Lucy September 14

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To me, it's like a tettter-totter. Insulin is on one end, food on the other. In a cat without diabetes, neither end of the tetter-totter touches the ground or gets too close to it. It just gently tetter-totters so everyone enjoys the ride.

Diabetes upsets the balance and the tetter-totter keeps thumping the ground, causing all kinds of bumpy rides. Finding the right balance of food and insulin will get the tetter-totter back to the gentle ride. The trick in cats is finding that balance.
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The see-saw is a great visual. And I want to be right at the fulcrum and make everything balanced and smooth. And it's not working, she keeps bumping and thumping. I'm looking at Lucy's spreadsheet and the doses of insulin are all over the place, am I adjusting too often? Which scale should I be depending on? Old? New? One in between? I am getting discouraged. Here's what I came up with for the in-between,

Revised (lower) scale, used 9/4 thru 9/9
200 - 250 .2
251 - 299 .6
300 - 349 .8
350+ 1.2

Original (higher dose), and I'm back to that now
200 - 250 .6
250 - 300 1
300 - 350 1.4
350+ 1.6

Middle-of-the-road
200 - 250 .4
251 - 299 .8
300 - 349 1.0
350 + 1.4

I need to have the scale on my frig. When I check her BG I get flustered when having to make a decision about the dose, and the chart in black and white helps get me through that. Then I start second-guessing myself.

For now, I'm going to stick to the two morning meals, dinner, then a small late night, that way there aren't more variables introduced.
 
For me, I'd tweek it a bit more:

200 - 250 .6
251 - 299 .8
300 + 1.0

Often the BGs above 300 seem to be bounces so I wouldn't shot more than 1u.

Please don't get discouraged. It takes time, patience, and a lot of data to get kitties regulated. And even then they will throw a wonky number at us for no apparent reason. You are doing great in caring for Lucy. You're a good momma bean and she's lucky to have you. :smile:

No matter what you decide to do, remember, you are the one holding the needle and it's your call on what you are comfortable with. :smile:
 
I'm not comfortable with ANTYTHING! It's too much responsibility.
I didn't put that bounce together. I'll keep under 1u .
 
The other thing to wrap your head around, Joan, is that Lucy is not in any danger - regardless of the scale you choose. She is doing well, feeling better, acting more like her cat self. You are giving her tiny doses of insulin that are keeping her in safe numbers. And even if you would get a lower number, you know how to feed higher carb gravy to bring her up. And if you forget, you just need to post and we will help you.

Things are good, Joan. You are not going to hurt her. The decisions you have made are safe, good ones.

Have you forgotten that breathing thing? :mrgreen:
 
Thank you for the confidence booster. I think I did forget about the breathing thing.
Now I'm using Lucy's third scale revision. I've posted the new scale in my profile, and printed and posted it on the frig. Now, hopefully, I get to follow it for at least a couple of days.
 
Is it worth it to test now at +10? Tomorrow I will be able to take some readings during the day. What times would be best?
 
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