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Bandit's Mom said:
yes, that is an error on account of the pre-filled SS. she shot 0.75 this morning.
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Thank you, Bhooma and @Judy and Freckles . Great job ladies.

@8catsplus2 I’m not sure who suggested you reduce to 0.75u as I couldn’t find that but Bhooma was correct that the dose reduction should have been 0.25u and you shot 1.25u last night. Perhaps whoever suggested the 0.75u was thinking of one of the depot insulins but, with ProZinc, you would have just gone back to 1u. I’d suggest shooting 1u tonight.

The suggestions for you to move to the ProZinc forum are excellent as well as reading the dosing methods there. If you are home 24/7, you could do the modified PZ dosing which would allow you to make dose changes a little more frequently, as needed, instead of holding a dose a long time that just isn’t quite getting her into normal numbers.

So why did she drop lower last night on 1.25u? Possibly because of absorption which can vary up to 50%. Possibly because syringes are so inaccurate. Possibly because after a couple cycles at 1u, a little extra insulin at 1.25u jump started her a bit. We really won’t definitively know. I wouldn’t be surprised if the 1u won’t be enough insulin, though. But...never say never!
 
Hi Marje,

Marje and Gracie said:
I’m not sure who suggested you reduce to 0.75u as I couldn’t find that
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For info, in one of Eliz's earlier posts she said that, because Lucy's numbers have been improving so much lately and based on Eliz's experience of using other PZI insulins, if she was treating a cat with those numbers she would feel more comfortable giving a greater reduction than the 0.25IU advocated in the FDMB Prozinc Dosing Guide.


Mogs
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Critter Mom said:
Hi Marje,


For info, in one of Eliz's earlier posts she said that, because Lucy's numbers have been improving so much lately and based on Eliz's experience of using other PZI insulins, if she was treating a cat with those numbers she would feel more comfortable giving a greater reduction than the 0.25IU advocated in the FDMB Prozinc Dosing Guide.


Mogs
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Thanks, Mogs.
 
Marje and Gracie said:
Thank you, Bhooma and @Judy and Freckles . Great job ladies.

@8catsplus2 I’m not sure who suggested you reduce to 0.75u as I couldn’t find that but Bhooma was correct that the dose reduction should have been 0.25u and you shot 1.25u last night. Perhaps whoever suggested the 0.75u was thinking of one of the depot insulins but, with ProZinc, you would have just gone back to 1u. I’d suggest shooting 1u tonight.

The suggestions for you to move to the ProZinc forum are excellent as well as reading the dosing methods there. If you are home 24/7, you could do the modified PZ dosing which would allow you to make dose changes a little more frequently, as needed, instead of holding a dose a long time that just isn’t quite getting her into normal numbers.

So why did she drop lower last night on 1.25u? Possibly because of absorption which can vary up to 50%. Possibly because syringes are so inaccurate. Possibly because after a couple cycles at 1u, a little extra insulin at 1.25u jump started her a bit. We really won’t definitively know. I wouldn’t be surprised if the 1u won’t be enough insulin, though. But...never say never!
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I found the post I should have done 1u not .75. With little to no sleep I read it wrong .. I had to eye ball it so she got a little more than .75
 
8catsplus2 said:
I found the post I should have done 1u not .75. With little to no sleep I read it wrong .. I had to eye ball it so she got a little more than .75
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No worries! Happens to the best of us! You can go back up to 1 unit tonight as Marje suggested.

ETA: It's half past midnight here and I'm headed to bed. If you have any issues during the day or need help with PM dosing, just post here and tag Marje, Elizabeth, Mogs and Deb.

See you tomorrow! :)
 
Bandit's Mom said:
No worries! Happens to the best of us! You can go back up to 1 unit tonight as Marje suggested.

ETA: It's half past midnight here and I'm headed to bed. If you have any issues during the day or need help with PM dosing, just post here and tag Marje, Elizabeth, Mogs and Deb.

See you tomorrow! :)
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She was at 198 30 minutes ago so should I stick with the one unit
 
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