First month of treatment - no success. Please help!

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If you have any vitamin shops nearby, that might also be a source of ketones strips.

As for dosing, how closely can you monitor on the first cycle of Lantus? Do you have U-100 syringes with 1/2 unit markings? I agree with Mogs that the 3 units would be a good place to start, provided you can monitor closely. Sounds like you still have higher carb food around should the dose prove to be to high.
 
Wendy&Neko said:
If you have any vitamin shops nearby, that might also be a source of ketones strips.

As for dosing, how closely can you monitor on the first cycle of Lantus? Do you have U-100 syringes with 1/2 unit markings? I agree with Mogs that the 3 units would be a good place to start, provided you can monitor closely. Sounds like you still have higher carb food around should the dose prove to be to high.
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I placed an order for some strips, they should arrive early next week. I’m just about to inject the first dose of 3 units after Simba’s done with his dinner. PMPS was high again, I’ll update my spreadsheet with the info. I have the insulin pen so only whole units available. I’ve read up on the information about Lantus and I’ll go into the pharmacy to ask for small syringes as well. And yes, I still have Hill’s z/d in the cupboard, that was quite the carb bomb.
 
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As for dosing, how closely can you monitor on the first cycle of Lantus?
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I just realised I'd skipped this part of the question! But I've measured at PMPS +2, about to measure +4 and see if I can sleep for a couple of hours. Should I wake up to test at +6 nonetheless or sleep until +8? I know I could've started Lantus tomorrow morning but I was very eager to switch ASAP.
 
A favour to ask of you. Could you put a blank line in the spreadsheet before your first dose of Lantus, and label the line something like "start Lantus". That just makes it really easy for us to find when you started it.

As for testing tonight, get some sleep. It takes several days (5-7) for the depot to build when you first start Lantus, and you may or may not see much action for a few days. But who knows, this is cats we are talking about. :cat: If the +2 is above the preshot number, most likely a quiet cycle. Info on what to look for on Lantus is in the sticky notes on top of the Lantus forum. Might want to pop on over there and start reading if you haven't already.
 
Wendy&Neko said:
A favour to ask of you. Could you put a blank line in the spreadsheet before your first dose of Lantus, and label the line something like "start Lantus". That just makes it really easy for us to find when you started it.

As for testing tonight, get some sleep. It takes several days (5-7) for the depot to build when you first start Lantus, and you may or may not see much action for a few days. But who knows, this is cats we are talking about. :cat: If the +2 is above the preshot number, most likely a quiet cycle. Info on what to look for on Lantus is in the sticky notes on top of the Lantus forum. Might want to pop on over there and start reading if you haven't already.
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Fixed my SS to clarify things. I was too nervous to sleep through the night but I think I'll leave the nightly testing for next week and see his +2 or +3 post PM shot for now. Last night leading up to this morning looked pretty stead with no major crashes as previously experienced with Protaphane. And thanks, I'll look at the sticky notes on there as well. :)
 
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