regulated.
The vet who diagnosed him taught us to shoot in the scruff. Because of our interest in using tight regulation to get him into remission, we went to another vet who had more lab equipment and experience with FD. She said on first visit, the first thing you need to do is begin injecting him in the right place and we went to the flank. The vet we currently use injects in the scruff, so obviously both sites work.
Thanks for the compliment. You've done a great job yourself in the 5+ years with Gracie's diabetes. Our Cody just endures. He's siamese, meows a lot, and meows louder now that he's nearly deaf. But he usually starts purring before his feet leave the floor when we pick him up, comes over to us when it's time to have his sugar checked, and has actually licked our hand as we were giving him insulin. He's gradually losing weight now, and is just over 7 lbs, but his blood work results last week were remarkably good for his age. Thanks again for your input.
