Ineffective insulin

Hi guys. I’ve been gone most of the day but just tested when I got some since he’s been bouncing and this morning was 201. He just tested 66 +7. He’s acting completely normal.
 
Give tsp of high carb food, and reduce by 0.5U please (usual reductions are 0.25U but given your situation the larger increase is safer).

Test again 20 mins after giving the HC
 
Hi all. Back after along time. The spreadsheet shows a large gap that family and friends wrote the stats on paper while I was out of town. The results are quite consistent with the following weeks of red and black. Artie has been up and down and up and down , peeing anywhere he can like he wants to irritate me. He poops in the liter box but seems to be finding anyplace to pee other than his litter box. In frustration of his lack on sugar control with insulin I was curious what would happen if I stopped. Interesting results.. he has barely come out of yellow since stopping. His partial curves have showed little to no change after meals. Does anyone have an advice? I know this was super risky,
 
ProZinc itself is the problem - I'll explain in a bit.

The numbers are still too high, I would not let him go without insulin any longer. Very serious risk of DKA. The 76 was a clue he went much much lower the night before, so some sort of reduction should have been taken. All those lower than usual preshots are clues he went lower and probably/definitely needed reductions.

I believe the ProZinc is just too harsh for him and he will just keep bouncing and bouncing. We say give it 3 months of a good effort, it's been more than that and I'm not really seeing any progress.

Time to ask about Lantus or its generics. You would need new syringes, we can help with that when you're ready. It may take some time to see progress on Lantus, because it's strength is flat cycles, not necessarily bringing high numbers down. So know that going in, it usually takes 1-3 months on Lantus to see at least some progress.

In the meantime, do try to get at least a before bed test in. His low numbers are most often at night.
 
Thank you all for your help. With my first baby coming in two months and financially not being able to afford a move expensive insulin I am going to have to look into an alternative. Either rehoming him or another sad option. His quality of life isn’t great cooped up in my basement and his nueropothy in the back legs making most things difficult. If anyone has suggestions for rehoming a diabetic cat please send them my way. I would much rather do this than doing what my vet suggests which is euthanasia.
 
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