7/17 Khloe | AMPS 259, +1 214, +3 54, +3.5 84

Sara & Khloe

Sara & Khloe

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My poor girl just can't seem to get off this roller coaster ride 😔
I'm going to try feeding tonight at PS, +0.5 (LC w/Honey), +1 (LC w/Honey), +2 (LC w/Honey), and +3. I'm going to have to buy a 2nd auto feeder with all these extra meals.
I can handle the testing, but feeding the curve is EXHUASTING! It just makes me feel dumb and like I can't figure anything out.

Sorry.. I guess I'm just having a emotional day.. I'll be ok tho, just got to keep trucking along..
Hope everyone has a good day and all the kitties stay safe.
 
Sara & Khloe said:
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My poor girl just can't seem to get off this roller coaster ride 😔
I'm going to try feeding tonight at PS, +0.5 (LC w/Honey), +1 (LC w/Honey), +2 (LC w/Honey), and +3. I'm going to have to buy a 2nd auto feeder with all these extra meals.
I can handle the testing, but feeding the curve is EXHUASTING! It just makes me feel dumb and like I can't figure anything out.

Sorry.. I guess I'm just having a emotional day.. I'll be ok tho, just got to keep trucking along..
Hope everyone has a good day and all the kitties stay safe.
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Honestly, I’d stay away from the honey unless she’s really low (40s) and you need to get her up quickly.

Are you still feeding 3-4% for LC? Many years ago, members noted their cats did better on 10% calories from carbs. When we started, I went for the lowest carbs I could find but that didn’t help. The Moderator at that time, Jill, told me to increase the carbs to as much as 10%. We found 6-8% worked best but ECID.

The other thing that could help is feeding more of the 6-10% range at a feeding. So instead of five feedings, divide it into four feedings (PS, +1, +2, +3). When I was using Lantus, I gave a larger portion at PS and +1 and then smaller at +2 and +3.
 
Those dives at onset can be so frustrating!! I sure hope you can find the solution to flattening things out so that she's not dropping so drastically. She doesn't always do the drop, but she does it often enough, doesn't she? I hope the feeding at the beginning of the cycle will do the trick. 🤞 🤞 You're doing a great job with her, Sara, even if it sometimes seems like a roller coaster. She's so fortunate to have someone caring so much.

Khloe reminds me so much of one of my civvies, Hazel. I have a soft spot for calicos.
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Hi Sara, you are doing a tremendous job at keeping Khloe safe. :bighug: She is so lucky to have a dedicated and loving CG.

I went through very similar struggles with feeding as Trixie came down the dosing ladder. If you look at her 2025 SS you will see that in Aug/Sept I had to switch her meals to higher LC to keep her flat. It was a lot of experimenting to see what worked. I started mixing LC foods together to get a higher LC and I also added snacks early in her cycle since she had an early nadir, sometimes feeding her every hour between +1 and +4. They were very small snacks, about a teaspoon at a time. Once she started to hit limes more often, and give me lower Pres-hots, I increased her carbs even more (the food she was on when she went into remission was just under 10%), she was one of those cats that did better with a higher LC to keep her cycles smooth. The other sign that her pancreas was starting to do some of it's own work was that the usual LC that would normally boost her no longer did and I needed to use a 23% carb food to bring her up. The only time I ever used honey was when she was in the 30's and I needed to get her up quick!

Hope she smooths out for you so you can get some rest.
 
I’m sorry you are having a bit of a tough go :bighug:. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with feeling exasperated sometimes. Way back when, I had a few moments, usually when I thought for sure I had figured Maverick’s patterns on Lantus and he’d throw me a curve ball. Then of course I started the learning curve all over again when I switched to Levemir.

I see that you’ve changed what was your previous snack schedule, good job trying to line up some snacks a little earlier than +3. I’m in the same camp as Marje, I wouldn’t put honey in the mix unless facing a really low BG or if HC didn’t do the trick immediately. Feeding higher LC may very well be a great option for Khloe. Remember you can do a little blend of your LC with MC to get your higher LC. Feel free to vent any time, and most of all cut yourself a little slack, hon. Take a look back over the past month alone at how much progress you and Khloe have made.

And also remember that they are more than just their numbers, hopefully she is feeling pretty good these days.
 
Sorry you are having a tough time, Sara, you're doing really really great with all of this. I call the feeling after those all nighters, "fuzzy brain". Everything is slow and it takes an enormous amount of energy to do anything. Hang in there. You too, Jo.
 
Thanks everyone for the kind words and suggestions. I was alittle too emotional today (I probably need to sleep more tbh) so I tried to take some time for myself.
I’ll have to do some research to find a food that’s in the 6-8% range but for tonight I grabbed some 15% to mix with the 4% LC I have. We’ll see how it goes..
 
You're doing great! I know how scary it can be to have to feed the curve (especially with Xander who isn't food motivated at all). We had a period where he needed an increased dose, but the increased dose required me to give some higher carb food consistently for a while to keep him from dipping low. Eventually he adapted to the new dose and didn't need the constant carb manipulation anymore.
 
Albert & Xander said:
You're doing great! I know how scary it can be to have to feed the curve (especially with Xander who isn't food motivated at all). We had a period where he needed an increased dose, but the increased dose required me to give some higher carb food consistently for a while to keep him from dipping low. Eventually he adapted to the new dose and didn't need the constant carb manipulation anymore.
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Thank you Albert! It’s really nice to know this might not be a permanent thing. It’s just hard adjusting all the time, you get it. Thanks for the encouragement 🙂
Tell Xander that I said he’s a pretty kitty 💜
 
Sara & Khloe said:
Thanks everyone for the kind words and suggestions. I was alittle too emotional today (I probably need to sleep more tbh) so I tried to take some time for myself.
I’ll have to do some research to find a food that’s in the 6-8% range but for tonight I grabbed some 15% to mix with the 4% LC I have. We’ll see how it goes..
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I’m glad you took some time for yourself. We can’t take care of our babies if we are tired and just need a break.

You’re doing great asking the right questions and experimenting. Just remember changes can sometimes take time to see results so don’t get discouraged 🫂🫂
 
I’m sorry I missed this Sara. I hope you got some rest and today is a better day. I used to be a huge dork and keep a giant spreadsheet tracking my mood and every variable possible to see if I could spot things that consistently correlated with good / bad mood that day. Other than random one-off events, at least for me, sleep was the most consistent predictor of my mood. It’s hard to feel happy or motivated or positive when you’re tired and feel like everything is a struggle.

So I hope you are feeling more refreshed today. You are such an amazing caregiver to Khloe and the two of you have come such a long way! After all, fast bounces from a quick pink / yellow to spend most of the time in blues and greens beats staying in pinks and yellows all day, which Khloe was doing as recently as the last week of June. So hope you hang in there and give yourself the credit you deserve! 🥰🥰🥰
 
Connie & Parker & Moonie said:
I’m sorry I missed this Sara. I hope you got some rest and today is a better day. I used to be a huge dork and keep a giant spreadsheet tracking my mood and every variable possible to see if I could spot things that consistently correlated with good / bad mood that day. Other than random one-off events, at least for me, sleep was the most consistent predictor of my mood. It’s hard to feel happy or motivated or positive when you’re tired and feel like everything is a struggle.

So I hope you are feeling more refreshed today. You are such an amazing caregiver to Khloe and the two of you have come such a long way! After all, fast bounces from a quick pink / yellow to spend most of the time in blues and greens beats staying in pinks and yellows all day, which Khloe was doing as recently as the last week of June. So hope you hang in there and give yourself the credit you deserve! 🥰🥰🥰
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From the bottom of my heart, thank you for always being there for me 💜 I’m so grateful to go through this all with you and all the other CGs here. Makes it just alittle bit easier when you don’t feel so alone! Yesterday was a bad day for me, I’m not gonna sugar coat it, but today is a new day! And we are gonna kick FD in the butt today!! Give the kitty krew my love!!
 
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