reduction/ reducie question

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Lisa and Gato

Lisa and Gato

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I understand what a reduction is, but is that a good thing.. having to give your cat less insulin, so one might reduced to no insulin?
 
Yes, that is the goal, which is not always obtained, is for a cat to go into remission and have normal BG without the need for insulin.
 
Yes....the whole idea is to give a certain dose of insulin and if that dose takes them too low, then you reduce....if/when that dose takes them too low, you reduce again....and you just keep repeating until they're all the way "reduced" to Zero!

Another way they can earn reductions is to stay in normal numbers for a week....if the cat can stay between 50-120 (on a human meter)....with most numbers under 100 for 7 days, they earn a reduction....again, with the idea being eventually having the cat stay in normal numbers with no insulin
 
The only number that's really different on the AT is the low.....so instead of 50, it'd be 68

There's no "official" high number, but generally, if we know you're using the AT, we take that into consideration if there are a few tests higher than 120
 
Chris & China said:
The only number that's really different on the AT is the low.....so instead of 50, it'd be 68

There's no "official" high number, but generally, if we know you're using the AT, we take that into consideration if there are a few tests higher than 120
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ok, cus when my cat was reading a 47, then a 31 on Saturday but she was acting normal, but i still did the steps members on here helped me with to get her back up to a 70, when I mentioned to the vet she was surprised and told me not to trust those number and the meter cus when animals come into the office with that low of a number they are wobbling and groggy etc all the negative signs so a reading of 31 is really lower to a 68 then a 50
 
Not all cats show any symptoms when their numbers are low until it's too late and their having a seizure

Also, without enough glucose in the cells, brain damage can be going on, even if they aren't showing any symptoms at all
 
Chris & China said:
Not all cats show any symptoms when their numbers are low until it's too late and their having a seizure

Also, without enough glucose in the cells, brain damage can be going on, even if they aren't showing any symptoms at all
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Oh ok, the vet is bothering me, I am going to try and change over to a vet friend uses for her diabetic cats, in the same office but is more in toon to the cats, cats are her specialty
 
We gave up on vets when we were on vet #5 who still didn't know what they were talking about....when it comes to the diabetes, the people here have been the only ones I've listened to since they've been dealing with this disease for years and I figure they know what they're talking about

It would be great if we could all find a vet that was at least willing to listen to other ideas and consider that they might not know it all, but those vets seem to be few and far between
 
Chris & China said:
We gave up on vets when we were on vet #5 who still didn't know what they were talking about....when it comes to the diabetes, the people here have been the only ones I've listened to since they've been dealing with this disease for years and I figure they know what they're talking about

It would be great if we could all find a vet that was at least willing to listen to other ideas and consider that they might not know it all, but those vets seem to be few and far between
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I met this lady at the vet, and she gave me her number, she has raised over 15 diabetic cats, she gets rescues when people can't handle raising them and gives them to the shelters. She has given me a lot of advice
 
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