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I saw the nice blues last night! You are seeing some of the 0.5u depot, but I’m liking the trend. I’m sure you know what I’m going to ask by now…;)
 
Theres probably an answer to this that ive glossed over, but when we were at the ER vet they kept insisting testing him after food.. and im all no no, he needs to be tested BEFORE food.. and they looked at me like i had 5 heads lol

So i brought my own kit etc and just tested him myself there lol
 
This is us…tip toeing around Bear-nannigans :p

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Yogi_Bear said:
Theres probably an answer to this that ive glossed over, but when we were at the ER vet they kept insisting testing him after food.. and im all no no, he needs to be tested BEFORE food.. and they looked at me like i had 5 heads lol

So i brought my own kit etc and just tested him myself there lol
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The only time it really makes a difference is for shot time, especially when you are new and don’t have a feel for your cat’s patterns, food bumps etc. We don’t want to artificially bump up the preshot to make it shootable. When you are handling low numbers, like under 50, then yes, you want to test frequently when intervening with HC food, because it involves making sure the cat’s BG goes above 50 and stays there. But even that has some nuances, depending on where the cat is at in the cycle, and how carb sensitive the cat is.
 
Christie & Maverick said:
The only time it really makes a difference is for shot time, especially when you are new and don’t have a feel for your cat’s patterns, food bumps etc. We don’t want to artificially bump up the preshot to make it shootable. When you are handling low numbers, like under 50, then yes, you want to test frequently when intervening with HC food, because it involves making sure the cat’s BG goes above 50 and stays there. But even that has some nuances, depending on where the cat is at in the cycle, and how carb sensitive the cat is.
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Yes i should have mentioned i was talking about pre shot test lol
 
You can feed some LC or MC depending on what he’s inclined to eat, he’s still safe, and the dose will be waning. Let’s see how he goes when you get back this afternoon, but I’m thinking we hold the 0.25u. I’d like to see how he does without the 0.5u depot, since you just reduced last night, plus I’d like to see how he does without anymore HC dry influencing his cycles. Bounces should even out a little, then you’ll have a true reflection of 0.25u. Note to lurkers, this suggestion is for Vanessa and Bear only. But let’s see how his BG is this afternoon and into PMPS first.
 
I agree, I think it will be similar to yesterday, he’ll start to trend up a little at a time now. You can always give him a little MC snack before you leave if you want.
 
Christie & Maverick said:
I agree, I think it will be similar to yesterday, he’ll start to trend up a little at a time now. You can always give him a little MC snack before you leave if you want.
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I think hel be okay 🥹 i do worry about him being higher with skipping, i think he just had another late nadir.. i wonder why always as night.. he tends to nadir around +4 or earlier am
 
It’s the bounce breaks. The good news is he’s not taking much time at all to clear a bounce these days. I don’t think he goes that high anymore, at least he didn’t yesterday.
 
I feel like i knew what a BB was but maybe i dont? Lol

Anyway, here’s our cheeky little monkey with breakfast all over his nose 🥹
 

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Absolutely adorable! :kiss:. He’s still bouncing a little from the greens yesterday, so he trended up to yellow, but then comes back down again into greens. Possibly too a bit of an increase in BG due to skip yesterday, but the fact that he came down into PMPS after the skip looks to me that he was starting to break the bounce.
 
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