? Hoping to get Chewie under control
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Jerry dutchboy
Member Since 2019
welcome Joanne and Chewy. You have found a fantastic community of people with a huge amount of experience and knowledge. Please don't be afraid to ask questions, that's how we have all learned and in my case are still learning.
Julie and Honey
Member Since 2018
Welcome to you and Chewie!
Lots to learn, but great support here. It can be overwhelming, but does get easier with time.
The yellow stickies at the top of each board have a lot of great info.
A couple of important things to read about are food choices and home blood glucose testing. Once you are testing, we have a spreadsheet to log blood test results to help track how your cat is reacting to a specific dose of insulin.
One thing that would also help is if you can set up a signature with particulars like your kitty’s weight, diagnosis date, type of food, other health conditions, type of insulin, etc. this will help other members to answer your questions and not have to repeatedly ask about the basics of your cat.
Setting up your signature (light grey text under a post). Here's how:
click on your name in the upper right corner of this page
click on "signature" in the menu that drops down
type the following in the box that opens: kitty's name/age/date of diabetes diagnosis/insulin you're using and dosage amount /glucose meter you're using/what (s)he eats/any other meds or health issues (s)he has. You can add your name, and a geographic location (sometimes the time zone matters) Be sure to SAVE when you are finished.
You can post future health related questions to the main Health forum. There are also specific insulin forums with knowledgable folks for what type of insulin you are using. This is mostly an intro area.
Lots to learn, but great support here. It can be overwhelming, but does get easier with time.
The yellow stickies at the top of each board have a lot of great info.
A couple of important things to read about are food choices and home blood glucose testing. Once you are testing, we have a spreadsheet to log blood test results to help track how your cat is reacting to a specific dose of insulin.
One thing that would also help is if you can set up a signature with particulars like your kitty’s weight, diagnosis date, type of food, other health conditions, type of insulin, etc. this will help other members to answer your questions and not have to repeatedly ask about the basics of your cat.
Setting up your signature (light grey text under a post). Here's how:
click on your name in the upper right corner of this page
click on "signature" in the menu that drops down
type the following in the box that opens: kitty's name/age/date of diabetes diagnosis/insulin you're using and dosage amount /glucose meter you're using/what (s)he eats/any other meds or health issues (s)he has. You can add your name, and a geographic location (sometimes the time zone matters) Be sure to SAVE when you are finished.
You can post future health related questions to the main Health forum. There are also specific insulin forums with knowledgable folks for what type of insulin you are using. This is mostly an intro area.
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