AUS PMPS 5.9 NUMBERS DROPPING FAST

Deborah Jordan

Deborah Jordan

Member Since 2021
Over the past 2 days I've run a curve and got a couple of unexpected numbers.

Yesterday we had a hypo (I have been using FF savoury with gravy centres thinking they're high carb - apparently not so what should I use?) which I was just lucky to pick up and I'd missed a dose 24hours earlier so wasn't going to run the curve!! Today shes been acting like she was starving to death so I gave an extra half tin. I then abandoned more numbers bcoz she would go high BUT she didn't! Despite lowering her insulin and the extra food her PMPS is very low for her (5.9) I'm worried but happy she might be headed for remission BUT the worry is an unexpected hypo. Now I'm home most of the next 5 days and she's already hiding from me bcoz of me stabbing her ear lol (all doors are shut so she can't get under the deck) but I feel I need to keep a close eye on her. How often should I test and what is high carb food as obviously the the one I'm using is actually zero carbs using the calculation method!! It has brought her out but not extremely quickly (within the half hour to an hour) I do have honey (can't find corn syrup where I am) and test strips but I don't want to stuff this up.

Her weight has dropped dramatically bcoz I can pick her up but haven't been able to for THREE years - would that be a factor in lower numbers? I have to go to the vet to weigh her and he's been closed all weekend.

Thanks.
 
Bron and Sheba (GA) said:
You are both doing well.
Fancy Feast gravy lovers are high carb.
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Bron and Sheba (GA) said:
You are both doing well.
Fancy Feast gravy lovers are high carb.
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I was using Savory Centers Pate with a gourmet gravy centre and Chris Ronkoski told me that they are low carb and several others feed their sugar babies this all the time. Chris said the gravy was more a "meat juice." I used an online calculator and it worked out it resulted in a "minus carbs" result lol. This is why I get confused.
That said it did stop the hypo so... it did the job but I'm buying "gravy lovers" in between readings today.
 
Yes. You want gravy lovers. Pates are lc. We thought that is what you fed. If you fed lc it’s interesting it brought her up. Did you test again after the line? I would next time to make sure it wasn’t a bad strip.
 
tiffmaxee said:
Yes. You want gravy lovers. Pates are lc. We thought that is what you fed. If you fed lc it’s interesting it brought her up. Did you test again after the line? I would next time to make sure it wasn’t a bad strip.
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The first thing I did was verify the reading with another strip then I tested 3 times in the hour (readings in the comment part of spreadsheet) and it slowly went up. I did end up feeding the whole tin as I was worried it wasn't coming up fast enough. It's weird it did it!!! But I've used it twice before to bring her up!!! Weird.
 
I see why I thought you were using an AT. The US ss says so in big red letters and on my phone I did not see you switched.
 
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