07/01 Baby G AMPS 272

I ended up doing 3.25. It was a really close call. If she does well on that tonight I may just go for the 3.5 in the morning since she will have her sensor, but for now, being somewhat "blind" with just ear pokes, I'd rather play it safe.
 
I understand how it works; I'm just not sure I'm 100% sold on it yet, tbh. I want to play it safe so she doesn't hypo and so that part about the method appeals to me, but I also dont want to feed into glucose toxicity and end up taking 6 months or more to finally get her regulated, and on a bigger dose, at that, because of waiting so long. I'm not home 24/7 to observe and obsess over the numbers (wish I were! More peace of mind); I normally work 2 jobs but currently am on leave with the one over all this. We need to get her in a decent place so we can move on with our lives and get back to a sense of normalcy. I'm concerned moving in such small steps is going to unnecessarily drag this out. If I'm going to make any progress, this weekend is the time to do so when I'm home and can intervene, if necessary. It's a tough balance. It may help if I look at other members spreadsheets to see what kind of progress is possible and how long it takes on average, though probably most people are aiming for remission whereas I'm not; she's pretty past that, unfortunately. The one thing I will say that I think is a positive about going in small steps is it probably decreases bouncing since it's a more gradual rise.
 
I took a look at a few random spreadsheets and made a few observations.
1) So far it seems like everyone has way more data than I have, leading me to think most members here are either stay-at-home moms/dads or work from home? I used to work from home but haven't in years; I can't 100% of the time be here to monitor, so that right there is a big difference in what I am able to do.
2) Seems like unless a cat has a sensor on, the cat is getting poked maybe ten times a day or more...every day. :eek: Over the years, the only time my cat's ever gotten poked remotely close to that is when changing doses or if she was having an off day. I understand trying to keep your cat safe, but what about quality of life? I need her on a dose that after so much testing I can learn to trust and not have to keep testing her a billion times each day. Before, once she got on her 2 units twice a day and I knew how it affected her, I only checked her twice a week; there was nothing different in her diet or health to cause any major changes in the glucose, so I felt that was sufficient and it was (also too, remission is pretty much out of the question for her so not worried about a spontaneous remission). I need a new dose that can function the same. There is no way I can test her ten times a day every day the rest of our lives.
3) Seems like none of the cats on here stay on a consistent dose. Sure, there may be a few days or a week between, but it's constant up and down, up and down for months if not years. I personally don't really consider that regulation? even if the numbers are good. Why are they constantly getting their doses adjusted? Is it because the caretaker is trying to push them into remission? Trying to understand the purpose because once I get a good dose I don't want to keep changing unless another health situation arises that throws her out of regulation again. If she can be in the 100s to mid 200s all day every day, I'd be Gucci. Not aiming for greens.
These are all just honest observations and questions that I have that make me wonder how well I can realistically follow SLGS. Like they say in school, if you have a question, ask, because most likely someone else is wondering the same. :p So it may help someone else if I bring these up.
Side note: I'm kinda digging the calipers now. I like to double-check her shot before giving it to her to make sure I don't over- or under-dose her because of being tired or distracted or in a rush, etc. Before I used to compare the syringe to a life-sized picture of the syringe with the correct dose, but now I can just compare to the calipers and know we're good.
 
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With SLGS you can can test pretty much as you want. I would never shoot blind though and would get test before every shot and do a curve once a week though.
 
With SLGS you can can test pretty much as you want. I would never shoot blind though and would get test before every shot and do a curve once a week though.
Yes, I used to do a type of collective curve. So I'd get a random spot check here, a random spot check there, and then over time combine them to get my "curve." Maybe not perfect but it worked out okay.
 
Yes, I used to do a type of collective curve. So I'd get a random spot check here, a random spot check there, and then over time combine them to get my "curve." Maybe not perfect but it worked out okay.
I think that’s good.
 
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