3/11 Max AMPS 74, PMPS 156
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MommaOfMuse
Member Since 2010
Re: 3/11 Max AMPS 74
Look at Maxie go!!! Now I know where Autumn got all the grass stains last night.
Mel and The Fur Gang
Look at Maxie go!!! Now I know where Autumn got all the grass stains last night.
Mel and The Fur Gang
RobinCot
Member Since 2013
Re: 3/11 Max AMPS 74
It doesn't scare me. As a newbie - I was instructed not to shoot below 200 but I just could never skip his shot at that level. The first time I ever considered skipping was at 92. I guess you have to have a good sense of your sugarcat's cycle. My Alska has a pretty flat cycle.
However, that was just me. I do recommend newbies adhere to this rule in the beginning - at least until you have more information about your cat's cycle and nadir, and reactions to low numbers. I definitely understand the importance of this advice.
It doesn't scare me. As a newbie - I was instructed not to shoot below 200 but I just could never skip his shot at that level. The first time I ever considered skipping was at 92. I guess you have to have a good sense of your sugarcat's cycle. My Alska has a pretty flat cycle.
However, that was just me. I do recommend newbies adhere to this rule in the beginning - at least until you have more information about your cat's cycle and nadir, and reactions to low numbers. I definitely understand the importance of this advice.
tiffmaxee
Member Since 2013
Re: 3/11 Max AMPS 74
I have been shooting under 200 but freaked when I had to shoot at 97. I stalled to get to that point. I belong to a yahoo group that bets me not to shoot under 200 ever. Even my vet has 100 as the cut off. I won't be posting on the yahoo group because they make me too scared. We have been dealing with diabetes since November but home testing since January. nailbite_smile
Elise
I have been shooting under 200 but freaked when I had to shoot at 97. I stalled to get to that point. I belong to a yahoo group that bets me not to shoot under 200 ever. Even my vet has 100 as the cut off. I won't be posting on the yahoo group because they make me too scared. We have been dealing with diabetes since November but home testing since January. nailbite_smile
Elise
hollyall
Member Since 2011
Re: 3/11 Max AMPS 74
I always think of it as "nerves of steel," but really it's experience and that takes time. It's been hard to be patient to even get the little bit o' experience I now have. ;-) I for sure didn't shoot a low number the first time I got one. I would wait and re-test or shoot a reduced dose and test, etc. Eventually, though I could see I was loosing ground when I did that (e.g. #'s ended up higher), so slowly, very slowly, I tried shooting a little bit lower each time and tested and watched Max like crazy. I would only do it when I knew I would be home to test. Then, as I gathered more info on how Max did that cycle, I would slowly move my "no shoot" number down. I'm still new enough though that I think of "nerves of steel" when it happens. Today, I wasn't going to be home, so I reduced the dose, fed a hearty breakfast, left lots of extra snacks, and had my mom watching him. That's so cool Elise your Max is starting to see some lower #'s. Yay!!!
I always think of it as "nerves of steel," but really it's experience and that takes time. It's been hard to be patient to even get the little bit o' experience I now have. ;-) I for sure didn't shoot a low number the first time I got one. I would wait and re-test or shoot a reduced dose and test, etc. Eventually, though I could see I was loosing ground when I did that (e.g. #'s ended up higher), so slowly, very slowly, I tried shooting a little bit lower each time and tested and watched Max like crazy. I would only do it when I knew I would be home to test. Then, as I gathered more info on how Max did that cycle, I would slowly move my "no shoot" number down. I'm still new enough though that I think of "nerves of steel" when it happens. Today, I wasn't going to be home, so I reduced the dose, fed a hearty breakfast, left lots of extra snacks, and had my mom watching him. That's so cool Elise your Max is starting to see some lower #'s. Yay!!!
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