Diabetes - Initial Treatment - Need Advice

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emjb14 said:
Good Morning Mum of Two & Mogs!

He did so good last night that I panicked a bit this morning and wasn't sure what to give him. I was thinking 5 but then started second guessing and went to 4. I had to run into work a bit late today and was able to check him at +2 and he was 17.3 so 4 was likely a bad call... I know his dose is considered high and out of the norm but it seems that he needs it so far. We will see what he is when I get home...



Good news is I already talked to my vet about other insulin options long ago and I have Lantus sitting at the pharmacy ready for me to pick up :) You guys had suggested this option to me a while back but we had decided to hold off on switching medications until we made the necessary changes to diet.

I think I should try Lantus this weekend beginning with Friday's PM dose. If you have any concerns with this please let me know.

If I remember correctly someone had mentioned that I ask for advice on the Lantus forum about dosing when making the switch. I now trust the advice from here more than any vet in my community so would definitely be looking for input :)



Thanks so much!!!! He's on all low carb fancy feast and he had four cans yesterday and still wanted more. He's not cheap to feed that's for sure lol.. He had two in the morning and two in the evening around shot time.
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I would have went to 4, too. It'll be interesting to see his numbers tonight.
If you change flavors it may mean a difference. My 2 can only eat two flavors or their BG spikes.
 
Critter Mom said:
I'd very much like to follow along with Davey's progress on the Lantus switchover but I have difficulty negotiating the L&L ISG thread index page. (I have PTSD and the 'busyness' of the board makes me feel very panicky.) I'd appreciate it if you might tag me in one of your posts there so I'd be able to find Davey's thread. :)


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I definitely will you have been absolutely amazing thank you!
 
BTW, if you find you do need to edge the dose up again it might be an idea to only increase in 0.5 unit increments (unless BG numbers deteriorate markedly or ketones show up in the urine - and if the latter you would need to contact the vet ASAP).


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Critter Mom said:
BTW, if you find you do need to edge the dose up again it might be an idea to only increase in 0.5 unit increments (unless BG numbers deteriorate markedly or ketones show up in the urine - and if the latter you would need to contact the vet ASAP).


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Opps I gave Davey 6 this evening when I got home is that what you mean that I shouldn't have switched from 4 to 6 today as I did?
 
Sorry for confusing things! I thought you might be giving the 4IU dose again this evening so I made the suggestion about doing any future upward adjustments in small increments in case you found that the reduction to 4 units BID didn't hold well.


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Tip:

Pop back over to your thread on L&L, edit the thread title (see top RHS of screen for Thread Tools), select the Question Mark prefix next to the title and save the changes. It will attract more attention to your thread because the experienced members there scan the thread list for members with specific questions. (The traffic volume is high on the board and threads tend to disappear down the list very quickly.)


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