Is this it? Is Tigger just going to bounce and drop forever?!

[Moms2Tigger&Blu]

AMPS 215, felt low after the night he had so I tested again 30 min later and got 180 - and that after he got a few bites of food before I realized what was going on. Today is the longest day of the week with absolutely no chance at testing. I freaked out after his recent PMPS low on 10/6 and only shot 1 unit instead of 1.5. I am glad I did because at pmps he was 500+ . . . . now is that a true high number from not enough insulin? or is that a bounce from going really low DESPITE the decreased dose? I shot a normal 1.5 units at pm and at only +4 he is already blue! 189. I can not keep up with this cat's bounces! Is there ever a time you decrease because the swings are too much?

 

[Wendy&Neko]

now is that a true high number from not enough insulin? or is that a bounce from going really low DESPITE the decreased dose?

Cat's don't "bounce" from not enough insulin, they just go high. However, he could be bouncing from however low or however fast he dropped last night. After PMPS he dropped 350 points in 4 hours. That probably well over enough to cause a bounce. And possibly he kept dropping after that.

Here is the link to your previous post, for connectivity of people reading: http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/tigger-pmbg-134-stall.204296/#post-2266980

To answer the question in your subject line, Tigger will bounce until he stops bouncing. Seriously, cats learn to stop bouncing in their own time. The more he gets used to normal numbers, the less he'll bounce. After almost 5 years, my Neko didn't every quite get over bouncing, but she only did low bounces. Tigger is still a relatively newly diagnosed cat, there is hope yet.

Learning when he does his fast drops (which sometimes cause worse bounces than low numbers) and feeding to slow down those drops, can help reduce the bounces. I think testing at +4 is too late, his big drops are before then. What is his feeding schedule? Any chance of giving him a small meal around +2 so he has fresh carbs on board when the insulin onsets?

 

[Moms2Tigger&Blu]

Learning when he does his fast drops (which sometimes cause worse bounces than low numbers) and feeding to slow down those drops, can help reduce the bounces. I think testing at +4 is too late, his big drops are before then. What is his feeding schedule? Any chance of giving him a small meal around +2 so he has fresh carbs on board when the insulin onsets?

I can try to do that in PM from now on

 

[Wendy&Neko]

Great. Think of it as an experiment. With food you have to try something for a while to see if it works, so don't expect a change right away. If a snack then works in the PM, you could use an autofeeder to do the same in the AM if you aren't home then,

 

[Moms2Tigger&Blu]

i can't do this on work days, I can't comfortably give this dose that I have to watch all night long, and blindly leave him alone for 10 hours or more. this is insane.