4/29 Ducia +12 69, PMPS @+13.5 64, 92 +1,+6 336, +9 316

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Tanya and Ducia

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Hi

Ducia is 69 at the preshot.

I am stalling for 20 min and retesting , no food.

Can you please advise as to what are my options?
 
Considering the fact that you apparently don't sleep much, it might be okay to shoot. I'd wait 30 minutes after she eats and see where she is then. But let's see what Sandy says.
 
Did you feed a regular meal? Can your schedule allow you to stall?
I fed 5% carbs - higher than her reg 0%.
I can stall if needed. We are already 30 min late.
I will post the test after meal as Tricia suggested but I don't really understand what it does - she will have food spike.
A smaller dose - maybe less than 0.25 - could that be good idea?
 
we had so many failed reductions so this time I decided to let her go below 50 for 3 times, on separate days, before taking a reduction.

Ducia is 59 :eek: 25 min after meal.
Usually she shows good response to food.
 
55 min after 5% meal - BG 64.
I think I should give her a token dose, approximately 1 or 2 drops, maybe like 0.01-0.02U?

Or should I just skip it all together?

The food response is unsatisfactory - not long ago she shown 20 points up after the same amount/4% carbs food and only 20 min later.:confused:
 
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Ok,
I gave her a token dose - a drop or two, I cannot tell any better.

The preshot at +13.5 was 64. What is odd is that it was the same as the 69 at +12 but 55 min AFTER 5% meal. :confused: I regret those carbs now badly.
In the past she would have a spike of 10 - 20 or even more points in 20 min with that much carbs. :confused:

I have two questions that I need help with:

What is the morning dose?

We are hour and a half behind our schedule. I know that to return back to it I should be giving shots 15 min earlier per cycle and no more than 30 min per 24 hours? I am not sure if that 15 min earlier can be done every cycle..or if a couple of cycles should be allowed before taking another 15 min early step. Will do some reading.:bookworm:

I really do not know what to think about this VERY low pre-shot.:confused:
 
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I think I should give her a token dose, approximately 1 or 2 drops, maybe like 0.01-0.02U?
Do you need to get to bed, or can you stay up and monitor?

That was written before your post that you shot appeared.

Yes, you can move the shot time back 15 minutes per shot or 30 minutes a day, starting with the next shot.

She has not earned a reduction, so unless her BG is way low, you would shoot the current dose of .75.
 
We are hour and a half behind our schedule. I know that to return back to it I should be giving shots 15 min earlier per cycle and no more than 30 min per 24 hours? I am not sure if that 15 min earlier can be done every cycle..or if a couple of cycles should be allowed before taking another 15 min early step. Will do some reading.:bookworm:
I believe it is okay and safe to move up 15 minutes each cycle in a day and it can be done every cycle without having to take a break.
 
I thought so, too. I will do some reading on that.
You can read about something else LOL. If Tricia says it's ok, it is OKAY!
I will monitor her - it's still the 0.75U depot time, right?
Do you mean she will still be responding to the insulin from the depot? If so I think yes. I have read on some posts that a token dose affects the late part of the cycle more than the early part because of the depot. Maybe Tricia can say more about it.
 
What is the morning dose?
.75U
We are hour and a half behind our schedule. I know that to return back to it I should be giving shots 15 min earlier per cycle and no more than 30 min per 24 hours? I am not sure if that 15 min earlier can be done every cycle
You can shoot 15 mins early each cycle until you reach desired shot time.

That said, regarding the AM shot time at this point if it were me, I would check at +11 and then, depending on the number, think about shooting at +11.5 (30 mins early) for the AM shot.
we had so many failed reductions
can you please point those out on the ss for me -
 
I would check at +11 and then, depending on the number, think about shooting at +11.5 (30 mins early) for the AM shot.
Will do that. TY!
can you please point those out on the ss for me -
Actually, no...
I should not have called it "failed reductions" - it's rather our home slang, not what it is.
On 3/29 Ducia went Lime Green, and I took 0.25 reduction. I was advised then to avoid such temptations and keep the same dose unless she went below 50 three times. Reasons: ketones history and long term diabetes - un-diagnosed.
 
Looks like that food spike showed up.

You're in good hands, Tanya, so I'm going to bed. I keep nodding off at my computer.
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On 3/29 Ducia went Lime Green, and I took 0.25 reduction. I was advised then to avoid such temptations and keep the same dose unless she went below 50 three times. Reasons: ketones history and long term diabetes - un-diagnosed.
I see.
Can you tell me why you reduced by .5u rather than .25u on 04/17/PM?

The preshot at +13.5 was 64. What is odd is that it was the same as the 69 at +12 but 55 min AFTER 5% meal. :confused: I regret those carbs now badly.
Why the regrets?
In the past she would have a spike of 10 - 20 or even more points in 20 min with that much carbs. :confused:
Keep in mind that the sugar dance is ever changing ... and Ducia is leading
 
Can you tell me why you reduced by .5u rather than .25u on 04/17/PM?
he dose on 4/17 was skinny 1U close to 0.8U - 0.25 = 0.55U.
I tried to make the dose 0.55U for the 1st cycle after taking the reduction; preshot inspection with a magnifying glass showed it as 0.5U. I was giving 0.5U since.
Why the regrets?[/QUOTE
I panicked at the low PS and wasn't sure what to do with the dose, maybe I thought to give the full 0.75U. In that case I'd need higher carbs. Now after giving drops I think that in case she is high later on - I will think that I helped her to get up there.
Keep in mind that the sugar dance is ever changing ... and Ducia is leading
Yeah... I liked the thought that couple of teaspoons bring her up very fast..like it was my tool of a kind...nothing is permanent...
 
After that BCD Ducia is sky high 336 at +6...:(:banghead:

:confused:I can see now where I was mistaken in understanding the depot nature of Lantus - I thought it'd carry her thru the entire cycle.
 
My bet is that she dropped lower after +8 in the last cycle, and this is a bounce. The depot should be present, but, you're right, it's not very big when the dose is less than 1U.

This is only temporary...
 
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