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  • #16
    Re: Newbie needing help

    http://us-alphatrak-live.ztsaccess.c...g-blood-sample.

    thats a link to instructions just to check.

    did you code the meter same as code on the test strips? think i used 35 and 36

    oh Max what a trooper. it could be a dud meter.

    also check the customer reviews where you bought it.Amazon, ask a question on amazon?
    phone mfg of the alphatrack.

    i turned the meter on , then took out a strip put it i the meter, then took the lancet poked his innerlip, then put the test strip into the blood droplet.


    i.ll keep lookingfor an answer.
    Last edited by Riliey and Mo; 08-26-2021, 05:45 PM.
    Riliey . aka Ralphy, Alice, Big Boy
    20 lb male. 5 1/2 nph insulin. 1/2 cup fromms. black cockapoo, dx Apr 2012 . 5 1\2 yrs diabetic. 2000 to 2017

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    • #17
      Re: Newbie needing help

      okay this might work for error codes alphatrack

      take out the battery then put itback in

      replace the battery .. its a Cr2032.

      some meters sold are old and might this.
      Riliey . aka Ralphy, Alice, Big Boy
      20 lb male. 5 1/2 nph insulin. 1/2 cup fromms. black cockapoo, dx Apr 2012 . 5 1\2 yrs diabetic. 2000 to 2017

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      • #18
        Re: Newbie needing help

        So I am back from my long weekend and my husband could not get a reading from the Alphatrack over the weekend. I think I’m going to send it back for a replacement… We put a Libre sensor on him and it’s been reading in the high 400’s. I called the vet (the one who diagnosed him is out due to complications from pregnancy), so I talked to a new vet about raising his Vetsulin to 6 units instead of 5, but she didn’t want to do that yet. She asked me all the standard questions: Did I refrigerate it, yes. Am I feeding first with insulin right after, yes. Am I rolling it, yes. How are you rolling it, I described how Dr. G showed us placing the bottle between our hands, top to bottom and rolling. She said, oh no, that’s not how you do it. You must roll it in your hands with the bottle on its side. So her answer was not to increase the insulin, but go get a new bottle, which my husband is doing now, and to only administer after rolling sideways. Does this make sense, as it does not to me???
        Thank you for any help.
        Donna

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        • #19
          Re: Newbie needing help

          i.m assuming you took out the battery and put it back or replaced it

          after all that bottle bs did anyone ask you to bring him in to be tested?
          Riliey . aka Ralphy, Alice, Big Boy
          20 lb male. 5 1/2 nph insulin. 1/2 cup fromms. black cockapoo, dx Apr 2012 . 5 1\2 yrs diabetic. 2000 to 2017

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          • #20
            Re: Newbie needing help

            I did take out the battery and put it back in. I did not replace it...

            Nope, she did not mention re-testing, just wanted to sell me a new bottle I guess...

            I'll give her the benefit of doubt and give him his evening insulin from the new bottle and will send her a curve tomorrow, but I think it's going to make zero difference, to be honest...

            Donna

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            • #21
              Re: Newbie needing help

              I fed Max about an hour ago and he was Hi (over 500). I just checked it again and it's still Hi. I've got a feeling that's why the AlphaTrack isn't working as the Er1 means it's over 500... Yep, I used the new bottle and rolled it per her instructions. Will continue with this curve from the Libre, send it to Dr. P tomorrow and pray she lets me up his insulin...
              Donna

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              • #22
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                it would be a good idea to get some urine test strips. dip it in his urine. it.ll at least show if he has ketones. sensors dont read properly in lower and higher numbers. his could be happening. i.d be using a hand held meter as soon as possible
                Riliey . aka Ralphy, Alice, Big Boy
                20 lb male. 5 1/2 nph insulin. 1/2 cup fromms. black cockapoo, dx Apr 2012 . 5 1\2 yrs diabetic. 2000 to 2017

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                • #23
                  Re: Newbie needing help

                  I'll do that, but keep in mind this is the vet that charged me $65 to tell me there was no way this dog is diabetic, this spring upon a visual. As of August 8, he didn't have ketoacidosis.

                  Donna

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                  • #24
                    Re: Newbie needing help

                    Ok, venting here, but I've had two Cushing's dogs, an EPI dog and an Addisonian dog - I know the endocrine system pretty well! She treated me like a simpleton... I didn't much like that... He's down to 467 2.5 hours after feeing and insulin. I'd LOVE to find a new vet, but that isn't an option as the pandemic has created a lack of them...
                    Donna

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                    • #25
                      Re: Newbie needing help

                      I've been to this practice for over 40 years. All the vets there that I've trusted and loved are retired...
                      This new wave of vets after the pandemic, when everyone adopted a dog, is insane!
                      We spent over 6 hours at an emergency vet just to check my GSD in...
                      And another 6 hours the next day because my vet called in sick..
                      Folks, for those of you who have children, veterinary medicine is the way to go!!! I'm pushing it on my grandkids! LOL

                      Donna

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                      • #26
                        Re: Newbie needing help

                        I did a curve today and as I expected, zero difference in numbers on the new bottle of insulin...

                        Donna

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                        • #27
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                          You could make the switch to nph insulin and usually you can buy it from walmart for about $25 without a prescription with syringes and go it alone without a vets supervision which is what I did with my Jesse after a couple weeks . I had come to the conclusion a general approach to k9 diabetes doesnt work that well and especially for challenging ones like my jesse was.

                          Its really not that complicated as long as you don't react to single numbers and do your weekly curves and adjust the dose on the lowest number within that curve
                          Jesse-26 lbs - 16.5 years old ,11 years diabetic, one meal a day homemade and a vitabone snack . 3 shots of Novolin( under the Relion name ) a day . Total insulin for a 24 hour period is 6.5 units of NPH insulin .
                          Jesse earned her wings on 6/21/2021

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                          • #28
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                            The vet finally called me back and agreed to let me up his Vetsulin to 6 units. We agreed to check back on Tuesday and if the numbers haven't gone down, we will do an LDDST next week. I'll keep you posted.

                            Donna

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                            • #29
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                              I don't know what happened to my last post, but am reposting. For the first time since early August, Max went below 200 at 9:00 AM. He's since been over 500 as it was short lived for maybe an hour and a half...
                              He's fed at 5:30 AM followed by 6 units of vetsuline. By 9:00 AM he was in the hight 400's. What does this mean?

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                              • #30
                                Re: Newbie needing help

                                usually we ask people to retest the low number to be accuratebut you cant do that because your using a sensor.

                                now do you see their not accurate

                                this means you need to at least double check with a hand held glucose meter.

                                it also means he might be getting too much food

                                also cushings is a possibility

                                you can pick one up at the pharmacy, some lancets and strips. the One touch is a good one.
                                Last edited by Riliey and Mo; 09-04-2021, 03:52 PM.
                                Riliey . aka Ralphy, Alice, Big Boy
                                20 lb male. 5 1/2 nph insulin. 1/2 cup fromms. black cockapoo, dx Apr 2012 . 5 1\2 yrs diabetic. 2000 to 2017

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