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I really didn't want to start a new topic, but I am continuing to get knocked off the server--so I thought I better take what I could get.

So, My take on Kitty after 5 days of extensive testing is she is a very complex kitty. I am thinking that I might need to rethink my goals for Kitty. Maybe regulation should not be our goal--OTJ was never a goal. It appears there are few options availble to us. I realize that every cat does not get regulated, and if Kitty is one of those cats, so be it. I will still continue my plight for her. Every cat does not succeed at regulation-- diabetes is a very formidable opponent. And though, I love to succeed and overcome challenges, maybe this is one I will come up short on.

Maybe the Ls would work for Kitt; but my work schedule is getting ready to become more rigid, so more testing will be next to impossible.

I appreciate everyone's advice and support-- you are great! I don't know where we go from here--I had hoped this wouldn't be this difficult and that I would have more of a clear cut path after this week.

But, we will move forward -- I just am not sure what that means at the present.

I did increase tonight to 4.2---I don't know if that is aggressive or crazy.

Thanks again
 
I think that regulation should be your goal and I believe you can do it. You just started getting serious about this and have made some progress and had a few set backs, that's why this is called the sugar dance.

A lot of our kitties are complex because they are getting older and slowing down just like we are, they are also complex because they are living breathing souls.

Maybe when you get your ss updated we can all go over it with a fine tooth comb and think tank it to come up with a clear cut path for you.

Hang in there.
 
Sometimes there isn't a clear path but it time, a path appears. I say give it more time and enjoy your cat. Wait I heard that at the vets yesterday! well, good advice, or order a case of wine and don't worry! Sometimes there are no immediate answers .....
 
Hi kse -

I've been following the Kitty saga for a while now. While I am reluctant to give advise (reading about the vomiting made me want to scream the dx I got on my own cat for such events), I think you are doing well with Kitty! Complex kitties are not a bad thing, they just give us more reasons to baby them.

Hang in there!
 
I don't have any advice for you either, but want to let you know that I'm here for any kind of support I can provide.

I hope we can get our kitties regulated.
 
Hang inthere, I know it is so hard, but
we must dance the dance that they give us......
and they are giving us one hell of a dance!!

It takes time and endurance and we will prevail!

It is so hard and we give them all we can give..
they are are babies and we love them heart and soul

just be patient and in time your dance will prevail


You know..I give great advie when I am drinkin!!
 
Yea, you sound a little animated tonight! Life is Good and short--- enjoy it!!!!!
 
Don't let my soapboxing get you down!!! The MOST important thing IMO is QOL. If she is doing ok and you are doing ok (large quantities of wine notwithstanding! :lol: ), that is what is most important. The #s are kind of irrelevant in a sense (I know I am totally contradicting myself here).

I guess my point is if you or anyone is going to try for good #s, going to test a lot, going to stress about it, then go for the gold and try to get them regulated. If that is not your goal, then let all the stressing go. Test PSs for safely and the occassional other test, but don't really worry about it test by test and shot by shot. Does that make sense? There is such an emotional roller coaster with reacting to every number and every spot test, if you do decide not to really worry about regulation, then I would allow yourself the freedom not to stress over the numbers.

With Bix when I had hopes for OTJ I was a testing maniac, I shot as needed for a while, I tried different things (that didn't work), and finally got systematic about BID dose increases and got him regulated. Once I concluded OTJ was unlikely, I tried to keep him under 180 as much as I could, but I cut way back on testing, and didn't worry about it too much. He was regulated, and that was all I was looking for at that point. Once it was clear he was going downhill from other things, I let most of it go - it was hard to get blood out of his ears and he would get grumpy, so I only tested PSs. He generally got duration past +12, so I only shot SID or even less. It worked for me to approach things that way, with very different goals and test schemes at different times.

All that said, I do think you can aim for regulation. There's nothing I've seen that suggests she is somehow not a kitty who will get regulated. I don't even know that she's particularly complicated - I'd tend more to say that there are a few cats who are super-easy and go OTJ if you wave a syringe over them... well, she's not one of those :-D but that doesn't mean she can't get regulated or even go OTJ, you just don't know until they get some solid green #s and you can see how they respond to that.

There is also still a reasonable chance that she will do better in another couple weeks once she has healed more. It does take time, and you may just not be seeing the benefits yet. Considering all she has been through this week, I think there is moderate hope her #s will settle down, just not quite yet.
 
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