07/23 - Jaxon - AMPS 164 +6 185 +8 169 PMPS 117 +1 104 +2 77 +3 58 +4 50

Allison K

Allison K

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After nearly all green yesterday, today was a bit ... disappointing? I decided against raising the dose based on how his PM cycle went yesterday (and suggestions from others here). When the number came up 92 after being in blue all day, I am wondering if I should reduce dose tonight or go as usual with the full 1 unit?
 
Hi. Don’t feed. Stall. Test in 20-30. He hasn’t earned a reduction but we need to see if he’s on the way up. He might have double dipped and this could be the second green.
 
Ok .... His numbers have been strange all day ... not outside his normal range, just reverse to what I expect on a cycle .... his mid cycle was higher than his AMPS .... and his PMPS was lower than even his AMPS
 
Only thing I can THINK could have happened is we had a spill of the dog's kibble bowl (and we THOUGHT we had gotten it all and dog got any strays) ... we were keeping an eye on where the cat was and shooing him away whenever he even showed a thought of moving in the way of the dog's food .... but no 100% guarantee that he might not have gotten even crumbs. It is very low fat but as kibble, no doubt higher in carbs (dog has pancreatitis)
 
Do you have plenty of supplies (strips, medium and high carb food, Karo/honey/syrup)?

Can you test as much (and as long) as necessary tonight?
 
I have enough strips .... just got a new pair of containers and if I HAVE to I can use the other meter which has strips for (just needs more blood) .... as for honey, yes I have some .... and am I to assume I going to need to test every hour or two for all (or as much as I can) of his PM cycle?
 
Chris & China (GA) said:
Just FYI...on your spreadsheet, the PMPS is the number you actually shoot....so if you stalled for 30 minutes and then shot, you would put 92 @ +12, 117 @ +12.5 in the same PMPS cell.

You'll have to do the color coding yourself
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If you notice, I made a note in the comments area of that line that +1 was ACTUALLY 0.5 because I had no idea how to do two numbers in one cell
 
There put the actual PS number in for the PM ... and just made a note in comments about the earlier shot number and stall to retest
 
Any idea if the numbers could (typo) be different between the Contour Next and Freestyle Lite? They are both human meters, the biggest difference I know of is sample size
 
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Allison K said:
Any idea if the numbers should be different between the Contour Next and Freestyle Lite? They are both human meters, the biggest difference I know of is sample size
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In a perfect world, no....but ALL meters are allowed a 20% variance so there's just no way to compare meter to meter. It's best to choose one and stick with it. Save the other one for an emergency back up.
 
The only reason I would use is if I ran out of strips for my regular meter ... I try and order them when I start the 2nd canister in a box .... but just in case, the others are still valid till Jan 2022 and it is a good meter, just I needed a smaller sample size at the time (cause was having trouble getting a good blood drop for the larger sample size)
 
Allison K said:
The only reason I would use is if I ran out of strips for my regular meter
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Oh there's other good reasons for having a back-up. Dropping your regular one and having it knock something loose, battery dying in the middle of the night, or there's always the most famous "oops".....We had one person who meant to put their rice sock in the microwave and put their meter in instead (hadn't had her coffee yet that morning....LOL)
 
Mine stays on my desk ... but guess I can sorta understand the brain fog bit (rarely drink coffee but when I first take my meds in the morning focus is SOO hard).
 
Chris & China (GA) said:
Oh there's other good reasons for having a back-up. Dropping your regular one and having it knock something loose, battery dying in the middle of the night, or there's always the most famous "oops".....We had one person who meant to put their rice sock in the microwave and put their meter in instead (hadn't had her coffee yet that morning....LOL)
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I do understand there are other reasons, just meant in this sort of situation, if I ran out of strips and my other ones were not expired, it a good time to use the backup meter
 
Something to try to remember (like there's not enough already!!)

Any time the +2 is lower than the Pre-shot, it can be like an "early warning" that kitty might be dropping a lot lower later in the cycle so it's usually a good idea to give at least a small snack of regular low carb food then to try to keep him from continuing to drop so quickly.
 
Now you pull out some high carb....Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers (a couple of teaspoons of just the "gravy" part...if you pop the top, put it back down and squeeze the gravy into another bowl, you'll get quite a bit) or a few drops of Karo/honey/syrup with a little food or rubbed on his gums and test again in 20 minutes
 
I have a can of the gravy lovers in the fridge from one of his first green nights .... so don't give the food itself, JUST the gravy bit?
 
Gave him a tsp or so but it is harder to separate gravy from the food when it is cold ... just did the best I could
 
This is 20 mins after +4? Your SS says +5, btw!

Some more gravy if he will have it? Still a while to go for his nadir.
 
I put it as a split in +4 because that is when it is :) and since I have already changed the colors and manually entered it to the US sheet am going to leave it .... but yes, I was going to check him again at +5 and if necessary again at +5.5 ... then his +6 ... see how he is doing over that time
 
So if so, no food before I go to bed at 1am? He might not be happy, he is used to getting a tiny bit (like 1/4 of a can if I haven't given any other)
 
Ok he has had a tsp or so of gravy 3 times now, hence two split readings and then my last reading at just past the +5
 
Allison K said:
So if so, no food before I go to bed at 1am? He might not be happy, he is used to getting a tiny bit (like 1/4 of a can if I haven't given any other)
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You can feed him some LC before bed. I just want to see if he is dipping without food - in which case you might have to get more tests later in the cycle.


Allison K said:
Ok he has had a tsp or so of gravy 3 times now,
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This was at +3, +4 and +4.5?

Btw, 33 mins after +4 would be +4.5 and 17 min after +5 would be +5.25 :-)
 
I did not say 33 mins after, I did 20/60 which is 1/3 (0.33) same for 0.17 it is not for 17 mins that is the fraction x/60 same as 0.5 is 30minutes not 50 minutes :D
 
Just checked the food log I was doing, it was LC food the first time at +3 (10:30pm), then HC starting at 11:50pm and again at 12:10am (the testing at +5.17)
 
No, 6 mins. We had another night of "stall to see what happens" when he was supposed to get his shot at 7pm (EST) so every +hour is at the half hour
 
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