112pre +4 50, +5 61, +5.5 70, Now (+6) at 90

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He was at +112 pre shot given .5 units and is at 50 at +4.

He could not have picked a worse night, I only have three test strips left for my good meter!
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 do i need help??

What meter are you using? Do you have high carb food, karo syrup or honey?
Liz
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 do i need help??

I have a relion meter and I have a free style lite

The relion is reading him at 50 the freestyle lite is reading at 40

I have both high carb and karo.
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 do i need help??

the relion only has three strips left, I have like 100 some odd for the freestyle but we stopped using it because i found out its not accurate with higher numbers ( which makes me worried about if it is accurate with lower numbers)
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 do i need help??

Has he been low before? Have you been able to bring his numbers up with low carb food?

For 50, our typical approach is to feed two good tsp of low carb food and retest in 30 mins. Can you send someone out for more strips? It's really important to not shoot a low number without plenty of strips ;-)
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 do i need help??

I would give him a teaspoon or so of the high carb to bring him up. Can you go get more strips for the region? You are going to need more than 3 for tonight plus you have the morning testing to do.
Liz
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 do i need help??

where I am the pharmacies are closed and its just me. He hasnt been hitting low when I shoot in the 100s I didnt even think to check if I had more strips until the low number hit.

I have the free style, I just dont know it that is ok to rely on for results.

I just fed him some low carb.
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 do i need help??

they have them in the pharmacy down here.

thats where the meter is.

I could try a few other walmarts and see if they have it out, it is going to be ok to leave him for a half hour?
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 do i need help??

The freestyle has been known to be inaccurate but I believe the problem has been that it reads too low. In this case, that's probably a good thing because we know he's probably not any lower than what the FS shows.

No friends to call to see if they can run to Wal Mart? Sorry....but you need strips. For a number like this, we like you to test every 30 mins until they are safely up. You are just coming into the peak time of the insulin. The only other thing you can do, which I don't like suggesting but you may have to do to keep him safe, is give him a large amount of HC food and get his numbers way up. You still have to test because the HC can wear off. But you wouldn't have to test every 30 minutes once you knew he was headed way up.

Edited to Add: could you please take off the 911 now since you have folks responding. We will keep an eye out for your next test...please post it in the subject line. Thanks.
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 do i need help??

I am a military wife who just moved down here. my husband is overseas.

I have two walmarts within 3 miles I can head out and back in time... I know the one i usually go to has the strips behind the pharmacy counter and they closed at 9pm
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 do i need help??

I would suggest testing him before you leave and then running out and back. I don't use the Relion so not sure about if they keep the strips behind the pharm at all of them.

Please let us know numbers when you can.

PS: retired military wife here....I know what you are dealing with.....my husband deployed alot and for long periods of time. That's when everything decided to go wonkers. But that's what makes military wives strong :-D :-D :-D :YMHUG: :YMHUG: :YMHUG:
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 do i need help??

If you are running out for strips, call first. Make sure the pharmacy is open and they have the strips you need in stock.

If the Freestyle is reading low, you're ok. (They tend to read low.) You'll still need to bump the numbers up with either low carb or higher carb food. If it ends up that you erred on the side of getting the numbers up higher than necessary, your cat will be safe.
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 do i need help??

Any chance someone at Walmart could get the strips for you? What is your kitty's name?
Liz
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 do i need help??

Where are you located? If you can't get strips, we might have a member near you that could help.
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 > now at 61

strips acquired. I remembered the one on the other side of town having them out from behind the pharmacy before so I took a chance and ran over there.

I swear, everything goes wrong after midnight!
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 > now at 61

Great...that you got the strips and that he's up.

Can we get your and his name? It's important to keep testing, ni don't know what you fed but if it was higher carb than his normal food, numbers can wobble and he could come back down. I'd test again in 30 mins and let us know the number, please.

Thanks!
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 > now at 61

he eats fancy feast turkey and giblets (so gross) but he loves it!! that's what I gave him.

My name is Siobhan and his name is Guinness.
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 > now at 61

Welcome to Lantus Land!

Murphy's Law seems to be in force most of the time here. I'm glad you have strips.

You may want to take a look at this note on handling low numbers. I'd suggest giving Guinness a teaspoon or two of low carb food and retesting in 30 min. At what time was the 61?
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 > now at 61

he was at 61 at +5 (ish)

Shot was at 730pm the last test was 12:20

The first thing I did when he tested 50 was give him some of his low carb food, that was at +4 when he was at 50.
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 > now at 61

Welcome Siobhan and Guinness. If you can get a test 30 mins from your last one, we'd like to see he is still coming up.
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 > now at 61

sure thing. I will get him again at about 1am my time (est)

Thank you all for your help. He has never been this low before, and as I am sure you can tell I panicked pretty hardcore.
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 > now at 61

It's ok...we've all had those first low numbers. That's why we're here. If you could pls just post his number, we will check back in with you shortly.

Nice job!
 
Re: 112 pre evening shot @+4 50 > now at 61

Siobhan, you did great! I'm glad you found Lantus Land. Marje and Sienne are brilliant.
Liz
 
Re: 112pre +4 50, +5 61, +5.5 70

That's great on the 70.

Since I can't see a spreadsheet, I don't know his normal pattern...when his nadir might be. I know you must be tired but I usually tell new members we like to see two, rising non-food influenced numbers before we call it a night. Many of us sleep/test....we set an alarm and get up to test.

If you can do it, I'd like to see another test in an hour. What do you think?
 
You're very welcome. I'm glad he's up. However, if his nadir is not until +7/+8, I'd be sure my last test was after that.

We'd be happy for you to join our family here. We ask that you do a spreadsheet....the link to it is in the sticky "new to the Group".

Good luck and safe trip.
 
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