my Casey bear
Member Since 2011
Hello,
My name is Roberta and my DC is Casey. I am a fairly new member to FDMB and, now that I found a new vet, am about to start my cat on insulin.
Many questions have now entered my headright now....The vet originally was suggesting ProZinc (what she was familiar with), I was requesting Levemir, so the vet wanted to talk with a pet specialist she knew whom had had som experience with Levemir. We had a chemistry panel and thyroid tests done and the vet left me a voice mail this even. Casey's liver, kidneys, and thyroid ar all good. And now, contrary to what the vet and I discussed, the specialist that my vet talked with said to use Lantus so that is now what the vet wants to do. I have done lots of research, reading and discussions on levemir and prozinc...but not as much on lantus since it was not part of the discussion with the vet. Now I am having a "cramming" session, since I am a firm believer in "looking before I leap".
From what I have heard and read, lantus was the insulin which has the most strict 12/12 protocal. How much of a wiggle you would lantus allow me to have? (example: what if I get home late from work, etc.)
I started hometesting soon after joining FDMB. Her hometesting, reminder w/o insulin, was successful for 6 of 7 days and ranged from 219 - 286. The day I did not get a home test reading, the vet had a reading of 415 (vet thought it was that high do to stress leave...it Casey's 2nd trip to the vet in 2 days). :?: So I know in advance, do any of you have an idea what a good starting dose would be? .5u? 1u? Just want to make sure whatever the vet suggests, that it would not be too high.
The another concern is finance. I have been told about being able to get aide, saw and opened links re: financial aide, but I seem to running circles and/or have many hoops to jump through to apply. (I have jumped through some already, yet seem to have gotten nowhere but back to squre 1.) I have a $25 coupon for my first supply of lantus solostar, which will help a little bit, but what about after that? (I am already wondering how I am going to make the payments for the credit card I had to use to get Casey to this point.)
If I go ahead with lantus, is it the "lantus solostar pen" that I should be requesting? Or should I stick with my original thought of requesting levemir pen, dispite the expert opinion.
I have been reading many sites, FDMB posts, and FDMB links...the ones about insulin support was mostly on levemir and then prozinc before tonight... I have been reading so much that I have not been getting much sleep in the past couple weeks, am having trouble what I read about what, and that have of what I read left me scratching my head think "huh??"
I thank you for reading my post, and any advice/help would be greatful.
Roberta
and Casey
My name is Roberta and my DC is Casey. I am a fairly new member to FDMB and, now that I found a new vet, am about to start my cat on insulin.
Many questions have now entered my headright now....The vet originally was suggesting ProZinc (what she was familiar with), I was requesting Levemir, so the vet wanted to talk with a pet specialist she knew whom had had som experience with Levemir. We had a chemistry panel and thyroid tests done and the vet left me a voice mail this even. Casey's liver, kidneys, and thyroid ar all good. And now, contrary to what the vet and I discussed, the specialist that my vet talked with said to use Lantus so that is now what the vet wants to do. I have done lots of research, reading and discussions on levemir and prozinc...but not as much on lantus since it was not part of the discussion with the vet. Now I am having a "cramming" session, since I am a firm believer in "looking before I leap".
From what I have heard and read, lantus was the insulin which has the most strict 12/12 protocal. How much of a wiggle you would lantus allow me to have? (example: what if I get home late from work, etc.)
I started hometesting soon after joining FDMB. Her hometesting, reminder w/o insulin, was successful for 6 of 7 days and ranged from 219 - 286. The day I did not get a home test reading, the vet had a reading of 415 (vet thought it was that high do to stress leave...it Casey's 2nd trip to the vet in 2 days). :?: So I know in advance, do any of you have an idea what a good starting dose would be? .5u? 1u? Just want to make sure whatever the vet suggests, that it would not be too high.
The another concern is finance. I have been told about being able to get aide, saw and opened links re: financial aide, but I seem to running circles and/or have many hoops to jump through to apply. (I have jumped through some already, yet seem to have gotten nowhere but back to squre 1.) I have a $25 coupon for my first supply of lantus solostar, which will help a little bit, but what about after that? (I am already wondering how I am going to make the payments for the credit card I had to use to get Casey to this point.)
If I go ahead with lantus, is it the "lantus solostar pen" that I should be requesting? Or should I stick with my original thought of requesting levemir pen, dispite the expert opinion.
I have been reading many sites, FDMB posts, and FDMB links...the ones about insulin support was mostly on levemir and then prozinc before tonight... I have been reading so much that I have not been getting much sleep in the past couple weeks, am having trouble what I read about what, and that have of what I read left me scratching my head think "huh??"
I thank you for reading my post, and any advice/help would be greatful.
Roberta
and Casey
