Max & Lori
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Max has a ravenous appetite now just like way back when he was first diagnosed. If I don’t watch him, he will eat the food in his bowl so fast he vomits….but he’s also vomited when his tummy gets completely empty as well. This all seems like how it was back when he initially was diagnosed with acro/diabetes. He’s also drinking a lot and peeing a lot again. He’s not due for labs until March. So I don’t know what’s up with him. I’ve still been trying to find the best dose for him and it seems like that’s 5 units from what I’ve tried. He gets glucose toxicity quickly and it’s hard to break that so I try to keep him at a good dose, which means testing him a lot. If he does get toxicity, he becomes severely constipated with makes things even worse.
Because of his diving and bouncing it makes it very difficult for me to control that with feeding times. I kept thinking things would flatten out with his numbers but I just can’t seem to help get him there, if that’s possible. Maybe not with him.
He is just a full time job all by himself and some days I feel so burned out from everything. Life goes on as usual and I just juggle things around to accommodate everyone and everything else that goes on, but it’s a lot. It’s just ALOT. The clinic where I retired from just before Max was diagnosed, has asked me twice to come back to work part time or even prn, but as it is with Max, I don’t see how I could even if I wanted to.
I really don’t think the SRT he had is causing anything drastic to happen lately and honestly don’t know if it will now. I always go back to wondering if I’m doing something wrong too. Anyway, just venting. It will be alright I guess. I’m happy with his nadirs right now. Just wish I could do a better job of stopping the diving then bouncing, and getting him to a flat cycle. I have a closet full of different % carb foods that I use. I pull out the 9% for example if I see he’s bouncing clearing from the previous cycle. I am doing all of the tricks I’ve learned from you guys along the way, so it’s just the best I can do.
Because of his diving and bouncing it makes it very difficult for me to control that with feeding times. I kept thinking things would flatten out with his numbers but I just can’t seem to help get him there, if that’s possible. Maybe not with him.
He is just a full time job all by himself and some days I feel so burned out from everything. Life goes on as usual and I just juggle things around to accommodate everyone and everything else that goes on, but it’s a lot. It’s just ALOT. The clinic where I retired from just before Max was diagnosed, has asked me twice to come back to work part time or even prn, but as it is with Max, I don’t see how I could even if I wanted to.
I really don’t think the SRT he had is causing anything drastic to happen lately and honestly don’t know if it will now. I always go back to wondering if I’m doing something wrong too. Anyway, just venting. It will be alright I guess. I’m happy with his nadirs right now. Just wish I could do a better job of stopping the diving then bouncing, and getting him to a flat cycle. I have a closet full of different % carb foods that I use. I pull out the 9% for example if I see he’s bouncing clearing from the previous cycle. I am doing all of the tricks I’ve learned from you guys along the way, so it’s just the best I can do.
