Pumbaa
Member Since 2012
Well, I jinxed us again, because last night I typed in his SS, "I am still very, very, very pleased that the bouncing and diving that Pumbaa did on the Lantus seems to be history!" Pumbaa must have been reading over my shoulder, trying to make my life more "interesting" by, once again, going against any trend I predict. *LMAO*
While I didn't see a dive last night (he was only dropping an average of 23 points an hour when I tested him at PM +4.5), I did assume that he would drop down into the 100s later in the night. But I am such an optimist, when I was testing him this morning for his AMPS, I was chanting "Please be in the 200s". I nearly fell off my chair when I saw the 452!
But I am still counting my Levemir blessings here, because after two weeks on Levemir, Pumbaa is no longer hiding during testing/feeding/shooting times. While he did hide under the dining room table before the PM testing, he only did it half-heartedly and like a game we play. (His idea of a game, not mine. *LOL*) And right after testing, he jumped up on the counter where his food was waiting, instead of running and trying to hide from "the injection".
As I've said before, now, when I inject him with the Levemir, he simply glances up at me, like, "Are you done now? Can I eat uninterrupted now?" instead of stopping eating, looking at me accusingly, then flouncing off to deal with the sting of the Lantus. I did a test tonight, and his reaction to the injection was no different than his reaction when I started stroking him. He looked up from his food, like I was an annoyance, and then got back to chowing down. This makes me very, very happy!
Tonight was Pumbaa's 4th cycle at 1.50U. I want to find his ideal breakthrough dose, but I don't want to go too quickly and facilitate bounces. I think his nighttime numbers are more telling than his daytime numbers, but I really don't want to have to go back to napping on the sofa in 2-3 hour increments if I don't have to, yet. I think he has a later nadir at night than he does during the day. Pumbaa woke me up at 4 this morning, purring in my ear on my pillow, and demanding attention. I finally got up at 5 am, to start my day, and tried catching him for a +10PM test, but he was being his juvenile delinquent self and didn't want to be caught. That +10PM number might have told me a lot.
In any case, I am trying to not make myself crazy anymore, and just follow Pumbaa's lead in the FD dance. And realize that no matter what I do, his body controls everything. And even he can't control how his body reacts. (I keep repeating this to myself. Trust me! *LOL*)
Suze
While I didn't see a dive last night (he was only dropping an average of 23 points an hour when I tested him at PM +4.5), I did assume that he would drop down into the 100s later in the night. But I am such an optimist, when I was testing him this morning for his AMPS, I was chanting "Please be in the 200s". I nearly fell off my chair when I saw the 452!
But I am still counting my Levemir blessings here, because after two weeks on Levemir, Pumbaa is no longer hiding during testing/feeding/shooting times. While he did hide under the dining room table before the PM testing, he only did it half-heartedly and like a game we play. (His idea of a game, not mine. *LOL*) And right after testing, he jumped up on the counter where his food was waiting, instead of running and trying to hide from "the injection".
As I've said before, now, when I inject him with the Levemir, he simply glances up at me, like, "Are you done now? Can I eat uninterrupted now?" instead of stopping eating, looking at me accusingly, then flouncing off to deal with the sting of the Lantus. I did a test tonight, and his reaction to the injection was no different than his reaction when I started stroking him. He looked up from his food, like I was an annoyance, and then got back to chowing down. This makes me very, very happy!
Tonight was Pumbaa's 4th cycle at 1.50U. I want to find his ideal breakthrough dose, but I don't want to go too quickly and facilitate bounces. I think his nighttime numbers are more telling than his daytime numbers, but I really don't want to have to go back to napping on the sofa in 2-3 hour increments if I don't have to, yet. I think he has a later nadir at night than he does during the day. Pumbaa woke me up at 4 this morning, purring in my ear on my pillow, and demanding attention. I finally got up at 5 am, to start my day, and tried catching him for a +10PM test, but he was being his juvenile delinquent self and didn't want to be caught. That +10PM number might have told me a lot.
In any case, I am trying to not make myself crazy anymore, and just follow Pumbaa's lead in the FD dance. And realize that no matter what I do, his body controls everything. And even he can't control how his body reacts. (I keep repeating this to myself. Trust me! *LOL*)
Suze
