Need Advice

[Harold Kunzli]

Long story short, I have had a really messed up week and am currently living between 2 places. My Sheets app was stuck in view only mode until tonight so updated with what I can remember but accidentally left my normal meter at my other place. The meter I have here is almost dead but got a reading of 11.6 tonight for his pmps (thats with no insulin in 2 cycles due a low number and then sleeping in this a.m, that is also an hour after a very stressful car ride for Harold)
I am scared to give him his full dose as I dont know how long the battery on this meter will last. Is it safe to give .5 or should I give his full dose?

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

Sorry no one answered sooner ….what did you decide to do?
I am quite concerned you are not always testing before the insulin doses and you are not testing a lot of the time between cycles.
By doing this, you are running the risk of a hypo, missing low numbers or giving a dose when the Preshot is too low.
Also if you are skipping doses you really need to be testing the urine for ketones. You can buy a bottle of Ketostix from Walmart or a pharmacy. It’s a simple test and very worth while to keep your kitty safe.

 

[JanetNJ]

If the preshots are yellow is probably safe to do 1.5, but do try to get at least one mid cycle reading either during the day or in the evening.

He was getting good numbers on the 1.75... Did you reduce because you are having trouble testing this week?

 

[Harold Kunzli]

Sorry no one answered sooner ….what did you decide to do?
I am quite concerned you are not always testing before the insulin doses and you are not testing a lot of the time between cycles.
By doing this, you are running the risk of a hypo, missing low numbers or giving a dose when the Preshot is too low.
Also if you are skipping doses you really need to be testing the urine for ketones. You can buy a bottle of Ketostix from Walmart or a pharmacy. It’s a simple test and very worth while to keep your kitty safe.

Sorry for any confusion. I do test before every shot. But yes I haven't got much in the way of mid cycles lately because I am working full time while also trying to move in to my new place (which has turned out to be inhabitable and now am moving back to my old place.) I have Ketostix, but again have not had time or caught him peeing yet since missing the dose yesterday. I gave in 1 u lastnight as I wasnt able to test again. My spreadsheet isn't completely updated right now because some info is on a different meter that I don't have with me.

 

[Harold Kunzli]

If the preshots are yellow is probably safe to do 1.5, but do try to get at least one mid cycle reading either during the day or in the evening.

He was getting good numbers on the 1.75... Did you reduce because you are having trouble testing this week?

Someone suggested I reduced to 1.5 so that's why I did haha. But also probably safer with how little I have been around this week.