03/26 MISSY PMPS 248, +2 268

[Missy & Tammy]

GOOD AFTERNOON...
Late posting her today... was tied up this morning.
AMPS 203
Hope everyone has a great day!


https://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/03-25-missy-pmps-175-2-117-3-79-4-70.245207/

 

[JaxBenji]

Looks like Missy kept you on your toes today Hope you all have a good evening

 

[Margaret and Pearl (GA)]

Oh no, what happened with your calipers?! Missy is looking good today!

 

[Missy & Tammy]

Oh no, what happened with your calipers?! Missy is looking good today!

Hey Margaret
I realized today there was 0.25U above the zero stop on the syringe. I've recently started using my phone camera to magnify the syringe and I am able to see so much better. I also started using the calipers again and things just didn't look right. I spend some time this afternoon looking at all the syringes I have and I didn't realize each syringe could be so inaccurately marked.
I'm pretty sure I have it all figured out now thank goodness. Hopefully this will really help get Missy into some nice consistent cycles. I hope you are your fur babies are keeping well. Have a wonderful weekend!!

 

[Katherine&Ruby]

It's crazy how off the printing can be on those syringe barrels. When your dose IS .25 units, being off by .25 makes an enormous difference! I turn the syringe to the side without the lines and measure from the plastic stopper. If the lines are printed properly I do use them to check what I've done, otherwise I ignore them.

 

[Bandit's Mom]

So you have been giving 0.5U rather than 0.25U? Since when? All the last 4-5 cycles since you increase to 0.25U?

 

[Missy & Tammy]

So you have been giving 0.5U rather than 0.25U? Since when? All the last 4-5 cycles since you increase to 0.25U?

Hi Bhooma
I have been doing it this way since she started insulin.
Just recently started using the calipers. I'm hoping her cycles get better and become more consistent.

 

[Bandit's Mom]

I'm hoping her cycles get better and become more consistent.

Oh. That means she has sometimes been getting more or less than the measured dose. It will be interesting to see how she fares with consistent dosing!

 

[Margaret and Pearl (GA)]

Hey Margaret
I realized today there was 0.25U above the zero stop on the syringe. I've recently started using my phone camera to magnify the syringe and I am able to see so much better. I also started using the calipers again and things just didn't look right. I spend some time this afternoon looking at all the syringes I have and I didn't realize each syringe could be so inaccurately marked.
I'm pretty sure I have it all figured out now thank goodness. Hopefully this will really help get Missy into some nice consistent cycles. I hope you are your fur babies are keeping well. Have a wonderful weekend!!

That’s exactly why I started using the calipers. So I made sure I used an accurate syringe to set my calipers. I actually keep that one syringe in a drawer now in case I would ever need to compare my calipercsetting against an accurate syringe. But I definitely worry less now. I can’t believe there can be such variance with the syringes!