BJM, I talked to Theresa on the phone and she told me she is 'math challenged'. ;-)
We talked about the differences in the meters, the roughly 30% difference at the higher numbers. Theresa wants to do more testing before she is willing to switch over to the Micro completely. She needs that comfort level. She did say, she likes the lower cost of the test strips with the Relion Micro.
Theresa told me she can tell that Tiffy is feeling so much better than when she first took her out of the kill shelter. Tiffy has wormed her way into Theresa's heart and I don't think she will ever be put up for adoption, since she has found her furrever home!
We walked through her SS, pointing out examples where she has test data to help her decide on the dose. Also examples of where she does not have mid-cycle numbers on those 300's to know if the dose is correct or not. After walking through the SS, Theresa only saw two ranges of numbers she felt comfortable with increasing the dose and realized she needed more mid-cycle tests for some of the other ranges.
I told her to look at some of the AMPS and PMPS data and put her hand over the mid-cycle tests to block them out. If she didn't have that mid-cycle test, there would have been no way to realize the dose was dropping Tiffy into better numbers. I think that helped her to understand.
We looked back to the beginning of the SS and could see there are quite as many black numbers and not as high numbers when Tiffy does get that hi. She still hates to see any reds and blacks, wants to see those 300's and 200's at pre-shot and more blues and maybe even some greens at mid-cycle. I told her it will take more time. Look how far Tiffy has already come.
Theresa was thinking of trying these dose changes for 2 weeks and I suggested only 1 week and reevaluate at that point. She said ok.
I reinforced the idea of looking at the patterns over more than a single cycle to see what was going on. Theresa understood the logic in that.
Tiffy is stubborn about getting those ear pokes, so we came up with a plan to feed her a teaspoon or so of food to get her cooperation. The treats simply do not last long enough. :lol: :lol: :lol: Hopefully, this will let Theresa get more of those PM mid-cycle tests.
We talked about Tiffy's various health issues and Theresa knows there is a long ways to go to get Tiffy feeling her best. She is one loved kitty. cat_pet_icon I got to hear Tiffy purr over the phone!!!! That was fantastic and I was able to share in Theresa's joy of having Tiffy in her life.
Theresa is feeding Tiffy and her other 2 cats Dharma and ? (I'm blanking this AM ohmygod_smile ) near each other so that they get more used to being close to each other and start to feel more comfortable. Use of baby gates is helping to keep them separated. There is progress being seen there.
