NadineTheodore
Active Member
Hello,
I switched Theodore to Lantus as I was finding Levemir a little tricky and it seemed it was bouncy plus I understand it was getting discontinued in Canada. Part of me is also frustrated as times I will check his glucose and it will show something like 4 (72) then I recheck with the same blood and shows up as 8 (144)...I thought 5% variance is normal but this far beyond exceeds that.
In any case I switched to see if we would have better luck. I was told to start with half so anywhere 2-2.5 since my vet office doesn't do quarters. I was curious about this as he was previously on much higher doses on Lantus and also DKA previously.
His numbers at 2 were horrible and he was acting not himself. I upp'd it quicker then I should have given his state and even 3 units he was having a poor appetite. He is acting like himself again on 4 units of Lantus but his numbers are very strange and his nader appears to be +3 but even last night I gave him insulin and at +1 he went from HI to 8.8 (158). Does this appear normal? Is he bouncing? He drops so quickly it's concerning but then his numbers are so high towards the end of the cycle. I know it's an adjustment with levemir having nadirs at the end of the cycle but I thought Lantus was supposed to eventually close the range and not be all over the place like this
@Wendy&Neko @tiffmaxee
I switched Theodore to Lantus as I was finding Levemir a little tricky and it seemed it was bouncy plus I understand it was getting discontinued in Canada. Part of me is also frustrated as times I will check his glucose and it will show something like 4 (72) then I recheck with the same blood and shows up as 8 (144)...I thought 5% variance is normal but this far beyond exceeds that.
In any case I switched to see if we would have better luck. I was told to start with half so anywhere 2-2.5 since my vet office doesn't do quarters. I was curious about this as he was previously on much higher doses on Lantus and also DKA previously.
His numbers at 2 were horrible and he was acting not himself. I upp'd it quicker then I should have given his state and even 3 units he was having a poor appetite. He is acting like himself again on 4 units of Lantus but his numbers are very strange and his nader appears to be +3 but even last night I gave him insulin and at +1 he went from HI to 8.8 (158). Does this appear normal? Is he bouncing? He drops so quickly it's concerning but then his numbers are so high towards the end of the cycle. I know it's an adjustment with levemir having nadirs at the end of the cycle but I thought Lantus was supposed to eventually close the range and not be all over the place like this
@Wendy&Neko @tiffmaxee
