6/13 Maus AMP/123 +2.5/50 +3/54 +4/82 +7/123 PMP/266 +2.5/314

I see good progress, too. The only thing that concerns me is that she's being propped up with a lot of honey. Are you doing this to keep her from earning a reduction? A few times recently, she looks like she would have earned a reduction without the honey.
 
She just hit 50. Can I call it an earned reduction for tonight and give her a small carb boost now (honey) to keep her from going lime? I probably would have asked about reducing sooner, but all the yellows made me doubt

Suzanne & Darcy said:
I see good progress, too. The only thing that concerns me is that she's being propped up with a lot of honey. Are you doing this to keep her from earning a reduction? A few times recently, she looks like she would have earned a reduction without the honey.
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I was doing the drops of honey instead of canned food carbs (restricted diet) early to try to stave off her propensity to dive early cycle and flatten her out a bit. The raw diet seems to have little to no effect on bg.

She wasn't feeling so great within 30 mins of her next ondansetron dose, so I just gave it to her (+11.5 vs +12)
 
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Susan for Artemis (Maus) said:
She just hit 50. Can I call it an earned reduction for tonight and give her a small carb boost now (honey) to keep her from going lime? I probably would have asked about reducing sooner, but all the yellows made me doubt


I was doing the drops of honey instead of canned food carbs (restricted diet) early to try to stave off her propensity to dive early cycle and flatten her out a bit. The raw diet seems to have little to no effect on bg.

She wasn't feeling so great within 30 mins of her next ondansetron dose, so I just gave it to her (+11.5 vs +12)
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Yes. I have heard a lot of people doing the honey/syrup if their cat is on a special diet. I understand.
 
Ondansetron can be given 3-4 times a day, so giving that to her after 11.5 hours is fine.

As for the reduction, she hasn't earned it yet if following TR, though I expect she might soon if you held onto this dose. You are right, quite a few higher yellows. The goal is lots of time in healing green, not so much to force reductions by not slowing down her drops.
 
Suzanne & Darcy said:
All you can do is try the reduction and see if it will work for her. Wasn't Bhooma suggesting perhaps a reduction a few days ago? I'm going to go back and look @Bandit's Mom[/US

ETA: I looked and I think Bhooma was suggesting perhaps not using honey (not in general, but at a specific point in a specific cycle) and possibly letting her earn a reduction.
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Yes, that was 6/11 evening and I've let her go since then. Today is the lowest she's been since & after the 50, I'm sure she'll do another bounce & I'll feel like I've gone backwards.

I guess I'd prefer to let her earn her reductions by staying green for a week & am trying to manage/flatten her curve. Without the use of % carb can food though, I feel like there's little I can do & she's at the whim of whatever her system is throwing around, prone to big drops around +2 & 3, then climbing up the rest of the cycle, lately over 200. It's like she'll do a couple beautiful blue/green cycles, then go, nah, let's try the bungie again :blackeye:

Admittedly, on my end, it's all guessing, throwing darts at a moving target & all advice is welcome :)
 
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Susan for Artemis (Maus) said:
Yes, that was 6/11 evening and I've let her go since then. Today is the lowest she's been since & after the 50, I'm sure she'll do another bounce & I'll feel like I've gone backwards.

I guess I'd prefer to let her earn her reductions by staying green for a week & am trying to manage/flatten her curve. Without the use of % carb can food though, I feel like there's little I can do & she's at the whim of whatever her system is throwing around, prone to big drops around +2 & 3, then climbing up the rest of the cycle, lately over 200. It's like she'll do a couple beautiful blue/green cycles, then go, nah, let's try the bungie again :blackeye:

Admittedly, on my end, it's all guessing, throwing darts at a moving target & all advice is welcome :)
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I agree about the week in normal numbers being what you want/prefer…. much better for her overall long-term progress. I honestly think you are doing a fantastic job with your pretty girl. You have figured out a lot of her patterns though, and cats will be cats after all! You are most definitely making progress. I was just curious about the honey and figured it must be the special diet. Bron told me a while ago that she did that with her Sheba when she needed to (so you are in very good company :-)
 
Wendy&Neko said:
The goal is lots of time in healing green, not so much to force reductions by not slowing down her drops.
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So should I be giving her some carbs/honey in the +1 - +2 timeframe to cool her jets a bit if I see the numbers dropping? I'm trying to give the smallest drop of honey I can squeeze out of the container, but could load some in a syringe & more accurately dose. Maybe @Bron and Sheba (GA) can take a look at the SS and offer some guidance
 
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