11/12 Mary Grace AMPS 314 +2 209 PMPS 364 +2 258

Yesterday's Condo http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=107993

Good Morning!

Unfortunately, I gave a fur shot this morning. I am not sure how much she got but I could definitely smell the insulin. : (
However, before I left for work and gave her +2 bs reading her level had dropped from her AMPS number so she must have gotten some.
She played a little with me last night.

And just a side note that might be interesting I had a little extra blood this am so I did a second test with my Freestyle Meter so I could compare the numbers with the Relion meter. (I use the Freestyle for myself) and it was a big difference. Whereas the Relion gave me 314 the Freestyle gave me 239. And I know from personal bs readings that the numbers can be +/- 20 points but this is a big difference!!
Hope everyone has a good day!

Re: 11/12 Mary Grace AMPS 314 +2 209

That is a huge difference. It's possible that the two meters use a different method of measuring BG. However, i wouldn't expect that kind of variability.

I've always used a Contour meter. I did buy an Arkray (the parent company of Relion) meter and found there was a large difference between the readings on the two meters. I stuck with the Contour which gave me lower readings. I figured that I'd rather know if numbers were too low than too high.

Re: 11/12 Mary Grace AMPS 314 +2 209

Drat that fur shot! Hope her numbers don't get too crazy. All you can do is wait and try again. :YMSIGH:

Re: 11/12 Mary Grace AMPS 314 +2 209

Hi guys .. sorry to hear about the furshot, but mary grace seems to be working whatever juice she did get! Have a great day guys!

Re: 11/12 Mary Grace AMPS 314 +2 209

Nice drop there for +2. it does look like some insulin got in. Sometime when you are adjusting the dose a drop gets on the outside of the barrel. I always put a tiny square of paper towel over the needle while dialing in the dose. It absorbs the excess and then i just slip it off before the shot.

we used the freestyle light when punkin was first diagnosed. i loved it. nice little meter. unfortunately, what we discovered through people here on the forum, the Freestyle measures differently than other glucometers resulting in a distinctive cat spreadsheet. We switched over in 2011, i believe. Wendy/Neko started with one too. The spreadsheets almost never showed pink numbers (300+) or anything higher. Basically you got a yellow/blue spreadsheet. it looked pretty.

what we found through a member survey was that the other glucometers were more accurate for the cats.

when punkin died i gave almost all of his supplies to DCIN (Diabetic Cats in Need) but kept the Freestyle to do occasional checks for DH and me. they seem fine for people.