Re: RC: CC/molasses/corn syrup calories

[DreamWeaver <karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us>]

At 10:17 AM 12/20/99 -0500, Pete and Debbie LaBerge wrote:
>To those of you monitoring glucose- when are you doing that in
>conditioning and during a ride and where do you stick the horse?
>Deb LaBerge

Well the hard part is getting the blood sample.  I find that the horses 
don't bleed easily <G>.   (yet if they get a scratch on them blood spurts 
everywhere)  The annoying thing is that you try to use a variety of spots 
to stick them, then when the vet checks them over they'll react in a way 
that the vet thinks something might be wrong, but it isn't - they just 
think they are going to get poked (oooh, he picked up his hind leg 
something must be wrong).  I haven't been doing it lately so they aren't 
expecting anything.  Ahead of time, I try to shave little spots that way I 
know where they have been poked and that way they aren't getting it in the 
same spot everytime.  I had the best results with the hind leg, high 
up.  Blood drops off into the test strip easily from there.  (everybody 
just thinks my horses get little scratches all over them-haha)

I can bring the kit to DVE if anybody wants to use it.  What is scary, is 
to use it on yourself and realize that "oh @#$% I'm not taking care of 
myself like I should be".  Horse is fine, the rider needs help......

Would love to hear how others are handling doing this, and how the new 
types of glucometers work.  Would be great to get readings without having 
to have a blood sample.

Odd tho, usually if my horses hang out for a few days at home just eating 
hay their glucose levels will be less than they are after they finish a 
ride, even if they are ridden fast.  Loading them up with grain will easily 
double the readings.  I probably should put this info all together into a 
spreadsheet.  Right now it's on cards, napkins, maps - whatever I had to 
write on at the time.  Lot of it is in memory too, which.... 
well...probably isn't a real good place for it.

Karen





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