Buddy's SS up and going 8th part about dosing

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Kris & Teasel said:
When Teasel did this, I dropped his dose 10 - 20%. How about dropping by 1 u to 4.2 u.? That's about 20%. What do you think? I'd aim for a +2 test to see what he's doing.
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@Kris & Teasel I will do this, I must leave to take 1 of my other cats to the vet, they are working me in. I may not be able to do much testing. Do you think that you would still give this dose.
 
wolfey said:
@Kris & Teasel I will do this, I must leave to take 1 of my other cats to the vet, they are working me in. I may not be able to do much testing. Do you think that you would still give this dose.
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Can you fit in the +2 test, Teresa? I think this dose should be OK because it's a lot lower than his recent ones.
 
How is your other kitty, Teresa? I see that pink at +2 on Buddy's SS. I think you can try 5 u tonight. I dropped Teasel's dose only a little next dose time when I used the feed/wait 45 minutes method.
 
Kris & Teasel said:
How is your other kitty, Teresa? I see that pink at +2 on Buddy's SS. I think you can try 5 u tonight. I dropped Teasel's dose only a little next dose time when I used the feed/wait 45 minutes method.
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I think she is feeling better, she had been pacing back and forth to her litter box, as things turned out she has a UTI. I did not think of that because last night she was throwing up and had popped several different places outside her litter box. She has been here 15 years, she is blind, she has a heart murmur that she takes Lasix for, 2 years ago she had a nerve sheath tumor that turned out to be a fibro sarcoma. I don't know what I thought was wrong with her. I guess UTI's must be contagious a my house. I will give Buddy 5u tonight, Thank you for all your help.
 
wolfey said:
I think she is feeling better, she had been pacing back and forth to her litter box, as things turned out she has a UTI. I did not think of that because last night she was throwing up and had popped several different places outside her litter box. She has been here 15 years, she is blind, she has a heart murmur that she takes Lasix for, 2 years ago she had a nerve sheath tumor that turned out to be a fibro sarcoma. I don't know what I thought was wrong with her. I guess UTI's must be contagious a my house. I will give Buddy 5u tonight, Thank you for all your help.
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Poor old girl! She's being well taken care of though.
 
Yong said:
Hope she feels better from the UTI, Teresa :bighug:. Sorry I had to leave this morning, I'm doing some side work to get a little money for Maury's supplies.
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She really seems to be feeling better. No problem, we all have things we need to do. I am sorry that I cannot be on FDMB more, but I have too much going on here. The cost of everything is so pricey, even though I use reli-on test strips, I spend too much for them because I test so much. But I got to take care of my Kittys.
 
How is yours and Buddy's weekend, Teresa?
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Yong said:
How is yours and Buddy's weekend, Teresa?
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It is much better since it has stopped raining. Buddy's BG numbers are higher than I would like for them to be, but he could still have a UTI and he has tooth that needs to be looked at. It is so expensive to have a diabetic cat, I have 2 other cats on medication but nothing compared to what it cost for Buddy. I was on FDMB today looking at the articles you found for us and we appreciate that sooooo much. How are you and your lovely kitty this weekend, I hope you all are well. How about the rest of the kitty girls, do you know how they are this weekend.
 
wolfey said:
It is much better since it has stopped raining. Buddy's BG numbers are higher than I would like for them to be, but he could still have a UTI and he has tooth that needs to be looked at. It is so expensive to have a diabetic cat, I have 2 other cats on medication but nothing compared to what it cost for Buddy. I was on FDMB today looking at the articles you found for us and we appreciate that sooooo much. How are you and your lovely kitty this weekend, I hope you all are well. How about the rest of the kitty girls, do you know how they are this weekend.
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Doing fine here, Teresa! :)
 
@Kris & Teasel I wanted your opinion on something, the same thing happened on either 5/1 or 5/2. At AMPS Buddy's number was 177. instead of waiting 20 min. and taking again, I went ahead and gave him something to eat. I am going to wait around 40 minutes and take again, from this reading I will decide a dose. When this happened before I gave him 4.2, do you think I should give this dose again or change the amount. Both times when this happened Buddy's last dose was 5.2. I am staying home today to watch his numbers.
 
wolfey said:
@Kris & Teasel I wanted your opinion on something, the same thing happened on either 5/1 or 5/2. At AMPS Buddy's number was 177. instead of waiting 20 min. and taking again, I went ahead and gave him something to eat. I am going to wait around 40 minutes and take again, from this reading I will decide a dose. When this happened before I gave him 4.2, do you think I should give this dose again or change the amount. Both times when this happened Buddy's last dose was 5.2. I am staying home today to watch his numbers.
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Hi Teresa,
This is when you have to experiment. If he's going to start giving nice blues at PS you need data on how to handle them. The 4.2 u was safe last time. Do you feel brave enough to try a higher dose this time? Maybe 4.6 u or 4.8 u? You're home to test and steer with food if needed.
 
Kris & Teasel said:
Hi Teresa,
This is when you have to experiment. If he's going to start giving nice blues at PS you need data on how to handle them. The 4.2 u was safe last time. Do you feel brave enough to try a higher dose this time? Maybe 4.6 u or 4.8 u? You're home to test and steer with food if needed.
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@Kris & Teasel / I did not see your post, so I went ahead and gave him 4.6u. When I did see your post I was glad you mentioned a higher dose. My gut said 4.8u but I chickened out and gave him 4.6u, I did have the conversation we had earlier in the month to go by, which really helped. I value your opinion. I am getting braver because of Buddy's health, trying to get the numbers down.
 
Hi Teresa,

Two things:
  1. Maybe try 4.8 u this AM? Nice numbers yesterday but there's room to come down.
  2. Time for a new thread. :)
 
Kris & Teasel said:
Hi Teresa,

Two things:
  1. Maybe try 4.8 u this AM? Nice numbers yesterday but there's room to come down.
  2. Time for a new thread. :)
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Just now logging into FDMB, did not see your message until I had already given injection. I gave him 5u, guess I need to start checking FDMB before shooting. Buddy has been throwing up this morning, I gave him 1/4 cerenia. Hopefully, this will stop the throwing up. Agree to start a new thread.
 
wolfey said:
Just now logging into FDMB, did not see your message until I had already given injection. I gave him 5u, guess I need to start checking FDMB before shooting. Buddy has been throwing up this morning, I gave him 1/4 cerenia. Hopefully, this will stop the throwing up. Agree to start a new thread.
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The 5 u will likely be fine, Teresa. I was being cautious when I suggested 4.8 u.
 
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