Blue +4 = 246! :)

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Kris Jacobs

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Thanks a million to this community!
Your writings about your experiences and your advice when I posted about Blue have been invaluable in helping me help him.

He is getting crabby about sugar checks - as his sugar goes down, his tolerance does too! He is getting frisky again, I love it! :lol:

Thanks to all who advised me that The Culture of Carbs is our Enemy, especially Rylee and Julia - when I read what you said, looked at the carb ratings on Janet & Binky's -- it totally made sense.

Much Love!

-Kris
 
Alright, I think I will bump Blue up to 1.5 units starting tomorrow evening, Thursday 4/19/2012. See spreadsheet link below.
I want to wait until my test strips arrive before I make the change.

Does this sound like a good call?

Thanks!

-KJ
 
Sounds like an excellent plan to wait until more strips arrive before upping a dose...want to make sure you have plenty on hand just in case you need them because Blue decides that 1.5 is too much. :-D

I know what you mean about the lower his sugar gets the lower his tolerance for tests gets...Maxwell was the same way, and now that he has been OTJ for over a year there are somedays I have to chase him around the house to get a spot check on him..until he sees his testing blanket that is, then he knows a treat is forth coming and will sit and wait...but if we don't go through the right routine, it like "Aw mom, I feel great why do I need my ear poked?" but he knows his test routine and it means something yummy.

Mel, Maxwell, Musette & The Fur Gang
 
wonderful! :smile: Following the guidelines for the Start Low, Go Slow protocol with Prozinc is an excellent idea, so waiting to raise the dose is just the thing to do. Sometimes doses just need to settle. When a cat has had high BG for a long time, their bodies think normal numbers (100s or even 200s) are too low and their livers dump glucose in their bloodstream to counteract the "low" number. It takes some time in normal numbers for them to stop having this reaction (we call it "bouncing" here), which is why it's good to hold dose adjustments for a while to see how they settle. When managing feline diabetes, patience is very important! :smile:

It took Bandit about two weeks before he stopped fighting me tooth and nail about the testing. I used to have to wrap him in a blanket and place him in his "testing" basket. However, once he realized treat=test, he stopped fighting me. That's why is so important to give a treat with every test, even if it's not successful. Today, when Bandit hears the glucose meter beep on, he comes running, jumps in his testing basket, lies down and starts purring. If you had told me that he would act this way those first couple of weeks when my arms were clawed up and I was in tears, I would have said you were insane. :mrgreen:
 
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