Switching to Lantus is always in the back of my mind. I am dragging my feet a lot with it. I am just not ready to make that change right now. I like the in and out insulin, although if we weren't seeing improvement in Timmy's numbers with this change of injection sites, I would switch him as soon as possible.
Hey ... not bad at all! Pink food spike at +2 then a nice slide down to blue.
Any continued improvement in the litter box situation?
It's off and on. Yesterday afternoon he decided to go right beside it. It was a totally clean litter box too. At least it wasn't urine, but darn. Overnight and so far today though he is doing both in the litter box. There is not really a pattern, but I'm going to try and see if I can find one with his numbers being high or low. Before the injection site change he wasn't using it at all, which prompted the vet visit, however yesterday it happened at a low yellow, beginning blue. Wow! I'm guessing that statement officially makes me a crazy cat lady now.
That was a good rise in 30 minutes so he should be able to handle a reduced dose, say, 2 u? If you feel brave maybe 2.2 u? He's really doing well!
I am so pleased with his numbers. He is feeling better and acting so much better and I don't want to break that, but not having the evening data is really making this hard. I'll test again in 10 minutes. Thank you, Kris. I really do appreciate all your guidance.That was a good rise in 30 minutes so he should be able to handle a reduced dose, say, 2 u? If you feel brave maybe 2.2 u? He's really doing well!
Djamila might say give the full dose if he's near 200. I admit to being a bit more gun shy because Teasel is so volatile ...I am so pleased with his numbers. He is feeling better and acting so much better and I don't want to break that, but not having the evening data is really making this hard. I'll test again in 10 minutes. Thank you, Kris. I really do appreciate all your guidance.
Timmy is too! It makes me extra cautious. Plus Timmy starts to not feel good when we hit the lime greens. I just tested him and he went up 1 whole point to 192. I am going to go with 2 units. I just don't have enough data for the full dose and Timmy has been surprising me with his numbers over the last few days.Djamila might say give the full dose if he's near 200. I admit to being a bit more gun shy because Teasel is so volatile ...
Djamila might say give the full dose if he's near 200. I admit to being a bit more gun shy because Teasel is so volatile ...
On a good day, Timmy's changes have to be so small or chaos ensues, but I changed two things, the dose and stalled an hour last night. Double Ugh!!
Bouncing from the greens. You'll get him back.Ugh! Timmy's numbers are higher today, AMPS 358/299 at +3/351 at +5. I was hoping to keep the momentum up. I am trying to give his ears a rest today anyway, but...
Very frustrating indeed, but hopefully he will settle down tomorrow. He is feeling better overall though. At 2 am he decided it was playtime. Over and over again he kept trying to give my sleeping DH his tinkle ball to throw...at least I thought it was funny, DH...not so much, so the tinkle ball had to be put in a drawer for the night, but I was able to get in a +7 PM test.A bounce cycle today. Frustrating but tomorrow is another day ...
So cute! I'm glad he's feeling better. We need to keep reminding ourselves to look beyond the BG numbers...Very frustrating indeed, but hopefully he will settle down tomorrow. He is feeling better overall though. At 2 am he decided it was playtime. Over and over again he kept trying to give my sleeping DH his tinkle ball to throw...at least I thought it was funny, DH...not so much, so the tinkle ball had to be put in a drawer for the night, but I was able to get in a +7 PM test.
Thanks for the heads up! I was wondering why he was hanging out in sunny yellows today. I will have to be extra vigilant monitoring him tonight.
You definitely called that one! Now I know to pay extra attention to those "sunny" days. He wasn't himself and he worried me last night with that drop at +3. He was running and and hiding and he was "talking" a lot more than usual. He settled and was fine after I steered for a while and slowed him down some.
It's hard to know for sure. My guess is the move from 2.3 u to 2.4 u was OK. You had him on 2.3 u quite a while and it looked like he needed a little bump up. I know how hard it is with these jittery kitties.
I guess I'm just second guessing myself. He did need the bump at the 2.3 units because he wasn't going low enough. His SS showed it. My jittery kitty is making me jittery.
I am still on the look out for that crystal ball.
Please settle down, Timmy!
Big bounce! He'll come down. If you have a look at Teasel's SS you'll see it's hardly monochromatic ..PMPS 417.
Thanks, Djamila.I agree with Kris that the 2.4u was the right thing to do. He's still staying quite safe - some kitties just need longer than others to settle down with a dose. And it's always a fine line between giving them time to settle and leaving them at one dose for too long. Kris is really good at managing a kitty like this - there is no crystal ball, but she has a really good sense of when to stick with a dose and when to adjust it.
I did spend some time looking at Teasel's spreadsheet. I'm starting to see it. It freaks me out when he does this though. He is acting like himself again so of course now I can see it. When he starts to act all weird I get so caught up in it that I can no longer see it. Ugh! I'm definitely a work in progress.Prolonged bounce - just like Teasel's pattern ...
Yes - Teasel's technicolour SS is a thing to behold! And this is him doing a lot better ...
Yes, he has been singing the blues and feeling good today. It took him a bit to settle down, but today was a good day and worth the wait.Hurray for blue! This particular bounce is ending ...
Okay. I will do that with the am dose. Since he is pretty much flat yellow today, I am expecting him to drop, maybe tonight, since that is what he did the last time.
I know his bouncing frustrates you but there's a definite improvement in the array of colours on your SS.
I was really surprised by that blue preshot number. I stalled waiting for it to get somewhere where I could shoot comfortably. The lower dose and the stall is going to set him on another bounce-fest for sure. You are right with his spreadsheet now though. I stopped and just looked at the colors instead of the numbers, and we are doing pretty good. Timmy tends to start hiding and just overall not feel great when he gets into the greens, so I'll take a blue any day.Hurray for a blue PMPS!
I'm glad he's feeling well. I know what you mean about how the greens can affect them. I like low blues and (maybe) high dark greens for Teasel. He felt worse in greens on Lantus because the Lantus depot acted stronger in keeping a lid on BG. It was like it was "constricting" or something. Lev is a depot insulin but doesn't show that aspect much in Teasel. It's as though it keeps a looser lid on BG. Weird description but there it is ... To me Lev acts more like a cross between ProZinc and Lantus.
It is the strangest thing. All day yesterday he used the box for both, then this morning he didn't use it at all. It is about four to five feet from the box so it isn't a miss. It is intentional. I just don't know why. Today it is on the carpet. That's just fantastic! Scrub, carpet cleaner and enzymes.
I am going to buy some of the puppy pads and put on the carpet where he went today. Ugh!
I really do like the in and out of the Prozinc. It seems Teasel has done well with the Lev and since he and Timmy act alike with the insulin, it is something I need to look into. Although with my current vet, getting a prescription for it will be a huge hassle, if not impossible. He even mentioned for us to go back to Vetsulin because it was cheaper and did the same thing. Dealing with vets that don't really understand FD and don't think that owners can manage it makes me crazy. I always end up leaving the vets office infuriated inside, but having to act like they know what is best because I need the prescription. It makes me out of sorts for days after the visit. I'm always on the look out for a vet that would partner with me to help my diabetic cat. I wouldn't mind a long drive either if I could find one that doesn't look at me like I'm crazy when I talk about home testing.I'm glad he's feeling well. I know what you mean about how the greens can affect them. I like low blues and (maybe) high dark greens for Teasel. He felt worse in greens on Lantus because the Lantus depot acted stronger in keeping a lid on BG. It was like it was "constricting" or something. Lev is a depot insulin but doesn't show that aspect much in Teasel. It's as though it keeps a looser lid on BG. Weird description but there it is ... To me Lev acts more like a cross between ProZinc and Lantus.
I hope you can solve the litter box problem. That has to be one of the most frustrating of kitty behaviour problems ...
That vet business would infuriate me too. I'm really lucky to have a great collaborative vet and I'm also lucky that human insulin can be bought OTC in Canada. When I switched Teasel from ProZinc to Lantus I did it on my own but talked to my vet after the fact. I did the same thing with Levemir and told her later. She has zero experience with Lev but she knows I look after Teasel's FD treatment on my own.I really do like the in and out of the Prozinc. It seems Teasel has done well with the Lev and since he and Timmy act alike with the insulin, it is something I need to look into. Although with my current vet, getting a prescription for it will be a huge hassle, if not impossible. He even mentioned for us to go back to Vetsulin because it was cheaper and did the same thing. Dealing with vets that don't really understand FD and don't think that owners can manage it makes me crazy. I always end up leaving the vets office infuriated inside, but having to act like they know what is best because I need the prescription. It makes me out of sorts for days after the visit. I'm always on the look out for a vet that would partner with me to help my diabetic cat. I wouldn't mind a long drive either if I could find one that doesn't look at me like I'm crazy when I talk about home testing.
On a much happier note, Timmy is feeling blue today. I did have to stall and decrease the am dose. At +3 he was 143. He's having a little snack right now to slow him down a little, but I am so encouraged!
I'll be curious to see how he does after the stall....