Sherri & Isy
Member Since 2020
Hi All:
I’m a new member and have been posting on the FDMB since my cat Isy was Dx 9/23.
My vet re-checked Isy’s BG (meter reading) on Wed 9/29 and BG was 354. She lent me a iPet pro meter to do my readings at home for a BG curve etc which I’m supposed to do after 7-10days on insulin. I got the Lantus pen on Wed (But I planned to start insulin today /Saturday since I would be home all day and would also have received the ReliOn prime meter and test strips that I ordered to use for daily testing)
My vet told me to start at 1/2 unit BID and also told me not necessary to pretest BG or no need to monitor Isy over the first week, just give the 1/2unit dose after food and watch for any physical changes and just test if seems Isy might be too low.
(My vet felt testing her daily would stress her and that dose was low enough to not cause issues as long as I fed her first, and just watch physical signs and text her if I thought she could be too low).
But I DID test her today before I was going to start the insulin (before food) and it was 155 on ReliOn and 196 on the pet meter. I didn’t do the insulin yet!
It’s now noon here my time - should I just keep feeding Isy thru the day and test tonight and maybe start the insulin tonight to get onto a 12hrcycle for tomorrow?!
I don’t know what I’m doing!! Uggh!!!
And other members suggest I test Isy’s ketones, (Last week urine analysis at vet was negative for ketones.) I tried testing last night (using ketone test strip and putting into urine on the pee pad where Isy peed - it showed small amount of ketones (15)
Ugh!! I’m starting to panic!!
My vet didn’t tell me to test ketones.
I’m treading carefully with my vet - I need her support and follow what she says, so have to be careful of sounding like I’m questioning her based on information I’m getting from an online group (my vet is really awesome but I know vets can be sensitive when owners start contradicting based on info from online etc
)
Also I tried setting up my SS but looks like I can’t do it using my iPhone so I need to borrow my daughter’s laptop to try to get it setup. Help with my SS would be appreciated since I know I need that done ASAP!
I am becoming a wreck!! I feel I’m losing time but am juggling a lot right now between Isy and family stuff!
Thanks for listening!!
Sherri
I’m a new member and have been posting on the FDMB since my cat Isy was Dx 9/23.
My vet re-checked Isy’s BG (meter reading) on Wed 9/29 and BG was 354. She lent me a iPet pro meter to do my readings at home for a BG curve etc which I’m supposed to do after 7-10days on insulin. I got the Lantus pen on Wed (But I planned to start insulin today /Saturday since I would be home all day and would also have received the ReliOn prime meter and test strips that I ordered to use for daily testing)
My vet told me to start at 1/2 unit BID and also told me not necessary to pretest BG or no need to monitor Isy over the first week, just give the 1/2unit dose after food and watch for any physical changes and just test if seems Isy might be too low.
(My vet felt testing her daily would stress her and that dose was low enough to not cause issues as long as I fed her first, and just watch physical signs and text her if I thought she could be too low).
But I DID test her today before I was going to start the insulin (before food) and it was 155 on ReliOn and 196 on the pet meter. I didn’t do the insulin yet!
It’s now noon here my time - should I just keep feeding Isy thru the day and test tonight and maybe start the insulin tonight to get onto a 12hrcycle for tomorrow?!
I don’t know what I’m doing!! Uggh!!!
And other members suggest I test Isy’s ketones, (Last week urine analysis at vet was negative for ketones.) I tried testing last night (using ketone test strip and putting into urine on the pee pad where Isy peed - it showed small amount of ketones (15)
Ugh!! I’m starting to panic!!
My vet didn’t tell me to test ketones.
I’m treading carefully with my vet - I need her support and follow what she says, so have to be careful of sounding like I’m questioning her based on information I’m getting from an online group (my vet is really awesome but I know vets can be sensitive when owners start contradicting based on info from online etc
Also I tried setting up my SS but looks like I can’t do it using my iPhone so I need to borrow my daughter’s laptop to try to get it setup. Help with my SS would be appreciated since I know I need that done ASAP!
I am becoming a wreck!! I feel I’m losing time but am juggling a lot right now between Isy and family stuff!
Thanks for listening!!
Sherri
