Korynn
Member
Hi there:
Sharon14 suggested I hop over here from intro forum with some of my questions. Desi was diagnosed 3 weeks ago and, because we were about to go out of state (which we did), we only got insulin this morning (we did change his diet immediately and start testing his BG - with a Relion). In the interim, I also read up A LOT on this site so came in with some ideas/thoughts. Vet is frowning upon our use of a human glucometer but I did not budge on that. Then he is prescribing 2ccs of ProZinc (which we got today) 2x/day, after feeding Desi, and only feeding him 2x/day. (He is used to small amounts throughout the day.) And then the 2ccs after he eats. What concerns me is that he wants us to test his BG only once a day, and "ideally in the afternoon." (By the way, we never saw the vet - only a tech who ran and asked the vet things and then came back to tell us.) Does this sound reasonable to you? We are to do this 2-3 weeks and then run a curve.
The vet tech compared the Accu-check numbers (their machine) and our Relion and said, "There is a 100 point difference!" Like I didn't expect there would be a difference. He said to deduct 100 from whatever the Relion reads - this is NOT right, is it? It's not that simple! What the heck?
Thanks in advance for reading this.
Sharon14 suggested I hop over here from intro forum with some of my questions. Desi was diagnosed 3 weeks ago and, because we were about to go out of state (which we did), we only got insulin this morning (we did change his diet immediately and start testing his BG - with a Relion). In the interim, I also read up A LOT on this site so came in with some ideas/thoughts. Vet is frowning upon our use of a human glucometer but I did not budge on that. Then he is prescribing 2ccs of ProZinc (which we got today) 2x/day, after feeding Desi, and only feeding him 2x/day. (He is used to small amounts throughout the day.) And then the 2ccs after he eats. What concerns me is that he wants us to test his BG only once a day, and "ideally in the afternoon." (By the way, we never saw the vet - only a tech who ran and asked the vet things and then came back to tell us.) Does this sound reasonable to you? We are to do this 2-3 weeks and then run a curve.
The vet tech compared the Accu-check numbers (their machine) and our Relion and said, "There is a 100 point difference!" Like I didn't expect there would be a difference. He said to deduct 100 from whatever the Relion reads - this is NOT right, is it? It's not that simple! What the heck?
Thanks in advance for reading this.