Re: ? to ask vet on Gobbles OTJ vet visit
tomtom13 said:
hey vapor!:
ha ha ````I had no clue what the Loose Lips was either! I figured in time I would "be in the know" enough to know what it was....hahaha. well, loose lips likes the pool that is all I know.
You mentioned you had the SS to take to the vet. I was wondering if you could print it out and take to the vet. now I know.
I can't believe your vet doesn't know you are OTJ. how exciting for you!!! you can't wait to tell them!!!! This makes me feel better about my relationship with my vet.
he has no clue that I am doing my own adjustments ........YIKES. Doesn't know I am trying to do the protocol. and evidently yours doesn't/didn't either? I am really in a dilemma over this secrecy. My vet was pushing the insulin at 1 unit increments with very little/to no data and now that I have loads of data....back off and hold a non-perfect dose he says freaked out by a 119 value! so I am walking a fine line between an educated Doctor and .....little ole me...about what is best with dosage. what to do?
again...enough about me.....glad you get to go BOAST today about Gobbles freedom from needles!!
ALL good news to you
~kelly
Yo vapor girl!!! (OT: Today I'm vaping Snickers--was stuck on the Blueberry Delight for like a week...but had a chocolate craving :lol: )
Now I don't feel so silly about the loose lips! Ha haI
I have been taking a copy of his SS (including the "labs" page) since I started the Lantus TRP. He rolled his eyes the first time, and at the next visit, wondered where was the updated SS. When Gobbles first started seeing him, I was lucky in that he prescribed Lantus, started him at the correct dose (1.0), literally handed me a copy of Dr. Lisa's list (and told me feed only wet foods 7% and less) AND was okay with hometesting--though not the the extent that we here at LL do--he said "a few times a week", which I was doing for a little while...and when I brought the first SS in and explained to him how it worked with the color coating, PMPS, etc....he thought it was too excessive but I told him that it was okay and Gobbles didn't mind...again, eye roll--but then I think everyone in that office feels I'm "way out there"--which in my book, is a good thing!!! I blah-blah-blahed about the Lantus TRP; he had heard of it.
(If you need help getting yours to print out, just let me know. It should open a page (when you click on the print icon) and download it all in a PDF file. Make sure you get all the pages printed you want to print--but take a look at the PDF before you print it because there may be pages you don't need to print (the grids that haven't been filled in yet--future dates).
Gobbles seen him quite frequently for a while, especially when he had a month long bout of diarrhea; his last visit was in early April. When Gobbles went OTJ, I basically kept it to myself. He was very happy about it when I told him today.
And gosh, don't be afraid to keep it a secret--he's your cat and you pay the bills and you do what you want with him. I would suggest printing out the TRP and giving him a copy of it. Thank God you knew not to increase in whole unit increments--oh, the beauty of FDMB
and think how unsafe/dangerous your furchild would of been had you not joined us and started hometesting!
A good approach to your vet: Tell him/her something like, "You're a great vet and there's a new approach to getting cats into remission, especially on Lantus! Let him know just how many kitties have gone OTJ, how much support you receive and how excited you are to tell him/her about it. Heck, use me and Gobbles as an example!!!
