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Just adding my 2 cents regarding furshots. If you give a furshot or think you give a furshot or partial furshot NEVER give an additional shot. You have no idea how much insulin went into kitty in the first place and you could end up double dosing. Once the insulin is injected there is no way of getting it out!
 
Judy and Freckles said:
Just adding my 2 cents regarding furshots. If you give a furshot or think you give a furshot or partial furshot NEVER give an additional shot. You have no idea how much insulin went into kitty in the first place and you could end up double dosing. Once the insulin is injected there is no way of getting it out!
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Thanks @Judy and Freckles
Rest assured that i would never do that and i would just wait until the next injection.
Tee.
 
Thanks Deb, that brought a big smile to my face. @JanetNJ was fantastic helping me through last night when i was up till 3am doing Duke's PM BG's. (She got fed up of me after a while and banished me off to bed lol)
I,m doing another late one again tonight just to make sure Duke is ok with his new dose.
Just checked him again and he's gone up slightly but i gave him a mini feed about 3/4 hour ago so he should be ok till the morning now.
 
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Good morning Eliz.
Thanks for asking.
Things are going well as you can see with Dukes BG spreadsheet, i'm really chuffed at his progress now that there is some response with the 1 unit. :D
Duke hates the ear lancing procedure and bobs his head up and down when i try to prick him but having said that he's always hated his ears being messed with even before all this. The injections well that's different, no problem whatsoever, he doesn't even feel it and it's over in a few seconds.
As for me i'm fine and certainly a lot more less stressed now Dukes over the bounce and his numbers have come down a bit, plus i think he's feeling a bit better in himself as well.
The help i have received on this forum from yourself and others has been so unbelievably fantastic and i just cannot thank you all enough.
Tee.
 
teetee (UK) said:
Good morning Eliz.
Thanks for asking.
Things are going well as you can see with Dukes BG spreadsheet, i'm really chuffed at his progress now that there is some response with the 1 unit. :D
Duke hates the ear lancing procedure and bobs his head up and down when i try to prick him but having said that he's always hated his ears being messed with even before all this. The injections well that's different, no problem whatsoever, he doesn't even feel it and it's over in a few seconds.
As for me i'm fine and certainly a lot more less stressed now Dukes over the bounce and his numbers have come down a bit, plus i think he's feeling a bit better in himself as well.
The help i have received on this forum from yourself and others has been so unbelievably fantastic and i just cannot thank you all enough.
Tee.
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It's really not necessary to test every hour.


Try the preshot, +4 -5 , then a + 7, then pmps, and a before bed test.

Testing 4-6 times a day is plenty (unless of course there's a lower than expected number).
 
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teetee (UK) said:
...he's always hated his ears being messed with even before all this.
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I hear you... My girl, Bonbon, absolutely hated having her ears touched at first. And she has thin, flimsy little ears that don't bleed at all well, so it does take some work to get some blood out of them... (Sometimes I'd swear she has a turnip for a head, haha!)

I gradually got her used to having her ears touched just by doing that at times when I wasn't trying to get a test. So, whenever I was stroking her I'd also incorporate a very brief touch of the ear, just massaging between fingers and thumb for a second. And then I'd give her a treat.
Even now, if I pass a chair that she's sitting or dozing on, I'll gently stroke the top of her head and be sure to touch her ear too. And, if she's winding herself around my ankles trying to get me to feed her, I'll lean down, stroke her head, and include the ear...
Making ear touching 'normal' and nothing to fear has made a huge difference for us. She still doesn't 'like' having her ears touched, but she doesn't 'hate' it any more. She doesn't recoil from it. And life is much easier, thank goodness...:cat:
 
Good idea Eliz, i will try that on Duke when i'm stroking him or passing by.
It's very early days for everyone as you know and a massive change in life for Duke but hopefully he will become accustomed to it in time. Plus as i'm reducing the testing now which he will enjoy. :)
 
Well what's going on now with Duke. I checked him at +7 and he was a brilliant 11 mmol/L (198 mg/dl). I then checked him at +9 and he had flown up to 28.5 mmol/L (513 mg/dl) i checked a few times to make sure it wasn't a bad strip. Checked again at +10 and he's at 29.3 mmol/L (527 mg/dl) Could he be going through another bounce? just when i thought he was settling down. He's had nothing to eat since +5 when i gave him a teaspoon full of food, he had a wee at +9 and that's all he has done. :banghead: :(
 
He's due to be checked again in 30 mins for his PMPS. Do i still go with the 1 unit?
He's begging for his supper now, suppose that's with the big spike causing the hunger.
 
JanetNJ said:
Yes do 1 unit. I'd he's starving you could test a little early and feed him.
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Just done his PMPS and he's at 28.2 mmol/L (508 mg/dl) and he's just getting his supper now. I have used two different Alphatrack meters but the results are the same. What the heck has gone wrong with him.
 
teetee (UK) said:
Just done his PMPS and he's at 28.2 mmol/L (508 mg/dl) and he's just getting his supper now. I have used two different Alphatrack meters but the results are the same. What the heck has gone wrong with him.
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no idea. I think he's trying to drive you crazy.
 
JanetNJ said:
no idea. I think he's trying to drive you crazy.
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Well he's doing a damn good job. :arghh:
I dread to think what his BG will be in +2 hours after his supper, so he's had his supper and his shot and now he's gone into his box for a sleep.
Is it going to be a long night again?
 
teetee (UK) said:
Well he's doing a damn good job. :arghh:
I dread to think what his BG will be in +2 hours after his supper, so he's had his supper and his shot and now he's gone into his box for a sleep.
Is it going to be a long night again?
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Don't test two hours after the shot. You won't see much difference. Go for a +4 or 5 then go to bed. No purpose in losing sleep over high numbers.
 
JanetNJ said:
Don't test two hours after the shot. You won't see much difference. Go for a +4 or 5 then go to bed. No purpose in losing sleep over high numbers.
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Thanks @JanetNJ i will leave it to +5 and check him then.
His numbers were never this high even before he started his Prozinc, normally about the 20 mmol/L (360 mg/dl)
 
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Massive increase @Critter Mom , i just don't know why that happened Mogs and there was me thinking he had settled on his new dose. I gave him a little low carb food at +5 checked him at +7 and thought brilliant and then +9 whoosh. Thinking back he was asleep in the room with me between +7 and +9 so he couldn't have sneaked any food, plus the only food we have is very low carb apart from high carb food in his hypo kit.
 
JanetNJ said:
If it were my cat I might try 1.25.
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Hi Janet, thanks for that, he's been a bit higher today than yesterday, maybe the high readings today are caused by what happened last night, you will know better than me about that.
I do think he does need an increase to 1.25 as well. It won't be too soon after last night episode will it?
Also i'm starting to give him mini feeds now at +4 and +7 just to keep his weight stable.
https://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/mini-meals.241075/
Tee.
 
I upped Dukes dose to 1.25 this morning and checked his BG at +4 but he's dropped to 9.8 mmol/L (176 mg/dl) from AMPS 22.5 mmol/L (405 mg/dl). He's just had a +4 mini feed. I will check him again at +5 as i think he could be heading quite low. Also drinking quite a bit as well.
Tee.
 
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176 is a GREAT number! JUST KEEP AN EYE out. remember NORMAL is 68-150 (3.7-8.3)... you WANT him in that range as long as possible. That's when his pancreas can rest and HEAL. :)
a little lower carb snack was a good idea. Lets hope he surfs in those blues and dark greens. I'd like to see him around 90-110 today. If it turns out he dips too low you could always go back to 1 unit.
 
teetee (UK) said:
It's just me panicking Janet, i thought he seemed to be dropping too fast from AMPS to +4.
This is frightening. :nailbiting:
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ok well you're watching so no need to panic. You've got this. He will stay safe. :D You have some medium and high carb food on hand in case you need it? The key is to not OVERDO it when trying to steer up. you want him surfing in these healing numbers and not zooming back up to the moon. :)
 
JanetNJ said:
ok well you're watching so no need to panic. You've got this. He will stay safe. :D You have some medium and high carb food on hand in case you need it? The key is to not OVERDO it when trying to steer up. you want him surfing in these healing numbers and not zooming back up to the moon. :)
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He's down to 6.1 mmol/L (110 mg/dl). Should i give him a little high carb food?
 
Duke's up to 13.4 mmol/L (241 mg/dl) maybe i fed him a little too much, but it was only about 40 grams of Gourmet gold in gravy, 25% carbs.
 
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