Mary Grace has been on since the end of September, with her first two weeks on Prozinc. Then I switched vets and started her on Lantus (and I have used Lantus myself years ago before I went on an insulin pump and it does burn if its is given straight from the fridge so it is better to give it 5 or 10 on the counter)
She does not have any other conditions going on. The vet did a complete lab work up, so thyroid etc was normal. The does when she started the Lantus was the same as the Prozinc, 2 units BID. A few weeks later the vet had me come in for a test (ending up being only a blood glucose test and I was sooo mad because they charged me $30 and before I had told the vet I wanted to do that since I was familiar with the testing myself) Anyway it was around 267, I didn't see the vet. So I chose to increase it by .50 to make it 2.5 units 2x a day. A week later I went in for the frucosmine test and a few days later the vet left message that she was poorly controlled and would have to be hospitalized if she didn't get it under control and to increase it to 3 units 2x a day and only feed 1.5 cans of fancy feast a day. That's when I chose to ignore her recommendations and get all my recommendations from everyone here at this website. I did give her the 3 units 2 a day for under a week until Chris and other suggested that that was way too high. I droped back to 2.5 and for about a week now it has been only 2 units. Trying my hardest to get her numbers in and have figured out she is much easier to let me test her when her numbers aren't above 300. I had some help this weekend and did get some data. I was able to get her first AMPS today and first pmamp last night. So we are making progress! I just wonder if, humans have what is called algramrythm (spelling?) anyway, my insulin needs are different throughout the day-thus the insulin pump. For example I need a lot more insulin at 5am than I do at 5pm (almost half as much) can cats be like this to?
And Chris- as for putting link from the previous day's post? Little confused. How do I do that? Not very tech savvy---took hours to get the spreadsheet up!!!
Does the spreadsheet on my signature update every time I plug in numbers?
As for the name Kitten Cow -when I first saw him he reminded me of a dairy cow, with him being all white with black spots. He is the biggest love muffin there is! Thanks again for all the advice and encouragement. By the way, I have not been in touch with the vet since she said that about hospitalization and I am going to need more syringes. I don't use them myself anymore since I wear an insulin pump-- do they require a RX?
