11/28 Gracie PMPS 372 +2 312 +4 298

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Marje and Gracie

Marje and Gracie

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Recap:
AMPS: 336 1st cycle sk1u
+2: 247
+4: 188
+6: 398
PMPS: 316 2nd cycle sk1u
+1: 307
+2: 316
+4: 298

Happy Sunday and Good Morning everyone! I can't believe it is already the last day of the holiday "weekend" which is now going on 6 days for me :lol: :lol:

We are so excited today for Ella and Edward that at long last Rusty will make it into their loving arms for a lifetime of incredible love, caring, compassion. What a lucky, lucky boy he is!!

WCR: We started the sk1u increase yesterday and saw nothing but NDW. Today's AMPS is the best we've seen since the initial reduction anti-jinx. Miss Gracie has 4Ps in place this morning. I spoke with the opthamalogist yesterday and she was very encouraged that Gracie's eyelids are already responding to the meds we received and started last Tuesday night. She said it normally takes at least a week to see improvement and Gracie was already doing better after three days. I hope she continues her progress. I can tell she's feeling better because now when I put the compresses on her eyelids, she jerks her head back and looks at me with those gorgeous eyes as if to say "I'm feeling better...I don't need to do this!". I'll know she's really feeling 100% when she starts wrestling with Tobey...there has been a bit of a hiatus on that lately much to Tobey's chagrin.

For anyone who uses monoject syringes, often when I draw the insulin, it looks to me like there is air in the triangular "hub" area that the needle goes into; I don't have any bubbles in the syringe but there appears to be a bubble in the hub (needles shaft area) that I can't get out. Is this normal or does it mean that Gracie is not getting all her insulin? Mike thinks the insulin is just what is from the unit marking you are using to the bottom of the syringe before it narrows into the shaft area and that if there is air in the hub, it's ok. I'm not sure I agree. Any thoughts? Thanks!! Hope everyone has a wonderful day!
 
Re: 11/28 Gracie AMPS 273 +1 260 Monoject ??

Good morning, Marjorie. Gace is looking good this morning. I use Monoject and I haven't noticed any air in the hub. When I fill the syringe I always go about a half unit past where I want to be, wait for the insulin to replace the air before I pull the syringe out of the pen. Then I tap the remaining bubble to the top and shoot out the air. Did you ever see Sienne's post about bubbles? I found this to be very helpful:
As for bubbles:
1. Throw away the plunger cap and move the plunger a couple of times. (Jojo told us that spreads the plunger lubricant)
2. Make sure the plunger is all the way to the needle end, uncap the needle, and insert the needle into the insulin cartridge.
3. Pull the plunger back pretty far, maybe the 4 or 5 IU mark. The vacuum inside the cartridge "fights" this; it goes slowly.
4. The insulin will start moving into the cylinder very slowly, watch to see how much is in the syringe.
5. When there is about .5 IU more insulin than needed, withdraw the needle from the cartridge without moving the plunger.
6. This causes the insulin to move down to the plunger (away from the needle), and the air goes up to the needle end.
7. Put the cartridge back in the fridge; do the rest of this over the sink.
8. Press the plunger to expel the excess air at the top. (don't skip this step, even if there are bubbles! The less air is in the syringe when you flick on it, the easier it is to form a single bubble that can be pressed out.)
9. If there are any bubbles at this point (often there are not), flick the syringe to bring them to the needle end.
10. Twist the syringe while pressing the plunger slowly to expel any remaining air, and to "dial in" the desired dose. This way, you can see if the bubble is sticking to the side, because you're rotating the syringe and looking at it from all sides.
11. If there's a bubble stuck to the side of the needle collar, draw a tiny bit more air in to join it, and then rotate the syringe the opposite direction to last time, while pressing the plunger. This spins the bubble together and hopefully centers it on the needle hole so you can squeeze it out.
12. Because we do micro-dose, when dialing in doses, we try to hold the syringe so the angle on the needle is facing up. This way, the little drop of insulin that forms there can be pulled back into the needle without bringing air, if we accidentally dial the plunger in a drop too far.
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I hope this helps.
 
Re: 11/28 Gracie AMPS 273 +1 260 Monoject ??

Glad Ele is here! :mrgreen: I know nothing of the monoject and she seems to have all the info you would need!

hope you guys have a good day...nice to hear that Gracie seems to be feeling better!
 
Re: 11/28 Gracie AMPS 273 +1 260 Monoject ??

Morning Marjorie, cabanabean, Gracie... have a great day guys!

And Gracie? Time for better numbers now OK? The dose is a good one, you need to let it do its thing... Blues would make your bean very very happy.

no clue on the monojet - never used them.... sorry, wish I knew the answer... Looks like Ele answered.

Sous chef Gracie? You ready! Rusty is on his way to his forever home now. cool huh! We needs to cook! I will see you soon - the roadster is all packed, ready to roll. I hear that there is snow at Rusty's home, what fun! ~~ Chef Mannie
 
Re: 11/28 Gracie AMPS 273 +1 260 Monoject ??

Generally, when you're expelling air to adjust for dose, you're also expelling some insulin. Once you push some insulin out, it should be filling from the dose line to the needle shaft.
 
Re: 11/28 Gracie AMPS 273 +1 260 Monoject ??

Ele...thank you!! Jill sent me those instructions, too, some time ago and I've still gotten a little air in there. I think it is a user problem but the extra info you gave me will help. I do like the MJ syringes...definitely better than the BD for bubbles and the Relion always had lopsided plungers.

Pat...great to see you this morning...I'm slow on condos so hope your darlings are doing well.

Michelle..yes, I hope this dose will work for her. So far so good today anti jinx. SHe dropped 80 from +1 to +2 so I gave her a little 6%...still experimenting. When she had a similar drop the other day, I gave her a little 9% gravy and it stopped her cold. Talk about fine tuning!! I'm micro dosing AND micro feeding :lol: :lol:

Sienne...hmmm...I'm thickheaded this morning...not enough ~O) ~O); I'm not sure I understand the last part.
 
Re: 11/28 Gracie AMPS 273 +1 260 +2 184

:lol: :lol: SO TRUE on the micro dosing and the micro feeding. :lol: :lol:

nice +2 - looks like Gracie like this dose too.
 
Re: 11/28 Gracie AMPS 273 +1 260 +2 184

better numbers today. Keep up the good work!

about the bubbles, definitely keep working on it, but really if you have the same bubble every time then it's not significant. It doesn't matter what you call the dose as long as it is consistent. Where you start running into problems is if sometimes you have a big bubble, sometimes a small bubble, sometimes no bubble.
 
Re: 11/28 Gracie AMPS 273 +1 260 +2 184

Libby...that makes sense ....consistency. I would rather go through my pen faster (which I've been doing) then shoot a big bubble but I've been really persistent about trying to get the bubbles out. I did much better this morning.

And on the dose...I hope this is enough to get her in green this time around at this dose. If not, Mike and I think she really likes 1u and we are just going to have to feed higher carbs early to control the drop. Have a great day!!
 
Re: 11/28 Gracie AMPS 273 +1 260 +2 184

Good day to you and Gracie.

There she goes...looks like a no bubble dose, eh? Hope you guys see some pretty numbers today.
 
Re: 11/28 Gracie AMPS 273 +1 260 +2 184

Gracie's blue for +2! Very nice! I've been absent for several days, so I'm not up to date on what she's been doing lately, but she's looking good today!
 
Re: 11/28 Gracie AMPS 273 +1 260 +2 184

MUFFIN!!!! Are you coming to Rusty's welcome home party at Camp Stu today? I hope so...I've really missed you!!!!
 
Re: 11/28 Gracie AMPS 273 +1 260 +2 184 +3 120 +4 115

Thanks Laurie!! AND...we have Gracie/Tobey wrestling match going on!!! :RAHCAT :RAHCAT
 
Re: 11/28 Gracie AMPS 273 +1 260 +2 184 +3 120 +4 115

Oh whit nice numbers today! Looks like :mrgreen: soon!

Marjorie, I use Monoject syringes and you got me wondering. So I filled one w/ colored water and took a look. yes i do see a bubble up there, but w/ the magnifier that I use I can see that the needle extends down past the plastic and into this area. The bubble is above the end of the needle, I don't think whatever is in that area could be injected anyway. So having air there doesn't make any difference. Does that make sense to you?
 
Re: 11/28 Gracie AMPS 273 +1 260 +2 184 +3 120 +4 115

I HATE THE ROTTEN BUBBLES!!!!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil:

Nice Numbers Gracie today! Look likecrew your coming down beautifully.. Hope you enjoyed the weekend and I am so glad you didnt give me that recipe for that cake you told me about last nite!!--Hugs from us!

Gracie we is getting ready to be picked up for the party!! So exciting to meet our newest member of our group!! RUSTY! Whoo Hooo party! See ya soon>>
 
Re: 11/28 Gracie AMPS 273 +1 260 +2 184 +3 120 +4 115 +5 99

Ann.....I love it that you check this stuff out!!! Thanks for the precise answer because no one else has seen this occur and I knew I wasn't imagining that little air pocket up high!!! What you said makes perfect sense. I was practicing with colored water yesterday on my sk1u but didn't look into that area to see where the air pocket was in relation to the needle. Thank you...

Roni...I'm gonna send you that recipe, girl!!! SHARE THE CALORIES :lol: :lol:

Michelle....it's tied but Gracie still outweighs him only by a titch; they actually get into these headlocks...it is very funny except Gracie is very vocal if she's being headlocked. Mamabean tries not to interfere as they are not biting each other but the racket; it's the World Cat Wrestling Federation here!!! :lol: :lol:
 

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Re: 11/28 Gracie PMPS 372

Last night with Jason so we're having an extended dinner. PMPS not totally unexpected but hoping for the best tonight. Everyone have a great night!
 
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