Kobe (Dean and Lesley) MO
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I think Kobe is VERY CLOSE to going into remission, and I'm trying not to ruin it. I don't know what dose to give tomorrow morning, 0.1 units or drop dose. Can someone look at his Spreadsheet please?
Help Please! What should Kobe's AM insulin dose be?
- Thread starter Kobe (Dean and Lesley) MO
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Given that he saw the 170's yesterday, I suspect he's not quite ready to go off of insulin. But without knowing the dosing method you are using, it's hard to answer your question.
I think this is your first post on the Lantus forum? Here is the link to your latest post on Feline Health for continuity:
Kobe Update | Post DKA | Trace Ketones
I think this is your first post on the Lantus forum? Here is the link to your latest post on Feline Health for continuity:
Kobe Update | Post DKA | Trace Ketones
Bandit's Mom
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He's looking good! Is he still getting kibble? Cutting that out might help his numbers even further.
Kobe (Dean and Lesley) MO
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Not taking him off insulin tomorrow. Was following SLGS but reductions were coming very fast. Decided to reduce dose if Kobe's BG goes below 70 instead of 90.
I think he should stay at 0.1, but I work all day and won't be able to check his BG like I did tonight to make sure he's safe. So I'm wondering if I should give the drop dose. I don't want to rush off insulin, but I want to make sure he's safe.
We were pushing hard for the transition to wet food in December, but Kobe wasn't eating enough and ended up in the hospital again because of elevated ketones. He has been doing great lately, so we put the transition to wet food on the back burner so that we weren't changing his insulin and his diet at the same time. We figured we could revisit the wet food when his dose stopped changing, but it keeps going down. And down.
I think he should stay at 0.1, but I work all day and won't be able to check his BG like I did tonight to make sure he's safe. So I'm wondering if I should give the drop dose. I don't want to rush off insulin, but I want to make sure he's safe.
We were pushing hard for the transition to wet food in December, but Kobe wasn't eating enough and ended up in the hospital again because of elevated ketones. He has been doing great lately, so we put the transition to wet food on the back burner so that we weren't changing his insulin and his diet at the same time. We figured we could revisit the wet food when his dose stopped changing, but it keeps going down. And down.
Bandit's Mom
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I too think you should not reduce below 0.10U for now. Is the Powercat Kibble low carb? I haven't heard of it...
Bandit's Mom
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Yeah, when a cat decides to get with the program, they don't really care about dosing methods!
Paws crossed!
For some cats even LC kibble affects his BG. A recent case is that of @Tim & Pookey where Pookey''s numbers improved as soon as Tim took away the Dr. Elsey's dry food in Dec 2024.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...5Ir4a4dDYq4Cye1KNnNxdp63vycvpu51gezlL/pubhtml
Kobe (Dean and Lesley) MO
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Yeah, when a cat decides to get with the program, they don't really care about dosing methods!
Paws crossed!
For some cats even LC kibble affects his BG. A recent case is that of @Tim & Pookey where Pookey''s numbers improved as soon as Tim took away the Dr. Elsey's dry food in Dec 2024.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...5Ir4a4dDYq4Cye1KNnNxdp63vycvpu51gezlL/pubhtml
Good job Pookey! Keep it up!
Kobe (Dean and Lesley) MO
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.01 U was the right call, thank you. I was just panicking and second guessing because of the lower numbers after his shot last night. It has been our experience that the low numbers immediately following the dose decrease are largely due to the previous dose BEFORE the reduction, but it is still unnerving to see. Thanks for your input. Kobe's pre-shot was a beautiful 100 this morning.
Hopefully we can get 14 cycles at 0.1 U. The plan is to decrease the dose if he goes below 70.
Lesley
Kobe is looking great! Hopefully you can hold the 0.1 for a bit, and yea ditching the kibble was definitely something that helped us. That along with a more strict feeding schedule in the first half of the cycle. Keep up the good work!
Bandit's Mom
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Yes. Lantus being a depot insulin, the depot takes 4-6 cycles to adjust after a reduction. So the numbers you see for the first 3 cycles at 0.10U could be the effect of the previous 0.25U depot.
Nice!!!!