Sandra and Barney(GA) asking for help with a UK friend

[Sandra&Barney(GA)]

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My reply to DMUKCAT Post of August 20. 2014
Hi Angela, read your posts and having been away from the board basically since 2003 when Barney(GA) passed on to the Rainbow Bridge.I did come back in January of this year when Alexander, age unknown, trapped on my porch on a freezing winter night at 1 am in a hav-a-heart cage around 2004...In January of 2014 he came down with the dire beasties.Unfortunately he never really had enough time left on earth to hometest or give shots to.

You and I had *conversations* about our cats back in 2001-2003 or was it 4?

Am sure if Robin and a few of the old timers (say Janet and Binky, Laura and Murray just a few for memories sake) were still active on this board they would be responding with great, sound, up to date advice. As it is, I'm out of the loop, no DB cat......but am posting this reply in the hopes SOMEONE with similar Rebound experiences will post. I know you are very experienced with caring for your furbabies sickness.Diabetes and Respiratory.

Insulins have changed.Hope someone using the NEWER ones can help you out.

SANDRA AND BARNEY (GA)
Sandra&Barney(GA)

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[Sue and Oliver (GA)]

Hi Sandra,

Just wanted to reassure you that several people replying to Angela's thread have experience. (the names you mentioned rarely post anymore, if at all ). Particularly Elizabeth and Bertie, who is posting, is a good resource. She is from the UK and Bertie has been on the PZI version they use in the UK for many years. No worries.

 

[Elizabeth and Bertie]

Hi Sandra (and Angela!),

There are a lot of people here with experience of rebound/bouncing. It is a very common phenomenon, particularly in recently diagnosed cats. The approach Angela chooses to take may depend, in part, on which insulin she's using at the time. But fortunately there are people here experienced in using all kinds of insulins.

For some cats rebound/bouncing is just an initial phase that they soon get over. Some cats take longer to stop rebounding. And a minority of cats seem to bounce for a very long time indeed despite their care-giver's best efforts.
Some cats stop bouncing quite suddenly, just over a few cycles. Other cats do it more gradually.

Every cat is different. And people take different approaches to dealing with it. Some folks try to maintain a given dose and 'allow' their cat to bounce (hoping it will soon resolve) because at least that means that for part of the cycle their cat is in better numbers. Other folks 'ease down'; trying to stabilise the cat in a higher BG range first, and then raise the dose and try to ease down into lower numbers. There is not a 'one size fits all' solution to this. It is a matter of trial and error, and what works for one cat may not work for another.

It might be helpful if Angela could get her cat's recent BG numbers into a spreadsheet format that's routinely used here. The spreadsheets are a great tool when it comes to spotting trends and patterns, and having a spreadsheet set up can greatly speed up the help/advice that someone gets. If help is needed in setting one up then there are some smart techy people here who can assist with that (sadly, I'm not one of them! :lol: )

Here's a link to a thread discussing 'easing down' (the references to colours (blue, green, yellow etc) are references to BG ranges on the spreadsheet, but I don't think it's necessary to have an understanding of their meaning in order to follow the thread.)
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Eliz