Susie and Elian
Member Since 2013
So after one week I upped his dose this morning and will keep an eye on him. But I do believe this is the best number we've had other than his first day in the former vet's office who gave him 3 units as his very first dose ever! flip_cat
Speaking of the former vet - I believe I addressed it in my very first post here but I went to a "cat's only" vet thinking my previous vet was better with dogs and the diabetes needed more "specialization". Big mistake and I'm back to original vet who I absolutely adore but who also just happens to have added a wonderful young vet who not only agreed to work with me with the tight regulation protocol but actually practices it with her own cat!
WIth that said, the cat's only vet's receptionist was a huge part of the reason I left the office, aside from my friend Caryl of Caryl and Alex who let me know that an initial dose of 3 units which the vet prescribed only one time per day was not only totally wrong dosing for Lantus but extremely dangerous for Elian. The receptionist is a know it all who insisted that diabetic cats need dry food; insisted that rx diabetic food ie DM or Royal Canin Diabetic was what they must eat and ordered me multiple cases; home glucose testing was torture for a cat and absolutely should not be done; I need to STOP reading the internet and talking to other people with cats with diabetes and went so far as to respond to me when I made a comment saying "oh yeah, you're the one that's always on the internet." The morning after the 3 unit injection she called me to hear Elian's numbers and was going to tell me how much to give him that morning. I told her I had already lowered him to 1 unit, as suggested by everybody and everything I had read. She got nasty and told me that the vet wasn't going to like what she had to say but that maybe I needed to find a new vet to which I responded - I already considered that. And I did - that afternoon.
Anyway, with that said - I was reading this message board last night and caught a video of exactly how to handle the Lantus and how to correctly fill the syringe. OH MY FREAKING G-D! The receptionist had sat me down and showed me what to do before leaving the former vets office - even had me show her on a bottle and syringe. AND EVERYTHING SHE TOLD ME IS WRONG - at least according to the video on here. She told me to make sure I roll the bottle - and had me show her I was up to that task. And she told me to insert the syringe, draw back to at least the 5 unit mark and THEN squeeze the excess back into the bottle to get to the mark that I need. THIS IS TOTALLY AGAINST WHAT I WATCHED LAST NIGHT - and now I'm worried that the bottle could be contaminated. But it still looks clear and I hope that isn't the case. This is also the same woman who told me that a syringe could actually be used a second time. OMFG. I am just at a loss for words.
The day that I fired the original vet and hired the new one I stopped in to the former vets office with a very polite letter and printed out material re: Tight Regulation Protocol - in case he was interested in learning about it. I had it in a large envelope marked PERSONAL but I'm guessing the receptionist probably opened it and discarded it before ever showing it to him - because, of course, I included some remarks about her.
Okay, this is long but......vent over.
Speaking of the former vet - I believe I addressed it in my very first post here but I went to a "cat's only" vet thinking my previous vet was better with dogs and the diabetes needed more "specialization". Big mistake and I'm back to original vet who I absolutely adore but who also just happens to have added a wonderful young vet who not only agreed to work with me with the tight regulation protocol but actually practices it with her own cat!
WIth that said, the cat's only vet's receptionist was a huge part of the reason I left the office, aside from my friend Caryl of Caryl and Alex who let me know that an initial dose of 3 units which the vet prescribed only one time per day was not only totally wrong dosing for Lantus but extremely dangerous for Elian. The receptionist is a know it all who insisted that diabetic cats need dry food; insisted that rx diabetic food ie DM or Royal Canin Diabetic was what they must eat and ordered me multiple cases; home glucose testing was torture for a cat and absolutely should not be done; I need to STOP reading the internet and talking to other people with cats with diabetes and went so far as to respond to me when I made a comment saying "oh yeah, you're the one that's always on the internet." The morning after the 3 unit injection she called me to hear Elian's numbers and was going to tell me how much to give him that morning. I told her I had already lowered him to 1 unit, as suggested by everybody and everything I had read. She got nasty and told me that the vet wasn't going to like what she had to say but that maybe I needed to find a new vet to which I responded - I already considered that. And I did - that afternoon.
Anyway, with that said - I was reading this message board last night and caught a video of exactly how to handle the Lantus and how to correctly fill the syringe. OH MY FREAKING G-D! The receptionist had sat me down and showed me what to do before leaving the former vets office - even had me show her on a bottle and syringe. AND EVERYTHING SHE TOLD ME IS WRONG - at least according to the video on here. She told me to make sure I roll the bottle - and had me show her I was up to that task. And she told me to insert the syringe, draw back to at least the 5 unit mark and THEN squeeze the excess back into the bottle to get to the mark that I need. THIS IS TOTALLY AGAINST WHAT I WATCHED LAST NIGHT - and now I'm worried that the bottle could be contaminated. But it still looks clear and I hope that isn't the case. This is also the same woman who told me that a syringe could actually be used a second time. OMFG. I am just at a loss for words.
The day that I fired the original vet and hired the new one I stopped in to the former vets office with a very polite letter and printed out material re: Tight Regulation Protocol - in case he was interested in learning about it. I had it in a large envelope marked PERSONAL but I'm guessing the receptionist probably opened it and discarded it before ever showing it to him - because, of course, I included some remarks about her.
Okay, this is long but......vent over.
