? 5/16 Benny AMPS 489 +3 329 +5 132 +6 102 Feeding curve?

[Ben&Squirrel]

https://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/5-15-benny-amps-430-2-354-3-370-4-327-insulin-pens.263326/

With the Libre taken off, I was hoping to ease Benny back into ear sticks until I could get a new Libre in a few days. But nooo. He has been dipping into blues and I will be doing more sticks.

With feeding the curve, do we start feeding in the low blues, or only in the greens? Would it be bad to give him a little snack now, after 102?

 

[Wendy&Neko]

If you can, it's best to feed little after nadir or his lowest point. So feeding that 102 would have been OK, but I would have stopped once you saw he was flattened out. After nadir, the insulin effect is starting to fade. Adding carbs to the picture slows the insulin effect even more which can cause them to zoom up the next preshot. Feeding the curve is typically done at the beginning of the cycle to slow fast drops. When he's not bouncing, Benny seems to like to do a big drop near onset and before +4. So you'd feed earlier in the cycle to slow those drops.

 

[Ben&Squirrel]

If you can, it's best to feed little after nadir or his lowest point. So feeding that 102 would have been OK, but I would have stopped once you saw he was flattened out. After nadir, the insulin effect is starting to fade. Adding carbs to the picture slows the insulin effect even more which can cause them to zoom up the next preshot.

Well, he certainly did zoom up the next preshot!

Can we tell he is flattened out after X times in a row in blue or green? I was worried he would drop, but it sounds like I worried about that too long.

 

[Wendy&Neko]

102 to 109 the next hour looks like flattening out.

 

[Ben&Squirrel]

102 to 109 the next hour looks like flattening out.

Okay, thank you!