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Figures with +6 and apparent nadir at +5
10/6 Artemis AMPS 511 +3 284 +5 256 +6 262 +9 326
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Christie & Maverick
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Yup, looks like you are right, am cycle nadir around +5 today. I was having a look back at your last post here, https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/10-3-artemis-amps-477-4-326-7-249-pmps-338-1-301.282223/
You’ve asked some good questions, and have been given valuable input. From my own experience, one of the hardest things I had to face was trying to have some patience with the process. It was hard in the beginning, since I was doing the best I possibly could for my cat, just like you are. I often got stuck and frustrated; why do some cats just magically seem to get these lovely numbers or go into remission so quickly, and I have to deal with bouncing (and believe me, we did the bouncing extraordinaire on Lantus), weird cycles, not knowing what to do since I’d have to leave for work and be gone (what if he dropped low and I wasn’t home?), staying up at night, and so on. I just had to come to terms with the fact that I couldn’t expect everything to fall into place immediately, and tried not to focus so much on the “what ifs” and “whys”. I just got down to the basics and followed the process, in part because it became apparent that I was dealing with so many different variables in FD, some of which I could control, some of which I could not, and some of which have to do with the fact that insulin is a hormone not a drug, and how your cat responds to insulin and carbs just won’t be the same way that mine does.
That may not help much, but I think if it were me, I’d get the BG tests in when you can so you can start to get a feel for Artemis’ patterns, like today when you had excellent data in the am cycle, and given that you have some time this weekend to start filling in some of the blanks, so you can see how the current dose is working.
There is more flexibility here than you might think
. The posting each day helps us to get to know you and see how Artemis is doing, and it’s easier to see today’s numbers at a glance which helps a great deal in watching for dropping numbers or cycles where someone might need help and perhaps don’t know it.
You’ve asked some good questions, and have been given valuable input. From my own experience, one of the hardest things I had to face was trying to have some patience with the process. It was hard in the beginning, since I was doing the best I possibly could for my cat, just like you are. I often got stuck and frustrated; why do some cats just magically seem to get these lovely numbers or go into remission so quickly, and I have to deal with bouncing (and believe me, we did the bouncing extraordinaire on Lantus), weird cycles, not knowing what to do since I’d have to leave for work and be gone (what if he dropped low and I wasn’t home?), staying up at night, and so on. I just had to come to terms with the fact that I couldn’t expect everything to fall into place immediately, and tried not to focus so much on the “what ifs” and “whys”. I just got down to the basics and followed the process, in part because it became apparent that I was dealing with so many different variables in FD, some of which I could control, some of which I could not, and some of which have to do with the fact that insulin is a hormone not a drug, and how your cat responds to insulin and carbs just won’t be the same way that mine does.
That may not help much, but I think if it were me, I’d get the BG tests in when you can so you can start to get a feel for Artemis’ patterns, like today when you had excellent data in the am cycle, and given that you have some time this weekend to start filling in some of the blanks, so you can see how the current dose is working.
There is more flexibility here than you might think
. The posting each day helps us to get to know you and see how Artemis is doing, and it’s easier to see today’s numbers at a glance which helps a great deal in watching for dropping numbers or cycles where someone might need help and perhaps don’t know it.- Status