Oooooh...Thank you so much! Start slow, learn fast
Hope you and Lu have a great day as well!
No worries.
Hadn't thought of that either - good to know! I think it's great to have that option.
I was just looking at your spreadsheet notes. I don’t normally recommend feeding much after nadir because it can shorten the duration of the insulin. Of course there are exceptions to that based on health conditions, etc. Normally, I recommend small smacks at +2 and +4 and, depending upon the cat and situation, maybe something at +6. Naturally any time a BG test os done he would get a low carb testing treat!
Hi thank you for checking in, I really appreciate it! ( didn't see this, had a crazy day yesterday). He's doing well, eating his meals and seems in good spirits. I'm concerned about his high numbers and hoping for better cycles. I'm watching his numbers trend down right now from HI on the sensor to 288 but it's so unpredictable.I was also thinking about his cycles and wondering what the usual hold is before increasing by .25. I'll cut the late meals, he just gets so hungry but I understand why it's better to hold off and maybe that'll help.
I was also thinking about his cycles and wondering what the usual hold is before increasing by .25. I'll cut the late meals, he just gets so hungry but I understand why it's better to hold off and maybe that'll help.
I cut down the timing of meals to +2 and +4. I'm 45 min away from PMPS and he's at 188 with his lowest reading of 183 45 min ago. How do I know what his pre-shot number is supposed to be? How do I gage his dose?
Yes of course, although I cannot give dosing advice I can tell you that 180 for ProZinc is great to shoot, is not good to skip a dose. I will tag Suzanne and Wendy do dosing, hang in tight, with ProZinc you have a bit time to delay the dose15 min away from PMPS and he's at 180 - nowhere near 300 range. I'm supposed to go by the nadir but he's been staying low. I thought I had it figured out, but I'm a bit confused as to what to do - yikes!
@CORKY - hoping it's okay to tag you
Thank youuu!
Yes, I think I reduced the dose a lot not knowing what I was doing...I'm still confused as to whether I reduce the dose or not. I'm not sure reducing it as much as I did was the right move -
Hi! Did you mean the post for me?
I have the Sensor, so I'm obsessed with it lol
I’m up at 6:00 AM that’s when I feed Corky and give his ProZinc Let me know what his BG then
Thanks so much! I shot at 197 3 days ago and he went down to the 50's, so I got nervous
I will - how do I fix the timing for his shot? I usually give at 6:30 but tonight I gave a little after 7Always tell us his BG number at least 1 hour before PMPS so we can guide you faster, with ProZinc you always keep the same dose and we try not skip a shot is important, you did good though
You only delayed a short period of time but I do not believe so, but let me re-tag Wendy, since I do not give dosing advice
Just curious, do you find the same amount of food per servings works? I try to give 1/2 can FF each time I feed him. He always wants more, more, more! And thank you for the advice!
Corky is beautiful! The food/insulin/timing is so stressful - I'm hoping he levels out.He's been up and down since I fed/shot 40 min ago. (face plant)
I gave the insulin about 60 min ago and Libre now says 265
As he gets into the more normal BG numbers he should not be as hungry all the time. The snacks at +2 and +4 should be 1-2 tablespoons of wet cat food.Just curious, do you find the same amount of food per servings works? I try to give 1/2 can FF each time I feed him. He always wants more, more, more! And thank you for the advice!
And what was the actual final number at the time you gave the insulin? Was it at 194?
If you only shot approximately 1/2 hour late tonight then it’s okay to give the dose tomorrow morning at his normal time. If you had shot an hour late then we might want to shoot 1/2 hour later in the morning and then at the regular time in the evening. We generally don’t want to move the shot time more than 1/2 hour per day, although there can be exceptions to that. I think you will be fine to shoot at normal shot time tomorrow.
It was either 220 or 224, I think. It had gone up when he started eating. He was 12.5 pounds in October. He feels about the same but the vet said he should be more like 11. He used to be 16
It’s not unusual to see a little bit of a “food bump” in BG and also you have the previous shot wearing completely off and the new shot hasn’t onset yet so BG often rises a bit after shot time. By +2 his BG should be going down.
Thank you, that's good news. I started aiming for 6:30, hoping to eventually get to 6am. I'm PT
Okay. So you should put 220 or 224 (whichever it’s so close it doesn’t matter) in your spreadsheet in the PMPS cell. You can actually stack the numbers in there to show that you stalled for 30 minutes. Like this:
Okay so you probably don’t want to over feed him (but you don’t want to underfeed him either as, when his BG is high, his body can’t utilize all the food he takes in to supply energy for his cells as the sugar is in his bloodstream and not entering the cells. Try to give just a tablespoon or two at the pre-planned snack times. If he’s really frantic though, you could give a little more. I know what it’s like to have a cat like that. It will get better.
