? 11/20 Henry AMPS 189 AMPS + 5.5 140 PMPS 177 PMPS + 2 208 PMPS + 4 220 PMPS + 5.5 232 PMPS + 8 336
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Bandit's Mom
Member Since 2019
What a lovely number to wake up to! Good luck with the increase. 
Golf2015
Member Since 2020
What a lovely number to wake up to! Good luck with the increase.
Thank You
Wow!!!! Look at today!!! I’m jumping up and down with excitement! Great job shooting; so many people would have balked but I would have said shoooooottttt! So I’m glad you did! 
He’s pretty flat and I would highly suggest you get a +2 in case he decides to drop tonight.
He’s pretty flat and I would highly suggest you get a +2 in case he decides to drop tonight.
Golf2015
Member Since 2020
Wow!!!! Look at today!!! I’m jumping up and down with excitement! Great job shooting; so many people would have balked but I would have said shoooooottttt! So I’m glad you did!
He’s pretty flat and I would highly suggest you get a +2 in case he decides to drop tonight.
Marje
Just performed BG reading PMPS + 2 (208)
I’d probably test at +4 to be sure he doesn’t slide down.
Since you shot a 177 tonight, there isn’t much difference to 150. So I’d suggest if you get above 130, shoot on time as long as you will be there to test and feed and you have a hypo kit. Be sure you get a +1 and +2 and post for help if you need it.
If he’s 90-130, I’d stall 20 mins without food, retest, and shoot if you have a rising number. If he’s not rising, you can continue to stall another 20 mins and test again. Lather, rinse, repeat.
If he’s below 90, skip.
Golf2015
Member Since 2020
Marje that scares me a bit could I not reduce the amount of insulin by a % if his BG reading is at a certain point. I do not like having a possible hypo situation in play
Katherine&Ruby
Member Since 2020
Very happy to see Henry making progress. Bravo!
Excellent! I’m glad to see he’s not shooting up.
What a great blue day today! 
Shooting lower numbers with Lantus leads to flatter cycles. Today was a purrfect example of that. Also, if you shoot a reduced dose for a particular cycle, the depot of the higher dose you have been shooting will mean the cycle will play out almost the same as if you shot the full dose.
Golf2015
Member Since 2020
What a great blue day today!
Shooting lower numbers with Lantus leads to flatter cycles. Today was a purrfect example of that. Also, if you shoot a reduced dose for a particular cycle, the depot of the higher dose you have been shooting will mean the cycle will play out almost the same as if you shot the full dose.
OK
Let me explain what's in my head and you guys can respond to what I'm thinking
So here I go
I see his numbers drop between 200 and 225 from preshot to the height of the insulin effect.
If his preshot is 200 then I assume a possible hypo situation because the potential for a 200 to 225 drop from the preshot
But what I think I'm hearing from you folks the higher the preshot say 300 then the 200 to 225 drop is most likely but if the preshot is under 200 then the 200 to 225 drop is not possible - This is my confusion on this matter and as a result of my concern of a hypo situation
I hope this gives you idea where my line of thought is?
Your line of thought is the same as everyone new to Lantus. It does take some getting used to. Lantus is a gentle insulin that works well at keeping lower numbers low and flat. Take a look at some of the other posts on here, and see what can happen. Of course, Henry is his own cat with his own patterns, but you can get the general idea.
One of our phrases here is "shoot low to stay low". Obviously you work down to lower numbers, by gathering data at gradually lower and lower numbers. And if you see a lower number than you are used to and are away all day unable to monitor, that would change what we suggest. We also have food as our tool to steer the numbers and keep Henry safe.
One of our phrases here is "shoot low to stay low". Obviously you work down to lower numbers, by gathering data at gradually lower and lower numbers. And if you see a lower number than you are used to and are away all day unable to monitor, that would change what we suggest. We also have food as our tool to steer the numbers and keep Henry safe.
Golf2015
Member Since 2020
OK Wendy how do you interpret his current spreadsheet numbers for today are they typical?
Do I need to be concern for the remaining hours left before AMPS?
Just performed another BG reading minutes ago PMPS + 5.5 (232) (11:30pm EST)
Thank You
I’m glad Wendy got back to you and answered questions. I asked the exact same questions when we were new here.
Henry is staying nice and flat tonight and that’s great. Since we don’t have a lot of data on him when he’s getting into better numbers, your original proposal to check at +8 is a good one. If he’s still coming up, even a little, he should be fine but he might get a second dip by +12. It should not be lower than his nadir.
From the BGs that you have for today, it looks like the kind of “curve” we see with Lantus. He came down gently but stayed pretty flat and that’s the kind of cycle we like to see. He’s also staying fairly flat tonight so let’s hope he keeps it up.
Good luck in the morning. Post for help if you need it as there will be other members on in the morning although Wendy and I will not.
Henry is staying nice and flat tonight and that’s great. Since we don’t have a lot of data on him when he’s getting into better numbers, your original proposal to check at +8 is a good one. If he’s still coming up, even a little, he should be fine but he might get a second dip by +12. It should not be lower than his nadir.
From the BGs that you have for today, it looks like the kind of “curve” we see with Lantus. He came down gently but stayed pretty flat and that’s the kind of cycle we like to see. He’s also staying fairly flat tonight so let’s hope he keeps it up.
Good luck in the morning. Post for help if you need it as there will be other members on in the morning although Wendy and I will not.
Golf2015
Member Since 2020
Thank You Marje and you too Wendy
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