laura & piedmont
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Hello,
I'm Laura and my 9 yr old male cat is Piedmont, Ive posted a few times to the main board but I really need help figuring out if I'm giving my cat too much or too little PZI or if it just is not the right insulin for him. He was diagnosed a little over a month ago and was started out on 1u then the vet instructed me to immediately increase to 3u since his BG was so high. He was so high the other day I started giving him approx 3.3 u (I use u100 syringes so instead of filling to 7.5 line for 3 u, filled to 8.5) but that has definitely not helped so I backed off last couple cycles. Ive been testing at home all along with a relion confirm meter and he is still is very high much of the cycle even with dose increases.I do feed him the fancy feast classics, i don't have a true feeding schedule I give him probably 5-6 cans per day throughout the day, I tried withholding food after the nadir until next shot once and that actually drove his pre shot BG up.
Ive been thinking maybe lantus would work better for him, any advice, the sooner the better, would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you all in advance!
I'm Laura and my 9 yr old male cat is Piedmont, Ive posted a few times to the main board but I really need help figuring out if I'm giving my cat too much or too little PZI or if it just is not the right insulin for him. He was diagnosed a little over a month ago and was started out on 1u then the vet instructed me to immediately increase to 3u since his BG was so high. He was so high the other day I started giving him approx 3.3 u (I use u100 syringes so instead of filling to 7.5 line for 3 u, filled to 8.5) but that has definitely not helped so I backed off last couple cycles. Ive been testing at home all along with a relion confirm meter and he is still is very high much of the cycle even with dose increases.I do feed him the fancy feast classics, i don't have a true feeding schedule I give him probably 5-6 cans per day throughout the day, I tried withholding food after the nadir until next shot once and that actually drove his pre shot BG up.
Ive been thinking maybe lantus would work better for him, any advice, the sooner the better, would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you all in advance!