HELP! Monitor faulty

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I just started doing the testing myself last night. Here's the situation. I woke up this morning to test before giving Bradley his insulin, and he was so squirmy (guess he's feeling better - LOL), and I dropped the monitor on the floor and now it is saying it's faulty. ReliOn is sending me a new one but it won't get here for 5-7 days. Now what?

I was just at the vets yesterday and I'm not going back there again.

My thread is floating around here somewhere but here's the run-down real quick:

The vet previously had me adjusting between 2 and 2.5 units and that was not consistently working and he wsa not regulated on that.

Let's start from yesterday a.m. I gave him 2.5 units at 6:00 am yesterday (per vet guidance). Then he was checked at the vet at 10:00 and his sugar was 107. We came home and he had some dry food. I tested him myself right before his next injection at 6:00 p.m. He was 462. I was going to give him 1.5, but decided to give 2 units. He seems great today, but now I have no monitor!

What should I do? How do I know how much insulin to give? His dose is due in 15 minutes and there's no way I can get to the store for another monitor. I just bought this thing yesterday! Should I give him 2 units again, since if he was still under vet guidance, I'd be giving him 2.5? Sometimes when loading, the monitor looks like it's working fine, but then other times, I get the error message.
 
The dry food is probably what pushed him high last night. You really have no idea of knowing where he is this morning. Is he ketone prone? What insulin are you using? If it's one of the slow acting ones- like Lantus- I would suggest giving a reduced dose (like 0.5 or 1u). If you are using a faster acting one, you may need to skip it until you can get to the store this morning to get a new one. Can you bring the faulty one in to the store to see if they will exchange it on the spot?
 
Hi SilverMoon010, and, of course, you too, sweet Bradley,

Walmart stores are not always convenient to get to. Do you have a CVS or Walgreens near you? I picked up a CVS TRUETrack meter kit with 10 test strips and 10 lancets for $13.99 about a month ago when I was having meter issues. It's free after rebate. That could buy you another 5 days/nights of Pre-Shot testing which might be enough time until ReliOn replaces your meter. (100 test strips run around $32 and I believe they also sell 50 test strips for under $20.) It never hurts to have an extra meter around just in case...

Hope this helps kind of hugs,
Deb and Nikki -- and, Giz, forever dancing in my heart...

PS: What insulin are you giving Bradley?
 
KarenRamboConan said:
The dry food is probably what pushed him high last night. You really have no idea of knowing where he is this morning. Is he ketone prone? What insulin are you using? If it's one of the slow acting ones- like Lantus- I would suggest giving a reduced dose (like 0.5 or 1u). If you are using a faster acting one, you may need to skip it until you can get to the store this morning to get a new one. Can you bring the faulty one in to the store to see if they will exchange it on the spot?
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This is a general question...If you have to skip a dose, for example, like perhaps in my kind of situation this morning, if later, you test and you notice the sugar is way high and you need insulin, can you just give it at that time and then the next dose will be 12 hours from that?

For example, I give insulin at 6 am and 6 pm. Say I have to skip the 6 am one for a bit and then later realize his sugar is really high say at 10:30 for example, do I start his insulin at 10:30 and then again at 10:30 at night? In other words, would that be the new schedule?
 
You are using PZI, right? Yes. You could do that. Or you could give a reduced dose and get back closer to your regular schedule with the next shot.

Let us know what your options are when you get a meter and a number.
 
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