Just stay with that time frame, and if he is low, then stall for 20 mins and dont feed and post and ask for advice.
lets see where he is at the next BG and then we can see if he needs some food. At the moment the HC will still be working and we don't want to add to that if its not needed. Does that make sense?.
If you arent around at +5, what should I look for with the next BG to know whether to feed or not… If he is dropping?
When is +5?
Waiting til 10 past 2:00, in 9 minutes, which is exactly 2 hours after the last hc food.
) they tend to flatten the following cycles.
How high would you have gone with the carbs, out of curiosity? We gave him 13.5 twice. Would you have gone for 15 or even 30? I hope I am learning something from all of this…Oh no, Merlin did it again
If i can add my 3 cents, i would have carbed him up more at that 58 or at 52. The reason for such steep drop is that it was a bounce clearing cycle, these are the tricky ones, but if you manage to keep them above 50 (even with the force
But as Bron said, don't get too disappointed, maybe 0.75 will be better this time and if not you can always go back to 1
It’s good to see him still surfing. I would get another test in an hour or two if you can to see how long he is managing to stay in the green.
Ill test him again when we get back, but not sure if it will be as soon as two hours…
He’s in blue now. Thanks for your help, Bron.
Considering that this was a first time i would do the same at +2 but would have added more carbs at +2.5 when it was clear that the 13% was not taking him higher and was far from his nadir.How high would you have gone with the carbs, out of curiosity? We gave him 13.5 twice. Would you have gone for 15 or even 30? I hope I am learning something from all of this…
rolleyes but that if they want to stay green they will find their way.
Well, cats insulin needs/reactions do change so we can’t know for sure whether he will respond the same on the .75 or if you go back up to 1 - although I do expect about the same response from the .75 since barely any time has elapsed. Higher carbs could have prevented the lime and kept him on this dose longer before (hopefully) earning another reduction. But you and I have miscalculated Merlin’s response to carbs many times now so it’s very challenging!
I wish it was clear what the lesson was, though… to give super hc even before he hits 50, though that’s not recommended, I guess. Next time I’ll try that, but I have prevented him from dropping when he could have gone lower many times by giving too high a carb. He seems to be really sensitive to carbs, except when I really need him to be. I don’t know. All I know is it scares the crap out of me when he gets really low and keeps going. I’m just so tired. I wish I could just get it right once and keep whatever that formula is going.Considering that this was a first time i would do the same at +2 but would have added more carbs at +2.5 when it was clear that the 13% was not taking him higher and was far from his nadir.
If you look at Chico’s SS on the 05 March 2021 AM cycle, i remember that day very well still because we completely overcarbed him at +1.5 which shot him from 86 to 121 and kept him in the blues for 4 hours but then he dipped to green again. Chico always nadired very early in the cycle nonetheless he went back to green and even reached a 61 at +7. Don’t get me wrong, the amount of honey we gave him that day was waaaay too much from panic
with that said, i cannot not agree with Bron: it is easy to judge after you see how it played out but FD is exactly that: a trial and error exercise and today was an amazing lesson just like the 5th of March 2021 was for us
We had a libre at the beginning. It was handy, but inaccurate, especially at lower numbers.
What about considering the lesson to be the following: you need the big guns if it is a bounce breaking cycle, he is dropping quickly, he is close to 50 and still far from nadir? Would that make sense?
Copied that to my wall. Thanks!
