Iris Melanosis

I need to make an appointment for Scruffy to see the ophthalmologist again. I take a picture of the left eye and the growth in it each time, for comparison. Today's picture has really upset me. It has grown significantly since November. (I tried to find the November picture - no luck yet.) I asked the ophthalmologist then to refer me to someone who could laser the thing out of there .

Update: I made an appointment for 2/21/08. And in the course of my mumbling about the difficulties of arranging an appointment (because of the timing of Milk's first two doses of medication each day), the receptionist said that she spoke with the ophthalmologist, and that they DO now " have the equipment and if I'd bring Scruffy in to see her on Friday at 8:45, instead of Thursday the 21st, she'd do the procedure that afternoon." I was so surprised that none of the normal questions occurred to me: 1) Is she talking about the laser treatment? Or removing his eye? In which case, I think I'd want a little time to get ready for that huge of an ordeal. To say nothing about blood work, etc. And fasting, and what to do about his insulin? 2) If they didn't have the equipment and she had never done laser stuff - which is what she told me at the last appointment - did she become an expert in three months? I really want someone to do this who's got lots and lots of experience.

I am dreading this whole thing, no matter how it turns out.

Is anybody home?

Inside my brain? Apparently not. Here's yesterday:

2/15/08
AM PS (+12.5) 195 fed 1.25uLevemir
+4.5 338
PM PS (+10.5) 450 fed, threw up, ate again .5uR, 1.25uLevemir
+4 272
+6 259

Decent preshot. Usual dose. I have a clear memory of filling the syringe, and even of holding it up to the window and thinking that I wanted to take out just a drop, and doing that. And then I put the syringe in my teeth to warm the insulin while I got Scruffy, and put the Muffer on the window ledge to eat and get his shot. And that is where the "blank" occurred. The needle was in his side, and the plunger was depressed, but I had NO memory of pushing it. His fur wasn't wet. I don't know if there was insulin in the syringe when I poked him or not. Going by the incredibly rising numbers, NOT. I actually looked at the syringe when it was still in his skin, wondering why the plunger was depressed and I didn't remember doing it. I always hold the orange cap in my teeth so it doesn't get misplaced while I'm shooting. (My whole life seems to be a massive, sadly ineffectual attempt to keep from losing things.) I don't recall tasting insulin from the cap, which you'd think would be the disgusting case if I'd squirted the stuff in there instead of into Scruffy. No drips.

The whole event seems, in retrospect, to have been absolutely the same as virtually every other morning shot in the last three years, with the exception of that plunger I can't account for and the fact that it appears that there wasn't any insulin inserted in the brown furry cat in front of me. And that now I'm thinking that any day now, I'll just wander away from home in the snow without a coat and freeze to death because I can't find my house again....

Averages improving......

(Remember this fortune-telling lady on television infomercials a few years ago - with the wonderful Caribbean accent?! I always liked her, even if she was a fake. What was her name, though?)



Averages as of 10:30 AM on February 11, 2008:


7 day average ***** 36 tests ***** 189
14 day average ***** 81 tests ***** 181
30 day average ***** 177 tests ***** 225
60 day average ***** 333 tests ***** 248
90 day average ***** 529 tests***** 234

Well, things have improved, relatively speaking. And that 189 number includes yesterday's unfortunate 406, which came after a very late dinner and a six hour power failure during an exceptional cold spell. (That counts, right?) First November, 2007, and now February, 08, is looking pretty good so far; two good months out of each year? Not wonderful, but at least a step in the right direction.

I 'm always a little surprised at the total number of tests. If there was ever proof that 1) your cat won't hate you - the minute I sit down, Scruffy's sprawled on my lap and 2) their ears won't "abscess", or show ANY sign of distress - Scruffy's IT.

I wonder why it is that it's impossible to make columns here and on FDMB - the program just smashes the stuff together no matter what I try to do. I'd also like to know what people do to get multiple pictures included in their posts here, and how you get the pictures/graphics to go where you want them to without spending two hours copying and pasting..... Life's little mysteries, I guess.

February, 2008 #'s

1/31/08
AM PS (+12.5) 157 fed, threw up, ate again 1.25uLevemir
+1.5 204
+6 64
+10 86 fed
PM PS (+12) 174 1.25uLevemir
+3 233

2/1/08
AM PS (+12) 66 fed
+13.5 78
+14.5 116 fat 1.0uLevemir
+3 121
+5 96
PM PS (+7.5) 132 fed 1.25uLevemir
+2.5 165
+6 93 snack, threw up
+7 111

2/2/08
+9.5 92
AM PS (+13) 101 fed, threw up, ate again 1.25uLevemir
+3 152
+8 81
+10 79 fed
PM PS (+12) 153 1.25uLevemir
+3.5 209

2/3/08
AM PS (+12) 303 fed, threw up, ate again 1.25uLevemir
+3.5 350
+7 188
+11 68 fed
+13.5 100
+14 102
PM PS (+15) 123 1.25uLevemir

2/4/08
AM PS (+9) 64 fed
+10.5 61
+14 92
PM PS (+15.5) 117 fed 1.25uLevemir
+3.5 271
+7.5 327

2/5/08
AM PS (+16.5) 382 fed 1.25uLevemir
+3 257
+8 67
+10 73
PM PS (+12) 103 1.25uLevemir

2/6/08
AM PS (+11.5) 139 fed 1.25uLevemir
+3 185
+6 292
+10.5 386
PM PS (+11.5) fed 1.25uLevemir
+6.5 350


2/7/08
AM PS (+13.5) 293 fed 1.25uLevemir
+5.5 96
+8 93
+10 88 fed
PM PS (+11) 110 1.25uLevemir
+3 183
+5 232

2/8/08
+13.5 105 fed, threw up, ate again
+16 88
AM PS (+18) 137 1.25uLevemir
+3 151
+6 117 fed
+11 107

2/9/08
AM PS (+19) 200 fed 1.25uLevemir
+6 157
+10 122 fed
PM PS (+12) 134 1.25uLevemir
+5 76

2/10/08
AM PS (+12) 139 fed 1.25uLevemir
+2.5 225
+7.5 294
PM PS (+11.5) 406 fed 1.25uLevemir
+4 374

2/11/08
AM PS (+12.5) 263 fed 1.25uLevemir
+5.5 294
PM PS (+10 ) 188 fed 1.25uLevemir
+5.5 355

2/12/08
AM PS (+13) 422 fed 1.25uLevemir
+1 435
+7 296
PM PS (+12) 234 fed, threw up, ate again 1.25uLevemir
+3 230

2/13/08
AM PS (+12.5) 146 fed 1.25uLevemir
+3.5 90
+6 72
+10.5 62 fed
PM PS (+14) 376 1.25uLevemir
+2 402

2/14/08
AM PS (+9.5) 356 fed 1.25uLevemir
+3 261
+7.5 53
+9.5 78
+10.5 87 fed
PM PS (+12) 101 1.25uLevemir
+2.5 140 ate, threw up, ate again
+5 109

2/15/08
AM PS (+12.5) 195 fed 1.25uLevemir (Or not - see 2/16 post)
+4.5 338
PM PS (+10.5) 450 fed, threw up, ate again .5uR, 1.25uLevemir
+4 272
+6 259

2/16/08
AM PS (+13) 240 fed 1.25uLevemir
+2 232
+4.5 177
+9 170
PM PS (+11) 200 fed 1.25uLevemir
+5 342

2/17/08
AM PS (+121.5) 181 fed 1.25uLevemir
+2.5 120
+5 78
PM PS (+10) 130 fed, threw up, ate again 1.25uLevemir
+5 283

2/18/08 The Experiment begins
AM PS (+14) 396 fed .5uR and .75uLevemir
+2 201
+4 106
+5 81
+7 67
+7.5 105
PM PS (+10) 180 fed .25uR and .75uLevemir
+4.5 72
+6 77

2/19/08
+9.5 153
AM PS (+13) 426 fed .5uR and .75uLevemir
+1 385
+4 242
+8 210
PM PS (+11) 304 fed .5uR, .75uLevemir
+2 278
+5 222

2/20/08
AM PS (+13) 138 fed .75uLevemir
+1.5 161
+5 210
+7 305 .25uR
PM PS (+11) 212 fed .25uR, .75uLevemir
+5 152

2/21/08
AM PS (+12) 437 fed .5uR, .75uLevemir
+3 228
+4 170 (AT VET!)
+10 192
PM PS (+10.5) fed .5uR, .75uLevemir
+2.5 120
+6 151

2/22/08
AM PS (+13) 267 fed .5uR, .75uLevemir
+4 77
+7 118
+9 133
PM PS (+11) 125 fed .75uLevemir
+3 241 .25uR
+5 130

2/23/08
AM PS (+12.5) 152 fed, threw up, ate again. .25uR, .75uLevemir
+2.5 84 fed (had to leave for wedding)
+3 88
+9 339
PM PS (+10) 347 .5uR, .75uLevemir
+4.5 117
+5.5 220

2/24/08
AM PS (+14) 216 fed .5uR, .75uLevemir
+6 215
+7.5 310
+10 345 fed, threw up, ate again.
PM PS (+10.5) .5uR, .75uLevemir
+3 178
+5 72

2/25/08
AM PS (+13.5) 233 fed .5uR, .75uLevemir
+3 90
+9.5 134
PM PS (+10) fed .75uLevemir
+5 145

2/26/08
AM PS (+13) 184 fed .25uR, .75uLevemir
+5.5 68
+6.5 73
PM PS (+10) 190 fed .5uR, .75uLevemir
+5.5 83

2/27/08
AM PS (+14) 139 fed, threw up, ate again .25uR, .75uLevemir
+7 77
+10 69
+12 67 fed
PM PS (+13) 112 .75uLevemir
+2.5 189

2/28/08
AM PS (+10) 159 fed .75uLevemir
+5.5 38 fed
+6 73
+10 101
+11 fed
PM PS (+13) 261 .5uLevemir
+3 322

2/29/08
AM PS (+11) 244 fed .75uLevemir
+1 157
+3 77 fed
+4.5 85
+6.5 86
PM PS (+11) 139 fed .5uLevemir
+1.5 236
+4.5 210