? I need someone to check out what I am doing with Oreo Joe

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Bonnie & Oreo Joe

Bonnie & Oreo Joe

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I have attached a picture and did write on it but you might not be able to read it so will repeat it.
Back when I started insulin I asked how many lines I needed for the dose he was on. I can barely see the lines on the syringe. I don't remember how many lines but supposedly I am now giving Oreo Joe 6½ U and I realized with the ½ unit marks I count the space between each line and if I was supposed to only count the large line it would be 2 spaces for 1U. Then I really screwed up. I think I am giving 6½ units and I am counting 10½ lines. If I am counting wrong then he is getting much less. As I have upped the dose I go ½ of the line after what he was getting. I hope you can see the picture I attached and read what I wrote. It takes me 15 minutes to fill a syringe and then not always sure it is correct. If off it is by very little one way or the other. I think I have really messed up. Thank you so much for being here for me. I would be so lost my poor Oreo Joe would die.
Big Hugs, Bonnie
 

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Bonnie- Can you confirm if those syringes say u40 or u100 on them? I can't tell from the picture. It should be written towards the bottom of the syringe near the plunger.
 
Djamila said:
Bonnie- Can you confirm if those syringes say u40 or u100 on them? I can't tell from the picture. It should be written towards the bottom of the syringe near the plunger.
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They are U40 syringes. Just had a fight as the vet didn't write what syringe and I got U100. I am positive it is U40 it has a red cap and red lines.
 
Okay, next question: It looks like you drew two blue lines on your picture. It looks to me like one is pointing to the line for 5u. The other one is pointing to the line for 7u. Which one have you been using for dosing?
 
Djamila said:
Okay, next question: It looks like you drew two blue lines on your picture. It looks to me like one is pointing to the line for 5u. The other one is pointing to the line for 7u. Which one have you been using for dosing?
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I go to the 5 and then 1½ more spaces to make what I thought was 6½ units.
 
Got it. It looked like it was pointing to the line, not the space, but it's hard to see from the pic.

So yes, it sounds like what you are doing is correct and that you're at 6.5u. Hopefully some other folks will take a look and read through and say if they are in agreement as well, just in case I'm looking at this incorrectly.
 
Djamila said:
Got it. It looked like it was pointing to the line, not the space, but it's hard to see from the pic.

So yes, it sounds like what you are doing is correct and that you're at 6.5u. Hopefully some other folks will take a look and read through and say if they are in agreement as well, just in case I'm looking at this incorrectly.
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Than God! I have been trying all day to figure out what I was doing. I was going to up to 7 U tomorrow but will be gone for the morning so will be waiting an extra day. Thank you for helping me.
 
Maybe this will help. This image is for syringes that hold 30 units in total but the full and half unit marks in the left hand diagram would be similar to your syringes.

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