. Glad they didn't find anything but he's been acting weird since we got home 
I'm sorry Buddy's numbers are not doing well. How are you both feeling though? Is Buddy acting OK? Feel free to vent on us as much as you desire! 
I awoke this morning to Buddy throwing up a fur ball, I hope this is no indecidication (spelling) on how the rest of the day is going to be.Aww you are never complaining to us, Teresa!
If anything, getting rid of a fur ball will make him feel better. I know what it feels like to go through periods where you think that you're getting nowhere. Just keep on with the gradual dose increases, Teresa. Eventually you'll get a breakthrough. Yes, higher doses will consume the $$$ ProZinc more quickly and that's unfortunate.
I hope you are right!
I hope so, at least he was not throwing up ! I always keep the cerenia handy. I looked at Teasel SS the other day and he had a lot of blue & green. Every time I up Buddy's dose he decides he does not want to eat, so to keep him from crashing I give him Purina Om dry and then on the next test he is in the PINK. There is no store where I live that sells Evo, I have called them all today. When I give Buddy
Hi Teresa,
I've been feeding Chloe 9-Lives and she likes it, but now I've switched to YA. I hope Buddy gets well.
Thank you, Buddy is a very picky eater, sometimes I think it is because he is nauseous. Buddy has a history of pancreatitis. Buddy had eaten Purina OM Dry for several years and he loves it, except it has 13 % carb. I have ordered YA for Buddy 2 Times, but he still wants the other dry, I think I am going to see about ordering Evo dry for him.
With Buddy you never know, I have had several doctor appointment's and I have one today. Buddy is eating 9lives wet and this is supposed to be low carbs, I have had to put FortiFlora on his wet food to get him to eat. I ordered him some Evo dry food, we received it yesterday and he seems to like it better than YA. I have tried to stay with low carb food, the only exception was Purina OM several times when he would not eat his wet food.
Do you still have any YA food? You have to follow their instructions and not give any other food. At first Chloe loved it. Now she eats less, but they say to only feed 1/2 cup per day and leave it out for free feeding. She eats it when she's hungry, but a little at a time. Maybe it's my imagination, but after using it for a week, she seems more perky. And she's making good poops. I can't remember the last time I saw her poop!
I still have some YA, but Buddy was never a fan. A lot of people feed wet food and YA, which I tried but it did not work. Buddy is a kibble lover instead of wet food. I got Buddy some EVO dry yesterday and it seems as though he likes it. I hope the YA works good for you & Chloe.
. I have read Lantus is more schedule strict and instead of our 1 hour Prozinc flex window, Lantus seems to be 15 minute flex window, which I have to figure out how stalling might throw it off 
. Obviously, there are going to be a couple people who work 12 hour shifts so they can't strictly stick to the 12/12 schedule but it is perceived to be less ideal. Since Buddy is approaching 6.0U of Prozinc, my thoughts are that you wouldn't need to start him at 1.0U but maybe half like 3.0U starting dose for Buddy. *Please let someone else confirm my thought*. 
I am considering changing insulin because Buddy is getting to a very high dose and I will not be able to afford to buy the ProZinc. Plus I am thinking maybe 1 of the other insulins might work better for him. I have not talked to his Vet yet, hopefully he would think that it would be alright to change. Wonder how anyone would have pens for sale or maybe how did they get them. I also was wondering about the 12 and 12, because I cannot always get Buddy to eat.Teresa,
I'm probably making the switch to Lantus as well and plan on getting the pens. I've heard about too many wasting the vial, which is more expensive anyways
I arrived at this idea because Maury is on like 2.2U and Vet told me I should start him on 1.0U (about half his Prozinc dose), so that's where that came from. Also, I'm planning to buy from Mark's in Canada. Vet already wrote a script for Maury. There is also a guy in Supply Closet that sells Lantus pens, I think Alan Hamman is the main one. The other guy, Ramon Vargas passed away.
I'll try to help where I can since we're kind of in the same boat
That sounds like a good idea.
I did not know that, does Levemir come in pens. Does anyone know of anybody feeding Evo dry food, I got Buddy some and he loved it but it made his BG go up. I wanted to know if anyone else had a problem with EVO.
I think some on supply closet get them through their Medicare, don't need them personally, and sell them here at a reduced price for us but they probably still make some extra money for themselves. Lantus land is probably going to get three of us in the next month lol.
Yes, absolutely, eating is important! I had just recently seen that comment about the change so wasn't sure if they did it again, especially since Teresa noticed it raised Buddy's BG a little.
. I will go back to my library and figure it out 
You are probably right, but I am worried about how much the kitty should eat at shot time
I feed it to him last night and his BG shot up into pink and the same thing happened today. Buddy would love to eat it, but I will only feed it to him in am emergency. Now I have a bag of YA that Buddy will not eat and a bag of EVO that I will not feed him.
WOW! I did not know that, we just got the EVO yesterday. His dry cat food he ate before his diabetes has 13% carbs.
It raised him up into the pink and I am afraid of UTI's
Tonight Buddy has only been giving canned food, maybe in an emergency to get him to eat I might give him some EVO. I don't know why I thought Evo had 4% carbs
Sorry, it took me so long to reply. I would not have known about this food if I had not seen it on FDMB and the bad thing is he really liked this kibble. I have here Purina Om (prescription diet) which is 13% carbs that Buddy loves, but it also throws is BG sky high. He is already taking 5.8u of insulin 2x a day, I sure do not want to do anything to make him need more insulin.I think because people post that about Evo fairly often. Some say 4%, some 8%. It's been at 12% since at least 2015 though because I did exactly what you did during our first diagnosis here, and then did some research and found out better. I still keep a little around in the freezer in case I need it for hypos or extreme bribery.
I am trying to get him to eat at shot time so I can give him 6u, I don't give the cyproheptadine before each meal because I do not know if that would be bad for him. Also, I do not know if can get more and Buddy is so picky you never know what he will eat. I just hope there is nothing wrong with him, he does not seem painful when I feel around on him. He does not seem to be sick, just picky.
At PMPS he ate a little bit, maybe 1/4 to 1/2 can of 3.0 oz wet food. He wanted to sit and look outside instead of eat. Sometimes he will start crying around like he wants to eat, but when you give it to him he will take a few bites. He would like to have FF grilled with gravy,then he would eat. Buddy is very vocal, more than any other cat I ever had and I have had a few.Hope you are not running yourself down too much, Teresa
That 6.0U did very nice but I know how you feel when they don't want to eat. Maury is doing this a little bit right now with his wet food
That's sounds very much like what Maury's been doing! I gave in and gave him his MC for his meal and he ate all of it
What is MC.That's sounds very much like what Maury's been doing! I gave in and gave him his MC for his meal and he ate all of it
That is true, but what Buddy wants is what I use to bring his numbers up when he gets to low. He is already taking 6u of Prozinc, could you imagine what his numbers would be if I let him eat what he wants.
Thank you.
I would do that, but what Buddy wants is high carb FF grilled, that I use to bring his numbers back up.
I have not looked for MC foods, but I will try to today, I have looked at carb count list to see % of carbs. When I have looked before I was looking for low carb foods. Right now Bud Cat is eating Royal Canin Glycobalance and YA. Just happened to have 3 cases of Royal Canin that I had ordered from Chewy when Buddy was eating this before. Last week he would not look at YA, this week he is going after it. I do not know if he is being picky or if sometimes some foods make him feel sick. Last week he was eating 9Lives, not so this week. I just happened to be stocked up on 9Lives, I even have coupons from this company.
