kimouette
Member Since 2012
Good morning everyone!
One week ago a man named Alain called me because he had questions about his sugar kitty called Farine (which means “flour” in French). She is 15 years old and weights a little less than 12 pounds.
Over a year ago she was diagnosed with diabetes and after couple of weeks on Caninsulin she went off the juice. Unfortunately couple of days after, she was diabetic again… That was 10 months ago.
So for 10 months now, Alain has been giving her 3u of Caninsulin twice daily (unfortunately without testing) and feeding her a mix of Friskies canned food and dry kibbles.
He saw a video I posted on Youtube explaining how to test a cat with a glucometer, so he got himself a glucometer and started to test Farine as often as he could.
Here is Farine’s spreadsheet : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AumMJBQ_r05GdGgyTEtXSjR5cjVnXzUtTjNGQTZhZ1E#gid=0
As soon as he contacted me I told him that low carb canned food was the first change he had to make. I also helped him to choose an “ok” brand. So tomorrow (Tuesday) he will start to feed Farine ONLY “Fancy Feast Ocean white fish and Tuna Classic”, no more kibbles. He might change to Evo 95% chicken and turkey in two weeks, but he will first start with the FF flavor I just mentioned. During this diet transition he is prepared to change the insulin dosage. Instead of 3u, he will be following this scale:
AM Preshot and PM Preshot:
0-8.3..............0, no injection!
8.3-9.4.............0.25u
9.5-10.2...........0.50u
10.3-11.1..........0.75u
11.2 et plus.......1.00u
:?: If you look at Farine’s spreadsheet and consider that she is now eating half kibbles half cans, do you guys agree that his is a safe guideline during the transition?
The one thing that worries me is that he will need to be guided during the first days/weeks, as he learns how Farine’s diabetes is evolving. For the morning shot there’s no problem he can reach me and ask me any question he wants, but for the evening shot he might not be able to reach me.
:?: Would you guys be willing to help him if he asked question about the insulin dosage right here in this thread ? Do you have enough information with what I gave you?
I’m asking all this cuz he’s a French speaker that does understand English but I’m not sure how well! I really want him to succeed and don’t want to leave him alone, especially now that he’s changing Farine’s diet!
:?: Oh and one more question: we’ll wait to see how Farine does with her new food before jumping to conclusion (Alain will do a new curve when he makes the transition), but looking at her spreadsheet, if the numbers keep going up and down like they do right now, I was thinking I could suggest him to change his insulin for Lantus… do you guys agree with me? But like I said, I’ll wait to see how Farine does with her new low carb food!
Thanks all for your help!!
Kim
One week ago a man named Alain called me because he had questions about his sugar kitty called Farine (which means “flour” in French). She is 15 years old and weights a little less than 12 pounds.
Over a year ago she was diagnosed with diabetes and after couple of weeks on Caninsulin she went off the juice. Unfortunately couple of days after, she was diabetic again… That was 10 months ago.
So for 10 months now, Alain has been giving her 3u of Caninsulin twice daily (unfortunately without testing) and feeding her a mix of Friskies canned food and dry kibbles.
He saw a video I posted on Youtube explaining how to test a cat with a glucometer, so he got himself a glucometer and started to test Farine as often as he could.
Here is Farine’s spreadsheet : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AumMJBQ_r05GdGgyTEtXSjR5cjVnXzUtTjNGQTZhZ1E#gid=0
As soon as he contacted me I told him that low carb canned food was the first change he had to make. I also helped him to choose an “ok” brand. So tomorrow (Tuesday) he will start to feed Farine ONLY “Fancy Feast Ocean white fish and Tuna Classic”, no more kibbles. He might change to Evo 95% chicken and turkey in two weeks, but he will first start with the FF flavor I just mentioned. During this diet transition he is prepared to change the insulin dosage. Instead of 3u, he will be following this scale:
AM Preshot and PM Preshot:
0-8.3..............0, no injection!
8.3-9.4.............0.25u
9.5-10.2...........0.50u
10.3-11.1..........0.75u
11.2 et plus.......1.00u
:?: If you look at Farine’s spreadsheet and consider that she is now eating half kibbles half cans, do you guys agree that his is a safe guideline during the transition?
The one thing that worries me is that he will need to be guided during the first days/weeks, as he learns how Farine’s diabetes is evolving. For the morning shot there’s no problem he can reach me and ask me any question he wants, but for the evening shot he might not be able to reach me.
:?: Would you guys be willing to help him if he asked question about the insulin dosage right here in this thread ? Do you have enough information with what I gave you?
I’m asking all this cuz he’s a French speaker that does understand English but I’m not sure how well! I really want him to succeed and don’t want to leave him alone, especially now that he’s changing Farine’s diet!
:?: Oh and one more question: we’ll wait to see how Farine does with her new food before jumping to conclusion (Alain will do a new curve when he makes the transition), but looking at her spreadsheet, if the numbers keep going up and down like they do right now, I was thinking I could suggest him to change his insulin for Lantus… do you guys agree with me? But like I said, I’ll wait to see how Farine does with her new low carb food!
Thanks all for your help!!
Kim
Your english is so much better than my high school french.