02/05 AMBG 100, 110 @ +2, PMBG 87

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AmericanTemplar

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His first blue number in a few days during the test with the Prime, though the Freestyle Libre has shown the occasional blue everyday. I can’t be here for +3 & +4 but can test at +2.
 

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Strangely, again for whatever reason the Prime is reading higher than the FL (110 vs 65). I got new testing strips and while they have the same packaging as the strips I had before, they look a little different. The old ones had a little square cut out where they were inserted into the meter.
 

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Do you still have the old packaging to compare to? Sometimes they look identical except for a tiny label, at least I've seen other brands like that.
 
I have both containers, but not both boxes. I had bought 25 strips last time and it was the last box on the shelf. This time I bought 50. The containers looked the same, but I can check again when I get home.
 
No cause for worry. Numbers are still quite normal. If Nigel was chasing a fly, saw a squirrel or anything else that might have caused a little excitement, your're going to see a little surge in numbers. There could be all sorts of explanations so just keep monitoring. He's still looking good and unless those higher readings become the norm or start rising more over the next few days there is no cause for worry.
 
Many of us have actually found the opposite.....exercise can drop the BG not raise it but ECID.

Having said that, watch the trend, not the blip.
 
Exercise could increase rather than decrease BG if it's strenuous enough and/or if there is not enough insulin to deal with the extra blood glucose the body pumps out to provide the muscles with needed energy for the exercise. Regular exercise helps the body to function more efficiently such that it may help to lower BG overall over time.
 
MrWorfMen's Mom said:
Exercise could increase rather than decrease BG if it's strenuous enough and/or if there is not enough insulin to deal with the extra blood glucose the body pumps out to provide the muscles with needed energy for the exercise. Regular exercise helps the body to function more efficiently such that it may help to lower BG overall over time.
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Sorry Linda but this really tickled me, I don't think I've ever seen any of my 4 cat's exercise strenuously, but perhaps I have extra lazy domestic cats.

I guess it can be true, as it is in humans, but I wonder what categorizes as strenuous in a cat, eg a human going for a brisk 20 minute walk wouldn't be seen as strenuous, I wonder what the kitty equivalent is and where the threshold is for them when it turns into strenuous. I suspect that it will be different for different cats.
 
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Sorry Linda but this really tickled me, I don't think I've ever seen any of my 4 cat's exercise strenuously, but perhaps I have extra lazy domestic cats.

I guess it can be true, as it is in humans, but I wonder what categorizes as strenuous in a cat, eg a human going for a brisk 20 minute walk wouldn't be seen as strenuous, I wonder what the kitty equivalent is and where the threshold is for them when it turns into strenuous. I suspect that it will be different for different cats.
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I’ve seen Nigel get winded before, from running around the house. May not take much for lethargic indoor cats?
 
How strenuous exercise would be depends very much on what the normal daily activity level for the individual is. If you have basically been a total couch potato and suddenly decide to take up jogging, the body is not ready for it and would react as if that were strenuous activity. That same jog isn't going to be as strenuous for someone who runs on a daily basis and is used to running marathons.

I get you on the question of what would be strenuous for our cats but they supposedly get exercise using a scratching post which to me doesn't look like exercise but rather like me filing my nails. My old guy in his hayday would jump and run after a kitty dancer to the point where I would stop the play for fear he was going to collapse. The rest of his day was pretty sedentary. My two young ones now will take off through the house at top speed for a few rounds and then crash as we might following a good brisk run.

It's all relative to what you are used to.:D
 
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