Re: I don't know if I can do this anymore
Jessie's mom said:
I think she is skinnier now than when she was diagnosed, though her weight loss was one of the signs that something was going on. She is a non-transportable kitty, and by that I mean no way will anyone be able to get her near a carrier. I knew this when her previous owner brought her to me.
So I prayed she would stay healthy for a very long time.
She gets .5 unit, 2x. How much did she eat? I don't know how to estimate that, because I gave her some ground turkey that I cooked for her, and she had some Friskies pate.
The bright side (there's always one!) - non-transportable makes her the ideal candidate for home testing!
When I asked about the food she's had, I was trying to determine how much eating would effect what the insulin is doing during this cycle. (Trying to figure out why at +4 she was up instead of down).
Have you done a spreadsheet, or do you just keep a log like I do? I guess I'm trying to understand if you have determined when she usually reaches nadir, and how low does she go.
What I find encouraging is her numbers, period. In the "2s" is great. Even the low 3s. At 5 or 6 weeks in, I was still hitting the low 400s with Bob. When he improved, it was all of a sudden and rapidly, and the same thing could happen for you and Scamper. And Bob was getting 6 or 7 units a day, unlike Scamper, who you have been able to keep on a nice low dose.
I know that 6 weeks has seemed like an eternity for you. I felt the same way. I also felt like giving up and couldn't understand why bob wasn't getting better. The 5 or 6 week mark was right about the time I joined FDMB. 5 or 6 weeks later, everything has turned around and Bob is doing amazingly well. I suppose what I'm trying to tell you is that you could well find yourself in another month or two looking back on your recent threads and thinking "omg, I have gone from THAT to THIS, and can't believe I ever felt that way". All I can really suggest is that you take this in baby steps. One day at a time. Try to not let it consume you. Spend time with Scamper and love him like there is no tomorrow. But also try to put some distance between you and his plight when you find yourself at the "I'm going crazy and can't deal with this" point.
Try to post what data you can each day, and then move away from the keyboard if you need to. Let people look at Scamper's data, and come back later to see what people think.
If you need an immediate "what do I do with this?" answer, somebody will be here to give it to you. But if not, and you just want to see what people think, then post, sign-off, give it a few hours, and check back in. Try to anyway. This place is kinda addictive :smile:
Carl in SC