10/29 Ming + 1 = 12.6 PMPS = 86 or 4.8 (AMPS = 142, +2 = 50) reduced to 5u in PM with MC meal

Wendy&Neko said:
BTW Crista, karo is the US brand name for corn syrup.
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You read my mind! I've been wondering what karo is but always just never took the initiative to find out. Thanks :)

I think I'll make another tab for his feedings just so it isn't all so crowded in the main SS.

And here's a photo of the guy that is driving me insane:

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He is currently grooming himself. He also twitches all four paws and mouth sometimes when he sleeps. I'm assuming he's just dreaming. It scares me because I think it's a SEIZURE! When I first saw him do it, I looked up so many videos of cats having seizures which scared me even more.

Wow, 2 pages already. I talk too much.
 
Crista & Ming said:
I think I'll make another tab for his feedings just so it isn't all so crowded in the main SS.
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hmm.. no accounting for taste , of course, and you do as is most convenient
but I'd rather you have entered foods either in the Remarks or right there in the cell (along with the BG reading). For some time, at least.
If you open Ducia's SS and scroll down to April 2018 - that's how it looks. It was useful for me back then.
Sorry about Karo confusion. It helps w/ hypo but such a toxic substance, imho.
 
One housekeeping note, could you keep the main subject line updated with the latest test data. That way, at a glance, we know that Ming isn't in immediate danger. It's possible the high carbs will wear off - HC/honey combo can take a couple hours to wear off, and the numbers may come down again. Or not. :cat:
 
Wendy&Neko said:
One housekeeping note, could you keep the main subject line updated with the latest test data. That way, at a glance, we know that Ming isn't in immediate danger. It's possible the high carbs will wear off - HC/honey combo can take a couple hours to wear off, and the numbers may come down again. Or not. :cat:
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Ok! I hope it wears off a little so he's flat but not too much that he's low again. I shall quote Mulan's grandma to Ming: "An apple for serenity, a pendant for balance.... beads of JAADDE for beaauuty!"

Tanya and Ducia said:
You have very lovely boy!
After Ducia's Hypo I was soooo paranoid about seizures and hypos :rolleyes::rolleyes::smuggrin:
All turned out to be imagined, but boy, didn't it give me the gray hair?
You'll get used to it with time.
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Thanks *tear* I need to stop freaking out at 80. Seeing it converted to US is less scary but in world - 3 seems AWFULLY close to 1!!!!
 
@Crista & Ming

So, your new PS time is 8:30 PST, right?
If he is high and you need to go back to your previous shot time then you can give the shot 30 min earlier - it might "increase" the dose a little, good for high BG.

What is your new dose is best talked over with @Wendy&Neko .

I'll stop by tonight to see how are you doing.
Well done both of you!
 
As usual, I thought of another question: Ming's been on steroids for a week now. If the steroids are affecting his numbers, will we have seen it already at play? Or will it suddenly kick diabetes' butt sometime in the future and throw us all into havoc?

Edit: Also, I hope to one day marry a man that makes lots of money and I can work from home and be a full time cat-mom. These are my thoughts as I think about my work week. Sigh... I just hope we can find a nice SAFE dose before I need to work days again. It sucks because I work 11 hours plus commute. Also a safe dose before I go on vacation for a WHOLE month. I'm going to need to get my sister super involved in all of this while I'm away. OKAY. I'm gonna stop thinking so much now. Back to work (I also do some photography work at home but it's just not enough to make a living.)
 
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Do you think we can do a conservative dose? I’m just concerned that when I go to work tomorrow, something might happen.
 
I read the TR and how to handle lows. But my mom and my sister are now going to have to give him his shot when I'm at work tomorrow night and other times. What's the protocol with Lantus?

Can they do chicken shots or half dose shots like PZI? They aren't able to monitor him like I would be able to because of school and other commitments.
 
Crista & Ming said:
I read the TR and how to handle lows. But my mom and my sister are now going to have to give him his shot when I'm at work tomorrow night and other times. What's the protocol with Lantus?

Can they do chicken shots or half dose shots like PZI? They aren't able to monitor him like I would be able to because of school and other commitments.
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Lantus is a different animal.
I'm thinking folks who use a pet sitter ( @Sienne and Gabby (GA) comes to mind ) may have a workable strategy like establishing a 'no shoot' number and/or a slightly lower dose for the entire range of time you can't be available. I myself never had a pet-sitter manage BKs insulin....(they would have taken one look at his doses and schedule and run from the house as fast as possible)

The thing is he has not yet settled on a dose...and keeping the ketones at bay is a real concern.
 
He's rising. 7.8 or 140 after technically 40 mins. I just wanted to do the test at the half hour mark.

Tanya and Ducia said:
:confused::confused: from your actual shot time this AM at 8"30AM?

I hope I won't confuse you but do you count +8 since your actual shot time this am at 8:30?
Or since 7am, that would have been your shot time WO stalling?
(Sorry, not good with numbers)
@Crista & Ming
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UHH it's okay. I suck at numbers too.

This is how I usually count:
AMPS = 830
1: 930
2: 1030
3: 1130
4: 1230
5: 130
6: 230
7: 330
8: 430
9: 530 (now)

Is that how to do it? Cuz that's what I've been doing.
 
Crista & Ming said:
He's rising. 7.8 or 140 after technically 40 mins. I just wanted to do the test at the half hour mark.



UHH it's okay. I suck at numbers too.

This is how I usually count:
AMPS = 830
1: 930
2: 1030
3: 1130
4: 1230
5: 130
6: 230
7: 330
8: 430
9: 530 (now)

Is that how to do it? Cuz that's what I've been doing.
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You got it :cool:
 
Crista & Ming said:
6.3 or 113 @ +10

I guess it was a food spike. Interesting.....
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very nice!
make sure you record all of the foods w/ time & amounts. Unless he decides to bounce later on you maybe busy testing the next cycle.
And I think that 113 is another point in favor of Ming being late nadir cat.
 
Crista & Ming said:
In a pill pocket.
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I never used myself but I've heard that some pil pocket contain some additive that may raise the BG. I do not remember which brand.
Do record in the Remarks as well.
How is his appy today in general?
Do you think he'll be hungry by the next shot? less than 2 h away?
 
Greenies pill pockets chicken flavour.

I think he'll eat. Not sure HOW much. I feel like he won't eat all of his food within the hour but will eventually within 2-3 hours.
 
The kitty pill pockets contain corn syrup as an ingredient.:blackeye: The dog allergy free duck and pea are more FD friendly.

I see two explanations for today’s numbers. But I have some question about the SS first. In some of the first few cell this morning you have a reading followed by @2.5. What does that mean? To me it means at 2.5 hours after the shot but that can’t be right.
 
NN just texted me this but I haven't shown her Ming's numbers since he was at 225 in the morning: "Im wondering if... and yeah thus far my suggestions have been ****... if when hes hi u give him 4-5 and when hes under 14 give him 1-2 so hes still riding some of his hi dose but will keep his BGs kinda controlled??"
 
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