AZJenks
Member Since 2014
12/20
We officially survived the holidays and are back and ready for action!
Pretty much the only noteworthy thing that has happened in the last 6 days is that we stepped down in dose to 6.5U after a number of trips to the 40s at 6.75U. The reduction seems to have been very effective at eliminating the shark diving, but the tradeoff is more blue which is readily visible in the spreadsheet.
At these lower doses, his cycles have started to show a little instability. For Jenks, it appears that less insulin equals less flatness and a greater reaction to heading into the lower BG range. But even that's a little unpredictable.
For instance, he can hang out in the 70s and 80s all day like on the 22nd. Or, he can get a little bouncy and throw out some blues in response to going under 50 like he did on the 21st and again on the 24th.
The Christmas AM cycle was an anomaly. I must've nicked a capillary with the syringe because I got a big bead of blood when I withdrew it. After seeing the numbers from that cycle, it's apparent to me that the blood must've carried a portion of the insulin out with it because the cycle very much resembles the kind he has when on a BCS dose. But when I gave him a good injection for the PM cycle, his numbers got right back on track and he's been in the 70s ever since.
6.5U has so far been mixed. It's nice to not have to constantly intervene with gravy to pump him up from 30s and 40s. But, I'd like to see less blue, even though the blues that are there now are low 100s and not really anything to complain about.
Objectively, I think he's doing amazing at this dose and we're wishing and hoping reeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaalllllllllyyyyyyyy hard that he continues to do great.
We officially survived the holidays and are back and ready for action!
Pretty much the only noteworthy thing that has happened in the last 6 days is that we stepped down in dose to 6.5U after a number of trips to the 40s at 6.75U. The reduction seems to have been very effective at eliminating the shark diving, but the tradeoff is more blue which is readily visible in the spreadsheet.
At these lower doses, his cycles have started to show a little instability. For Jenks, it appears that less insulin equals less flatness and a greater reaction to heading into the lower BG range. But even that's a little unpredictable.
For instance, he can hang out in the 70s and 80s all day like on the 22nd. Or, he can get a little bouncy and throw out some blues in response to going under 50 like he did on the 21st and again on the 24th.
The Christmas AM cycle was an anomaly. I must've nicked a capillary with the syringe because I got a big bead of blood when I withdrew it. After seeing the numbers from that cycle, it's apparent to me that the blood must've carried a portion of the insulin out with it because the cycle very much resembles the kind he has when on a BCS dose. But when I gave him a good injection for the PM cycle, his numbers got right back on track and he's been in the 70s ever since.
6.5U has so far been mixed. It's nice to not have to constantly intervene with gravy to pump him up from 30s and 40s. But, I'd like to see less blue, even though the blues that are there now are low 100s and not really anything to complain about.
Objectively, I think he's doing amazing at this dose and we're wishing and hoping reeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaalllllllllyyyyyyyy hard that he continues to do great.
