Oh Meighan - welcome and I know how overwhelming it is - Just know that it is that way for everyone, and it really does get better!!
What is the name of your fur baby? Can you tell us a little more about her -how old is she, other health problems, where you live (there are people here from all over), how she was diagnosed, what her blood sugar is, what she eats, how much insulin are you supposed to give her........
Prozinc is actually an insulin specifically for cats - the best thing you can do now is to read the yellow stickies at the very top of the Prozinc forum - do you see them? It will tell you all about the insulin - it is given every 12 hours It's very important to roll the vial gently before you draw up the dose and it is a suspension and you need to get it back in suspension
We all do home testing - I use an alphatrak (pet) meter - but most people use a human meter because the testing strips are cheaper The human meters give lower results than the alphatrak but everyone is aware of that and the protocols here are all written for the human meter results - so its' really up to you - the most important thing is to test before every shot, and in between shots to see how she is reacting to the insulin - there is a lot of information on home testing along with links and videos on the home page of FDMB - please take a look
The other important thing is food - I see from your health post that she is in kidney failure and you have already gotten some advice about that you have to be careful about switching to low carb diets while on insulin as it can drastically lower the insulin requirements
We will also need you to set up a spreadsheet to keep all of your data - See:
http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/fdmb-spreadsheet-instructions.130337/ the amps = morning pre shot test results u=units of insulin given, and the +1, +2, etc is for the test result from the time of the shot (for example, you gave insulin at 7 am , and then tested at noon - the noon result would be recorded as +5 click on Murphy's spreadsheet under my signature to see how it looks Keeping these spreadsheets makes it easy for members to make dosing recommendations
If you look at the top of the forum page, there is also a stickie about hypos - please read that very carefully and print it out - having a cat go "hypo" hypoglycemic is all of our nightmares as it can be life threatening - better the blood sugar too high for a day than too low for a minute
Look, I know this is overwhelming - why don't you just write back a little about your cat, look at the stickies, ask some more questions for now