Pumbaa
Member Since 2012
Well, I raised Pumbaa to 2.0U tonight.
He had 8 cycles at 1.75U, and it took him 4 cycles to even start settling into that dose. He had great numbers yesterday during the AM cycle, then bounced this morning, and started to come down by his PMPS.
The dose increase was inevitable, and I didn't want to prolong this, and see days of pink numbers and high yellow numbers. Like I've said, my immediate goal is to get him below renal threshold, even if he stays at a flat 200 for a while. Actually, I'd like him down to a flat 150 in the next couple of weeks, since my mom is facing some more medical procedures. (Who has the magic wand I can wave over Pumbaa? *LOL*)
Another thing that I like about Levemir, so far, is that Pumbaa may bounce, but he's not diving like he did on the Lantus. Thank God, and insert another
. Those dives are what made me crazy and really affected Pumbaa in a bad way! They would come out of nowhere, with no warning, and caused me a lot of stress and a lot of lost sleep due to constantly testing to make sure he didn't dive and dive low enough to go hypo. Dropping over 300 points in 6 hours is insane! I didn't find it on the SS, but I remember someone (Carl or Dale) commenting on Pumbaa dropping 300 points in 2 or 3 hours. And I know others have experienced even deeper dives that this on Lantus!
Wish us luck on the 2.0U dose! Flat low yellow numbers or high blues on this dose would be awesome!
Suze
He had 8 cycles at 1.75U, and it took him 4 cycles to even start settling into that dose. He had great numbers yesterday during the AM cycle, then bounced this morning, and started to come down by his PMPS.
The dose increase was inevitable, and I didn't want to prolong this, and see days of pink numbers and high yellow numbers. Like I've said, my immediate goal is to get him below renal threshold, even if he stays at a flat 200 for a while. Actually, I'd like him down to a flat 150 in the next couple of weeks, since my mom is facing some more medical procedures. (Who has the magic wand I can wave over Pumbaa? *LOL*)
Wish us luck on the 2.0U dose! Flat low yellow numbers or high blues on this dose would be awesome!
Suze