TYLER'S JOURNEY #19

The BG reference numbers provided in the documentation here are based on human meter readings. Since pet meters read higher, there are times when it can be challenging to know exactly what to do based on pet meter numbers, the OTJ trial reference numbers being the ones I found the most problematic. There are those of us who have used a pet meter for long enough that we have a "feel" for the differences and know we will not meet the criteria in the OTJ trial instructions exactly as written. You do not have to switch over to a human meter but you will not find specific reference numbers for the pet meter in the majority of the documentation. Not having specific reference numbers means that sometimes you will have to adjust your reference numbers somewhat but those of us who have used a pet meter can assist with that.

There is no doubt that it is easier to use a human meter because all the criteria laid out for when to do what is clearly provided and a human meter works just as well as a pet meter. Human meters have been used for pets far longer than pet meters which are a relatively new innovation.

The choice is yours. If you really like your AT2 but are willing to switch meters, there is a human meter identical to it (AT2 modelled on the human meter) that will make the transition nothing more than different numbers.
 
MrWorfMen's Mom said:
The BG reference numbers provided in the documentation here are based on human meter readings. Since pet meters read higher, there are times when it can be challenging to know exactly what to do based on pet meter numbers, the OTJ trial reference numbers being the ones I found the most problematic. There are those of us who have used a pet meter for long enough that we have a "feel" for the differences and know we will not meet the criteria in the OTJ trial instructions exactly as written. You do not have to switch over to a human meter but you will not find specific reference numbers for the pet meter in the majority of the documentation. Not having specific reference numbers means that sometimes you will have to adjust your reference numbers somewhat but those of us who have used a pet meter can assist with that.

There is no doubt that it is easier to use a human meter because all the criteria laid out for when to do what is clearly provided and a human meter works just as well as a pet meter. Human meters have been used for pets far longer than pet meters which are a relatively new innovation.

The choice is yours. If you really like your AT2 but are willing to switch meters, there is a human meter identical to it (AT2 modelled on the human meter) that will make the transition nothing more than different numbers.
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Got it I understand, what does forgetting to prime the pen mean if you should use the pen needle just curious and I see you don't shake or roll langue, if I do switch to human meter which one are you referring to that's similar to the AT2 @MrWorfMen's Mom
 
Diane Tyler's Mom said:
what does forgetting to prime the pen mean if you should use the pen needle
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You don't need to concern yourself with that at all 'cause you won't be using a pen needle. Not applicable to felines.....only hooomans!

The human meter I used that is identical is the Freestyle Freedom Lite. It's blue instead of Pinky purple but otherwise exactly the same. That said, other meters have cheaper strips but if you were prepared to use your pet meter the switch to the Freestyle is still a savings.

And yes, no shake, roll or anything with Lantus.
 
MrWorfMen's Mom said:
You don't need to concern yourself with that at all 'cause you won't be using a pen needle. Not applicable to felines.....only hooomans!

The human meter I used that is identical is the Freestyle Freedom Lite. It's blue instead of Pinky purple but otherwise exactly the same. That said, other meters have cheaper strips but if you were prepared to use your pet meter the switch to the Freestyle is still a savings.

And yes, no shake, roll or anything with Lantus.
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Thank you Linda, and I'm sorry for bugging the hell out of you, I bet you can't wait
until I talk to my vet and she agrees on the lantus , then all the questions I will have, I have been reading all the information about lantus, I think you will go AWOL on me @MrWorfMen's Mom
 
I'd rather have someone ask the same question twenty times than for someone to pretend they understand and then goof up. I'm not going AWOL!
 
Diane, I use a Relion Prime and Relion Prime strips ... very affordable and easily purchased at WM .... when I first switched I was tempted to take one read with AT and then another with the Relion but I stopped that ... went cold turkey with just Relion ...that's what worked for me .
 
Beth 73 said:
Diane, I use a Relion Prime and Relion Prime strips ... very affordable and easily purchased at WM .... when I first switched I was tempted to take one read with AT and then another with the Relion but I stopped that ... went cold turkey with just Relion ...that's what worked for me .
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Thank you Beth, going crazy reading revires for all different meters.one question sometimes I read other people's posts that use himan meters and I see they are saying their cat tested 22.7 or 18.6 numbers like this. Aren't they supposed to be what I see on the pet meter like 182, 106 do you know what I mean. Are these people using different things on their site. Is Elmo ok for example go to the alerts and look at the one from Tania C it's under your alert to me @MrWorfMen's Mom me again, sorry Linda can you tell me about the numbers I am asking about
 
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Diane , I don’t know what these people are using . The Relion is very comparable number wise to AT.... the lower the number the closer the AT and Relion are to each other....these may be people in Europe ...Linda will know ❤️
 
Oh Diane. It figures you'd find one of us Canadians, Aussies or Brits etc. to look at numbers. We don't use your scale of BG (nor does most of the planet) so our numbers look odd to you and vice versa. If you take a number like 22.7 and multiply it by 18, you will get your US number of 409. If I take a US number like 182, in my scale of measure it would be 10.1 mmol. If you see odd numbers like that, switch tabs on the SS to the US sheet because our SS do an auto conversion so US folks can help us when needed. The rest of us have to learn to deal with your US numbers. :p

I used your scale in my early nursing days so I know both scales but prefer yours (resistent to change I guess:smuggrin:) so I got myself a US meter to make my life easier but then I had to rework my spreadsheet so my vet could understand it! :woot:
 
MrWorfMen's Mom said:
Oh Diane. It figures you'd find one of us Canadians, Aussies or Brits etc. to look at numbers. We don't use your scale of BG (nor does most of the planet) so our numbers look odd to you and vice versa. If you take a number like 22.7 and multiply it by 18, you will get your US number of 409. If I take a US number like 182, in my scale of measure it would be 10.1 mmol. If you see odd numbers like that, switch tabs on the SS to the US sheet because our SS do an auto conversion so US folks can help us when needed. The rest of us have to learn to deal with your US numbers. :p

I used your scale in my early nursing days so I know both scales but prefer yours (resistent to change I guess:smuggrin:) so I got myself a US meter to make my life easier but then I had to rework my spreadsheet so my vet could understand it! :woot:
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@MrWorfMen's Mom I am laughing my butt off right, saying it figures I would find that, can't stop laughing, it wasn't even on a SS that I saw it, it was in someone's post. Thanks for letting me know. With all my questions I feel like giving up and just sticking with the vetsulin and pet meter, I feel like I will be a pain in the butt with all my questions like TR, or SLGS I can just see me know, learning about Depot, letting it drain and when Tyler earns a reduction all the new stuff that goes along with Lantus
P.S. I'm moving to Canada and you can take care of Tyler lol
 
Diane Tyler's Mom said:
I'm moving to Canada and you can take care of Tyler
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And you and Ashley too although there will be times you will have to do lunch room duty making sure my little extra sweet girl who inhales her food, doesn't pilfer her brother's food. It drives me nuts standing in the kitchen tapping my foot with my arms crossed waiting for the slow poke boys to finish their meals. Can't make noise because the middle child gets spooked and walks away from his dish. BORING! LOL!
 
MrWorfMen's Mom said:
And you and Ashley too although there will be times you will have to do lunch room duty making sure my little extra sweet girl who inhales her food, doesn't pilfer her brother's food. It drives me nuts standing in the kitchen tapping my foot with my arms crossed waiting for the slow poke boys to finish their meals. Can't make noise because the middle child gets spooked and walks away from his dish. BORING! LOL!
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You are too funny, I can just picture you standing there with your arms crossed waiting for the boys to finish, I can picture it now. If I switch to Lantus do you think I will get the in knack of what to do, I'm very nervous about it, or even just switching to a human meter dont worry we will keep an eye on sweet Menace and won't make any noise so the middle child doesn't get spooked, you know that Ashley will be quiet for sure, you better not desert me lol @MrWorfMen's Mom
 
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Oh, the lives we lead !!!! Right now I have Ben closed in bedroom with spare kitty Boo ...she is a fiesty tortie who has decided her days of being shuttled from room to room to accommodate Gpa Elmo are over . Thankfully she and Ben get along and when Elmo has gone on to Kitty Heaven she will be free to roam the house .
 
Diane Tyler's Mom said:
You are too funny, I can just picture you standing there with your arms crossed waiting for the boys to finish, I can picture it now. If I switch to Lantus do you think I will get the in knack of what to do, I'm very nervous about it, or even just switching to a human meter @MrWorfMen's Mom
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Diane, if I can do it you for sure can ❤️ Absolutely no doubt. Just can't over think ....and I'll be right with you , saying " I don't know, Diane...let's ask Linda" :D:D:D
 
Beth 73 said:
Oh, the lives we lead !!!! Right now I have Ben closed in bedroom with spare kitty Boo ...she is a fiesty tortie who has decided her days of being shuttled from room to room to accommodate Gpa Elmo are over . Thankfully she and Ben get along and when Elmo has gone on to Kitty Heaven she will be free to roam the house .
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You are right about that, so you have 2 other kitties @Beth 73
 
Love the Golden Girls ... no nonsense, tell it like it is ..the best !!! Diane ,,we have 3 other kitties here at the house ...Ben,16( Brother Chris passed away a few weeks ago ) , Boo , 2 ( little tortie that showed up under our deck as a baby ) and Tuffy, 2 ( found by my DH as the only surviving kitten from a barn litter ) ...then we still have a shy/feral girl , Baby,5 at our office ....she is slowly warming up to us but happiest by herself .. found her and siblings as babies ..rest have found homes .....THEN I feed a feral ish colony near our old office building ...10 of them ....take care of them with help of guy who works at nearby Radio Shack .....wheeeew, that's a lots a cats :woot:
 
@MrWorfMen's Mom Hi my other Golden Girl
MONDAY 11-25-19
PMPS - 184 Shooting 0.75 skinny In case you missed #68 @MrWorfMen's Mom
@Beth 73
Thank you for being a friend
Traveled down the road and back again
Your heart is true your a pal and a confidant.

And if you through a party
Invited everyone you ever knew
You would see the biggest gift would be from me
And the card attached would say thank you for being a friend

We are three crazy cat ladies lol @MrWorfMen's Mom
 
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Beth 73 said:
Love the Golden Girls ... no nonsense, tell it like it is ..the best !!! Diane ,,we have 3 other kitties here at the house ...Ben,16( Brother Chris passed away a few weeks ago ) , Boo , 2 ( little tortie that showed up under our deck as a baby ) and Tuffy, 2 ( found by my DH as the only surviving kitten from a barn litter ) ...then we still have a shy/feral girl , Baby,5 at our office ....she is slowly warming up to us but happiest by herself .. found her and siblings as babies ..rest have found homes .....THEN I feed a feral ish colony near our old office building ...10 of them ....take care of them with help of guy who works at nearby Radio Shack .....wheeeew, that's a lots a cats :woot:
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@Beth 73 holy cow that is a lot of kitties so sorry about Chris, so very sorry. that's wonderful you feed all those kitties, such a loving lady you are!
How is Elmo today after that dive today.
 
Diane Tyler's Mom said:
@Beth 73 holy cow that is a lot of kitties so sorry about Chris, so very sorry. that's wonderful you feed all those kitties, such a loving lady you are!
How is Elmo today after that dive today.
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I panicked and gave too high of carbs too quickly so he popped up to high again ..sigh...but it was good to see blues and greens .. glad he still has it in him... we shall soldier on :)
 
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Do you the cardboard cat scratchers that you put in the floor for them, they scratcher lays inside a box and then when you need a new one you just buy one and lay it back in the cardboard box,
I have one that's not it in a box and Tyler likes to sleep on it, so I took the other one out of the box and put it next to the other on so he can have more room to fit his chubby body on, have to be honest he's fat lol
So look at what he did, stuffed his body in the empty cardboard box that was empty, he is something else, I cracked up when I saw this
 
Good morning Diane and Linda ❤️ Storms coming here so if I fade out for a bit it's cos we've lost our Ozarks Hillbilly internet :woot: Sending hugs and prayers for this wonderful new day ❤️
 
And Linda, have your tech assistant ( aka HRH Menace) check out your PC since she is so skilled in that area ❤️
 
Well la dee dah. Now it's working fine. ARRRGGGGHH! And I was wondering if Miss Menace had somehow done something REALLY sinister to my laptop! She is bound, bet and determined to "help" me do anything on the computer these days. And apparently the keyboard is quite a comfy warm spot to sleep too!
Gotta go deal with leaves in the yard. Talk later.
 
Just had to do battle with a raccoon sitting on the chair on my deck totally and completely undisturbed by me or the young man helping me making noise, kicking the chair etc. Finally had to poke him in the butt with a broom handle. Looks healthy but bold as they come. Finally got him to mosey off...... and now my helper just broke the rake....SIGH! If ain't one thing it's another today. I think I should go back to bed and get up later and start over again. I am laughing as I type this because it's just too crazy to believe! :woot:
 
:eek: :joyful: :woot::D ....oh , Linda , I can see it all in my fertile imagination :woot: That's a hoot !!! When it's not fun , ya gotta make it funny :joyful: Btw, going to eye doc at 2:00 for checkup of floaters and flashers :woot: Getting older ain't for the faint :rolleyes:
 
MrWorfMen's Mom said:
Just had to do battle with a raccoon sitting on the chair on my deck totally and completely undisturbed by me or the young man helping me making noise, kicking the chair etc. Finally had to poke him in the butt with a broom handle. Looks healthy but bold as they come. Finally got him to mosey off...... and now my helper just broke the rake....SIGH! If ain't one thing it's another today. I think I should go back to bed and get up later and start over again. I am laughing as I type this because it's just too crazy to believe! :woot:
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Oh Lord, you are having a very interesting day, I will believe anything.
 
Oh thanks, Diane❤️ Everything checked out fine but not until after the most prodding and examining I've ever gone thru at eye doc. She wanted to make sure my retina was in good shape and not starting to detach , which it wasn't . Bonus is I found a really cute pair of glasses that I'll get later. Have always wanted 2 pair . Hope your day went well . It's stormy here ..under tornado watch til midnight :woot:
 
Beth 73 said:
Oh thanks, Diane❤️ Everything checked out fine but not until after the most prodding and examining I've ever gone thru at eye doc. She wanted to make sure my retina was in good shape and not starting to detach , which it wasn't . Bonus is I found a really cute pair of glasses that I'll get later. Have always wanted 2 pair . Hope your day went well . It's stormy here ..under tornado watch til midnight :woot:
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Glad to hear everything went well, getting another pair of glasses that are cute is always exciting. Tornado watch, hoity cow. Be safe
 
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