insulin left out
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Carl & Polly & Bob (GA)
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I never did that, but others here have and nobody reported any problem afterward. How does it look? I would keep using it and checking to make sure it doesn't seem to have lost potency. Hopefully someone else who has left their's out will chime in.
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Carl & Polly & Bob (GA)
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OK, then it looks okay. I'm going to look for a recent thread about leaving insulin out and I think that will help you...
I think it was in Health, but I'll find it and link you to it.
Carl
I think it was in Health, but I'll find it and link you to it.
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Jenn & Baxter
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Hi there & welcome!
I'm one of the ones who have left insulin out. I see Carl provide you with a very helpful link.
With time things will get easier.
What's you cats name?
If you ever have other questions about diet, dosage or anything just ask. You will get lots of help.
Jenn & Baxter cat_pet_icon
I'm one of the ones who have left insulin out. I see Carl provide you with a very helpful link.
With time things will get easier.
What's you cats name?
If you ever have other questions about diet, dosage or anything just ask. You will get lots of help.
Jenn & Baxter cat_pet_icon
Jenn & Baxter
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Well...hello there Juno...you are beautiful.
What kind of diet are you feeding?
How much insulin are you giving?
What BG was Juno DX at?
Just wondering maybe we can help with something.
What kind of diet are you feeding?
How much insulin are you giving?
What BG was Juno DX at?
Just wondering maybe we can help with something.
rbain100
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I have him on grain free wet food and I have a bag of prescription dry food that the vet gave me. I have to admit, though, from everything I read, I'm skeptical about giving him dry food.
Right now I am only giving him one unit of ProZinc twice a day. I am going back next Monday to learn how to test his blood sugar levels, so I'm not sure where they are at now, but when he was diagnosed I believe his level was around 400(?) and the sugar level in his urine was +3.
Right now I am only giving him one unit of ProZinc twice a day. I am going back next Monday to learn how to test his blood sugar levels, so I'm not sure where they are at now, but when he was diagnosed I believe his level was around 400(?) and the sugar level in his urine was +3.
Jenn & Baxter
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My vet gave me dry food too. I never opened it & got a credit.
What brand of grain free do you feed? I feed Before Grain canned. One thing you can do is start mix some water into the canned food. It helps to give added moisture. Also, remember not to feed fish more then 2x a week. Because of mercury & phorphus levels.
You can home test at home. I purchased my meter at Walmart. It's the Relion Confirm. It was about $9 & the strips are very inexpensive. Many memebers use the Relion meters. I thought myself to hometest. I watched some YouTube videos on how. You can save money by doing your own curves at home. Also, hometesting helps to know what the BG levels are before giving insulin. If the pancreas starts to work & you are giving 1 unit & you didn't test before you gave the insulin you could end up in a hypo situation.
I would suggest getting a meter tomorrow & start testing. Everyone here will help with tips & how to. All you have to do is ask. Just make a new thread.
What brand of grain free do you feed? I feed Before Grain canned. One thing you can do is start mix some water into the canned food. It helps to give added moisture. Also, remember not to feed fish more then 2x a week. Because of mercury & phorphus levels.
You can home test at home. I purchased my meter at Walmart. It's the Relion Confirm. It was about $9 & the strips are very inexpensive. Many memebers use the Relion meters. I thought myself to hometest. I watched some YouTube videos on how. You can save money by doing your own curves at home. Also, hometesting helps to know what the BG levels are before giving insulin. If the pancreas starts to work & you are giving 1 unit & you didn't test before you gave the insulin you could end up in a hypo situation.
I would suggest getting a meter tomorrow & start testing. Everyone here will help with tips & how to. All you have to do is ask. Just make a new thread.
Grayson & Lu
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Hi Rebecca & welcome!
You'll see that most of us post a new thread daily with updates on our sugarcats... everything from BG level and dosage, to the more minor details; food, ketone checks, fluids, etc. It's always overwhelming when you're first getting started, but it does get easier. I had the biggest difficulty getting Grayson to bleed enough for the tests. He's still not a good bleeder, but my skills have improved, and his ear is somewhat more cooperative!
You'll see a lot of shared wisdom here, as well as people that do things a little differently. TID (3 shots a day), a sliding scale (varying doses depending on the preshot) different shooting schedules 14/10 vs 12/12, different needles, and small or large doses... Note that those of use who do these things got here VERY SLOWLY, and only after much testing and analyzing. The rule of thumb is "Start low and go slow." Starting at 1 unit every 12 hours is a good place to start. We generally recommend holding the dose for a while so the kitty can settle into the dose. When we do an increase, it's usually by 1/4 or .2u.
By keeping a spreadsheet of Juno's numbers, as most of us do, you can update Juno's numbers, and we can all view your spreadsheet to see where you've been and advise you on some things you may wish to try. It's also a great tool to look at the other people's spreadsheets here... (there's a link in the bottom of our posts - each time you update, it automatically updates the spreadsheet for you!) so you can realize that you're not alone in this "dance". Most likely, one or more of us has been where you are - no matter WHAT comes up! Feel free to ask lots of questions. There's usually a fair number of people around throughout the day, so you can usually find help when you need it. We also use the "Preshot" +number" system. Since we're often in different time zones and on different shooting schedules, using the time can be confusing. So we list our am/pm preshot number (AMPS/PMPS), which gives us a baseline. Then each test we do after that is based on the preshot. So if I shoot at 3 pm, then 5 pm becomes +2; 8 pm becomes +5, etc. If we miss a shot, because kitty is too low to shoot (usually in the beginning, that's below 200 or 250), we continue counting; 3 am is +12, 6 am is +15. Then when we finally shoot, it restarts the clock again and we start w/ +1. Some of us have had kitties that "dance" on a dose for as much as 24 hours. That usually results in a reduced dose, but for kitties on the verge of going into remission "OTJ" (for Off the Juice!), they get reduced doses until they no longer need insulin.
Lots of info to digest - I won't overwhelm you too much this time. But feel free to ask questions and someone is usually along shortly to respond.
Again, welcome to "the dance"!
Lu-Ann
You'll see that most of us post a new thread daily with updates on our sugarcats... everything from BG level and dosage, to the more minor details; food, ketone checks, fluids, etc. It's always overwhelming when you're first getting started, but it does get easier. I had the biggest difficulty getting Grayson to bleed enough for the tests. He's still not a good bleeder, but my skills have improved, and his ear is somewhat more cooperative!
You'll see a lot of shared wisdom here, as well as people that do things a little differently. TID (3 shots a day), a sliding scale (varying doses depending on the preshot) different shooting schedules 14/10 vs 12/12, different needles, and small or large doses... Note that those of use who do these things got here VERY SLOWLY, and only after much testing and analyzing. The rule of thumb is "Start low and go slow." Starting at 1 unit every 12 hours is a good place to start. We generally recommend holding the dose for a while so the kitty can settle into the dose. When we do an increase, it's usually by 1/4 or .2u.
By keeping a spreadsheet of Juno's numbers, as most of us do, you can update Juno's numbers, and we can all view your spreadsheet to see where you've been and advise you on some things you may wish to try. It's also a great tool to look at the other people's spreadsheets here... (there's a link in the bottom of our posts - each time you update, it automatically updates the spreadsheet for you!) so you can realize that you're not alone in this "dance". Most likely, one or more of us has been where you are - no matter WHAT comes up! Feel free to ask lots of questions. There's usually a fair number of people around throughout the day, so you can usually find help when you need it. We also use the "Preshot" +number" system. Since we're often in different time zones and on different shooting schedules, using the time can be confusing. So we list our am/pm preshot number (AMPS/PMPS), which gives us a baseline. Then each test we do after that is based on the preshot. So if I shoot at 3 pm, then 5 pm becomes +2; 8 pm becomes +5, etc. If we miss a shot, because kitty is too low to shoot (usually in the beginning, that's below 200 or 250), we continue counting; 3 am is +12, 6 am is +15. Then when we finally shoot, it restarts the clock again and we start w/ +1. Some of us have had kitties that "dance" on a dose for as much as 24 hours. That usually results in a reduced dose, but for kitties on the verge of going into remission "OTJ" (for Off the Juice!), they get reduced doses until they no longer need insulin.
Lots of info to digest - I won't overwhelm you too much this time. But feel free to ask questions and someone is usually along shortly to respond.
Again, welcome to "the dance"!
Lu-Ann
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