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ssblackcat Sophia & Susan said:
I had also given her some pieces of chicken breast meat as treats while testing her.
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How many pieces of chicken breast meat did you give her? (And how was that chicken cooked & in what?) Just for future reference: Only a tiny nibble of something low-carb at test time, if at all. (I give a cuddle or a scritch under the chin and coo nice words at her like, "Oh, what a GOOD girl ..." at Bat-Bat.)
 
Robin&BB said:
How many pieces of chicken breast meat did you give her? (And how was that chicken cooked & in what?) Just for future reference: Only a tiny nibble of something low-carb at test time, if at all. (I give a cuddle or a scritch under the chin and coo nice words at her like, "Oh, what a GOOD girl ..." at Bat-Bat.)
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It is plain chicken, baked, nothing added. I thought it was ok to give her protein in between meals.
 
Sometimes, when you get a sudden "wonky" # like that from your meter, it's a good idea to do a re-check with a new strip. (It just happens every now and then for any # of reasons: Blood droplet too large/small, etc. or sometimes you just get an oddball strip.)
 
ssblackcat Sophia & Susan said:
I thought it was ok to give her protein in between meals.
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It's not really that it's not okay. But for the time being, as you're trying to find out when her nadir (lowest BG #) occurs in her cycle, you probably want to minimize the snacking in between her AMPS/PMPS meals, and that's part of the reason why I'm discouraging treats at test time. Especially until you know how her body processes the insulin during her cycles, adding bits of food here and there (unless you need to steer because of too-low BG#s) only serves to make it harder for you to truly know how her body is processing that dose. (You might be surprised how much treats/ snacks can impact that BG #.)

Please understand that I'm not in any way criticizing you; rather, I'm just trying to explain some of the reasoning behind why we do certain things at certain times and avoid certain things at certain times.
 
Do you work outside the home during the week, Susan? As what a lot of people who work do is get a timed feeder so that when they're not able to be around to monitor kitty's BG, they can pop a little frozen puck or two of the canned food in it before they go off to work and set it so that it pops open at certain times during kitty's 12-hour cycle. (The Petsafe is a good one from what I've heard @ FDMB; I think most people order those from Amazon).
 
(Bat dropped to 57 in the last half hour ... so I just fed her another 1/4 can FF, but this time I pulled out the medium-carb stuff. Which for Bat-Bat is 5% carb FF Chunky formula chicken feast. She's extra carb-sensitive, the little bugger.)
 
ssblackcat Sophia & Susan said:
I did a re-check and got 202 :confused:
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Well, we know she responded to the steering. I'd go ahead and get another test in an hour, just to make sure she doesn't start dropping on you again. (This sometimes happens, so we basically make sure we monitor for the next two hours after the rise occurs, just to be certain it's going to hold.)
 
Robin&BB said:
It's not really that it's not okay. But for the time being, as you're trying to find out when her nadir (lowest BG #) occurs in her cycle, you probably want to minimize the snacking in between her AMPS/PMPS meals, and that's part of the reason why I'm discouraging treats at test time. Especially until you know how her body processes the insulin during her cycles, adding bits of food here and there (unless you need to steer because of too-low BG#s) only serves to make it harder for you to truly know how her body is processing that dose. (You might be surprised how much treats/ snacks can impact that BG #.)

Please understand that I'm not in any way criticizing you; rather, I'm just trying to explain some of the reasoning behind why we do certain things at certain times and avoid certain things at certain times.
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I'm fine! Don't worry about me feeling criticized, that's silly. I'm learning stuff here to keep my love healthy and alive. I'll do what ever you advise. I trust experience.
 
Robin&BB said:
Do you work outside the home during the week, Susan? As what a lot of people who work do is get a timed feeder so that when they're not able to be around to monitor kitty's BG, they can pop a little frozen puck or two of the canned food in it before they go off to work and set it so that it pops open at certain times during kitty's 12-hour cycle. (The Petsafe is a good one from what I've heard @ FDMB; I think most people order those from Amazon).
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I do work outside the home during the week. I'd be very interested in checking that out.
 
You've been doing really great with testing first whack out of the bag, btw! That's easily half the battle here in treating your kitty effectively for feline diabetes ... what's a shame is that there are so many vets who don't give much advice about the importance of home-testing of BG levels. I always want to say to those vets: If you were giving a dose of insulin to a human child, would you tell the parent it's perfectly okay to dose him or her with a potent hormone (which is what insulin really is) without first checking the blood glucose # to make certain it's SAFE to do so? I mean, geez!:banghead: (What are some vets thinking??? Apparently they just don't know any better. And before long, you'll probably know more about best practices in treating FD than your own vet does.;))
 
When you get a chance, please put together that signature I'd mentioned earlier, ok?
Robin&BB said:
Go up to the upper right on this thread, click on where your user name appears in the blue bar, then click on "Signature" in the drop down menu. Then you can follow the prompts to create your signature that will appear in every one of your posts on the forum, at the bottom of your post (like mine appears in my posts). You will put in the pertinent info: Diagnosis date, insulin type, type of food, any other health problems, etc. AND the brand/model of your glucose meter.
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And I'm curious: When was your kitty first diagnosed, and what was the blood glucose # the vet got at that time?
 
I'll be hanging around at least until we get your next BG test result for Sophia tonight. (Ha, I may be up later than I planned if my Bat-Bat's #s don't start rising soon ...:rolleyes:)
Here is the link to our guidelines for dosing/using ProZinc:
Protocol for ProZinc/PZI
 
Let me know what you get for that +5 BG # ... if it's a good one, you'll probably be ok for the balance of the night.

And then you'll want to post your Sophia's AM pre-shot BG # on a new ProZinc thread tomorrow; be sure to ask for some guidance re: her dose based on the # you're seeing then (smart folk like Bobbie, Rachel - both on the east coast - and Sue in CO, etc. are usually up & about way before I am;)).
 
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