10/14 Asia AMPS 640, +1 514, +2 509, +6 278 PMPS 348

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She cleared the bounce yesterday IMO and started another bounce. I would increase her tonight to 1.25u. It's ok to increase during a bounce, we just like to avoid a bounce breaking cycle...look at post post #17 in Myths Debunked which is in there Where Can I Find sticky.

The good news is she spent a good 4 hours or more on the blue floor. Her body is just not use to the lower numbers so her liver is panicking. She's very new to Lantus and takes a while :bighug::bighug::bighug:

Have you considered switching to a human meter?
 
Doodles & Karen said:
She cleared the bounce yesterday IMO and started another bounce. I would increase her tonight to 1.25u. It's ok to increase during a bounce, we just like to avoid a bounce breaking cycle...look at post post #17 in Myths Debunked which is in there Where Can I Find sticky.

The good news is she spent a good 4 hours or more on the blue floor. Her body is just not use to the lower numbers so her liver is panicking. She's very new to Lantus and takes a while :bighug::bighug::bighug:

Have you considered switching to a human meter?
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Thanks for those links.

I am switching to a human meter that Ella&Rusty&Stu(GA) was kind enough to send me. I'm just waiting for the strips to come in mail. Then I have to figure out how to splice my 2 different spreadsheets together.
 
One more question, in the first couple of weeks of this, Asia was chowing down and practically cleaning the bowl, something she has never done in her life. She's now back to her old eating habits of having a bite here and there and being generally blasé about food (but she is eating and has always eaten this way prior). I pretty much always make food available to her and sometimes she's eats most of it, sometimes she wastes most of it, depends on the day. I know the TR suggests feeding several small meals a day, would this be in tune with that?

I have been taking her food up 2 hours pre shot time, but I'd like to not make food appear and disappear outside of that. My cats have always been good with food and regulating their intake/weight, I think because I don't make a big production of meal time, and I don't want to turn them in to chow hounds. I also don't want to screw up my other cat's whole life and routine just because Asia has diabetes now.
 
Rusty free-feeds with no problems (except that at this stage of his life he sometimes forgets to eat: he has never been food-motivated). My philosophy is: whatever works! Glad the meter kit arrived. Did you see the 10 strips that came with it? (in the silver pouch). You can always test on yourself to have a point of reference (e.g., if at some point Asia's blood glucose reading looks "wrong", you can do a test on yourself and know pretty well whether or not you had a bad strip when you tested Asia).
 
Ella & Rusty & Stu(GA) said:
Rusty free-feeds with no problems (except that at this stage of his life he sometimes forgets to eat: he has never been food-motivated). My philosophy is: whatever works! Glad the meter kit arrived. Did you see the 10 strips that came with it? (in the silver pouch). You can always test on yourself to have a point of reference (e.g., if at some point Asia's blood glucose reading looks "wrong", you can do a test on yourself and know pretty well whether or not you had a bad strip when you tested Asia).
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I at least make sure she eats a little bit so I can give her insulin, but what she decides to eat the rest of the time is hard to predict. And it has always worked for us, so I'm glad that doesn't need to change. Yes, I got the strips too, I tried one on Asia and one with the control solution. I'm waiting to get more since 10 won't last me 2 days. My bg wouldn't be a good control, I'm not diabetic, but hypo rather frequently... maybe I can stick my teenagers :D
 
PMPS 348, one of her lower PMPS. I increased to 1.25 going to watch her carefully tonight and tomorrow. Reading everything in the Where can I find ___, didn't know where to find that thread, but it's a treasure trove of information I desperately wanted! Thanks @Doodles & Karen (see I even learned how to tag people from reading in there) :p
 
Toebeans said:
Reading everything in the Where can I find ___, didn't know where to find that thread, but it's a treasure trove of information I desperately wanted
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I can tell you "need to know" which is great. I kept that link book marked and referred to it often. Hopefully this increase will help get her on track.
 
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