Mr. Mistoffelees

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Elle7point0

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so. Just to give everyone a little background in the situation.

I got stationed overseas for 4 years- my cats moved in with their grandparents. Mr. Mistoffelees was diagnosed with diabetes. They fed him dry prescription food, and was on 3 units of prozinc until about 5 days ago. They never home tested.

Fast forward.

I’m home. I have my babies back.
I switched Mr. Mistoffelees to a fancy feast wet food diet. I did some home tests after a period of tears and hisses and hiding. Some times it’s harder than usual. But so far his testing has produced the following results using the ALPHATRAK 2:

Monday evening 25 feb 253/258
Tuesday morning 26 feb 158
Wednesday evening 27 feb 119
Thursday morning 28 feb 153

(I think I’m going by memory right now because I’m at work. ) I will make edits to this data as applicaple when I get home where it’s all written down.
 
Welcome Home!
Hope those hisses were from trying to test and not from being away.

Do you have a spreadsheet set up yet?
Thats a good step since those bgs are in 100s already. A reduction in dose may be near.
Get some tests in between shots too.
Print out the hypo instructions and have that food on hand for when needed.

Also you can post in the forum for your insulin. Experienced people can help with dosing.

You can also ask for tips on testing too.
Stickies to read at top of the forums.
All great info.
Welcome
 
Elle7point0 said:
I have not been administratering any insulin.. because I don’t know what “good” numbers are.
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Wow!! those bgs are without insulin!?
Not bad at all!!!

I would get a spreadsheet set up or at least write them down clearly and post in the insulin forum to get help with dose.
Usually start low is best.
0.5unit but I would post first.

I will post normal numbers..hang on
 
Meter ranges:

On a human meter normal range is 40 to 120(2.8-6.7) without insulin. Action number of 49(2.7) if with insulin.

On a Pet Only meter normal range is 80 to 150 (4.4-8.3) without insulin. Action number of 68(3.8)if with insulin.
 
Welcome!!

How long has he been on the fancy feast food?

Were the tests done before or after he had eaten if he had eaten how long after he ate were the tests done?

It is important to know this because some of the numbers are a bit high but not much actually borderline so he may need just a bit or no insulin
 
So I have taken a break from testing him because I think his ears were sore.. as I’ve pierced them a number of times.

He’s acting like a kitten. Running like a fat bullet- chasing his brother around. All conditions appear normal.

Tonight I did a test- first one in a while-

114. This one I did when he was mid meal.

I have not administered any insulin for three weeks.

I think the diet change works for him.

But he’s also due for a vet visit- just in case.

I haven’t done a spread sheet because I can’t test him as often as it calls for. It’s a good day if he lets me get even one test in.
 
Hi, it would be good if you filled the spreadsheet even with just a few results, because is easier for everyone in case you need an opinion, take a look at Babu's, since he's on remission we do not test that often either but is a good tool to keep record and everything in one place.

How many hours since he had eaten did you got the 114?
If the vet is going to do a curve do consider that the stress of being at the vet's office can alter his levels
 
It was only a couple of minutes since he had food.

The rest of the times I tested were over an hour since feeding.

Some were over two hours.

I’ll try to do the spreadsheet when I get home today so get better data.

I just don’t understand some of the acronyms.. amps and stuff.

The message board is hard to navigate on my mobile device- maybe that’s why I’m having a difficult time using it?

I’ll be better. :)
 
Veronica & Babu-chiri said:
Hi, it would be good if you filled the spreadsheet even with just a few results, because is easier for everyone in case you need an opinion, take a look at Babu's, since he's on remission we do not test that often either but is a good tool to keep record and everything in one place.

How many hours since he had eaten did you got the 114?
If the vet is going to do a curve do consider that the stress of being at the vet's office can alter his levels
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Babu spreadsheet has green numbers at 50.. I thought green was good and 50 were hypo numbers?
These spreadsheets are very confusing
 
Here is a link to the FDMB glossary: http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/fdmb-glossary.194472/ for those acronyms.
AMPS just means AM (morning) PS (pre-shot) same for PMPS..the evening pre-shot test.
The numbers in lime green are those that indicate a BG that is too low for cats on insulin, the darker green are the range of non-diabetic cat BGs. Cats that are not getting insulin do not go into hypo and can go lower without alarm, the numbers there can and do fluctuate. Idjit is a diet controlled diabetic, off the juice (insulin) and he has had a couple of lime greens. Made my eyes bug out at first, but he is in no danger. Same for Babu. :)
Trying to create the spreadsheet on a mobile device may not work, I was using a Kindle Fire and the Google Drive and Docs were not compatible. There are instructions for setting it up on a tablet.
I can enter Idjit's BG on my cell phone. What device are you using? You may have to have someone help you set up the spreadsheet like I did, and then edit from a cell phone.
 
Elle7point0 said:
Babu spreadsheet has green numbers at 50.. I thought green was good and 50 were hypo numbers?
These spreadsheets are very confusing
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You are right but the hypo threshold and get into action value but it applies when you are using insulin and Babu is currently on remission so OTJ (out of the juice= no insulin), this numbers he's getting them on his own without any influence of insulin which means no hypo danger and the hypo rule does not apply and his numbers are within normal values of 50 to 80 mg/dl
 
Elle7point0 said:
It was only a couple of minutes since he had food.

The rest of the times I tested were over an hour since feeding.

Some were over two hours.
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The reason I'm asking is because food will raise his blood suggar levels a bit but this levels on a normal cat will go down after a few hours so it's important before considering a value too high to know if there was food in the picture or not.

Looking at his values he does show some values that are a bit high, so I think you will need to monitor him a bit more closely, maybe a test in the morning one at night and some test in between recording in each case if he ate before the test and how lon to really stablish how he's doing just to make sure
 
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