? 2/24 - 2/25 TiTi 32@ +7 shark waters. 2/25. Bounce 2/24, Surfing last night - close to sharks

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Hope she came up easily enough for you.

Just a thought,
That's 2 drops on the 14.5 dose, if she is real hard to steer back up you might want to think about taking the dose back a touch. With the larger dose and consequently larger depot it might be a good idea to not let the depot get too ahead of you.
 
Gill & George said:
Hope she came up easily enough for you.

Just a thought,
That's 2 drops on the 14.5 dose, if she is real hard to steer back up you might want to think about taking the dose back a touch. With the larger dose and consequently larger depot it might be a good idea to not let the depot get too ahead of you.
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Yes, I was thinking the same thing. I think I was too hasty in increasing by .5. I thought she was on the rise again, because that's been my experience since mid November. However, it sure doesn't look that way. This morning she's at 102@PMPS, and 91@ +#.
 
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Tricia Cinco(GA) & Harvey said:
But Mama, you said I wuz too high, so I came down. You sure is hard to please. - TiTi

Kathy, did you shoot tonight? Your SS is blank for PMPS and dose.
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Sorry, I just updated it. I passed out at midnight, after seeing her Bg climb a bit. I was going to stay up for a +5, but I fell asleep with my reading glasses perched on my nose, my open book spread across my chest, the radio blaring, and enough lights on to illuminate Yankee Stadium. I had no idea I was that sleepy.
 
Good catch Kathy and Titi is done with this dose so back down to either 14u or 14.25u tonight. 30's is an automatic reduction. Time to come up now Titi and surf...
 
Sorry Kathy I'd stepped away for supper.

Keep checking every 20min until she comes up, giving her HC snacks until she's safe.

Guess she's due a check now.
 
Gill & George said:
Sorry Kathy I'd stepped away for supper.

Keep checking every 20min until she comes up, giving her HC snacks until she's safe.

Guess she's due a check now.
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She's back up to 69, but I forget how long the honey lasts. I gave her a half ml. Also, I'm unsure if the rise in BG is due more to the honey, or the fact that she's at or near nadir.
 
Doodles & Karen said:
To me she looked pretty good on 14u and the trigger for an increase may have been a wee bit too quick. If it were me having a large depot I'd take the 1/2 unit and go back to 14. Just my 2 cents.
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I was so fixed in her trends since mid November, that I reacted to her recent history rather than the 6 cycles before I raised her to 14.5.
 
I don't have a lot of experience with large dose cats like Wendy and some others, but to me, for a cat on 14+ units, a quarter unit change is "fine tuning". I'm not sure TiTi is at a point where that is appropriate. If you take her back down to 14 and she stops giving you greens altogether, then maybe I'd try 14.25. For now, and this is just my opinion, I'd go to 14.
 
Tricia Cinco(GA) & Harvey said:
I don't have a lot of experience with large dose cats like Wendy and some others, but to me, for a cat on 14+ units, a quarter unit change is "fine tuning". I'm not sure TiTi is at a point where that is appropriate. If you take her back down to 14 and she stops giving you greens altogether, then maybe I'd try 14.25. For now, and this is just my opinion, I'd go to 14.
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Right. A drop to mid thirties doesn't seem to indicate "fine tuning".

Still and all , she was doing not so great at 14U. High greens , blues, and lots of yellows. Sure wish there was a way to automatically measure her as she sleeps. On 2.22.2017, the cycle after PMPS looks like she might have gone much lower after +4, but I was asleep by then.
 
Doodles & Karen said:
You do a great job with her Kathy, no judgment just my 2 cents which isn't worth much. Hope she surfs now for you.
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No prob'. I wasn't feeling at all defensive; I was just thinking out loud about what was going on in my brain. I do a lot of back-thinking, when I make mistakes - my way of trying to gather enough info', so I don't make the same mistake again.
 
I vote for a reduction to at least, 14u too, I agree that a reduction to 14.25 is the equivalent of skinnying the dose, and with Titi dropping into the 30's I think a full reduction is in order.

And that brings me to a point that I am pondering, what is a full reduction for a kitty on 14.5u of insulin. Is it 0.5u or is it 1u??

I keep thinking as well that not getting 6 tablespoons of pumpkin daily may be influencing her BG for the better.
 
Gill & George said:
I am pondering, what is a full reduction for a kitty on 14.5u of insulin. Is it 0.5u or is it 1u??
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There is no hard fast rule. Titi has been increased in .5u increments therefore taking a .5u decrease is fine and certainly wouldn't take her down a whole unit to 13.5 based on the data.

In respect to the thought about .25u. Again, sometimes taking an in between reduction works especially when they don't hold reductions well. Since she's dropped below 50 three times in three days and now into the 30's the full .5u makes sense to me.
 
Gill & George said:
I vote for a reduction to at least, 14u too, I agree that a reduction to 14.25 is the equivalent of skinnying the dose, and with Titi dropping into the 30's I think a full reduction is in order.

And that brings me to a point that I am pondering, what is a full reduction for a kitty on 14.5u of insulin. Is it 0.5u or is it 1u??

I keep thinking as well that not getting 6 tablespoons of pumpkin daily may be influencing her BG for the better.
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That makes sense - the rise has coincided with the pumpkin, and also with over-feeding her. Her nighttime feeder has been pretty stuffed, and I realized last week that TiTi does not need that much food.

And her herpes and pancreatitis both seem to be getting better.
 
Kathy did 1.0 u increases when Titi first went over 10 units, then switched yo .5 unit increases once green showed up. Which was a good strategy.

Kathy, if you just decrease to 14 units, you may have some active cycles. I think the lowering of the pumpkin dose and her feeling good are making a difference.
 
Wendy&Neko said:
Kathy did 1.0 u increases when Titi first went over 10 units, then switched yo .5 unit increases once green showed up. Which was a good strategy.

Kathy, if you just decrease to 14 units, you may have some active cycles. I think the lowering of the pumpkin dose and her feeling good are making a difference.
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Sounds good.

TiTI is 84@ +9.5. I'm supposed to do some heavy duty writing starting at 5pm today - that's at +10. But I'm not sure that's wise, because I often get so engrossed that I lose track of time. One hour can go by in what seems like 20 minutes. I'm not very comfortable missing my hourly to 90 minutes checkups.

When she first started dropping she got lethargic and somewhat un-coordinated - only slightly, but I've never seen that before, so I'm thinking it best to be extremely careful.

I guess I can set my alarm for every hour...
 
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