Re: 3/2 - Leonard
Welcome to Lantus Land!
I see you made it over from Health. Here's the
link to your posts on the Health Board so the folks here have some background.
A housekeeping detail. We include some additional info in our subject lines so if you need help, people will know. The subject lines here include the date, your cat's name, and BG test data. So, for today, your condo (it's what we call a thread) subject line would read:
3/2 Leonard AMBG-126
Normally, you would have an AMPS (AM Pre-Shot) number. Since you did not shoot this morning, it's not a pre-
shot number. Instead, it's an AMBG (AM Blood Glucose) number.
To edit your subject line, go to your first post and click on the "edit" button on the right side above the text box. Make the change in the subject line and then click on "submit." We keep adding info as we get test data. You may have to delete info since the space on the subject line is limited. Also, changing the subject line doesn't effect where on the board your condo is. If you need to bump your condo to the top of the board, you need to add a post. That's important to know if you need help. If you should want input or don't know what to do, ask for help or add a ?? to your subject line and then add a post so your condo moves to the top of the Board.
The numbers from yesterday are good, but understandably scary when you're new to using insulin and feline diabetes. I do suspect you will want to lower the dose. I mentioned in your Health thread that the initial Lantus dose can be based on ideal weight. Do you know what that is for Leonard? What we often find is that if the dose is too high, you end up skipping shots, like you had to do this morning. Since Lantus really likes consistency, lowering the dose will allow you to shoot twice a day (BID). I'd be thinking about a starting dose in the neighborhood of 1.0u but it would be helpful to have Leonard's ideal weight.
The beginning of this process is completely overwhelming so please, ask questions. We're here to help.
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