Amy & Papaya (GA)
Member Since 2012
Last condo 9/27
Hello LL! Sorry Papaya and I have been MIA for a few days. The weekend was really busy and a couple more days slipped by on me too! Papaya is doing quite well. She hit green on Friday night and bounced to black for Saturday morning but it was well timed since I was going to be out all day anyway. Other than that she has been mostly pink to blue rather than black to green, which is nice. I have the feeling that I may need to increase again in a few days once I really see how this dose is working on the flatter cycles. OK they're still pretty colourful but for Papaya anything that doesn't have both black and green in, is a "flat" cycle :lol:
I took Papaya in this morning for a checkup, and had a nice chat with the vet. I've seen this one once before, and he's been the only vet that accepts the connection between Papaya's BG going high BECAUSE it went low previously, not just because she's not getting enough insulin. He was impressed with my "dedication" and started telling me about his diabetic father, who he wishes would give more attention to his own care. The vet is also quite in awe of the BG spreadsheet. I think he wishes he knew more about feline diabetes - he said it's hard for them to keep up, with working all day there's only so much time you can spend on research at night. He asked about where I learned to set up the spreadsheet and such, so I am going to email him this site and the pertinent details of the TR protocol. My favorite line of the vet's this morning was "Well, if you're going to do something you might as well do it perfectly". That is pretty much the Scandinavian saying that has been passed down from my Dad's side of the family - a job worth doing is worth doing well. Papaya's numbers do not give the initial impression that I am doing this job well, but to the extent her liver cooperates I am trying! :roll:
A side note - you should see how fast Papaya moves when she hears the cat carrier - under the couch in the blink of an eye! :lol: She's glad to be home now and tucked back in bed under the quilt.
Have a great day!
Hello LL! Sorry Papaya and I have been MIA for a few days. The weekend was really busy and a couple more days slipped by on me too! Papaya is doing quite well. She hit green on Friday night and bounced to black for Saturday morning but it was well timed since I was going to be out all day anyway. Other than that she has been mostly pink to blue rather than black to green, which is nice. I have the feeling that I may need to increase again in a few days once I really see how this dose is working on the flatter cycles. OK they're still pretty colourful but for Papaya anything that doesn't have both black and green in, is a "flat" cycle :lol:
I took Papaya in this morning for a checkup, and had a nice chat with the vet. I've seen this one once before, and he's been the only vet that accepts the connection between Papaya's BG going high BECAUSE it went low previously, not just because she's not getting enough insulin. He was impressed with my "dedication" and started telling me about his diabetic father, who he wishes would give more attention to his own care. The vet is also quite in awe of the BG spreadsheet. I think he wishes he knew more about feline diabetes - he said it's hard for them to keep up, with working all day there's only so much time you can spend on research at night. He asked about where I learned to set up the spreadsheet and such, so I am going to email him this site and the pertinent details of the TR protocol. My favorite line of the vet's this morning was "Well, if you're going to do something you might as well do it perfectly". That is pretty much the Scandinavian saying that has been passed down from my Dad's side of the family - a job worth doing is worth doing well. Papaya's numbers do not give the initial impression that I am doing this job well, but to the extent her liver cooperates I am trying! :roll:
A side note - you should see how fast Papaya moves when she hears the cat carrier - under the couch in the blink of an eye! :lol: She's glad to be home now and tucked back in bed under the quilt.
Have a great day!
