Dosing Help - Caninsulin PMPS 16.3

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Quick question, not urgent, but just want to know...

Do I need to chill out a bit with the testing? Am I being super cruel to Kyra's ears?? I am in a dilemma with being on Caninsulin that I don't want to miss his nardis (so testing between +2 to +4) but also getting +6 to be able to show if the peak has already passed by then (to help get us moved on to a longer lasting insulin) Plus I don't want to miss any tree green readings in case a reduction is needed on any given day (this bit maybe wishful thinking!!).

I know there are mentions of neosporin ointment, but what is the UK equivalent to that? Kyra doesn't appear to be in any discomfort but If I could make him feel better than he does I'd really like to.

I've had a quick look at other SS but I can't tell if I am about the same or way off what other people are doing...
 
KyraCat said:
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Hi Jemma, for some reason I can't see Kyra's SS. ..I wonder if it's just me, or whether you've changed the permission thingy?

Given that Kyra can drop quite steeply at times I think you are very wise to test early on in the cycle, and it may be that you can concentrate your efforts on getting a +2 or +3. And that may clue you in to how the rest of the cycle might go, and alert you to whether you need to test more. Tests past the peak of the cycle are not so necessary with Caninsulin. But there is no escaping the fact that all test results help to build a picture of what's going on with our cat's diabetes.

I think many of us start to wonder if we are 'being cruel' with our cat's ears. I tested my first boy a crazy amount of times early on, because his numbers fluctuated wildly. But even though he was on insulin for nearly 11 years his ears were just fine, even with all that testing. And with Bonbon (adopted last year) I was sometimes testing her up to 12 times a day...
The ears do actually start to bleed more easily. Those tiny pin pricks that we inflict cause the ears to produce more blood vessels (angiogenesis, I think it's called..). For that reason people here often tell newcomers to testing that the ears 'learn to bleed' because it can actually seem like that.

Are Kyra's ears looking a bit pink? That can bother us much more than it bothers them. The edges of the ears have very few nerve endings. But there are ways to minimise bruising. Are you remembering to press on the test site for a few seconds after pricking the ear, with a piece of cotton wool or folded tissue, or even just between clean finger and thumb?
And a tiny weeny smear of Vaseline on the edge of the ear not only causes the blood to 'bead up' more easily, but also seems to help with healing.
We don't have an equivalent of Neosporin here. I think it's because it's is an antibiotic ointment and we don't allow sales of over the counter antibiotics in the UK. A few people have used 'Emla' cream as a numbing agent, but I really don't know whether that actually works or not with regard to insulin shots. (I even read some articles on it and was still none the wiser after that...)

Eliz
 
Thanks Ladies and well done on the Distinction, Eliz :p

I was messing about with my signature last night and I've clearly ballsed it up lol. While I try and sort it out does this link work for you https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kQmCJ9IpYWEcwN2dw-U9Ck9soFMapQ2OVDvGwqhpkLs/edit#gid=5

His ears bleed pretty well for us, sometimes it can still take one or 2 pricks but I've found that we didn't need the vaseline. His ears aren't pink but have little lumps now, I suppose it's like a rugby player getting cauliflower ear.... I tend to prick his ears more to the centre, that's where the vet showed me and where we get our best droplets from. Kyra is an angel sitting to have his tests done, so maybe it's me being more worried about it than him?!

And yes after each test I press on the spot and make sure it has stopped bleeding.
 
You guys have been having some fun....I got lost as usual haha!

Did any of you manage to see the SS again? I messed around with the settings fingers crossed it's fixed...

We may have had a fur shot this morning. AMPS 19.1 but now at +3 he's gone up to 20.8 (did a second test to double check and that was 21.5). Just wondering what does that do for our 7days on 2units. Does he get an extra day on 2 before we up it to 2.25 to make up for this mornings booboo? Or still up it after the original 7 days are up?
 
Critter Mom said:
Hi Jemma,


Shouldn't really affect things. You've got several days to go before your review. Unless something totally left-field crops up, if it were me I'd stick to the current schedule.


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Thanks!

He is just confusing me today....+6 and 19.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a more straightforward, lower day :)
 
Jemma, if it makes you feel better have alook at what hercules did today..... jumped in one hour from 10.6 to 25! Again, I was feeling smug that we were getting things right, than BOOM! I guess as Mogs say, they like to keep us on out toes.... Tomorrow will be a better day!
 
Hercule's mum said:
Jemma, if it makes you feel better have alook at what hercules did today..... jumped in one hour from 10.6 to 25! Again, I was feeling smug that we were getting things right, than BOOM! I guess as Mogs say, they like to keep us on out toes.... Tomorrow will be a better day!
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It's crazy isn't it! Or am I crazy one still being surprised by these readings :joyful:

Kyra just refuses to budge from 19 today, for all my spreadsheet nosey-ing I have never seen anything like it. I don't know whether to be impressed by the consistency of it or put out that the insulin hasn't budge him at all.....CRAZY haha!!
 
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