Never had this low of amps before help.

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JenaThompson

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So opi still isn’t ok w me testing again yet since his antibiotics. Most days it’s a struggle but some days he comes right out. This morning he was waiting at the table for me which he hasn’t done in forever. He tested at 51. He is eating now and no shot this morning. Do you think it’s time to try off the juice trial.
 
So I fed him and he was 131 an hr later so I gave him his shot of 0.1. Will be watching him today and hoping he doesn’t try to hide. And then I just need to get him back on track for time but wondering if it happens again should I just not give him a shot
 
I'm sorry you didn't get a reply-- I'm not a Prozinc person so I don't like to give specific recommendations on shooting or dosage, but he sure looks close to an OTJ trial!

On Lantus, we do one dose below the 0.1U. You push the plunger in as far as it will go, insert the syringe into the vial, then release the plunger to let the vacuum suck up a tiny bit of insulin. Not sure if you do something similar on Prozinc. Another way to get tiny doses is to count drops. To calibrate doses, you draw up an easy-to measure dose, like 0.5U, then slowly let it out to get a count of drops in that dose. So if it's 15 drops (picked for easy divisibility, ahem), then 0.1U is 3 drops, you would get it by drawing the 0.5U and letting out 12, and then you would have two more stops along the way.

Whatever the next step is, he's looking great!
 
Nan & Amber (GA) said:
I'm sorry you didn't get a reply-- I'm not a Prozinc person so I don't like to give specific recommendations on shooting or dosage, but he sure looks close to an OTJ trial!

On Lantus, we do one dose below the 0.1U. You push the plunger in as far as it will go, insert the syringe into the vial, then release the plunger to let the vacuum suck up a tiny bit of insulin. Not sure if you do something similar on Prozinc. Another way to get tiny doses is to count drops. To calibrate doses, you draw up an easy-to measure dose, like 0.5U, then slowly let it out to get a count of drops in that dose. So if it's 15 drops (picked for easy divisibility, ahem), then 0.1U is 3 drops, you would get it by drawing the 0.5U and letting out 12, and then you would have two more stops along the way.

Whatever the next step is, he's looking great!
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We discussed the off the juice trial before he is getting 1 drop right now as a dose I have just been putting 0.1 bc I don’t know how else to write it.
 
I will say that (keeping in mind, again, my experience is with Lantus) usually we like to see more green on the spreadsheet before starting an OTJ trial. Opi is still pretty much hanging out in blues most of the time. This morning's AMPS is encouraging, though-- he's probably going into greens during some times you aren't able to test, like overnight. So, he's close!
 
Nan & Amber (GA) said:
I will say that (keeping in mind, again, my experience is with Lantus) usually we like to see more green on the spreadsheet before starting an OTJ trial. Opi is still pretty much hanging out in blues most of the time. This morning's AMPS is encouraging, though-- he's probably going into greens during some times you aren't able to test, like overnight. So, he's close!
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Sounds good. He was meds for 2 weeks so he hid from me a bunch and he still isn’t a fan of being tested again yet.
 
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