Dawn & Nova
Member Since 2010
Hey everyone!
Nova and I are still around fighting the good fight... her and I read your guys condos and pour over your SS's on a fairly regular basis (esp the other old timer peeps, we're watching you even if we aren't posting!
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We are still marching to our own beat and I'm still researching/experimenting best I can to try and come up with ways to keep her healthy and happy.. about a month ago I switched her from Lantus TID to Levemir BID.. and more recently we have started split dosing.. which I'm excited about (it was something I debated doing before trying switching Nova to 3x Lantus shots, but Lantus isn't anywhere near as tolerant of split dosing as Lev is, so I decided against it).
Lev is an interesting beast.. I've been researching it (in people and cats) basically since Nova was DX.. (Novo Nordisk is a lot more open than Sanofi-Aventi about their products.. so Lev is more fun to research really).. I probably would have switched a long time ago if it wasn't drastically cheaper for me to get Lantus (unique situation with my employer).. they are most definitely the same-ish as far as the 85% of cats that hop on a short journey of insulin for < 3 or 4 months and that's the end of it.. or the majority of humans who use long acting insulins only as a part of their diabetes management protocol.. but when it comes down to "advanced insulin for difficult kitties" (haha).. they are worlds apart..
Anyways, we are still around and having fun.. figured I would stop in and say hi so anyone who still stalks us can grab the latest SS link out of my signature and keep checking in on us if they wanted
.
Lots of love always,
Dawn & Nova
Nova and I are still around fighting the good fight... her and I read your guys condos and pour over your SS's on a fairly regular basis (esp the other old timer peeps, we're watching you even if we aren't posting!
).We are still marching to our own beat and I'm still researching/experimenting best I can to try and come up with ways to keep her healthy and happy.. about a month ago I switched her from Lantus TID to Levemir BID.. and more recently we have started split dosing.. which I'm excited about (it was something I debated doing before trying switching Nova to 3x Lantus shots, but Lantus isn't anywhere near as tolerant of split dosing as Lev is, so I decided against it).
Lev is an interesting beast.. I've been researching it (in people and cats) basically since Nova was DX.. (Novo Nordisk is a lot more open than Sanofi-Aventi about their products.. so Lev is more fun to research really).. I probably would have switched a long time ago if it wasn't drastically cheaper for me to get Lantus (unique situation with my employer).. they are most definitely the same-ish as far as the 85% of cats that hop on a short journey of insulin for < 3 or 4 months and that's the end of it.. or the majority of humans who use long acting insulins only as a part of their diabetes management protocol.. but when it comes down to "advanced insulin for difficult kitties" (haha).. they are worlds apart..
Anyways, we are still around and having fun.. figured I would stop in and say hi so anyone who still stalks us can grab the latest SS link out of my signature and keep checking in on us if they wanted
.Lots of love always,
Dawn & Nova
