? 10-07 Pretty Girl -AMPS 526 - +3 321 +5 327 +7 151 +7.75 576

JeanW

JeanW

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Yesterday -

Last night was a fur shot since Pretty Girl moved at just the right/wrong time. I fed her a small meal at +3 and actually woke up to my alarm at +5.5 and fed her again. She seemed good. I slept through my alarm at +8 - it was still ringing when I woke up an hour later. :confused:

AMPS quite high but a little less than yesterday. She seemed good today - interactive and affectionate. Not so good after eating.

She ate quite a bit at +1 but so did my other cats. Curve planned for today. Hope I don’t sleep through any of the alarms this morning. :eek:
 
It has been an eventful day so far. :blackeye::eek: Next time I do a curve I will drink wine all day to help me with the stress.

Today seems much different than yesterday. Maybe. At least that's how it seems.

AMPS was 526 - too high for sure. She ate well and I gave her the current dose of 1.5. At +3 (I slept thru the +2 alarm) she was at 321 and ate a small meal. I had to leave the house for a bit. When I came home to test again 2 hours later Pretty Girl did not look very good - like she does when she's gone low and high again. Can that have happened between +3 and +5??? She looked - like I feel when I need to eat - puny, peak-ed, weak and like just can't quite manage. I did the +5 test and then she ate again and clearly felt MUCH better - was interactive, affectionate, stretching, jumped up to her favorite place to sleep and all seemed good.

The +7 test showed 151 and she ate again. Now just 45 minutes later she was up again and looking a bit off. I checked her BG at +7.75 and she is at 576. :eek::eek::eek: Since she is free feed I let her eat again. What is going on???

Today - (this is all in the spreadsheet)
AMPS - 526
+3 - 321
+5 - 327
+7 - 151
+7.75 - 576

At times like this I wonder if I'm doing her any good at all. No wonder she feels like cr@p a lot of the time. I want to cry. :arghh::banghead: Where's the tears icon?

What is going on here?
 
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I had an unexpected day off last Monday and did a curve then - it looks a lot different - but she had only been on the current dose about 4 days.
 
Cats when they aren't being regulated well do not feel great because their numbers are all over the map. I think you're fine to increase by 0.25u then do another curve next weekend to see how it's working.
 
Mandy & Rex said:
Cats when they aren't being regulated well do not feel great because their numbers are all over the map. I think you're fine to increase by 0.25u then do another curve next weekend to see how it's working.
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It’s okay to change it on the weekday and then go away for 10 hours???

When she goes low might she go too low?
 
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JeanW said:
It’s okay to change it on the weekday and then go away for 10 hours???

When she goes low might she go too low?
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It's more ideal when you increase to be around for monitoring as some cats can have a strong reaction to an increase the first cycle. How about if you increase during a PM cycle when you are home. You would know by the +2 whether it was going to be an active cycle or not.
 
JeanW said:
The dose. Recommended above that I increase.
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Since you're dealing with a lot of high numbers it would seem that an increase 'may' be a good idea...but you are using an Alpha Trak (I'm not familiar with those readings as I use a human meter) AND I'm not sure which protocol you're following. Also it seems you're away all day on week days -work?

Let's tag some of the other experts like @Wendy&Neko, @Jill & Alex (GA), @Marje and Gracie - to see if they could provide some input on your dose increase question....and of course @Bobbie And Bubba !
 
Bobbie And Bubba said:
It's more ideal when you increase to be around for monitoring as some cats can have a strong reaction to an increase the first cycle. How about if you increase during a PM cycle when you are home. You would know by the +2 whether it was going to be an active cycle or not.
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Thanks for replying! I was trying to think of some experts... :)
 
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