06/21 - Shen - AMPS 95, +2.5 80, +5.25 96, +8.5 83, PMPS 82, +2 82

[Nimi S]

Link to previous condo: https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/06-21-shen-amps-100-2-25-60-6-92-pmps-94-2-89.278771/

I thought I gave a fur shot today since his fur was wet enough to look like I spilled at least half the dose out but he dropped a bit at +2

 

[Bandit's Mom]

I'm wondering if you can go down to a drop dose from tomorrow. He has been largely in normal numbers but for the low blue (almost green) preshots in cycle he didn't get a snack at +9.

Tagging @Bron and Sheba (GA) and @tiffmaxee for confirmation.

 

[Nimi S]

I'm wondering if you can go down to a drop dose from tomorrow.

I was trying to see (with water) how big my 0.1U is and it’s mostly 4 drops, with a 5th drop that kind of doesn’t come out unless I push too hard and even then it kind of goes back in when I release the plunger.

This is the size of drops I try to form.

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

Can you show us what your 0.1 looks like in the syringe please?
4 drops is definitely more than 0.1

 

[Nimi S]

Can you show us what your 0.1 looks like in the syringe please?

This is what I’d decided to stick to when I started with the 0.1U dose.

Was trying to mimic this from the dosing sticky. Am I leaving more daylight than I should be?

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

That looks pretty good. I’m not sure if you could leave less daylight. You could try and see how many drops you get.

 

[Nimi S]

I tried drawing 0.1U with water on a couple more syringes with no/ the least amount of zero error and the fewest number of drops I got were 3.
I also drew a drop dose to check the size of the drop and I think the drop size matches with what I’m pushing out too.

What I could do is remove the daylight in my 0.1U doses going forward. Right now there might be some bit of zero error in the syringes I end up using, even after keeping aside nearly 25% of the syringes with bigger errors.

 

[Bandit's Mom]

What I could do is remove the daylight in my 0.1U doses going forward. Right now there might be some bit of zero error in the syringes I end up using, even after keeping aside nearly 25% of the syringes with bigger errors.

I was going to ask whether you check for the zero error when drawing such a tiny dose.

 

[Nimi S]

I was going to ask whether you check for the zero error when drawing such a tiny dose.

I do. I hadn't paid much attention till around a month ago when I was drawing 1U.
Now I've kept aside some syringes with no zero error or the tiniest bit of zero error, so that I'm not wasting time in the morning when I'm not all there.

I wonder how syringe manufacturers get away with such poor quality control. Is it because the margin of error is acceptable for human dosing?

 

[Bandit's Mom]

I wonder how syringe manufacturers get away with such poor quality control. Is it because the margin of error is acceptable for human dosing?

Yup! 0.25-0.5U doesn't matter for human dosing.