donnahc
Very Active Member
Mornin kids 
Need extra coffee again today. I am wondering if you guys have any thoughts on dose for the cat who doesn’t seem to go by any rules :shock: We have gone from 3.6-ish units before his dental now down to as low as 1.2.
After his dental on 1/25/12, we also had implemented his diet as the vet recommended. We cut his original food and treats by 1/3. He gets exactly the same thing every day. It was noticeable right away with less food he needs less insulin.
Once he got all the drugs out of his system, we settled on 2.2 units bid for about 7 days. Then one evening he was too low to shoot at +12, we waited and shot a reduced dose. We lowered to 2 units after that, and he again was going low mid cycle. We can bring him up with food but can't do that if we are out working, and more food defeats a diet. And at night we don't sleep.
So, after we started to try to lower him more, he started bouncing in the mornings from going low at night. Now we have these nasty 3 and 400s that scare the crap out of me. To get off this roller coaster I took him down to 1.2 and 1u, but then he had crap numbers all day and still a 300 in the morning so I raised again. Maybe I paniced and didn’t stay low long enough.
Yesterday 2 units helped get rid of the 300 start we had, and I lowered dose for the evening since his evening pre-shoot was lower. He had a great overnight cycle. We watched but did not feed, he came up on his own. But then a 400 this morning.
So I am wondering what you think we should do. He never was a cat that bounced before really. We can try to hold a dose which worked for us before but doesn’t seem to now (and what would that dose be?). We can shoot a sliding scale. We can start low and go up (but having him above the renal threshold scares me a **** ton).
I am frustrated and sleep deprived so I was hoping you might be able to see something clearer than us. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I have emailed his vet too to see what he thinks. SS is current.
Need extra coffee again today. I am wondering if you guys have any thoughts on dose for the cat who doesn’t seem to go by any rules :shock: We have gone from 3.6-ish units before his dental now down to as low as 1.2.
After his dental on 1/25/12, we also had implemented his diet as the vet recommended. We cut his original food and treats by 1/3. He gets exactly the same thing every day. It was noticeable right away with less food he needs less insulin.
Once he got all the drugs out of his system, we settled on 2.2 units bid for about 7 days. Then one evening he was too low to shoot at +12, we waited and shot a reduced dose. We lowered to 2 units after that, and he again was going low mid cycle. We can bring him up with food but can't do that if we are out working, and more food defeats a diet. And at night we don't sleep.
So, after we started to try to lower him more, he started bouncing in the mornings from going low at night. Now we have these nasty 3 and 400s that scare the crap out of me. To get off this roller coaster I took him down to 1.2 and 1u, but then he had crap numbers all day and still a 300 in the morning so I raised again. Maybe I paniced and didn’t stay low long enough.
Yesterday 2 units helped get rid of the 300 start we had, and I lowered dose for the evening since his evening pre-shoot was lower. He had a great overnight cycle. We watched but did not feed, he came up on his own. But then a 400 this morning.
So I am wondering what you think we should do. He never was a cat that bounced before really. We can try to hold a dose which worked for us before but doesn’t seem to now (and what would that dose be?). We can shoot a sliding scale. We can start low and go up (but having him above the renal threshold scares me a **** ton).
I am frustrated and sleep deprived so I was hoping you might be able to see something clearer than us. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. I have emailed his vet too to see what he thinks. SS is current.
