6/17 Timber OTJ Day 14!! AMBG 111; PMBG 48

[katlady1974]

we've made it!!!! dancing_cat dancing_cat dancing_cat dancing_cat dancing_cat dancing_cat

as seems to be his pattern the past few days, he's up in the morning again. now that he's officially OTJ, how often to i need to monitor him? still daily?

and the little stinker is feeling all young and spry again- so he's fighting with his brother! woke up to blood splatter on the wall by the cat tree. timber scratched giz on the ear! though, it appears that giz got one dig on timber's nose. hopefully they're even now!! :lol:

 

[Tara & Buster]

Re: 6/17 Timber OTJ Day 14!! AMBG 111

 

[carfurby (GA)]

Re: 6/17 Timber OTJ Day 14!! AMBG 111

I'm not sure about the frequency of testing after going OTJ. Maybe you should put a ? mark in your subject line.

Congratulations!
dancing_cat dancing_cat dancing_cat dancing_cat dancing_cat

 

[Pam & Hoot]

Re: 6/17 Timber OTJ Day 14!! AMBG 111

Sooooo AWESOME!!!! :RAHCAT Have a great time at the Falls!! party_cat Theres a lot of wonderful kitties there to greet Timber. drinking24

 

[mtncat58]

Re: 6/17 Timber OTJ Day 14!! AMBG 111

that is awesome, :RAHCAT \M/ dancing_cat party_cat party_cat

 

[MJ+Donovan]

Re: 6/17 Timber OTJ Day 14!! AMBG 111

This is just me, but: I maintained taking AM and PM BGs and spot checks for about 2 months. Then I eliminated the AMBG on weekends (ah, sleep!). Then after a month, I eliminated the AMBG altogether. Then after another month, I went to every 2-3 days. After about 9 months of this, I noticed his BGs creeping upward into the high blues with scattered yellows. Donny was never a straight-green boy, so the blues did not alarm me at first. I did not re-start insulin, but scheduled a vet appt with bloodwork. His teeth were really bad, and he ended up having major surgery to remove almost all of them. A few weeks after that, his BGs settled back into his usual high green/low blue range, and I continued to test him twice a week.

Go with your gut with regard to continuing testing, but don't get too complacent either. You may not test as often as I did, but regular spot checks are good for catching things before they get ugly. And as we know, BGs can be indicators of other things -- in Donny's case, infection from his bad teeth. I also happened to have a huge stockpile of testing strips that I had bought before he went OTJ. Thankfully Contour strips work long after the expiration date.

And congrats to you and Timber

MJ