Lucifer’s First Blood Glucose Curve
Here’s Lucifer’s first blood glucose curve. I think it means I need to increase the insulin dose? I’ll call the vet tomorrow.
Sorry for all the talk about my cat, but, well, it’s my journal and this is what’s going on in my life right now. I promise to write something controversial about Doctor Who soon.
Current Mood: 
tired
17 Responses to “Lucifer’s First Blood Glucose Curve”
redeem147 on September 7, 2008 10:34 pm | Link
Talk about your cat all you like. My husband has the same problem he does.
Though the Seventh Doctor had a cat in the novels, and the Sixth always wore a cat pin on his lapel, so your cat is on topic :)
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rusty-halo on September 7, 2008 10:36 pm | Link
There we go. Perfect justification! ;)
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a_white_rain on September 7, 2008 10:37 pm | Link
Gah talk about him all you want.
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rusty-halo on September 7, 2008 11:08 pm | Link
Thanks. *hugs*
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Jerry on September 7, 2008 10:45 pm | Link
Without getting too specific, that means you need to give him more insulin. There will come a time where you need to worry about his levels being too low, but you aren’t close to that yet.
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rusty-halo on September 7, 2008 11:09 pm | Link
I’m really worried about giving too much insulin, because I’m at work all day and it’s not like I can monitor him if he becomes hypoglycemic. *sigh*
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Jerry on September 7, 2008 11:26 pm | Link
That’s fair. Hypoglycemia is no fun. But his average levels would need to get a lot lower before you’d have to worry about that. His blood sugar would have to drop below 70, I beleive, before it would become a problem. I don’t think you need to be as aggresive as a a human would be, but I think you can do more than you’ve been doing.
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Blue Rose on September 7, 2008 11:06 pm | Link
Here, an article by the Sun to cheer you up:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article1659508.ece
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rusty-halo on September 7, 2008 11:10 pm | Link
Awesome. Man, I SO hope that’s true about John Simm. Thank you for the link!
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Blue Rose on September 7, 2008 11:12 pm | Link
Same rumor has been reported on the forums a while back so I think it’s for real.
Also LOVE the bit about DT at the bottom. :D *squee*
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Stewardess on September 8, 2008 12:57 am | Link
It’s not a good idea to increase insulin based on a single test. Looks like the feline diabetes board folks are saying the same. My vet did not allow me to increase the dosage any more frequently than once every week, and my cat’s blood sugar was over 400 at the time. I strongly disagree with “There will come a time where you need to worry about his levels being too low, but you aren’t close to that yet.” Ask your vet about this. A cat’s blood sugar dropping too low can cause death, just as it can with people.
Since your kitty is in good shape overall, there is no reason to adjust the dose upward rapidly — a too-big drop in blood sugar would be more dangerous to him right now than having to deal with blood sugar at the 300 level.
It was really tough for me to accept that dangerously low blood sugar was a bigger threat than high blood sugar.
Hey, I said the same thing three times. ^^
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rusty-halo on September 8, 2008 12:47 pm | Link
Okay, thanks. I’ll be really cautious about increasing the dose. I’m going to test him before every shot and at the +4 point in the evenings to see how this dose looks over time, and then I’ll do another curve next weekend.
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Stewardess on September 8, 2008 3:29 pm | Link
If, after four weeks of slow dose increase, the insulin is not bringing his blood sugar down to acceptable levels, talk to your vet about trying a different variety of insulin, and consider special ordering the beef-derived insulin (you will find lots of info on this at feline-diabetes.com). The new synthetic insulins are not a good match for cats, so it’s possible that, even after increasing the dose steadily, it will not produce the results needed.
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mustangsally78 on September 8, 2008 6:26 pm | Link
Leave his insulin alone for a bit. Call your vet if you are feeling anxious. They never changed William’s dramatically and even my mom’s (last time I checked she was human) they leave alone for a week or so to get it normalized.
Also, the glucose meter isn’t 100% accurate. It’s close, but not perfect. His blood levels look pretty good. I never could get William down below 150, because he had a dry food addiction. Also, don’t police his cat food too much, since there isn’t much else for him to do. He doesn’t understand that it’s for his own good, so he’ll just think you’re being stingy.
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rusty-halo on September 9, 2008 11:52 am | Link
The good thing is that he likes wet food–he always considered it a treat before. He is missing the dry food, though, but I think that’s ameliorated now that I’ve found a wet food he loves–Fancy Feast “Gourmet Chicken Feast,” which doesn’t have the highest quality ingredients but is really low carb, so I guess it’s okay. He devours it in one go and asks for more, so I think that’s a good sign. (Although when he asks for more I give him Wellness because it’s got much higher quality ingredients!)
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nutmeg3 on September 8, 2008 9:35 pm | Link
Hey, it’s your lj, so you should talk about whatever you want. And since I’m as loopy about my critters as you are, I have absolutely no objection to hearing how Lucifer’s doing.
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rusty-halo on September 9, 2008 11:54 am | Link
Thanks. :)
It seems like a lot of us on LJ are totally loopy about our
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