3/18 Michelangelo AMPS 292, +6/138

[KPassa]

Previous Condo.

After the yellows from last night, he's on another blue run again. I'm using a new Lantus pen today so I held off on the increase just in case my vial has lost some of its kick. I figure if he runs yellow again tonight, then I'll fatten up the 2u tomorrow (and return to using up the rest of my vial). I'm not working from home again till Thursday so it makes me a little uneasy trying the full 2.25u without me being there to see how he does, especially since he hasn't taken well to full dose increases in the past.

The advantage to dosing with calipers is that it takes the syringe inaccuracy out of the equation. The accuracy from syringe to syringe can vary up to almost .5u. I've heard from several members that the zero line on the Relions is often very off from syringe to syringe. It's the same thing with the Monoject and Terumos. By using the calipers, it doesn't matter how inaccurately the syringes are marked.

I used a micropipettor to measure doses and I even found that on the same syringe, there was a variation between 1.5u and 1u and 1u and .5u. In some syringes, it was alot.

The reason I practice with each individual syringe for every bolus bead is because I only have one pair of calipers and I leave them set for the Levemir dose. The other thing is when doing single beads, it's important to get a good bead, and get that correct bead in the cat every time. This is where syringe variance can wreck even more chaos. So I practice the bead at least 10 times before every bolus shot. Fortunately with Chip the bolus is relatively infrequent. For a more frequent shot, I'd definitely want to use calipers. Much quicker for me than eyeballing it. And as Marje said, certainly more accurate.

All right, all right! You've convinced me to give the calipers another shot. ;-) I just have really shaky hands (especially in the morning after drinking caffeine ) so it's a big pain trying to get it exactly lined up and it's still a little off even when I use them.

 

[rhiannon and shadow (GA)]

I didn't have hand issues with the calipers ( and I have R.A.)
but visual issues.

It's just another thing to practice at ...
and since it's so precise.... it's got to be more accurate than using the marks on the syringes, even if your hands are shaking....

 

[RubenTheCat]

hoping for easier caliper dosing his time around. Try measuring on an exhale. They say exhaling eases pain and also steady's hands ( I shoot guns and always try to pull the trigger on an exhale) Ive never dosed with calipers so maybe this advise is mute but can't hurt
Hoping lil Mikey works this dose better now hearing of the dose increase on the horizon.
Keep up the good work Kpassa.
(((Hugs)))