desertmare
Member Since 2013
"normal" highs, and it's scarey. He's had such scarey high numbers that
now that it's finally dropping, I'm finding that frightening too. I'm afraid it will drop too much! He had been on Humilin N, and not regulating even up to 6units every 12 hours. The glucometer came right before I went out of town and he was over 600, so I left him with the vet while I was gone for 5 days. The PZI (my request) came in while I was gone, and the Doc started it at low dose.When I brought Mr. C home, he had me go up to 3, then 4, and still super-high, Yesterday he had me go up to 5 units. His numbers dropped dramatically, to the lowest they have been. Which is good. But made me so nervous I backed down to 4 1/2. They went down again today, so this eve I went back to 4.
I'm asking for some input from people with experience. Am I over-reacting? I'm feeling like maybe we weren't giving the PZI time to really kick in~but maybe that's lack of understanding how it works. And even tho I can't always get a reading, I'm thankful that reading these forums let me know I needed to start checking his glucose. (Boy, do I hope that gets easier and more consistant!).
Another unrelated question: The switch to wet food, altho slow, has given my boy diahrrea. I'm giving him FortiFlora, but it doesn't seem to help. Vet's suggestion is canned pumpkin, but won't that add too many carbs? Do others have this problem? Have you used pumpkin? other squash? What about using psillium husks?
Mr. C is also on Enalapril for heart failure~~Which may have been caused by starting insulin? I'm totally confused there, but it started at the same time, suddenly he was no longer peeing excessively, and fluid built up in his lungs. So for a couple of months he was also on Lasix, and as his numbers do come down and he stops peeing copiously, I have to be on the lookout for a fluid build-up again.
Thanks for your help/input Attached are the records I've kept since getting back.
now that it's finally dropping, I'm finding that frightening too. I'm afraid it will drop too much! He had been on Humilin N, and not regulating even up to 6units every 12 hours. The glucometer came right before I went out of town and he was over 600, so I left him with the vet while I was gone for 5 days. The PZI (my request) came in while I was gone, and the Doc started it at low dose.When I brought Mr. C home, he had me go up to 3, then 4, and still super-high, Yesterday he had me go up to 5 units. His numbers dropped dramatically, to the lowest they have been. Which is good. But made me so nervous I backed down to 4 1/2. They went down again today, so this eve I went back to 4.
I'm asking for some input from people with experience. Am I over-reacting? I'm feeling like maybe we weren't giving the PZI time to really kick in~but maybe that's lack of understanding how it works. And even tho I can't always get a reading, I'm thankful that reading these forums let me know I needed to start checking his glucose. (Boy, do I hope that gets easier and more consistant!).
Another unrelated question: The switch to wet food, altho slow, has given my boy diahrrea. I'm giving him FortiFlora, but it doesn't seem to help. Vet's suggestion is canned pumpkin, but won't that add too many carbs? Do others have this problem? Have you used pumpkin? other squash? What about using psillium husks?
Mr. C is also on Enalapril for heart failure~~Which may have been caused by starting insulin? I'm totally confused there, but it started at the same time, suddenly he was no longer peeing excessively, and fluid built up in his lungs. So for a couple of months he was also on Lasix, and as his numbers do come down and he stops peeing copiously, I have to be on the lookout for a fluid build-up again.
Thanks for your help/input Attached are the records I've kept since getting back.
then gave 1unit
