Ann & Tess GA
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Tess was just diagnose last week. The vet put her on insulin right away, but it was Vetsulin. She is getting 1u twice a day. After I started her on it I founds out about the FDA warning. Long story short, Tess is seeing her new vet tomorrow. I've talked to them and they also only have Vetsulin in stock, but can order or prescribe something else. From the advice I've gotten in the Vetsulin forum I think Lantus is the smart way to go. I've been reading over the stickies to get up to speed n Lantus, but I'm still on a pretty big learning curve.
Since they would have to order it I think we would be better off getting a prescription and ordering online. We would get it just as fast, maybe faster, and it should be cheaper. From what I've seen it seem to come in vials or cartridges. What's the difference? should I ask for one over the other?
As for switching do you just stop giving one and start the other the next cycle? I assume the dosing would be prescribed by the vet, but if they don't use Lantus would they be that familiar with how to convert?
Unfortunately nothing was done about diet. He said Hills Senior Dry was a great food (32% carbs!!!)and to give her a preshot feeding of a little Prescription Diet WD (26% carbs). Since her insulin was based on this diet I couldn't just change over to a low carb diet. When the first dan of WD was gone I switched to EVO (4% carb) and have gradually been increasing the amount of canned for every couple of days. As Tess gets more canned food she eats less of the high carb dry on her own, now she's eating less than half of the dry she used to eat. With just starting insulin last Friday and the change in diet (am I going too fast?) how hard will it be to set a new dose of Lantus. By the time I get it she will probably be eating mainly wet with some dry left out for a snack in between meals. I'd like to change that over to low Carb also.
Any advice on how to proceed is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
Ann
Since they would have to order it I think we would be better off getting a prescription and ordering online. We would get it just as fast, maybe faster, and it should be cheaper. From what I've seen it seem to come in vials or cartridges. What's the difference? should I ask for one over the other?
As for switching do you just stop giving one and start the other the next cycle? I assume the dosing would be prescribed by the vet, but if they don't use Lantus would they be that familiar with how to convert?
Unfortunately nothing was done about diet. He said Hills Senior Dry was a great food (32% carbs!!!)and to give her a preshot feeding of a little Prescription Diet WD (26% carbs). Since her insulin was based on this diet I couldn't just change over to a low carb diet. When the first dan of WD was gone I switched to EVO (4% carb) and have gradually been increasing the amount of canned for every couple of days. As Tess gets more canned food she eats less of the high carb dry on her own, now she's eating less than half of the dry she used to eat. With just starting insulin last Friday and the change in diet (am I going too fast?) how hard will it be to set a new dose of Lantus. By the time I get it she will probably be eating mainly wet with some dry left out for a snack in between meals. I'd like to change that over to low Carb also.
Any advice on how to proceed is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
Ann