3/3 Boomer AMPS 131 +3 79 +5 101 PMPS 99 +3 90

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Judy and Boomer

Judy and Boomer

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AMPS 131 shooting .75F

I'm really starting to blame the syringes for Boomer's levels......I'm sure I have the top of the plunger at the same point on the ride side scale but the distance between it and the top line seems to vary. Someone here recently started using callipers @Lincolns Mom was it you?

Boomer ate all of his overnight fuds but once again woke me up at 5:05 to tell me he had finished his fuds. Actually, he had just the tiniest bit left in the dish which I scooped out for him. So tomorrow morning when he wakes me (and I'm sure he will) I'll just try to get him to come to bed instead of getting up to check his fuds.

Today is my twin grandsons' 7th birthday so later today we're going to DD's home for a small birthday celebration. Other than that, same old stuff on the agenda today: editing and stuff around home. It's cold out (can't believe a week ago it was beautifully warm) and windy and I have no desire to go out in it :rolleyes:
 
Judy and Boomer said:
Yesterday
Good morning!
AMPS 131 shooting .75F

I'm really starting to blame the syringes for Boomer's levels......I'm sure I have the top of the plunger at the same point on the ride side scale but the distance between it and the top line seems to vary. Someone here recently started using callipers @Lincolns Mom was it you?

Boomer ate all of his overnight fuds but once again woke me up at 5:05 to tell me he had finished his fuds. Actually, he had just the tiniest bit left in the dish which I scooped out for him. So tomorrow morning when he wakes me (and I'm sure he will) I'll just try to get him to come to bed instead of getting up to check his fuds.

Today is my twin grandsons' 7th birthday so later today we're going to DD's home for a small birthday celebration. Other than that, same old stuff on the agenda today: editing and stuff around home. It's cold out (can't believe a week ago it was beautifully warm) and windy and I have no desire to go out in it :rolleyes:
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Happy Birthday to your grandsons!!!!

Calipers are so much more accurate and easy to use. I hesitated for so long Judy, but they are the best way to be consistent.
 
Happy birthday to the twins! Definitely an age where birthdays are still very exciting - I hope they'll enjoy their celebration.

Good luck with the calipers. I am one of the few people on the board who never really liked them and eventually gave up on them. Especially for the tiny doses, I felt like they actually made things harder. But that might just be me... or the particular calipers that I had.
 
Mandarin'sMom said:
Happy birthday to the twins! Definitely an age where birthdays are still very exciting - I hope they'll enjoy their celebration.

Good luck with the calipers. I am one of the few people on the board who never really liked them and eventually gave up on them. Especially for the tiny doses, I felt like they actually made things harder. But that might just be me... or the particular calipers that I had.
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The instructions were very confusing to me!
 
Just took a look through the new food chart from Dr Lisa!
Interesting......the Fancy Feast that I used to give Boomer is still showing as very low carb. I had blamed the FF for his higher numbers but switching his food/increasing insulin hasn't helped his numbers. And he liked the FF so much better. I may give him some Fancy Feast and see what happens. Wish it was lower in Phosphorous though; Allen really likes it!
 
Judy and Boomer said:
@Shoeskitty how easy/difficult are they to use? The instructions sounded very confusing to me.
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I thought that too which is why I resisted for so long. Make sure that you get 4" digital calipers with a locking screw on top and that measure in mm and inches. First, push the caliper
arms together then hit the zero button. Make sure the setting is mm. Then I measure a unit using a mark down the syringe because starting at the zero line could not be accurate because lines are sometimes crooked or way off. Then divide the one unit measurement by 10 to get tenths of unit. If I am measuring .75 of a unit, multiply the tenth of a unit by 7.5 and that is where I set the calipers for .75 unit. Then reset the calipers to that measurement and lock the arms by turning the screw. Then fill the syringe past my setting, check the calipers and measure from the point on the syringe top where the insulin starts filling in to the bottom caliper arm and then slowly twist syringe up to that point. Sounds complicated but it really isn't.
 
yes it was me that started just a few days ago... turns out i was giving more then we thought... @Wendy&Neko explained it really easily to me... and once you get it locked in for the dose you are using its just a case of picking up and comparing... that said being at 7.25u i think is easier then being at .75u doing it... still worth a try if you are concerned that is the problem

come on Boomer back to green buddy... you are making mama crazy with the blues:bighug::bighug:
 
Shoeskitty said:
I thought that too which is why I resisted for so long. Make sure that you get 4" digital calipers with a locking screw on top and that measure in mm and inches. First, push the caliper
arms together then hit the zero button. Make sure the setting is mm. Then I measure a unit using a mark down the syringe because starting at the zero line could not be accurate because lines are sometimes crooked or way off. Then divide the one unit measurement by 10 to get tenths of unit. If I am measuring .75 of a unit, multiply the tenth of a unit by 7.5 and that is where I set the calipers for .75 unit. Then reset the calipers to that measurement and lock the arms by turning the screw. Then fill the syringe past my setting, check the calipers and measure from the point on the syringe top where the insulin starts filling in to the bottom caliper arm and then slowly twist syringe up to that point. Sounds complicated but it really isn't.
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Well...that doesn't sound too bad! Are these callipers available all over the place?
 
Happy birthday to the boys! I'm sure you'll get Boomer's juice all figured out....I never tried calipers but obviously a lot of folks swear by them. Have a great day, Judy!
 
Happy Birthday to your grandsons...7 is a nice age and hope you enjoy the celebration.

Apparently there are issues with the BD syringes and inconsistent markings. I've compared several of my syringes and if there is a difference in markings it's way to small for it to be any issue. With the bubble trouble I have calipers wouldn't help that problem anyway. You also have to make sure the caliper placement on the syringe is exactly the same each time or the dose will be off. Those who use them love them but I'm with Christina. Good luck with them and hope it helps Booms stay :D:D:D
 
Carol & Murphy said:
I had a hard time with the calipers until I started using them with a headlamp/magnifier that I wear on my head - I have a 6" caliper though - maybe I should look for a 4" one
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I use a magnifier now but it's a hand held one so I may have to grow a third hand to use the callipers lol
 
Doodles & Karen said:
Happy Birthday to your grandsons...7 is a nice age and hope you enjoy the celebration.

Apparently there are issues with the BD syringes and inconsistent markings. I've compared several of my syringes and if there is a difference in markings it's way to small for it to be any issue. With the bubble trouble I have calipers wouldn't help that problem anyway. You also have to make sure the caliper placement on the syringe is exactly the same each time or the dose will be off. Those who use them love them but I'm with Christina. Good luck with them and hope it helps Booms stay :D:D:D
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Yes there are definite issues with the BD syringes!
 
I think that I have used every brand available with the 1/2 unit markings except the Relion ones and have settled on the Monoject as being consistently the most accurate.
 
If you have a metal or woodworking tool shop in your town, calipers may be cheaper there than at Canadian Tire. Don't know if you have a KMS Tools out there. I'm sure DH would love shopping for them. :)

The last batch of BD's I had were so bad that Neko's dose was mostly underneath the zero line. :rolleyes: There was as much as 0.5 unit between the top of the syringe and the zero line.
 
Wendy&Neko said:
If you have a metal or woodworking tool shop in your town, calipers may be cheaper there than at Canadian Tire. Don't know if you have a KMS Tools out there. I'm sure DH would love shopping for them. :)

The last batch of BD's I had were so bad that Neko's dose was mostly underneath the zero line. :rolleyes: There was as much as 0.5 unit between the top of the syringe and the zero line.
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Yes some boxes are worse than others. The box I'm using right now....at least the top lines seem to be straight! But I don't think it's consistently in the same spot.
 
I dislike my BDs... i just went back to my Monojects.

I personally found calipers hard with the BD because mine had this little bump out where id measure from.

Using calipers sounds hard when you read it, but after using the tool, I saw that it's not that complicated. Just something new to learn. I feel it gives me a much more consistent dose.
 
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