Oh. Sorry, I don’t think I answered this question. We figure this out based on data that we will gather over time. Based on what happened on 4/28, next time I would try 2 units with the same pre-shot number as long as you can get a few tests in.@Suzanne & Darcy at what numbers based on venges recent numbers would you shoot no shoot partial 1.5 or etc? thanks
today was a giant hairball like directly before I was going to test him was walking to get meter and yack yack HAIRBALL lol .. he has been throwing up just water etc but it has the cat hair in it and etc like he does when hes telling me he wants more food.. I am feeding him a meal at am/pm and a middle half meal at +6ish ... so I dont know if its him actually throwing up or just him doing his thing to get me to feed him by forcing himself to throw up... hes done that almost his whole life.. strange habit... but he knows if he does it I will give extra food between meal times being I think of it as a sign he NEEDS more food when I just watch him eat a whole or half can of food in a few bites... he also never besides the hairball today throws up in front of me.. its always when I am not home or asleep or in my room and hes in other part of house and he always does it directly in my path so I find it.. overall acts normal no lethargy no diarrhea not overly drinking( he likes to play in the water so I never know if he has drank it or threw it on the floor and I walk in it lol) but he pees a lot from just the wet food.. very talkative as always responsive asshole at time cuddly at times normal Vengeance lol but I do still wonder about that last blood work and the pancreatitis thing.. BUT I dont want to take him back to my vet being shes gonna give me crap about testing and changing dosage etc.. I was looking into maybe an online vet send them the blood work from month and half ago and see what they think.... ????
He had one when he was re diagnosed 3/11 .. and I think you pointed out in the main that it says he might have pancreatitis but she my vet didnt mention nor give any treatment for it... maybe she attributed it to him being extremely agitated aka he tried to eat them when they tried to get blood so they had to gas him out to do it..
hes 14.8 lbs he was 14.1 the day of the last vet visit so hes gaining weight
ok will do thanks ... hope your kitty is doing better... ... did yall get any of the storm.. we have gotten a lot of rain down here and more to come...
Were you affected by the fires? It’s raining here. We got some good rain this week.
Wow. Have you tried (or has the vet suggested) giving some Gabapentin two hours prior to the vet visit?
nope I saw you were on so held off and gave him the 1.75
nope I am north of tally so further west ... yeah this is the first actual rain we have had in months here... and still coming down now...
had to do that with him before and my other cats that I lost last year... but this was an emergency kinda thing so just brought him in in march soon as they opened doors was in there... and he had to wait for like 4hrs in cage before they could get to him...and hes odd at times hes fine then he decides he wants to chew their faces off... he was perfectly fine till they took him in back and was trying to get blood and they called me and said was it ok if they gave him gas otherwise they would not be able to get blood to test.... so I drove up there and said I can hold him if you want they said they didnt trust that so going to gas him out... lol
Our entire state is in a drought. Maybe you are in that red extreme drought zone on the drought map. We are in the severe drought part, but not extreme yet.
yup and our family biz is landscaping, irrigation ,pools and custom homes and etc so tons of people asking what can they do ... put out a lot of sprinklers lol and did drive in some new biz for the irrigation dept so got a lot of new clients...
You have the U-40 syringes with the half unit markings hopefully. It makes it possible to eyeball the .25 and .75 unit doses.
I wish my vet wasnt sooooo strange about diabetic stuff that way I could take him in get rechecked but the second I mention I have changed his dose been self checking I will prob get told we cant help you anymore etc etc.. being they are a give this dose see you in 6 months kinda vet about sugar kitties.. which doesnt make sense in my head being you would not do that to a human with diabetes...
Yup
You are right. Don’t tell them about what you are doing with his dose. You may need them for other health issues so you don’t want to tick them off. What they don’t know won’t hurt them. Yeah, can you imagine telling a person to just give some insulin dose every day and never check your blood glucose! Seriously? I mean, they even invented the continuous glucose monitors just so people can keep better track of their BG.
I didn’t see this update until now. That was a good move — stalling and retesting. Since he is on his way up, you probably could have given 2 units or even more. But it’s alright— let’s see how he does today and next time you will have that data to help you.
all depends most places will try and upsale you to a new full system..
so at +2 hes up to 303 so guess could have done 2 or 2.5 maybe... gonna give him a snack he was sleeping and then retest at +6 and see where it is.. oh he loves to eat thus all the trickery to get food from me all the time.. being on wet food I feed my outside cats dry food and odd you would think the wet food would be fancy or better.. but from the other side of the house he hears me getting food for them and hes like a crack addict below me wanting their dry food... he just wants FOOD same about his brother Nightwing my mainecoon mix.. both of them are eating machines... which is why I dunno about the auto feeder being they will honestly steal food out of each others bowl mid eating like NO I want yours now lol thou I am thinking on it... just to see I would just have 2 and let them both snack...
yup then no idea what I will do for a vet... so thats why I was so thankful he went into remission so fast last time and was very lucky... but these days with online docs and etc.. thou they cant do blood work.. I can at least talk to one of those if I need too... being the next nearest vet is about 40 minutes away and Venge doesnt like car rides oddly as a kitten he did he would ride with me and lay on my old cars headrest around my neck lol... but as he got older.. NO WAY CAR MEANS VET lol
was wondering if you will look at venges chart... hes having some better numbers here and there .. I wonder what had the nice greens that one night.. also he seems to have lower numbers at night I think... but hes been on 3 units for 16 days should say or bump up to 3.25 and see how it works or?? thanks so much
seems to be doing pretty well acting normal thou he's mad being I am doing some redecorating soo he's mad I am moving stuff around from how hes use too LOL
Generally it’s not good to skip shots, but you didn’t have anyone helping you with a dosing decision. No worries. Since you do not have a lot of experience, shooting blue numbers, I would have tried shooting a reduced dose of maybe 1.5 units and getting some test to see how that goes. Now I don’t think in my experience that would’ve been enough, but it’s always a good idea to start with a dose like that —a half dose — and then monitor the cycle and when you find out that it allows him to climb too high, the next time you’re shooting a similar number, you can give more insulin and gradually work your way to where you can shoot the lower numbers.
@Suzanne & Darcy gotcha yeah last time he was almost all blues and then greens so it was keeping from going hypo mostly he dropped into the blues in a few days (2020) but was a diff insulin so not sure how this one reacts seems to be way diff than the vetsulin/catsulin back then... I do notice that his nadir tends to hit more at the +7 +8 at times.. Rather than +6 then again its not exact numbers soooo... my schedule is usually what I want it to be and Vengeance comes first... I nap between tests when I do sleep which to his Bane which is pretty much a curve every day lol whats your thoughts? check out last night...
He had some awesome greens last night! Yay. So we hold his dose the same. Normal BG is 50-120 so he was right there. He probably will bounce a bit now? Today? Actually that will be a test of whether or not he’s starting to get more used to the normal BG numbers.
