16th July - Karre AMPS 5.1/92 - Dosecrease to 0.25u

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A little update:

Dosewrinkled Numbers (1st Cycle on 0.25u) So Far:
AMPS 5.1/92
(+2) 4.9/88
(+3) 4.9/88

Loving the double 88 :smile: I'll be interested to see tomorrow's and Wednesday's numbers, when the shed's emptied as it ought to and we'll hopefully Mr. P pitching in.
Back later for (+6).
Jane
 
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: He obviously approves of the "wrinkle"!

I replied to you questio about counting drops this morning in Tess's condo (and yes our S key does get a lot of a workout sometimes :lol: ) Sorry to be so late, here it is again.

Since the syringes tend to have so much variance I end up wasting a lot of insulin double checking. Anyway, here's what we do:
  • -1- slightly overdraw the insulin beyond .5u
    -2- tap out the bubbles
    -3- squeeze out the insulin to the .5u line
    -4- twist out the drops, counting, until syringe is completely empty
    -5- Subtract the numbers of drops you need from the drops you counted
    -6- repeat steps 1 through 3
    -7- Squeeze out the number of drops from step 5 to get to your correct dose
 
Looking good, Karre - Keep it up!!!

Wow - counting drops! Read it over twice and I think I blew a transformer :lol: :lol: If/when we ever get there, I'm gonna need a LOT of hand-holding!

Have a great day -

Libby (& Hershey, too!)
 
We have been counting drops since we dropped Tess's dose to .1u and had to count drops to be consistent. We use Monoject syringes with no. 31 needles. A drop is the size that starts to move down the needle when squeezed out with the needle straight up. We use a Dunecan Optical Optivisor with a jewelers loope attached in order to see it. :roll: :lol:

This morning I only got 4 drops from a syringe with the plunger at the half u mark. It wouldn't even touch the zero line. Yesterday the plunger went way past the zero line. You could see light between the zero line and the plunger. I counted about 10 drops from the half unit line. That's the most extremes that I have found. It really makes a difference at small doses.
John
 
Hi Jane,
Very nice cycle for Karre today. Looks like the reducie is working just fine. The recent Monoject syringes are all over the place. They used to be pretty consistent, but no longer. What kind of syringe are you using? Marje (Gracie) and I are using digital calipers to try to keep the dose consistent. She has switched from Monoject to Terumo syringes, but I don't have time at present to go through her process of arriving at a dose. Ann's counting of drops might be your best bet, but I have found that the drops I get are often not uniform in size. In any event, Rusty isn't on a micro dose at present, so I have time to watch what others are doing!

Thanks for visiting us last week when Linda Bear Man was here. We had a great visit.

Ella & Rusty

p.s. My sketch of a Monoject syringe, illustrating the problem with the newer ones, is a Google doc:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Sy-_ED9Vi_119OVGEF71zZ0PM6op2R_07oz578xaWU/edit
 
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