6/3 - Buddy - AMPS 102 on AT2

[BuddyParents]

contiuity https://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/6-2-buddy-no-amps-pmps-112-at2-89-on-relionprime.248125/

Unfortunately the Relion was not cooperating this moring so I dont have a human meter to compare. Overall on numbers very happy, I think we are really really close to getting OTJ.

 

[Katherine&Ruby]

What a handsome boy Buddy is!

Not sure why you are using both meters, but if you want Buddy to go OTJ, the human meter is the best to use because a) the numbers generally read lower and will make you happier seeing greens rather than blues and b) that's the standard metric we use for determining whether a cat is good to go off insulin. One of the kitties who recently went off the juice is Gideon. His caregiver used an Alphatrak, and once he looked like he could go off insulin she switched to a human meter: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...0sYe47lHox5MN1VzhnyuGfM_U42fya2ftqCQn/pubhtml

 

[BuddyParents]

What a handsome boy Buddy is!

Not sure why you are using both meters, but if you want Buddy to go OTJ, the human meter is the best to use because a) the numbers generally read lower and will make you happier seeing greens rather than blues and b) that's the standard metric we use for determining whether a cat is good to go off insulin. One of the kitties who recently went off the juice is Gideon. His caregiver used an Alphatrak, and once he looked like he could go off insulin she switched to a human meter: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...0sYe47lHox5MN1VzhnyuGfM_U42fya2ftqCQn/pubhtml

Thanks!

One thing ive noticed is the AT2 takes a reading much easier than the Relion for me, it takes the slightest bit of blood even just for a second with a difficult cat like buddy. This morning the Relion wouldn't give me a reading, not sure why, so at least I had the AT2 number. I know the human numbers are better for the charts here which is why im trying to get that number too, but I at least want the AT2 number if buddy isnt cooperating and I can't get enough blood long enough for the relion to read.

 

[Katherine&Ruby]

There's another human meter called the Freestyle Lite that is made by Abbott, the same manufacturer of the AT, that also requires a very small sample. The strips are more expensive than the Relion, but less than the AT's.

 

[BuddyParents]

There's another human meter called the Freestyle Lite that is made by Abbott, the same manufacturer of the AT, that also requires a very small sample. The strips are more expensive than the Relion, but less than the AT's.

Thanks! once I burn through these AT2 strips ill probably get that.

 

[tiffmaxee]

You are getting close but we do need those blues to become green.

 

[BuddyParents]

You are getting close but we do need those blues to become green.

FWIW, I have a separate tab for the Human Meter numbers on my spreadsheet, every time I have got enough blood for the Relion to read its been green.

 

[tiffmaxee]

Sorry. Missy it. Let me look. Keep the drop dose going until he falls under 50 or is all under 100 for 7 days.