5/13 Snuggie:PMPS 327; +4 266 (( AMPS 240; +4 361; +10 296

Jay Dee

Jay Dee

Member Since 2021
4th day on Levemir - I'm thinking this is going to be "our" insulin.

On my non-gym mornings like today, i just sleepwalk and pull food 2 hrs before test/feed/shoot but don't actually feed - i sleepwalk right back to bed for another glorious hour of sleep or so.
(On my gym mornings, I feed 2 hrs before test/feed/shoot because I stay up.)

I'm going to guess prematurely that a 0.5u dose increase will be needed. I don't want to do this over the weekend since I won't be able to monitor as closely as I'd like, so I'm thinking Monday. It's worth mentioning that while ideal, my goal isn't to strive for perfectly normal numbers and constantly be in fear of hypo - I'd like his numbers to be "safe" - i've heard 250 is the threshold for renal health, any truth to this?

Link to yesterday's post: https://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/thr...-315-3-273-amps-319-2-371-6-255-9-328.247279/
 
Renal threshold varies from cat to cat. If glucose is spilling into the urine you haven’t hit it. I’d give it a week for the depot to build before increasing and SLGS would have you increase after a week based upon nadirs as well.
 
tiffmaxee said:
Renal threshold varies from cat to cat. If glucose is spilling into the urine you haven’t hit it. I’d give it a week for the depot to build before increasing and SLGS would have you increase after a week based upon nadirs as well.
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oh I’ll for sure wait a good week before considering a dose change! Should I do a curve on Monday?

im guessing i need a urinalysis at the vet to tell me if any glucose is still present in the urine, correct?

thanks for the input!
 
You can get test strips at the pharmacy to check for glucose in the urine. Ketistix test ketones and urine. I diagnosed Max with fd that way.
 
tiffmaxee said:
You can get test strips at the pharmacy to check for glucose in the urine. Ketistix test ketones and urine. I diagnosed Max with fd that way.
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Oh ok! I have the relion ketone strips but they just give ketone info (he’s been negative every test and I test several times a week)...
 
Ketostix test for multiple things, though I used to test Neko's BG before/after vet visits for urinalysis and figured it out that way. I've seen some cats as low as upper blues for renal threshold.

The initial depot can take 5-7 days to build, so you might yet see improvements. As is, I like how much more yellow you are seeing now. :)
 
Wendy&Neko said:
Ketostix test for multiple things, though I used to test Neko's BG before/after vet visits for urinalysis and figured it out that way. I've seen some cats as low as upper blues for renal threshold.

The initial depot can take 5-7 days to build, so you might yet see improvements. As is, I like how much more yellow you are seeing now. :)
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Thank you! Yes we are loving the yellow: he seems like he’s holding weight again and much happier.

hitting that PMPS soon!
 
What you want to look for are Ketodiastix--they test for glucose as well as ketones. Ketostix, that are more common in pharmacies these days because of the keto diet craze, just test for ketones. I made the mistake of buying the latter not realizing there was a difference.
 
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