Coming up too slow Help. 10/26 TiTi. 130AMPS, 45+4.25, 60+4.5, 64+5

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Up is up.....as long as she's above 50, that's great!

When she hit the 40's, that's when you should go ahead and give a little HC.....then once she's above 50, you want to stick to low carb or no food (kind of depends on how well you know her) but you keep testing for at least 2 hours after feeding anything HC to get them up to make sure they stay up without having to have more.

You want to encourage her to surf in these good, safe numbers, without giving her so much HC food that you send her back too high again
 
She's in safe numbers now, though I guess you are concerned because she usually responds more to the HC

If she is still above 50 at her next test how about, just giving some LC and checking after 30 min and seeing what she does?
As the cycle moves on she will probably come up more after all the HC.
this is only 3 cycles since the reducie, so may still be the depot talking. Perhaps those blues were a bounce after all, and that cleared this morning.

Did you shoot last night? there's nothing in the ss

Titi I thought I told you to play nice!!
 
Chris & China said:
Up is up.....as long as she's above 50, that's great!

When she hit the 40's, that's when you should go ahead and give a little HC.....then once she's above 50, you want to stick to low carb or no food (kind of depends on how well you know her) but you keep testing for at least 2 hours after feeding anything HC to get them up to make sure they stay up without having to have more.

You want to encourage her to surf in these good, safe numbers, without giving her so much HC food that you send her back too high again
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Uh oh. I gave her 2Tsp HC again at 70+5.25. I was worried about how slowly she is coming up. It is completely unlike her. Afraid of her taking a nasty dip into shark waters.

Well, dang it, she'll probably soar up now. I don't trust her BG twhen she dips from 130 to 45.
 
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Gill & George said:
She's in safe numbers now, though I guess you are concerned because she usually responds more to the HC

If she is still above 50 at her next test how about, just giving some LC and checking after 30 min and seeing what she does?
As the cycle moves on she will probably come up more after all the HC.
this is only 3 cycles since the reducie, so may still be the depot talking. Perhaps those blues were a bounce after all, and that cleared this morning.

Did you shoot last night? there's nothing in the ss

Titi I thought I told you to play nice!!
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oh! Yes, I did. 7.5 .
157PMPS
160+2.5
 
As the cycle moves on she will probably come up more after all the HC.
this is only 3 cycles since the reducie, so may still be the depot talking. Perhaps those blues were a bounce after all, and that cleared this morning.

Did you shoot last night? there's nothing in the ss

Titi I thought I told you to play nice!![/QUOTE]

Well, uhm yes, Auntie Gil, but I knew I'd get some yum food if I sharked:):cat:.
 
Kathy and TiTi said:
I thought the food effect on BG wore off after about 20-30 minutes
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It can last up to 2 hours, but when they are dropping and you have given HC, they can bobble about, that's why we test every 20-30 minutes.

Once they are up, ie when she was above 60 in this case, you could have given some LC/ or with hold food, then checked in 20 to 30 minutes to see if she is holding her own. Then we look for two tests that are flat or rising, before moving to hourly tests. Usually getting a test in in the 2 hour mark after the HC.


does that make sense?
 
Gill & George said:
It can last up to 2 hours, but when they are dropping and you have given HC, they can bobble about, that's why we test every 20-30 minutes.

Once they are up, ie when she was above 60 in this case, you could have given some LC/ or with hold food, then checked in 20 to 30 minutes to see if she is holding her own. Then we look for two tests that are flat or rising, before moving to hourly tests. Usually getting a test in in the 2 hour mark after the HC.


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Thank you. Yes it does, and I'm printing it out and adding it to my hard copy of "handling low numbers".
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Don't worry about it.....when you see those low numbers, it's totally normal to freak out a little...especially when you're not used to them!!...then you start to get used to them and get upset when you don't see them!!

The first time China dropped below 50, I knew I could give her some syrup (it was all I had at the time) but I didn't know how much I was supposed to give, so I dumped about a cupful into a bowl and gave it to her.....Was really surprised that she liked it....she lapped up quite a bit!!!

Needless to say, it shot her BG to the moon!!....I learned later that when you're using something like Karo/honey/syrup, you're supposed to only give a couple of drops....not half the bottle.....LOL
 
Chris & China said:
Don't worry about it.....when you see those low numbers, it's totally normal to freak out a little...especially when you're not used to them!!...then you start to get used to them and get upset when you don't see them!!

The first time China dropped below 50, I knew I could give her some syrup (it was all I had at the time) but I didn't know how much I was supposed to give, so I dumped about a cupful into a bowl and gave it to her.....Was really surprised that she liked it....
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LOL had to laugh out loud...Yeah we all go into panic mode when you aren't used to seeing those low numbers. But we learn. It gets easier not to panic, she's right you will get to where you are woohooing when you see 60's and 70's
 
Kathy and TiTi said:
130AMPS - 1Tsp LC
45+4.25 - 2Tsp MC
60+4.5 - 2tsp HC
64+5 - 2Tsp ultra high HC
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I'll second what everyone else was saying the time for the HC was at +4.25 and then it was time to move on to LC, surfing in the 60s is a nice place to be.

Did she only have a tsp of food with her shot and then nothing else until +4.25?
 
Kathy and TiTi said:
Hang on there folks, the 80@+6.25 is a very minute rise given 2 tsps of very high HC.
70+5.25
80+6.25
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Bobbie And Bubba said:
TiTi, shark hunting in the middle of the day! ????? Good girl so momma can sleep tonight. Glad she came up for you Kathy!
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She has been very considerate lately. It was not the low numbers that freaked me. It was the cataclysmic drops
I do not like my TiTi to jump from mountain tops to shark waters.
 
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Jerida and Caesar said:
LOL had to laugh out loud...Yeah we all go into panic mode when you aren't used to seeing those low numbers. But we learn. It gets easier not to panic, she's right you will get to where you are woohooing when you see 60's and 70's
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OMG a whole cupful? Lol. Well on my first time with TitTi low, Gil helped me thru. I think she might have been surprised when she discovered that I gave TiTi 2 whole mls of honey. I gave it to her twice. Lol.
 
Kathy and TiTi said:
Hang on there folks, the 80@+6.25 is a very minute rise given 2 tsps of very high HC.
70+5.25
80+6.25
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Vyktors Mum said:
I'll second what everyone else was saying the time for the HC was at +4.25 and then it was time to move on to LC, surfing in the 60s is a nice place to be.

Did she only have a tsp of food with her shot and then nothing else until +4.25?
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No. I notated from the low numbers on. At breakfast-AMPS- she gets a daily breakfast of approximately 1 1/2 TBSPs. LC.
 
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