11/5 Leo pmps 195 or 229 reduce shot?

Susan Shropshire

Susan Shropshire

Member Since 2021
Leo’s pre-shot number was a good bit lower than we are used to seeing. The first test was 195 and I retested and got 229. Even at 229 that is lower for him. I was afraid to do the 6 units because #1 it’s at night and #2 I don’t want to cause a bounce. Looking at today I think we may have gotten a bounce from the AM injection. When I get up at night to test him, he does eat when I do that so he isn’t going all night without eating.
I did 5 units instead of 6. Is that good? It just said a reduced dose so I wasn’t sure how much of a reduction to make. He was under it right at 200 (depending on the test) and it is definitely lower than we normally see on a regular basis.
I’m just excited that his pre-shot is low enough for me to even question it!!!
 
Because you shot a lower than normal Preshot BG I would get a+1 anda+2 to start with. This cycle will still be influenced by the 6 units you have been shooting, even though you reduced the dose.
 
Bron and Sheba (GA) said:
Because you shot a lower than normal Preshot BG I would get a+1 anda+2 to start with. This cycle will still be influenced by the 6 units you have been shooting, even though you reduced the dose.
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Thank you! Right now would be +2 and he’s running around playing with our kitten. He usually drops the lowest it seems around +5-8. Is a 1 unit reduction what I should have done?
 
I would still get the +2 so you know what happening. And I would also give a small low carb snack now.
You could probably have shot the 6 units as you gave 6 unit’s this morning with a preshot of 239. However you must do what you are comfortable doing.
He hasnt earned a reduction in dose so I would go back to the 6 units if the next preshot is high enough, you can monitor the cycle, and he hasn’t earned a reduction in the meantime.
 
Bron and Sheba (GA) said:
Because you shot a lower than normal Preshot BG I would get a+1 anda+2 to start with. This cycle will still be influenced by the 6 units you have been shooting, even though you reduced the dose.
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I just checked his +2 and it was 234 so pretty much inline with his pre-shot which was 229. I also fed him Sheba with 3% carbs at his pre-shot.
 
Bron and Sheba (GA) said:
I would still get the +2 so you know what happening. And I would also give a small low carb snack now.
You could probably have shot the 6 units as you gave 6 unit’s this morning with a preshot of 239. However you must do what you are comfortable doing.
He hasnt earned a reduction in dose so I would go back to the 6 units if the next preshot is high enough, you can monitor the cycle, and he hasn’t earned a reduction in the meantime.
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Yeah, if it weren’t at night I would have done the 6 units. I didn’t want to chance it. I plan on doing the 6 units in the morning unless we are lower than 200. I will also do a +5 on him tonight at least since that is when he usually drops some. Since we did get a 94 once on a lower dose I just didn’t want something to happen overnight.
 
Bron and Sheba (GA) said:
You could probably have shot the 6 units as you gave 6 unit’s this morning with a preshot of 239. However you must do what you are comfortable doing
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It was really the first test that was 195 that made me do the reduction. Just in case that was closer to the real number. Hopefully we will have a night of blues *praying*
 
Susan Shropshire said:
Yeah, if it weren’t at night I would have done the 6 units. I didn’t want to chance it. I plan on doing the 6 units in the morning unless we are lower than 200. I will also do a +5 on him tonight at least since that is when he usually drops some. Since we did get a 94 once on a lower dose I just didn’t want something to happen overnight.
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I would definitely get a test in before +5 because a lot can happen between preshot and +5 amd if he does drop lower, you can intervene.


Susan Shropshire said:
It was really the first test that was 195 that made me do the reduction. Just in case that was closer to the real number
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I do understand why you gave a lower dose…….you are still new to this journey. I freaked out big time at my first lower preshot!
 
Just to give an update. I did a +7 and it was 309. I fed him Sheba with 3% carbs and called it a night. This morning at the amps it was 301 and I did 6 units. That 301 is close to what we have been seeing. It seems his numbers go down toward the end of the cycle. I read somewhere that some cats do that. He seems to either get a little higher or stay the same until the +5 mark and then it goes down from there.
Hoping today are blues & greens!
 
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