Gypsy: 8/19 AMBG 89, +6 87, PMPS 114, +3 70, +9 97

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I just saw the 42 the other night. You need to reduce to 0.1u. 0.25u is still too much. :facepalm:

If you look at the sticky for doses, there will be a picture for 0.1u. Good luck!
 
I tried, but I'm frankly very uncomfortable with it. It's such a fine dose (basically one droplet) that there's pretty much no way of knowing if I actually got any insulin into her or not. But I guess we'll see how she does (and me!) Thank you for the advice / help :)
 
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Wow! She looks great! :D Those small doses are so hard to do! I struggled with the .25u also. Can't imagine a 0.1u!!! Good job! :bighug:
 
LuvinThisPig said:
Wow! She looks great! :D Those small doses are so hard to do! I struggled with the .25u also. Can't imagine a 0.1u!!! Good job! :bighug:
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Thanks, @LuvinThisPig -- I know, right? I was freaking out about .25. And okay, I know you're not supposed to shoot back into the bottle, but I am sooo panicky about not drawing up enough or drawing too much... hopefully as I get used to it, I'll calm down a little and it'll just be another thing :-)

Pig is such a pretty boy :-)
 
Arkali said:
Pig is such a pretty boy :)
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Thank you! I am pretty fond of him... :) Spoiled mess that he is... :p

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And okay, I know you're not supposed to shoot back into the bottle,
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Funny thing here, before I joined the board I use to do the same thing. I would draw x amount and then get nervous and shoot it back into the pen. I had some bubbly pens going for a long while. Now, Pig is an Acro so its really hard to say if that ever had an effect on the insulin, itself, but per conversations with my pharmacists it should not hurt it at all.

However.... They are thinking in terms of humans. For our kitties, I think it best not to shoot back into the vial. With as long as some need the insulin to last, I cannot see how shooting back in would not eventually degrade the quality of the insulin. At the same time... It is a learning process. I think right now, until you are comfortable with micro-dosing, you should do whatever it is that you think will help you to get a more accurate draw! :smuggrin:
 
Laser vision... LOL That would definitely help. My hubs collects coins and has this fancy magnifying lamp thing that attaches to his desk. It's got the magnifying glass with a light that shines on whatever's under it. I think without that, I'd be totally, totally lost.
 
Arkali said:
Laser vision... LOL That would definitely help. My hubs collects coins and has this fancy magnifying lamp thing that attaches to his desk. It's got the magnifying glass with a light that shines on whatever's under it. I think without that, I'd be totally, totally lost.
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Now THAT would be seriously cool!

A lot of people use calipers. I've never have to use them.. you can clearly see PicsP doses without a laser... :p

But, calipers would certainly help!
 
Well... with that 0.1u you shot then Gypsy gave you 70... that means another reduction! This is the last step before trying an OTJ trial!! It's the drop dose. You hold the plunger in all the way while inserting into the insulin, release the plunger, pull it out of the insulin. Believe it or not, there IS insulin in that syringe now. When you shoot, you insert the needle, push in the plunger, hold it and count up to 3 or 5, and pull it out while still holding the plunger so the insulin cannot be vacuumed back in. That should be easier than doing 0.1u or 0.25u, right??
 
Mandy & Rex said:
Well... with that 0.1u you shot then Gypsy gave you 70... that means another reduction! This is the last step before trying an OTJ trial!! It's the drop dose. You hold the plunger in all the way while inserting into the insulin, release the plunger, pull it out of the insulin. Believe it or not, there IS insulin in that syringe now. When you shoot, you insert the needle, push in the plunger, hold it and count up to 3 or 5, and pull it out while still holding the plunger so the insulin cannot be vacuumed back in. That should be easier than doing 0.1u or 0.25u, right??
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Right! :fingers crossed:
 
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