joyce-tuscany(GA)
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Wow, a year of using insulin already.
Tuscany's story: Tuscany has been with us since she was a small kitten. She is a dilute calico and does have a bit of the calico personality. She was fed dry food at will most of her life, wet food was a treat. She had hyperT treated with radioactive iodine at age 9, a mast cell tumor removed from the inner edge of her left ear in 2006, has had some mild renal insufficiency over the last 3-4 yrs and finally a mildly increase glucose 8/08 (high normal fructosamine at the time). We immediately stopped her dry food at that time, switched to LC and started home testing (i was lurking on fdmb at the time). Her numbers did improve significantly but with what I know now she would have been better going on insulin at that time - though the vet was just labeling her "prediabetic" cause of the fructosamine still being normal (barely). End of Feb 2009 my home testing wasn't as frequent - but she started spiking in the 300's, ketone neg - it was back to the vets, fructosamine now in abnormal range and lantus was started.
At first I was using the actual pen mechanism to give the insulin - she was doing 1 unit twice a day. I started home testing more - but not really midcycles. I started lurking more here. When I needed to increase her insulin - I did it by whole doses - cause that's what the pen did and finally we had the low AMPS easter weekend last year - much lower than I had ever seen or shot. I made my first post - a cry for help that day and met the wonderful people here.
I've learned alot since that first posting. Yes, we went back down on dose and started working on up the dosing scale. Tuscany has never even hinted at being able to be otj, probably most of the time wouldn't even qualify as well regulated but we are in a better place than where we were heading.
Tuscany turns 17 at the end of April. Last week at the neuro appt everyone thought she looked lots younger than her age. Thanks to all of you for the support in the last year and for helping me keep my kittie for awhile longer. We are still going to be working at getting her better regulated - in fact last pm she had a dose increase. I just wish Mr. L would give up the rebounding - ya think after a year this is asking too much???
Tuscany's story: Tuscany has been with us since she was a small kitten. She is a dilute calico and does have a bit of the calico personality. She was fed dry food at will most of her life, wet food was a treat. She had hyperT treated with radioactive iodine at age 9, a mast cell tumor removed from the inner edge of her left ear in 2006, has had some mild renal insufficiency over the last 3-4 yrs and finally a mildly increase glucose 8/08 (high normal fructosamine at the time). We immediately stopped her dry food at that time, switched to LC and started home testing (i was lurking on fdmb at the time). Her numbers did improve significantly but with what I know now she would have been better going on insulin at that time - though the vet was just labeling her "prediabetic" cause of the fructosamine still being normal (barely). End of Feb 2009 my home testing wasn't as frequent - but she started spiking in the 300's, ketone neg - it was back to the vets, fructosamine now in abnormal range and lantus was started.
At first I was using the actual pen mechanism to give the insulin - she was doing 1 unit twice a day. I started home testing more - but not really midcycles. I started lurking more here. When I needed to increase her insulin - I did it by whole doses - cause that's what the pen did and finally we had the low AMPS easter weekend last year - much lower than I had ever seen or shot. I made my first post - a cry for help that day and met the wonderful people here.
I've learned alot since that first posting. Yes, we went back down on dose and started working on up the dosing scale. Tuscany has never even hinted at being able to be otj, probably most of the time wouldn't even qualify as well regulated but we are in a better place than where we were heading.
Tuscany turns 17 at the end of April. Last week at the neuro appt everyone thought she looked lots younger than her age. Thanks to all of you for the support in the last year and for helping me keep my kittie for awhile longer. We are still going to be working at getting her better regulated - in fact last pm she had a dose increase. I just wish Mr. L would give up the rebounding - ya think after a year this is asking too much???
