Post by @TWDickson@mastodon.social

2026-09-02 15:49 UTC

@blingoali@mastodonapp.uk mine was getting frequent ear infections, we think the steroids might be what pushed him into it. I’m only a week into it, but: The vet supplied syringes were very long and difficult to accurately dose his 1.5units of lantus. I found the Sanofi JuniorStar pen and my pharmacy ordered it for me, it’s much easier with the pen. For pricking his ears I found using a bare lancet rather than the lancing pen was easier/more accurate. The lancing pet was simply too big.

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@blingoali@mastodonapp.uk 2026-09-02 17:16

@TWDickson@mastodon.social Many thanks, Taylor! We're just off for a week's holiday (booked long ago) and then the insulin adventure begins! I'll try to post progress on here and I'll be following yours with interest. I've never said this before but *fortunately* I was diagnosed a few years back with a 'benign tremor', so my other half will be handling all the needles etc. Matty, 6.5kg before the diagnosis, is usually malleable and agreeable. Right up until the point he isn't… The holiday's off to an excellent start, likely an entire day waiting at the airport for mist to clear so that the incoming flight from the island to the mainland can become our outgoing plane. Fun, fun, fun!

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