? So conflicted about meters

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Yong & Maury GA

Yong & Maury GA

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2 week follow up was a dead end for my boy so went to another Vet today for 2nd opinion. At least this one is all for home testing but is heavily making me re-think whether to get the pet AlphaTrak 2 meter supplies or use the ReliOn Prime stuff I bought from Walmart. I explained to them that I found lots of people on the forum that use a human meter but she made it sound bad because he was started on ProZinc and said it will vary too much since it's made for humans. This Vet is also a pretty strict Lantus recommend-er and not a fan of ProZinc or Vetsulin but I did tell her I wanted to try to give the ProZinc another chance because it's just been 2 1/2 weeks and I don't want to just throw away money. I'm supposed to do my first real curve in a couple days because the follow up with the Dx Vet did 2 tests and had me come pick him up and said it's not working, he's a complicated case, go see a specialist.

Apologies for the rambling post, I usually have tried to type up proper ones but I am very frustrated because I want to do what is best for my boy and Vet's seem to make me feel inadequate because I'm not a millionaire. :(

Everyone here has been much more supportive and understanding. Are there any ProZinc and ReliOn Prime users around?
 
Yong said:
2 week follow up was a dead end for my boy so went to another Vet today for 2nd opinion. At least this one is all for home testing but is heavily making me re-think whether to get the pet AlphaTrak 2 meter supplies or use the ReliOn Prime stuff I bought from Walmart. I explained to them that I found lots of people on the forum that use a human meter but she made it sound bad because he was started on ProZinc and said it will vary too much since it's made for humans. This Vet is also a pretty strict Lantus recommend-er and not a fan of ProZinc or Vetsulin but I did tell her I wanted to try to give the ProZinc another chance because it's just been 2 1/2 weeks and I don't want to just throw away money. I'm supposed to do my first real curve in a couple days because the follow up with the Dx Vet did 2 tests and had me come pick him up and said it's not working, he's a complicated case, go see a specialist.

Apologies for the rambling post, I usually have tried to type up proper ones but I am very frustrated because I want to do what is best for my boy and Vet's seem to make me feel inadequate because I'm not a millionaire. :(

Everyone here has been much more supportive and understanding. Are there any ProZinc and ReliOn Prime users around?
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There are many people who use ReliOn meters of various types. On the ProZinc forum, Lisa (and Smoky) uses a ReliOn meter but I'm not sure which one.

I'm sorry you were dismissed so discourteously by your first vet. Yes, some cats are much harder to regulate but they shouldn't be written off. I'm sure you'll make progress on your own by following the advice of people here. Are you willing to set up the spreadsheet we use here to log your data? It can be seen by all members so we can offer better advice. We recommend testing before AM and PM shots (no food at least 2 hours before) and at least once part way through the 12 hour interval between shots.

If you want ProZinc specific advice you can post on that forum too.
 
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