Smiffy's July/August progress

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Looby & Smiify said:
not had anybody else take an interest yet from the post I placed on the Caninsulin Forum
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Looby, the Caninsulin forum is not active. Folks who post there initially are directed to Health. The number of people using Caninsulin and the other faster acting insulins lessened over the years so they just told folks to post on Health. There may have been more Caninsulin users joining lately but the numbers are still small in comparison to the other insulins so posting on Health is still the best place to get assistance.

I know you are not keen on using the syringes but it would give you the ability to try 1.75u instead of 2u which might just be enough to get those numbers down a tad while keeping Smiffy from going too low.
 
How have Smiffy's numbers been today Looby? Hope the nuisance in your gardens disappear very soon so you can both have some peace.
 
MrWorfMen's Mom said:
Looby, the Caninsulin forum is not active. Folks who post there initially are directed to Health. The number of people using Caninsulin and the other faster acting insulins lessened over the years so they just told folks to post on Health. There may have been more Caninsulin users joining lately but the numbers are still small in comparison to the other insulins so posting on Health is still the best place to get assistance.

I know you are not keen on using the syringes but it would give you the ability to try 1.75u instead of 2u which might just be enough to get those numbers down a tad while keeping Smiffy from going too low.
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I would have to get my Vet to show me how to use them ........ I am really not keen ....

I will have a look at the Health Forum - thanks for the tip :) Oh this IS the Health Forum!

Smiffy's numbers are a bit better today at least .....
 
Shaz Butler said:
How have Smiffy's numbers been today Looby? Hope the nuisance in your gardens disappear very soon so you can both have some peace.
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Thanks Shaz (:

Smiffy's numbers have all been in the yellows today so that is better than yesterday - they are not bad at all - she just had a run of high AMPS over the last week that worried me a bit. Are you able to see her spreadsheet? You could tell me what you think?

The neighbours are still out there but it was quieter today so we could go for our little walk and sit under the eucalptus tree in her favourite spot with no interruptions (:
 
animated-wow-sign-image-0031.gif Looking good! I know those lower numbers can be a bit of a jolt at first. We've all been there. As long as you are monitoring, Smiffy will be just fine. Be interesting to see her PMPS tonight. :D
 
MrWorfMen's Mom said:
View attachment 22571 Looking good! I know those lower numbers can be a bit of a jolt at first. We've all been there. As long as you are monitoring, Smiffy will be just fine. Be interesting to see her PMPS tonight. :D
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Yes it's great until she got chased by a snappy young terrier that our neighbours daughter let out into the communal passage and run around our bottom garden instead of keeping it in the their top garden and behind the gate ... sooo inconsiderate - they know cats are about and Geoff knows that I take Smiffy down to the far garden each day .... they should NOT let it run around our garden - there is no fence there .... just got injured ... I had to pick her up but she escaped and fled and just about got away in time .....+7 now risen of course and is now 8.2 - poor girl.

I posted on the FB page to find out if there is a low carb dry food available in the UK that has 'better' ingredients than Hill's m/d as I was told that Hills is one of the worst dry foods. I posted for my benefit and for the benefit of others in the UK that are still trying to get their cats on to wet and apparently there are no dry foods on the list here but one girl gave me four options that are new to me two of which are available in the UK ...... one is Porta 21 Sensible grain free that is less than 10% percent carbs and the other is Thrive 90% protein with allegedly all the minerals and vitamins that a cat needs so I have ordered both to see if our cats like them.

Of course I will continue to try to get Smiffy interested in wet - today she was not interested again but I will keep trying even though I am wasting a lot of food .

Yes I am looking forward to seeing what her preshot is tonight as long as she has recovered from being chased by the dog ..... it has taken me all summer to give her the confidence to to down to this lovely spot in her garden since the family with the dog moved out last year and now I don't know if she is going to trust me ...... the dog belongs to the daughter of the people that own the house ...

I think in the fleet of the moment I asked Becky to keep the dog in their top garden ( there is not fence around their bottom garden so our garden merges with theirs) and that I take Smiffy down to the bottom garden but I didnt stop to have a discussion about it nor did I lose my temper even though I wanted to .... I have only just stopped shaking!

Will update you tonight (:

Thanks for supporting Smiffy .... she is the important one ....

(:
 
MrWorfMen's Mom said:
What do you mean? Did you get claws or teeth or what? Nothing serious I hope! :nailbiting:
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No not serious - Smiffy escaped from me and scathced me .. one puncture just caused a lot of blood but was worse than it seemed at the time - it was a claw puncture ...... I am sooooo cross ....

Why has the typeface changed all of a sudden?

Thank you for your concern ...

What do you think about the alterntive dry foods - might be a bit better for her - could mix them with her current biscuits until change to them or just mix them in every day? What do you think? I suppose I should check with her Vet - we are still a way off getting her onto wet food ....
 
Oh the typeface is sans serif Helvetica when I write a post but ends up back to seriffed Times Roman as soon as I have posted my reply ... very odd!
 
Looby, out of the those 2 foods, I would think the Porta 21 is the better choice based on what I can see on the websites. Both are very high is fats so portion control will be very important. Both have sweet potatoes which are high glycemic but it's much higher in the ingredients list for the Thrive so more of a concern there. That said, my cat's food has Tapioca which is also high glycemic and it doesn't seem to have affected her at all. There are also some low carb dry foods in the US without any highly suspect ingredients that folks have noticed causing their cat's BG to go up, so to some degree, this is going to depend on how Smiffy does with each. They both look like decent foods protein ingredient wise.
 
Smiffy's evening preshot is 11.4 so I thin 1.5 units is too much ..... if she eats a good amount I will
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Nice numbers! I have had a look at the UK foods list Elizabeth put together, the only low carb dry foods listed are the ZiwiPeak air dried - available from amazon. Scroll to the bottom of the list and they are there, the beef has the lowest carbs. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J5JpMe6TDXrHq_aTl9hUtHy6Gs9oRBqlz4nPGKxtySA/pubhtml
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Yes but I can only find the feline version on Amazon uk in small 400g bags and is not enconical at all ..... the other two have come with a personal recommendation and they both seem really good content wise .... the Ziwi is less than 10 per cent but so is the grain-free Porta 21 Sensible and is in chicken flavour that I know she likes and the Thrive is 90% protein and also in chicken flavour - both available on Amazon uk in larger bags ... I have now ordered both to try but still have a note of the Ziwi just in case (: It ight be a good idea for Elizabeth to include these two on the list but I have no influence over that ...... if they are a hit with Smiffy I will post their details on Facebook - not sure if I could post them here? Of course all of these are just until I get Smiffy on wet or in case I can't and for the benefit of other UK owners with the same dilemna as me (:

Just done Smiffy's evening and it is 11.4 so I am just going to give her one unit instead of 1.5 and try to test her at +3 or +4 to make sure she doesn't go too low again ...
 
MrWorfMen's Mom said:
Looby, out of the those 2 foods, I would think the Porta 21 is the better choice based on what I can see on the websites. Both are very high is fats so portion control will be very important. Both have sweet potatoes which are high glycemic but it's much higher in the ingredients list for the Thrive so more of a concern there. That said, my cat's food has Tapioca which is also high glycemic and it doesn't seem to have affected her at all. There are also some low carb dry foods in the US without any highly suspect ingredients that folks have noticed causing their cat's BG to go up, so to some degree, this is going to depend on how Smiffy does with each. They both look like decent foods protein ingredient wise.
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Thanks for that and that is an important point about the portion control ..... I give Smiffy portion controlled amounts of Hill's m/d so to begin with I am going to have to be careful for botht her BG also her weight control because we are aiming to get her to shed a bit (she has lost a bit slowly and healthily in the last two months).

It will be trial and error .... I am going to cut and paste and save what you have said here so that I get my facts straight - thank you for the reserach :)

I am just going to tag @manxcat419 with this information too.

I will let you know how we get on with them :)

Yes she has had her one unit and hopefully won't drop too low but nicely low and it will be interesting to see what happens tomorrow :)

PS I have just been to the food list myself and whilst I can read the introduction (where actually Elizabeth DOES mention the other two foods just beneath the Ziwi Peak) but I can't scroll down the spreadsheet part of it which lists only wet food
 
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Decisions decisions .. preshot 12.2 this evening but not eating much ..... good Nadir today at +4 she was 9.2 .....

Try to give her to eat a bit more food .....

I gave her 1.5 units ....
 
@MrWorfmen's Smiffy is 18.7 this morning ... do you think it is the stress of the dog that we ran into in the gardens or do you think she is bouncing from some of the nice numbers she has been getting.

For a couple of months now as you know I have been taking Smiffy for a walk each day to her garden and sitting with her in the sun .... because of the threat of the dog (even though he is not there all the time Smiffy has not wanted to follow me for the last couple of days and since then her numbers have gone up.

She is now 9.7 at +3 which is much better but she seems depressed poor thing.
 
JanetNJ said:
can you get a fence between you and the neighbor's property?
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It's complicated ... bit of a debate as to who pays for it, what sort of fence etc .... it's two side of the garden that are exposed ..... the owners are about to sell up too so probably will have to talk to the new owners now about a fence and hope that if they have a dog the decency to keep their dog in their top garden. The dog was only visiting the other day and belongs to the daughter of the people that own the garden .... she just doesn't care about letting the dog run round the two gardens.

Even if I had been on my own I would have been miffed .... just relaxing in the garden and then a dog runs around me yapping at my heels!

The dog is not there all the time but the damage is done now ..... just took Smiffy out today and she won't go down the passage ..... tried to lift her up gently and carry her past the dog's gate but she hissed and wanted to be put down ... she is now outside the back door ...

The owners are doing some landscaping so making a noise so she has really lost her confidence ... of course they are entitled to do that - it's when they look after the dog or their daughter comes round.

The dog lived there with the daughter for a year but moved out in the Autumn so it is only this year and summer that I have been able to get Smiffy confident again to go down to our bigg garden ... took weeks of caoxing ... now scared stiff again ..... I feel so sorry for her .....

DH won't say anything ..... I let them know politely how I felt so maybe the onwers will not let their daughter let the dog out again!
 
Looby & Smiify said:
It's complicated ... bit of a debate as to who pays for it, what sort of fence etc .... it's two side of the garden that are exposed ..... the owners are about to sell up too so probably will have to talk to the new owners now about a fence and hope that if they have a dog the decency to keep their dog in their top garden. The dog was only visiting the other day and belongs to the daughter of the people that own the garden .... she just doesn't care about letting the dog run round the two gardens.

Even if I had been on my own I would have been miffed .... just relaxing in the garden and then a dog runs around me yapping at my heels!

The dog is not there all the time but the damage is done now ..... just took Smiffy out today and she won't go down the passage ..... tried to lift her up gently and carry her past the dog's gate but she hissed and wanted to be put down ... she is now outside the back door ...

The owners are doing some landscaping so making a noise so she has really lost her confidence ... of course they are entitled to do that - it's when they look after the dog or their daughter comes round.

The dog lived there with the daughter for a year but moved out in the Autumn so it is only this year and summer that I have been able to get Smiffy confident again to go down to our bigg garden ... took weeks of caoxing ... now scared stiff again ..... I feel so sorry for her .....

DH won't say anything ..... I let them know politely how I felt so maybe the onwers will not let their daughter let the dog out again!
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If you put it on. Your side of the property line, and get a permit for it, then how does the neighbor have a say? And with no fence any current outings with the dog must require a leash. It's not fair their dog destroy and deficate on your property, or that you can't enjoy your yard the way you want.
 
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Just managed to take Smiffy for a walk so progress even though she only stayed outside for about 15 minutes .. I am going to build up her confidence again slowy (:
 
JanetNJ said:
If you put it on. Your side of the property line, and get a permit for it, then how does the neighbor have a say? And with no fence any current outings with the dog must require a leash. It's not fair their dog destroy and dedicated on your property, or that you can't enjoy your yard the way you want.
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I know but my hands are tied ......we live in such close proximity with our neighbours and we also have access down the side of their house at the moment to take our bins out (this is a row of small Victorian cottages) so we can't afford to fall out with them ..... DH is in charge of it really and he doesn't like confrontation!

The permit system you are referring to doesn't exist in the UK.

Honestly it is a real problem.

Hopefully the new owners will be reasonable and sensible and we can come to some agreement - that is once the house is sold.

Just managed to get Smiffy down there for 15 minutes before she came back to the house so that is progress.

I agree about the dog .... so inconsiderate
 
Looby, many kitties have a habit of going lower at night so if Smiffy is going a little lower during the night, those higher AMPS numbers could be a bit of a bounce from numbers she is not accustomed to. If that's the case, they may level off given some time. The only other thing you could try is upping the dose to 1.75u but that is going to require the syringes. You have got room for some movement without Smiffy being in any danger but it would be much safer to try a dose between 1.5u and 2.0u to try to bring the numbers down a bit.
 
MrWorfMen's Mom said:
Looby, many kitties have a habit of going lower at night so if Smiffy is going a little lower during the night, those higher AMPS numbers could be a bit of a bounce from numbers she is not accustomed to. If that's the case, they may level off given some time. The only other thing you could try is upping the dose to 1.75u but that is going to require the syringes. You have got room for some movement without Smiffy being in any danger but it would be much safer to try a dose between 1.5u and 2.0u to try to bring the numbers down a bit.
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I wondered if she might be bouncing or maybe she ate some of her biscuits that I should have put away earlier.

I would have to goto the Vet or the Nurse to find out how to use the syringes ..... you know I am very apprehensive about using them ... especially as in the morning I am quite dopey because of the drugs I take at night (which I am on programme to reduce but the withdrawal is hard so very slow - involves an anti depressand and diazepam - down now to 5mg) ......

I understand what you are saying ...

I could still have the pen but have a separate cartridge in the fridge that I could take insulin from with the syringe when I want to do 0.25 increments ...

I am really not happy about syringes .... I have some so could find a video on You tube I guess and pratice with water and a tomato?
 
Looby, if you want to practice on fruit, I suggest a grapefruit or an orange would be a better target. Tomatoes might get a little messy and won't give you the same "feel"!

Yes you could keep the pen for full or half doses and only use the syringe for 1/4 dose increments but you never know....you might even find you like them once you get used to them. It's your decision to make but you won't lose anything by at least trying the syringes on some fruit. If you can get comfortable with them great, but if not, that's OK because you still have the pen to use.
 
MrWorfMen's Mom said:
Looby, if you want to practice on fruit, I suggest a grapefruit or an orange would be a better target. Tomatoes might get a little messy and won't give you the same "feel"!

Yes you could keep the pen for full or half doses and only use the syringe for 1/4 dose increments but you never know....you might even find you like them once you get used to them. It's your decision to make but you won't lose anything by at least trying the syringes on some fruit. If you can get comfortable with them great, but if not, that's OK because you still have the pen to use.
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Yes thinking about it a tomato would be a bit messy!!!! It's just that we have lots of them as we grow them .......

I am not sure when I am going to get a chance to get to the Vet or the Nurse to find out how to use a syringe ..... oh I so wish I was independent and could just get to the Vets by myself. I know I could watch something on Youtube but would prefer to be taught by a professional. Maybe I could at least open one up and have a go ..... I will need a jam jar or something to dispose of the needles as they won't fit into my sharps box. I will put an orange on the shopping list for DH (: Step by step and I might manage it.

She might have eaten too late last night and she may have dawn phenomenon or as I think you suggested (or somebody else suggested) she might still be bouncing from the 5.3 reading she had the other day.

Shame about the blasted dog espisode but I did make some progres with Smiffy today and get her down to her favourite spot for about 15 minutes before she started to make her way back to the house poor thing ... but that is better than not going out at all so it is something to build on.

I will see what happens over the next few days as I understand that bouncing from a low number can last for upto six cycles ... she got down to a half decent number today of 8.9.

Thanks Linda .... will let you know how I get on (:
 
@Kako & Tux

I am told by a mutual friend that you have experience with Caninsulin, I wondered if you would look at Smiffy's spreadsheet ... she is getting high AMPSs and dropping quite a lot during her day cycle which is a new trend for her.

There is some stress for her in our back gardens because there are recently more people and children and sometimes a dog out there which prevents Smiffy and going for our little walk and sit in the sun each day (she was chased by the dog three days ago poor thing). The garden situation is difficult to describe but one of the neighbours daughter visits with her little yappy terrier every now and again now whereas we have had a summer dog free. Could this raise her overall stress levels?

For some time we have thought that the Caninsulin was lasting the full 12 hours in Smiffy luckily as her numbers were pretty level througout the day but now there is definitley a more pronounced curve.

I would be very happy if you would have a look at her spreadsheet please. There is a summary of the outcome of her last trip to the Vet at the head of this thread for background information :)

Thanks :)
 
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@Tuxedo Mom

It was good to see you on the Facebook page today (:

I value your opinion as you know so I wondered if you would also have a look at Smiffy's spreadsheet for me?

I am worried about her high AMPS numbers and then she drops quite a lot ...

For some time we have thought that the Caninsulin was lasting the full 12 hours in Smiffy luckily as her numbers were pretty level througout the day but now there is definitley a more pronounced curve.

Thanks


Looby and Smiffy
 
Hello Looby! I am sorry that I didn't respond sooner.
Smiffy is beautiful. I love the photo. :)
I am glad that Smiffy is responding well to Caninsulin.

We were on Vetsulin for 3 weeks, and Tux didn't respond well to it. So we switched to Lantus.
When we were on Vetsulin, I was in panic seeing extreme high numbers... I was in fear that I may lose Tux.
I was advised to follow Tuxedo Mom, Critter Mom, and Mr WorfMen's Mom. They kindly gave me advice and I followed their advice.
Then Netherland joined, and she kindly advised me every morning and evening how much dose to give.
Netherland hasn't been on FDMB since 5/5 when she left for a trip. I am concerned about her, and hoping to see her on FDMB.

I am so sorry, I don't have enough experience to advice. Actually I don't remember much about Vetsulin. :oops:
 
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Kako & Tux said:
Hello Looby! I am sorry that I didn't respond sooner.
Smiffy is beautiful. I love the photo. :)
I am glad that Smiffy is responding well to Caninsulin.

We were on Vetsulin for 3 weeks, and Tux didn't respond well to it. So we switched to Lantus.
When we were on Vetsulin, I was in panic seeing extreme high numbers... I was in fear that I may lose Tux.
I was advised to follow Tuxedo Mom, Critter Mom, and Mr WorfMen's Mom. They kindly gave me advice and I followed their advice.
Then Netherland joined, and she kindly advised me every morning and evening how much dose to give.
Netherland hasn't been on FDMB since 5/5 when she left for a trip. I am concerned about her, and hoping to see her on FDMB.

I am so sorry, I don't have enough experience to advice. Actually I don't remember much about Vetsulin. :oops:
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How lovely to hear from you @Kako & Tux - lovely name (:

It was my dear friend @manxcat419 that told me about you ....

It would be lovely if you were to have the time to pop in and see Smiffy for general support from time to time even though you don't know much about Caninsulin anymore?

I have tagged Netherland but have not heard from her so I too hope she is OK even though I don't know her.

@MrWorfMen's Mom is helping me and she is lovely and very helpful, and sometimes @Alexi pops in but I don't have contact with @Tuxedo Mom at the moment.

I am on my own for a lot of the time and because of an illness have not left the house for a number of years so the FDMB and the Facebook page are a lifeline for me and Smiffy and it is nice to have a small network of support for Smiffy.

She is a bit of a tricky cat as she is only willing to snack on a bit of wet food but not willing to eat it as her main meal (yet) and, as you might remember it is essential that she eat a fair amount before I inject her with Caninsulin.

Do you know anybody else that I could tag that would want to help me with Smiffy? I haven't heard from @scoobydoox or @Capoo or @BJM for a while so I hope they are OK too.

Would be really nice to get to know you a bit so I hope Smiffy and I hear from you again (:

Looby and Smiffy
 
Woodsywife said:
Hi Looby,

Overall Sniffy is looking good. I hope you find food likes.
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Nice to hear from you :)

Yes she is not doing too badly ... don't like the high AMPS though.

Sorry what did you mean by food likes? Did you mean the dry foods that I have posted on FB for her try that are better than the Hills m/d whilst she is still trying wet food?

How is Smokey?
 
@MrWorfMen's Mom @Alexi

This is what Smiffy's Vet had to say in response to me sending her a copy of Smiffy's spreadsheet:

"I actually still think that curve is quite good; although we have slightly higher pre-shot numbers, they are coming down post-injection quite nicely and we're getting good numbers throughout the day. Could you continue on the same dose a little longer? We can then look again, and if the overall trend is higher then we can look at a dose increase, but I'm not sure it's warranted as yet. I'm still pleased with that curve, and you will get a little variation day-to-day. Maybe reassess the numbers in a week if you agree?

That sounds good on the feeding front; I think mixing in some lower carb food is a good idea. Applaws is also another one that has high meat content and lower carbs, they do a senior one that is lower fat. Definitely worth trying the ones you already have first though."

What do you think? Smiffy hardly ate anything this morning so I only have her one unit instead of 1.5 and she was still down to 10 by +3 .... but now at +7 she is 13.3 mmmmm.
 
Looby & Smiify said:
Nice to hear from you :)

Yes she is not doing too badly ... don't like the high AMPS though.

Sorry what did you mean by food likes? Did you mean the dry foods that I have posted on FB for her try that are better than the Hills m/d whilst she is still trying wet food?

How is Smokey?
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I missed a few words in the sentence. I have not looked on the FB page recently. I was just commenting on you post above. Hoping you find a wet food she likes and will eat more and a suitable dry food.

Smokey in my opinion is doing great on all fronts. His preshots are still mid 200's but he will hit some 100's during the day. He has not had any 300's in a week. So for now I'm keeping him here so he gets use to these before trying to get a little lower. His heart and asthma has finally seemed to stabilize as he has not coughed, wheezed, whistled, gurgled etc. in over a month. September is his follow up echo and then regular vet appt.

I'm trying to get my own appointment scheduled in between Smokey's and traveling to my dad's for his care.

Paula
 
Looby & Smiify said:
Do you know anybody else that I could tag that would want to help me with Smiffy? I haven't heard from @scoobydoox or @Capoo or @BJM for a while so I hope they are OK too.

Looby and Smiffy
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Hi Looby,

Sorry not to answer sooner, I was enjoying the sun of Morocco...

Smiffy looks really good, and it seems that your pen doesn't have any problem (you have just changed the cartridge, and on the contrary to last month, you can see a decrease in her BG just after the change, so the pen is working fine).

It seems that you're currently trying to mix wet food with dry food : that's really good news!
I can give you some advises about wet food available on Zooplus, as I have already tested a lot of brands and flavors!
I saw that your vet has recommended Applaw. You can also try Almo : they have really small cans that you can mix with dry food, cats are usually crazy with them (Almo is only a complementary wet food, withtout any additive).

Sophie
 
Woodsywife said:
I missed a few words in the sentence. I have not looked on the FB page recently. I was just commenting on you post above. Hoping you find a wet food she likes and will eat more and a suitable dry food.

Smokey in my opinion is doing great on all fronts. His preshots are still mid 200's but he will hit some 100's during the day. He has not had any 300's in a week. So for now I'm keeping him here so he gets use to these before trying to get a little lower. His heart and asthma has finally seemed to stabilize as he has not coughed, wheezed, whistled, gurgled etc. in over a month. September is his follow up echo and then regular vet appt.

I'm trying to get my own appointment scheduled in between Smokey's and traveling to my dad's for his care.

Paula
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Those numbers sound good and I think you are right not to rush things .... Smiffy's Vet has said the same thing to me to keep her as she is for a little while longer before upping her dose ....
Great news that Smokey is not coughing so it looks like you have that under control too - well done you (:!

Aww is your Dad sick? I am sorry to hear that ..

Take care and stay in touch

Looby
 
Capoo said:
Hi Looby,

Sorry not to answer sooner, I was enjoying the sun of Morocco...

Smiffy looks really good, and it seems that your pen doesn't have any problem (you have just changed the cartridge, and on the contrary to last month, you can see a decrease in her BG just after the change, so the pen is working fine).

It seems that you're currently trying to mix wet food with dry food : that's really good news!
I can give you some advises about wet food available on Zooplus, as I have already tested a lot of brands and flavors!
I saw that your vet has recommended Applaw. You can also try Almo : they have really small cans that you can mix with dry food, cats are usually crazy with them (Almo is only a complementary wet food, withtout any additive).

Sophie
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How lovely to have had such a wonderful holiday in a beautiful country (:

Yes the Vetpen works fine thank goodness!

Whilst I am trying to get Smiffy on wet food still (she seems to like the fishy flakey Sheba that I have bought so I am gong to stick with that for the time being), I am trying to at least mix at least mix a bit of lower carb dry food into her diet as that is what she usually has for now ... the Applaws dry food is the one recommended by the Vet but I have found Thrive 90% protein which she seems to like and Porta21 Sensible which is also seems to iike.

So overall, even though she is still eating dry I am trying to give her as low a carb diet as possible .... I have lots of food in the house now!!!!

I will have a look at Almo later thank you .. just writing it down (:

Lovely to hear from you,

xxxLooooooby (:
 
Looby,
Yes, I remember those days when I had to wait for Tux to eat good amount of food before injections.
Tux is a slow eater because he is missing a big tooth and several little teeth. He was hit by a car before he came to my door.
Now with Lantus I don't need to wait for one-two hour(s) for him to eat. It is a big relief. :)

I don't know anyone who is experienced in Caninsulin besides people you know already.
Probably by now you are one of most experienced people on Caninsulin! ;)
 
Kako & Tux said:
Looby,
Yes, I remember those days when I had to wait for Tux to eat good amount of food before injections.
Tux is a slow eater because he is missing a big tooth and several little teeth. He was hit by a car before he came to my door.
Now with Lantus I don't need to wait for one-two hour(s) for him to eat. It is a big relief. :)

I don't know anyone who is experienced in Caninsulin besides people you know already.
Probably by now you are one of most experienced people on Caninsulin! ;)
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Kako,

I may be soon!!! I think I have to wait for Smiffy to be eating lower carb food and see what that does to her numbers before I am a really expert!

I do help a couple of girls but most people change to Lantus whereas Smiffy's numbers were showing that she was one of the lucky ones for whom the Caninsulin starts to last the full 12 hours but more recently her numbers have changed and her curve is more pronounced so really I am still being suprised by the insulin which is why @MrWorfMen's Mom and @Alexi and anybody else that could follow us would be so helpful.

Just reading your brief resume about Tux .... he found you to be his Mum which is very special (:

His numbers seem very up and down! I was expecting him to have more level numbers on Lantus?

Would like to hear more about him (:
 
Looby,

Thanks for asking about my father. No he isn't sick. He is 86 and becoming frail. He was use to my mother making all the appointments. He hasn't been to see a doctor of any kind in 1 1/2 years. He has always kept everything and I'm trying to get rid of old papers and the 1000's of vcr tapes he has, just to name a few. He had the heat on at the same time the air conditioning is on. I'm 3-4 hrs away and can only go when my husband who works out of state is here to take care of the animals. I'm trying to get there at least once a month. I only stay overnight. But it's hard.
 
Woodsywife said:
Looby,

Thanks for asking about my father. No he isn't sick. He is 86 and becoming frail. He was use to my mother making all the appointments. He hasn't been to see a doctor of any kind in 1 1/2 years. He has always kept everything and I'm trying to get rid of old papers and the 1000's of vcr tapes he has, just to name a few. He had the heat on at the same time the air conditioning is on. I'm 3-4 hrs away and can only go when my husband who works out of state is here to take care of the animals. I'm trying to get there at least once a month. I only stay overnight. But it's hard.
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Gosh it must be so hard and heart breaking too ......

When we are younger we never think about how our parents are going to be in their old age and it can come as quite a shock.

Does he have helpers around him or friends that help him out?

You are a good daughter but it must be very worrying.

Hugs
 
Yes and no for helpers. My husband stays there 3 or 4 days when he is working. There is a housekeeper for a couple of hours a week when my father remembers to be there. Neighbor shovels the snow in the winter. Yard work is taken care of. It's the not eating properly and the times he's alone. He shuffles when he walks. Prime target to get mugged when he goes out. He doesn't want live in help nor does he want to use his long term care insurance and go to assisted living. And he won't come live with me. So he's not making it easy.
 
@MrWorfMen's Mom @Alexi

Smiffy turned her nose up at a mixture of her Hills m/d and new lower carb dry food Porta 21 Sensible this morning and she was preshot 18.1 but as she didn't eat I only gave her half a unit and by +4 she was down to 10 so glad I didn't give her more but glad I gave her at least some.

Oddly she ate the wet food that I gave her for 'lunch'!

I hope she eats tonight so I am keeping her hungry now so that I can I give her a higher shot tonight if she is high.

She seems well enough in herself and just been for a walk with her which helps I know now to bring down her BG as long as the dog is not out there :)
 
Looby,

I'm quite convinced of one thing : when Smiffy will only eat wet food, and she's on the way to succeed, she will no more need insulin.
That's my true feeling!

Sophie
 
Capoo said:
Looby,

I'm quite convinced of one thing : when Smiffy will only eat wet food, and she's on the way to succeed, she will no more need insulin.
That's my true feeling!

Sophie
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I really hope you are right (: we are getting there ....

Do I detect a bit of a spiritual soul in you? I can recognise it in people because I am spirtual myself and have intuitions about things that I can't explain sometimes - are you the same?

Wow I just looked at Capoo's spreadsheet - the wet food really made all the difference didn't it?!

I will keep trying. In the meantime I am mixing a good quality 90% chicken dry food that I have found to mix into her normal dry so hopefully that plus her wet food snack will make a little difference.

Looby
 
Looby & Smiify said:
Do I detect a bit of a spiritual soul in you? I can recognise it in people because I am spirtual myself and have intuitions about things that I can't explain sometimes - are you the same?
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I'm exactly the same. And that's even truer with numbers : when looking at a table of numerous numbers, I can instantly detect the patent or the wrong number. Maybe it's because I deal with numbers all day long.

Looby & Smiify said:
Wow I just looked at Capoo's spreadsheet - the wet food really made all the difference didn't it?!
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For sure! That's the power of wet food! :)
 
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