Happy OTJ Chart?

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Laura&Luna

Laura&Luna

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Can someone show or tell me what a chart would look like for a cat that is doing well off insulin?

It would be super awesome to see an example with a pet meter as that's what I currently have.

My head is spinning. Thanks.
 
Thanks. I guess I am trying to figure out when it would naturally be higher or lower during the course of a day. It goes up after food and comes down when (if) insulin kicks in.

I am also trying to figure out how little I can test and still get a reasonable picture. She's been off insulin for about a month now. I only just got the monitor.
 
I filled out a spreadsheet. I am confused about why, other than the 50/68 cut off for lime, the colors seem to be the same for numbers on a pet meter vs a human meter. If the cut off for blue is 199 on both a pet meter and a human meter, but the pet meter is going to be reading higher, that doesn't make sense.
 
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I filled out a spreadsheet. I am confused about why, other than the 50/68 cut off for lime, the colors seem to be the same for numbers on a pet meter vs a human meter. If the cut off for blue is 199 on both a pet meter and a human meter, but the pet meter is going to be reading higher, that doesn't make sense.
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That is because there is no comparison between the two meters. The alphatrak meter is fairly new for cats so the “normal numbers” are a bit of guesswork really. No one has put out a chart saying these are the normal numbers for the pet meter and this is the comparison between the two.
We have had a lot of data with the human meters and cats and can say that the normal numbers are 50 to 120.
We recommend and prefer the human meter here on the forum and our dosing methods are based on the human meter.
Our SS is made for the human meter. When people started to use the pet meter a spreadsheet was adapted for it noting the point to take action was 68.

I would get a test done before the main meals morning and night. Then a teat in around +3 to see if the food is stimulating the pancreas to produce insulin and bring down the BG
 
Okay. I am sure the human monitors work well and, if I get into a situation where I will be testing a bunch, I will probably get one as well.

My vet uses an AlphaTrack so he's familiar with those numbers. This way, I can run a glucose curve at home and give him numbers that he's comfortable with.

My current plan is to test a lot for a short time and then spot check now and again to see if I need to worry. That seems doable with the expensive strips.
 
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