Dragonfly229
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I took Linus to the vet yesterday to check in and because he's had an ongoing ear problem and it seemed to be getting worse. She feels like it may be a food allergy, so if that's true it complicates the feeding protocol, for sure. It's been a problem he's had for a while, I'm going to compare ingredients in the dry food he used to get and the canned food he's getting now and try to eliminate things one at a time. Does anyone know what the usual culprits are? He is going to get Gentizol in his ears twice a day, this is a mild steroidal ointment, and I was told it may affect his diabetes, but probably not to any great degree.
I had bumped him up to about 1.25 and stayed there for a few days and then bumped again to 1.5. He was pretty flat at 1.25, and his pre shot numbers jumped back into the 400's. After 2 days at 1.5, pre-shot numbers are much better this morning, and he actually was in the 200's yesterday afternoon (+8) at the vet's office (my meter was at 235 and the vet was at 296 with an Accucheck) I am going to hold at 1.5 through the weekend and try to get some mid-cycle numbers.
Overall, my vet seems to be impressed with the spreadsheet and the research I've been doing, I think she thinks it's overkill, but she's ok with it.
I had bumped him up to about 1.25 and stayed there for a few days and then bumped again to 1.5. He was pretty flat at 1.25, and his pre shot numbers jumped back into the 400's. After 2 days at 1.5, pre-shot numbers are much better this morning, and he actually was in the 200's yesterday afternoon (+8) at the vet's office (my meter was at 235 and the vet was at 296 with an Accucheck) I am going to hold at 1.5 through the weekend and try to get some mid-cycle numbers.
Overall, my vet seems to be impressed with the spreadsheet and the research I've been doing, I think she thinks it's overkill, but she's ok with it.
