JoshandSophie
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Hi all,
I'm very grateful for this board, and please forgive any noob mistakes I make. I take constructive criticism well
Sophie, my 8-year-old longhair, has been diagnosed, and is in her first week of Lantus (glargine). She is getting one unit in the morning, one at night. She seems to be all over the place, blood glucose-wise. I suspect she's been diabetic for almost a year, I just didn't recognize the signs for what they were - excessive thirst, weight loss, turning the litter box into an ammonia mud pit. Her fasting blood glucose was in the high 300s.
Sophie eats canned Friskies, selected for the highest protein and lowest carbs. I've weaned her (and her fat sister, non-diabetic Mink) off dry food. The excessive drinking/peeing has largely stopped, but her glucose swings are wild. Here are some notes from testing (please let me know if I'm supposed to upload a spreadsheet or some other file instead). Sorry for the inconsistency in the first few days - I'm now taking better notes.
Day 1 -208 before food. Then fed, and given 1 unit.
6 hours later, 69, then food given.
4 hours later, 212, then 1 unit given
Day 2 - Midnight - after food, 397, then 1 unit given.
20 minutes later, 249
40 mins later, 151
50 mins later, 104 (then I went to bed
Day 3 - 10 a.m, before food - 533 (had left wet and dry food out overnight for fear of hypo, and she ate it all. Had also just come back from a stressful 8 hour drive in a carrier the night before). Then 1 unit given with food.
11:14 a.m. - 427
2 p.m. - 248
9:15 pm. - 251, then food given
10:20 p.m. - 278, then one unit given
12:20 a.m. - 299 (still rising??)
12:50 a.m 284
Anything you could share with me would be appreciated (especially where to get Bayer Contour strips for less than 65 dollars for 50!)
Thanks so much,
Josh
I'm very grateful for this board, and please forgive any noob mistakes I make. I take constructive criticism well
Sophie, my 8-year-old longhair, has been diagnosed, and is in her first week of Lantus (glargine). She is getting one unit in the morning, one at night. She seems to be all over the place, blood glucose-wise. I suspect she's been diabetic for almost a year, I just didn't recognize the signs for what they were - excessive thirst, weight loss, turning the litter box into an ammonia mud pit. Her fasting blood glucose was in the high 300s.
Sophie eats canned Friskies, selected for the highest protein and lowest carbs. I've weaned her (and her fat sister, non-diabetic Mink) off dry food. The excessive drinking/peeing has largely stopped, but her glucose swings are wild. Here are some notes from testing (please let me know if I'm supposed to upload a spreadsheet or some other file instead). Sorry for the inconsistency in the first few days - I'm now taking better notes.
Day 1 -208 before food. Then fed, and given 1 unit.
6 hours later, 69, then food given.
4 hours later, 212, then 1 unit given
Day 2 - Midnight - after food, 397, then 1 unit given.
20 minutes later, 249
40 mins later, 151
50 mins later, 104 (then I went to bed
Day 3 - 10 a.m, before food - 533 (had left wet and dry food out overnight for fear of hypo, and she ate it all. Had also just come back from a stressful 8 hour drive in a carrier the night before). Then 1 unit given with food.
11:14 a.m. - 427
2 p.m. - 248
9:15 pm. - 251, then food given
10:20 p.m. - 278, then one unit given
12:20 a.m. - 299 (still rising??)
12:50 a.m 284
Anything you could share with me would be appreciated (especially where to get Bayer Contour strips for less than 65 dollars for 50!)
Thanks so much,
Josh
