? My cat has Diabetes and I don't know what to do

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Sky Energy said:
Hey guys! Let me give you an update. Momma is doing a lot better. The last curve I did got a little low, so I've reduced it by a little bit.

Quick question. So my vet quit and now I have to deal with another vet at the clinic. He says that human glucometers are not as reliable as vet glucometers. I remember reading up on it and they give roughly the same results. So I'm a little hesitant to take his advice. What do you guys think? Also, based on the new curve, does it look like she may be going into remission? Should I reduce her dose to possibly .5 units or take her off entirely?

Thanks everyone!
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so the difference between human and pet meters..... human meters are "normal" at 50-120 , and for a pet meter it's ABOUT 68-150. SO at low numbers you can see they are similar. BUT, they are further apart at higher numbers. so a human meter that is say 300, might be a 400 on a pet meter. Much bigger difference, but the point is, both are too high. So either meter will tell you if they are too high, too low, or ok. I personally use a pet meter because I'm OCD about wanting the numbers to be the same as the vet... but most on here do use human meters just fine.
 
Sky Energy said:
What do you guys think?
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The strips for the pet meters run about $1 EACH....if you test a minimum of 4 times a day (which we suggest) that's $120/month in just test strips....and there are going to be cycles where you may need to test every 20-30 minutes so that's even more money.

The pet meters are fine if you can afford to use them but if you have even the slightest thought of "do I really need to get this test" because you're concerned about the price, it's not the right meter for you.

Another bad thing about the pet meter strips...you have to buy them online or from your vet....if your cat decides to take a dive at 2am on a Saturday morning and you're low on strips, there's no way to get them. You do not want to have to risk a hypoglycemic crisis because you ran out of strips.
 
I don't see any test data on your SS (spreadsheet) since 7/5/2020 (July), so it's impossible to say if this dose is the right dose. We can't see what dose Momma is on right now. We can't see any test data for the last 12 days.

Was there another curve, besides the one on 7/5/20?
Momma did earn a dose reduction from 1U to 0.75U with that low of 70 back on 7/5/20.
Don't know if you took the dose reduction or not. Life gets busy and it's hard to find time to update the SS. But would you enter some more current data please?

Sky Energy said:
Also, based on the new curve, does it look like she may be going into remission? Should I reduce her dose to possibly .5 units or take her off entirely?
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When you reduce the dose, you want to go from 1U to 0.75U to 0.5U to 0.25U to a drop (some insulin) before you stop the insulin all together.
What is her dose now? 1U still?
 
Deb & Wink said:
I don't see any test data on your SS (spreadsheet) since 7/5/2020 (July), so it's impossible to say if this dose is the right dose. We can't see what dose Momma is on right now. We can't see any test data for the last 12 days.

Was there another curve, besides the one on 7/5/20?
Momma did earn a dose reduction from 1U to 0.75U with that low of 70 back on 7/5/20.
Don't know if you took the dose reduction or not. Life gets busy and it's hard to find time to update the SS. But would you enter some more current data please?



When you reduce the dose, you want to go from 1U to 0.75U to 0.5U to 0.25U to a drop (some insulin) before you stop the insulin all together.
What is her dose now? 1U still?
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Correct. I'll get back into the habit shortly.

JanetNJ said:
so the difference between human and pet meters..... human meters are "normal" at 50-120 , and for a pet meter it's ABOUT 68-150. SO at low numbers you can see they are similar. BUT, they are further apart at higher numbers. so a human meter that is say 300, might be a 400 on a pet meter. Much bigger difference, but the point is, both are too high. So either meter will tell you if they are too high, too low, or ok. I personally use a pet meter because I'm OCD about wanting the numbers to be the same as the vet... but most on here do use human meters just fine.
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The vet I talked to said that the readings on the human glucose monitor will be higher than they should be. And he said there's a worry that her bg is lower than it shows.
 
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