2/6 Yoyo AMPS 267,+4 152,+5 162,+8 191,+10 216,PMPS 261,+4 160,+5 138+8 274

My buddy Lou is a bouncer too. I always say I hope he doesn't bounce, but I know better than to hold my breath. Us girls can hope, right? :cat: So I'll still hope he decides he likes the beach better than the clouds. And if he does decide to bounce, I hope it's swift and over quickly!
 
Amanda and a Loudogg said:
My buddy Lou is a bouncer too. I always say I hope he doesn't bounce, but I know better than to hold my breath. Us girls can hope, right? :cat: So I'll still hope he decides he likes the beach better than the clouds. And if he does decide to bounce, I hope it's swift and over quickly!
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Isn't there a rule book that we can give our Kitties?:woot:
 
Debra and Yoyo said:
Also, last night @+8 he dropped to 159. Is this something that happens just because it can, or is that out of the norm? I noticed that he did that on 1/27 and 1/28 also. I don't always get a reading @+8 (during the night cycle) because I am soooo tired. Any patterns that you see in Yoyo's SS, can you please share with me because to me I just see confusion:confused:
Thank you for being here with us and for all your help. Greatly appreciated:bighug:
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Apologies again that I fell asleep last night and we had a few things come up today that delayed my response.

It is not out of the norm. If you look at post #5 in yesterday’s condo, I explained that it looked to me like he lost duration in the a.m. cycle added with a little bounce that he started to clear the night he dropped to 159 at +8. He does look to me, overall, like he has cycles where he’s just not holding on to his duration ....you’ll want to look at cycles like 2/3 and 2/4 both a.m. when he goes from blue to pink in a very short time. Duration can change based on absorption which can vary quite a lot from shot to shot. Be sure you are getting the insulin into the subq and not just under the skin. But also be careful of the muscle underneath....you do,not want to stab that.

What method do you use to shoot....tent or roll?

Not sure if you saw my response on this:
Debra and Yoyo said:
I am trying to get more info on TR. I read to hold the dose for 3-5 days if nadirs are less than 200 before increasing by .25 unit. Then when your cat starts to see nadirs under 100, hold the dose for at least 10 cycles before increasing.
That is the step that scares me; needing to increase the dose when nadirs are under 100.
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You can decide on the nadirs you are ok with. For example, if you do TR and his nadirs are 80, that’s a great place to hold the dose. Some prefer to see nadirs in the 60s so once they are seeing nadirs under 100 but perhaps in the 80s/90s, they might choose to increase just by a drop to fine tune the nadirs.

My advice is still to continue with this dose a full week and then we can see where his nadirs are. That gives you a chance to study TR a bit more and see if you are fine with SLGS or you’d like to try TR. No pressure....we will help you either way.
 
Marje and Gracie said:
Apologies again that I fell asleep last night and we had a few things come up today that delayed my response.

It is not out of the norm. If you look at post #5 in yesterday’s condo, I explained that it looked to me like he lost duration in the a.m. cycle added with a little bounce that he started to clear the night he dropped to 159 at +8. He does look to me, overall, like he has cycles where he’s just not holding on to his duration ....you’ll want to look at cycles like 2/3 and 2/4 both a.m. when he goes from blue to pink in a very short time. Duration can change based on absorption which can vary quite a lot from shot to shot. Be sure you are getting the insulin into the subq and not just under the skin. But also be careful of the muscle underneath....you do,not want to stab that.

What method do you use to shoot....tent or roll?

Not sure if you saw my response on this:

You can decide on the nadirs you are ok with. For example, if you do TR and his nadirs are 80, that’s a great place to hold the dose. Some prefer to see nadirs in the 60s so once they are seeing nadirs under 100 but perhaps in the 80s/90s, they might choose to increase just by a drop to fine tune the nadirs.

My advice is still to continue with this dose a full week and then we can see where his nadirs are. That gives you a chance to study TR a bit more and see if you are fine with SLGS or you’d like to try TR. No pressure....we will help you either way.
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Hi.....You wrote that I should be sure that the insulin is going into the subq and not under the skin. I honestly don't know the difference. I pull up on his fur and feel for a flatness and then I place the needle into that flatness. I know that I am not getting muscle. Honestly, I really don't know if I am doing it correctly. I was shown once at my vet's office by a technician. If I had to guess, I would say my method is tent. What is ROLL?
 
Debra and Yoyo said:
Hi.....You wrote that I should be sure that the insulin is going into the subq and not under the skin. I honestly don't know the difference. I pull up on his fur and feel for a flatness and then I place the needle into that flatness. I know that I am not getting muscle. Honestly, I really don't know if I am doing it correctly. I was shown once at my vet's office by a technician. If I had to guess, I would say my method is tent. What is ROLL?
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Sounds like you are doing it correctly so don’t change it. Under the skin means it’s barely in right under the fur. Members who do this give a lot of fur shots.

Roll method is where you pick the fur up and roll your hand toward the back of the head. It exposes more skin so it helps prevent fur shots. If you scroll down in this post on Testing and Shooting Tips, you’ll see how I’ve rolled Gracies fur back to expose the skin allowing me to go in fairly flat and parallel to her spine.

Again, don’t change what you are doing. I was just asking because we’ve had some members that were shooting just barely under the fur when they tented. Sounds like you are doing great.
 
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