Tomorrow will mark 14 days officially OTJ

[Tara and Austin (Aussie)]

I guess my question is what's next?

PLEASE forgive my lack of stats on his spreadsheet right now. I have many more numbers at home written on a pad of paper and need to update. However that aside, Austin has been doing an OTJ trial - and has maintained numbers ranging from 50 (sometimes below!) to no higher than 119 for the last 2 weeks.

For those of you who transitioned off insulin, do I stop BG testing as much? Maybe once a day or once a week? etc. I've searched but it doesn't seem like there are as many hard and fast rules about the end of the insulin routines. Also I have Austin on Methyl-B but his neuropathy is gone and he's back to jumping on our couch unassisted - can I take it away? Nervous!

I'm much better at lurking on this board reading and watching rather than posting just due to my work circumstances. So I have tapered off with updates but I'm here!

 

[Sue and Oliver (GA)]

Fantastic! :thumbup :thumbup :thumbup

So now you wean yourself off testing, slowly but surely. We tested once or twice a day for the first week, then every other day, then once a week, then ocassionally. It is a hard habit to break. :mrgreen: Just enough to be sure you don't miss anything.

 

[MommaOfMuse]

Congrats we love those OTJ notices.

As for how much testing now....well.....Max has been OTJ since Nov 1st officially and I still can't break the habit, nor can he it seems, but we have worked it out that we now only test once a week. Although we really don't need to test that much any more but someone forgot to tell him that has he still demands a test that often...lol. ( I secretly think it is just for the treats now.)

But normally when I asked that question I was told, twice a day for 2 weeks, then once a week for a couple of weeks and then once a month or if something seemed off.

If he is OTJ and the neuropathy is gone then I think you would be safe to stop the B-12 as well.

Mel, Max & The Fur Gang