Kathy&Punkin
New Member
I'll just jump right in here: hi everyone! What a wonderful site and THANKS! I've had Punkin's 16 years: lovely grey tabby. DX on May 20. My wonderful & highly reputable dox believes in "start low go slow:" 1u Lantus 2X daily since May 20: P's BG is 600+ still but he nevertheless shows so much improvement since first inj back in May. I am home-gluecose monitoring: Doc did a Fructosamine after 2 weeks, and the result was pretty high then he did another blood check on Saturday and I await the result. My question is: I did my first 12 hour curve today: It went in the wrong direction starting at 540 and going to 600+! I am to share the results with doc tomorrow and per his instructions, will stay at 1u dose he lets me know otherwise. I'm having difficulty with finances and hospitalization (tho P is really in pretty good shape) is out of my reach financially. But this website helps and my sister, a pharmacist, keeps me in syringes & paraphenalia. She'd send the insulin but lives 1,500 miles away and refrigeration is an issue. I'm learning so much in a short time. Thanks and I've been "lurking" here since May 20 and just registered today.