? Should i increase dose for am, please advise

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+1 hour is fine. Go ahead. I do not dose if it is +1.5 or more. And at that point, I dose just a little less. You could do a smaller dose like 1.25 to feel safer.
 
I have responded to a lot of threads this week. You can get very inexpensive test strips online. I think the Relion strips are cheap already. Just saying.
 
I have responded to a lot of threads this week. You can get very inexpensive test strips online. I think the Relion strips are cheap already. Just saying.
Yes they are very affordable for unfortunately Walmart is the last place I wanted to be tonight
 
The amount of testing can vary depending on where you are in trying figure out a dose. When you try a new dose it's a good idea to do PS of course but also a mid cycle in the day and a bedtime test at night. If you're seeing some nicer numbers with these you might want to do a curve at that dose on a day off to get a fuller picture.
Could I do a curve starting at 6a through 6p? It’s a thought. Maybe after the holidays when things calm down
 
Could I do a curve starting at 6a through 6p? It’s a thought. Maybe after the holidays when things calm down
When you decide to do a curve you test BG at AM as normal and then every 2 hours until the usual PM pre shot. When I do/did them, I'd feed lunch right after one of the curve tests so there would be a gap of two hours with no food before the next curve test.
 
+1 hour is fine. Go ahead. I do not dose if it is +1.5 or more. And at that point, I dose just a little less. You could do a smaller dose like 1.25 to feel safer.
Jeff, with marmalade insulin being an hour later I just noticed that I,put it in the +1 column of PMPS. Should I change it and put in the regular PMPS column?
 
That is up to you. I usually put notes and deviations in the right column, like you have been doing.

281 is a good reading. I hope Marmalade is starting to feel better with this insulin therapy.
 
Yes I think he is feeling better but he is still scratching his ear a little bit.overall he is more active and his coat even feels softer. I am very glad that I decided to take the plunge. I’ll just make s notation. I am so tired and am in desperate need of down time, thank god thevweekend is almost here
 
Let's cut the difference and try 1.25? Can you get a test at +4
Hi janet, I was thinking 1.25 also. I am also loving,these numbers, maybe we can get marmalade into remission eventually that is. I can defiantly do a +4 tonight. Marmalade is still scratching occasionally so I’ve decided to cut out the fish out and stuck with mainly chicken and beef classics fancy feast.
* I also bought some friskies pates tonight, would I be going backwards if I wanted to try it for a day to see if the scratching stops, I welcome any thoughts
 
Hi janet, I was thinking 1.25 also. I am also loving,these numbers, maybe we can get marmalade into remission eventually that is. I can defiantly do a +4 tonight. Marmalade is still scratching occasionally so I’ve decided to cut out the fish out and stuck with mainly chicken and beef classics fancy feast.
* I also bought some friskies pates tonight, would I be going backwards if I wanted to try it for a day to see if the scratching stops, I welcome any thoughts
Try it
 
Hi folks:
I need some direction because my daily routine has changed today and I will be working at marmalades normal meal time which is 6 pm. I know I have asked this before but wanted to what is best for him. I have two main questions:
* so fat today marmalade has had 2 3oz. Cans of fancy feast. One at 6 a and 1 at 3p.
* should I get another reading on him just before I leave at 3?
* should I double up on his food when I get home around 10 and do insulin then per janet’s sliding scale? I’m not sure my daughter who is 13 can get a reading on him.
* should I have my daughter feed him at 6, then when I get home around 10 I can give him another can of food and do his insulin?

* SS just updated
 
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Hi folks:
I need some direction because my daily routine has changed today and I will be working at marmalades normal meal time which is 6 pm. I know I have asked this before but wanted to what is best for him. I have two main questions:
* so fat today marmalade has had 2 3oz. Cans of fancy feast. One at 6 a and 1 at 3p.
* should I get another reading on him just before I leave at 3?
* should I double up on his food when I get home around 10 and do insulin then per janet’s sliding scale? I’m not sure my daughter who is 13 can get a reading on him.
* should I have my daughter feed him at 6, then when I get home around 10 I can give him another can of food and do his insulin?

* SS just updated
so the insulin will be four hours late tonight? are you going to adjust it back gradually over the next few days? I would let her feed him at 6 if he's hungry.
 
so the insulin will be four hours late tonight? are you going to adjust it back gradually over the next few days? I would let her feed him at 6 if he's hungry.
Yes insulin will be 4 hours late. I don’t think that my daughter would be able to get a reading on him at his 6p feeding time
 
How should I adjust it back over the next couple of days? Should I just skip his 6p dose tonight permhis latest number on SS?
 
I agree, I'd just skip with it THAT far off.
Janet. Ugh to my surprise the missed dose of insulin this past Saturday only affected his BG this morning, Sunday, a little bit. I was almost in the yellow this morning. Oops was in the yellow (AMPS) and purple in the evening at his PMPS. Not bad
 
oh man, just realized that I as supposed to give marmalade 2 units at his
PMPS, how will the morning numbers be affected by this
 
Vetsulin does not have a residual effect like the other insulins (Lantus, Levemir, Prozinc). Maybe the BG will be a bit high.

It might be a good idea to jot down the current sliding dose "chart". When I had Theresa doing dosing, we had written instructions posted next to the insulin supplies.
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Vetsulin does not have a residual effect like the other insulins (Lantus, Levemir, Prozinc). Maybe the BG will be a bit high.

It might be a good idea to jot down the current sliding dose "chart". When I had Theresa doing dosing, we had written instructions posted next to the insulin supplies.
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Do u think by looking at his SS he could possible go into remission
 
The 300's on the AMPS and PMPS are pretty high. I don't have the remission definition. But a cat should be completely under their renal threshold, 100% of the time. For Leo, his renal threshold is 180-200. Over that threshold, he gets excess glucose in his blood that gets filtered out by the kidneys. Under that threshold the external symptoms are more obvious - a lot less water ingested and normal amounts of urine.
 
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