savnbinx
New Member
Hi y'all. First time posting here. Binx was diagnosed in December and we've been mostly dealing with high glucose numbers this entire time. We started out on 1 unit of Lantus twice a day, and after several curves we are now up to 3 units. His numbers were steadily staying in the 300s until we got up to 3 units.
Now Binx's numbers are bouncing around a lot. Usually in the 200s, but often in the 300s still and sometimes in the 100s. For example last night it was 327 and this morning it is 146. Big fluctuations. My vet has been so horrible about advice that I've actually recently switched to a new one. But I'm hoping to find some advice here too.
My question is what's too low to give him his dose? I've skipped it a couple of times in the past month when it got down to 98 and 104. But is 146 too low? My old vet said that his target range is 150-250. So I'm hesitant giving his shot with anything below that, especially since 3 units is a big dose. But I also don't want these skipped doses to be messing him up either.
I plan on doing a new blood curve next weekend to send to the new vet and see if it's time to lower his dose.
Any advice would be appreciated but please be gentle with me! I've been afraid to post on here and be bombarded with messages saying I'm doing everything wrong. Nothing against this website in particular, just that the Internet is so mean these days that my social anxiety is at an all time high! Thanks in advance.
Now Binx's numbers are bouncing around a lot. Usually in the 200s, but often in the 300s still and sometimes in the 100s. For example last night it was 327 and this morning it is 146. Big fluctuations. My vet has been so horrible about advice that I've actually recently switched to a new one. But I'm hoping to find some advice here too.
My question is what's too low to give him his dose? I've skipped it a couple of times in the past month when it got down to 98 and 104. But is 146 too low? My old vet said that his target range is 150-250. So I'm hesitant giving his shot with anything below that, especially since 3 units is a big dose. But I also don't want these skipped doses to be messing him up either.
I plan on doing a new blood curve next weekend to send to the new vet and see if it's time to lower his dose.
Any advice would be appreciated but please be gentle with me! I've been afraid to post on here and be bombarded with messages saying I'm doing everything wrong. Nothing against this website in particular, just that the Internet is so mean these days that my social anxiety is at an all time high! Thanks in advance.
