10/2 Pumbaa AMPS/256 +3/237 +6/223

[Pumbaa]

I was hoping for some blues last night or this morning, but Pumbaa is only on his 4th cycle at 1.0U, and he's getting healthy, flat numbers, so I'm not complaining.

He's been on Levemir now for 15 cycles, and when I go to the top of his SS and compare the first 15 cycles on Lantus, I'm just amazed at the difference. Of course, I am taking into consideration the fact that, right now, his body already knows how to respond to insulin, and he probably wouldn't have responded like this had he gone on Levemir from the beginning. Or would he?

Are there any people here who started their cats on Levemir, instead of switching them from another insulin? I'd love to look at those spreadsheets.

Suze

 

[Sheila & Beau GA & Jeddie GA]

Well, When I got Jeddie he had been on vetsulin for a month, I gave one shot of it and he was OTJ for three months. When he needed to go back on insulin I started him on lev. He didn't go right from one insulin to the other like Beau did.

 

[Pumbaa]

Sheila, thank you...that was interesting history to go through. It made me realize how hard you had worked with Jeddie, and and made me very sad again, for your loss. (((HUGS)))

Suze

 

[Sheila & Beau GA & Jeddie GA]

Yeah...

He was not easy to keep in good numbers as he tended to have the same number pattern on widely varying doses - until the end when his numbers got "better" just before his cancer dx. That can be a sign that they have cancer somewhere, but I just didn't think it because there were no other signs like weight loss, etc. Sigh.....

Anyway, some cats are easy to get and keep in regulation, others are not. It was a real lesson that the cat is the variable, not the caregiver or the "tools".

 

[hmjohnston]

Sorry, Sneakers went from Humulin N to ProZince to Lev.

 

[Pumbaa]

Yeah...

He was not easy to keep in good numbers as he tended to have the same number pattern on widely varying doses - until the end when his numbers got "better" just before his cancer dx. That can be a sign that they have cancer somewhere, but I just didn't think it because there were no other signs like weight loss, etc. Sigh.....

That is so sad. (((HUGS)))

Anyway, some cats are easy to get and keep in regulation, others are not. It was a real lesson that the cat is the variable, not the caregiver or the "tools".

Having the cat as the variable is the hardest thing for me, because it's not something I can control, no matter how hard I work. I don't know if my brain can ever accept this, no matter how many times I hear it. I always think that I could be doing more, or something different, to help Pumbaa more. That's just how I'm wired. To fix everything, or die trying. *sigh*

Suze

 

[Sheila & Beau GA & Jeddie GA]

Sometimes 'good enough' is good enough. That's where I got with Jeddie - and he did fine. Ultimately, would it have shortened his life if he hadn't gotten cancer? I don't know. I do know he was gloriously happy and robustly healthy - except for that !@#$^%* cancer.

 

[Pumbaa]

(((HUGS))) Sheila. "!@#$^%* cancer" is right.

I can understand adult humans getting cancer after all of the chemicals and toxins and things we've been exposed to all of our lives, but I can't understand how little babies and little kids and animals get cancer. So very sad.