11/01 Cole AMPS 203 / +2 175 / +4 151 / +6 160 / +9 225/ PMPS 241

https://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/thr...-112-7-103-8-117-9-148-pmps-376-2-396.237885/

Good morning! Cats did not appreciate the Daylight Savings Time shift in breakfast

Cole is starting today lower than I expected so watching closely - hope we don't see a big bounce although that's what seems to be his current pattern.

Happy November
Elizabeth

 

It looks like he does like his trampoline . He has a nice start this morning. I hope he takes a nice slow slide for you.

 

Still coming down - and still hungry! Slide seems ok - not too dramatic I think.

 

Morning, Elizabeth! Nice start for Cole. You are doing fantastic with testing

 

As a general rule of thumb for a lot of cats, if the +2 test is quite a bit lower than the preshot (like you have today), it's a good heads up you'll see some action this cycle. A +4 would be a good one.

 

I thought that might be the case - waiting to test +4 before I go out to grab some groceries and some MC and HC food to have in reserve. Thanks for the advice.

 

Slipped down a bit more - fed him a tbs of LC food which he was happy about. Will test again at +6 ...

 

Pretty flat - another tbs of food (I think he is now training me ) and he let me brush his ruff again and clean up his face.

 

Question - since this morning was the 6th cycle on 3u, according to TR I should be increasing tonight -

• Increase by 0.25 unit after 3 days (6 consecutive cycles) if nadirs are greater than 200, but less than 300.

General advice - is it better to do the increase or wait a few more cycles? He dropped so fast yesterday and tomorrow I'm on my own and working most of the day so testing every 2 hours may be challenging

 

With nadirs under 200 (and he is seeing blues), you can hold 6-10 cycles. Since he got quite low blues yesterday, you could hold the dose another day and see where he goes.

 

Thank you

 

Cole came up a little for his PMPS - this is lowest PMPS he has had since starting insulin. He got on the counter again tonight when it was time for dinner, and did a bunch of bumping my arm.

Looked at Wendy&Neko's note and decided to stay at 3u tonight and will see how things are tomorrow. Tonight was cycle 7.

Reminder for myself

• Hold the dose for 3 - 5 days (6 - 10 consecutive cycles) if nadirs are less than 200 before increasing the dose by 0.25 unit.
• if your cat is new to numbers under 200, it is recommended to hold the dose for at least 8-10 cycles before increasing.

 

Yay Cole! Nice to see two blue cycles in as many days!!
Great job helping him surf.