Samson OTJ -- for now anyway

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Went to the vet, and Samson was 91...AT THE VET....

I told the vet I had not shot all weekend and took all his numbers, and he says he has treated one cat who went into remission....and that Samson could be the second.

My instructions are not to shoot anymore, but keep checking his blood each day, and if it goes up to 300 to bring him right back in. Does that sound like a good plan to you guys?

And, of course, I will be keeping him strictly wet locarb.

I am cautiously happy.
 
Good job Samson! :RAHCAT

I'm wondering why it would be necessary to take him back to the doctor with a 300 reading? Wouldn't that merely indicate he's in need of a bit of insulin and then test test test? Surely our friends here could guide about dosage, etc., if that happens?
 
I would certainly be open to any plan of action. Sue mentioned microdosing on a post, and I looked that up in the ProZinc forum, but all I could find were some links, and very confusing to me. But I'm willing to try/learn anything....just very tentative about doing anything on my own.

My vet did tell me that, if Samson just went up to about 300, we could try to control him with diet, using an Atkins Diet for him. I thought to myself.....uh, I think I'm pretty much doing that, but I told him I would want to try anything to keep him off the insulin as much as possible. ;-)
 
First congrats on no insulin with nice numbers! party_cat

I think we would suggest not waiting until he is in the 300s. If he is in the 150-200 range, you can certainly consider mini doses. As long as he stays in the 40 -120 range overall with dips into double digits, he is fine.

Here is some info:

When your cat is consistently in numbers too low to shoot at shot time and in numbers in the 100 range and below during the cycle, but not in OTJ range, you can consider micro dosing. This process should be guided on the forum by experienced members and will require more frequent testing.

You may be shooting at times other than the 12/12 schedule, when the blood glucose levels rise enough to require a small dose of insulin. You will need to pick a number somewhere near the 150 range at which you will plan to shoot, being sure that the number is indeed rising. The dose at these low numbers will vary with each cat and its patterns, so advice should be solicited. But you may be considering doses below .25 and even considering a “drop” of insulin. At this point, U100 needles and the conversion chart will be necessary.

It is important during this period to offer small frequent meals. You may want to experiment with the lowest carb foods to help bring down the numbers, staying away from seafood more than once or twice a week.

As stated, you should get guidance on mimi dosing. Several people in the PZI forum are doing it or have done it. You can check some of the spreadsheets in the Remission thread to see how it is done.
 
I'm paying attention too, badams - there's so much to learn and adjust and learn and adjust and on and on! Thankfully, its not so overwhelming as it was a month ago!
 
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