4/14 Max170+5=82+6=89+7=75+8=90PM 183+3=261+5=219
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Dyana
Member Since 2009
Re: 4/14 Max AMPS 170
Maybe some more greens, today.
Here's the link to your condo from yesterday: http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=117154
Maybe some more greens, today.
Here's the link to your condo from yesterday: http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=117154
tiffmaxee
Member Since 2013
Re: 4/14 Max AMPS 170+3=151+5=82+6=89
I'm liking these numbers. He ate a little after his +5 test so is basically surfing in green. I'm trying not to get too excited. I keep saying I won't let myself be swayed by the numbers but it is kind of hard to listen to my own advice.
I'm liking these numbers. He ate a little after his +5 test so is basically surfing in green. I'm trying not to get too excited. I keep saying I won't let myself be swayed by the numbers but it is kind of hard to listen to my own advice.
Re: 4/14 Max AMPS 170+3=151+5=82+6=89
It's OK to get excited about greens - it's happy healing time. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Great cycle Max!
It's OK to get excited about greens - it's happy healing time. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Great cycle Max!
tiffmaxee
Member Since 2013
Re: 4/14 Max AMPS 170+3=151+5=82+6=89+7=75
Okay, I'm excited. Three greens in a row in the daytime. Now I pray he doesn't bounce from this!!
My typos are really driving me crazy. I make soooo many mistakes on the phone but my keys are sticking on my old Mac so I need to slow down and proofread. As a former teacher, I can't stand when I see the typos after they are published. I really can spell, LOL.
Okay, I'm excited. Three greens in a row in the daytime. Now I pray he doesn't bounce from this!!
My typos are really driving me crazy. I make soooo many mistakes on the phone but my keys are sticking on my old Mac so I need to slow down and proofread. As a former teacher, I can't stand when I see the typos after they are published. I really can spell, LOL.
Shelly & Jersey (GA)
Member Since 2014
Re: 4/14 Max AMPS 170+3=151+5=82+6=89+7=75
What a beautiful day for Max! :mrgreen:
I saw this post in Boots's condo last night:
I wasn't sure if you actually were asking Dwight (Boots) this or asking me (Jersey) this, so I wanted to ask before I accidentally jumped in on others' conversations. (I tend to do that a lot!
)
BTW - I totally understand moods being influenced by bg numbers. It's hard not to get excited by good numbers and depressed when we see bad numbers.
Have a great night!
Shelly
What a beautiful day for Max! :mrgreen:
I saw this post in Boots's condo last night:
I wasn't sure if you actually were asking Dwight (Boots) this or asking me (Jersey) this, so I wanted to ask before I accidentally jumped in on others' conversations. (I tend to do that a lot!
) BTW - I totally understand moods being influenced by bg numbers. It's hard not to get excited by good numbers and depressed when we see bad numbers.
Have a great night!
Shelly
Shelly & Jersey (GA)
Member Since 2014
Re: 4/14 Max AMPS 170+3=151+5=82+6=89+7=75
You can delete a post as long as no one has made a post after yours. You can also edit your posts. When you see a post you've made, there's a little "edit" button over at the right-hand side of it. Next to it (right before it, maybe?) is a little black "x." You use the x to delete the post. If someone has already posted after you, though, the little x disappears. I hope that makes sense!
Nope - I had to edit this - the little black x is AFTER the edit button! :lol:
You can delete a post as long as no one has made a post after yours. You can also edit your posts. When you see a post you've made, there's a little "edit" button over at the right-hand side of it. Next to it (right before it, maybe?) is a little black "x." You use the x to delete the post. If someone has already posted after you, though, the little x disappears. I hope that makes sense!
Nope - I had to edit this - the little black x is AFTER the edit button! :lol:
tiffmaxee
Member Since 2013
Re: 4/14 Max AMPS 170+3=151+5=82+6=89+7=75
Thanks. I learned how to edit real fast. I need to proofread so I edit before I post or at least right after. I have fixed several posts today. Most were done from my iphone. I screw up typing with it a lot, especially when I type while in bed. Most of the time I discover my mistakes way after the fact. I vow to change that beginning NOW. Too embarrassing.
Thanks. I learned how to edit real fast. I need to proofread so I edit before I post or at least right after. I have fixed several posts today. Most were done from my iphone. I screw up typing with it a lot, especially when I type while in bed. Most of the time I discover my mistakes way after the fact. I vow to change that beginning NOW. Too embarrassing.
Shelly & Jersey (GA)
Member Since 2014
Re: 4/14 Max AMPS 170+3=151+5=82+6=89+7=75
Don't worry about the typos. I've seen some that I've made that really drive me crazy. The good news is that no one calls me out on them (at least yet)! :lol:
I went back and looked at my SS to try to make sure I included what/how we fed Jersey. I think it's pretty accurate, although I don't have all of the food for the past few days entered yet. Jersey was diagnosed in November, just like Max was. The vet put her on Hill's W/D dry without insulin for several months. He said that just making that food change alone might be enough to bring her into remission. If I had only known then what I know now. :-x Before that, Jersey was free fed Meow Mix dry. (Again, if I had only known....)
When I found FDMB, I switched the crew to canned only. In the beginning, I think I tried every single brand of low-carb canned out there. She ate Spot's and Wellness Core for a while but rejected pretty much everything else. She has now rejected Spot's, too. She'll only eat Wellness.....if that's her only option. She's become quite the little FF junky. :YMSIGH:
Really regulating her food intake just wasn't something I ever could do. For the past couple of months, I've been feeding Jersey pretty much at will. If she seemed hungry, I would put out a can of food. If she only ate a few bites, that was okay. If she wanted to eat more than that, I was okay with that, too. If there was any food left over (which wasn't often with three cats in the house), I just left it out for her to graze on. The only time when I absolutely would not feed was during the two hours before AMPS and PMPS. I also tried not to feed as much after nadir, but I couldn't seem to deny Jersey food when she seemed hungry. (I'm such a wuss!) I had basically starved her for a couple of months on the W/D, and I felt super guilty about that. (I still do.) It's also really hard for me to deny her food when I understand that my own food needs change from day to day. Some days, I'm hungrier than other days. Some days, I'm hungry at different times than others. I figure cats are probably like that, too, so I just feed "whenever." Jersey has done really well with that (knock on wood). It's been a huge issue with civie Petey, though. He has gained a lot of weight in the past couple of months. Once we give Jersey's pancreas a bit more time to heal with frequent, small meals, I'm going to have to try to cut back on some of the feedings - or simply lock Petey up when the others eat.
I wish I had some magic formula that would help Max. I know a lot of people here play around with food amounts, times, etc. to see if one thing will work better than another. In truth, I don't know that our feeding schedule had anything to do with Jersey's regulation. I think we've just been extremely blessed.
Anyway....take our experience for what it's worth! :YMHUG:
Shelly
Don't worry about the typos. I've seen some that I've made that really drive me crazy. The good news is that no one calls me out on them (at least yet)! :lol:
I went back and looked at my SS to try to make sure I included what/how we fed Jersey. I think it's pretty accurate, although I don't have all of the food for the past few days entered yet. Jersey was diagnosed in November, just like Max was. The vet put her on Hill's W/D dry without insulin for several months. He said that just making that food change alone might be enough to bring her into remission. If I had only known then what I know now. :-x Before that, Jersey was free fed Meow Mix dry. (Again, if I had only known....)
When I found FDMB, I switched the crew to canned only. In the beginning, I think I tried every single brand of low-carb canned out there. She ate Spot's and Wellness Core for a while but rejected pretty much everything else. She has now rejected Spot's, too. She'll only eat Wellness.....if that's her only option. She's become quite the little FF junky. :YMSIGH:
Really regulating her food intake just wasn't something I ever could do. For the past couple of months, I've been feeding Jersey pretty much at will. If she seemed hungry, I would put out a can of food. If she only ate a few bites, that was okay. If she wanted to eat more than that, I was okay with that, too. If there was any food left over (which wasn't often with three cats in the house), I just left it out for her to graze on. The only time when I absolutely would not feed was during the two hours before AMPS and PMPS. I also tried not to feed as much after nadir, but I couldn't seem to deny Jersey food when she seemed hungry. (I'm such a wuss!) I had basically starved her for a couple of months on the W/D, and I felt super guilty about that. (I still do.) It's also really hard for me to deny her food when I understand that my own food needs change from day to day. Some days, I'm hungrier than other days. Some days, I'm hungry at different times than others. I figure cats are probably like that, too, so I just feed "whenever." Jersey has done really well with that (knock on wood). It's been a huge issue with civie Petey, though. He has gained a lot of weight in the past couple of months. Once we give Jersey's pancreas a bit more time to heal with frequent, small meals, I'm going to have to try to cut back on some of the feedings - or simply lock Petey up when the others eat.
I wish I had some magic formula that would help Max. I know a lot of people here play around with food amounts, times, etc. to see if one thing will work better than another. In truth, I don't know that our feeding schedule had anything to do with Jersey's regulation. I think we've just been extremely blessed.
Anyway....take our experience for what it's worth! :YMHUG:
Shelly
tiffmaxee
Member Since 2013
Re: 4/14 Max AMPS170+5=82+6=89+7=75+8=90PMPS 183
Thanks, Shelly for the info. Your kitty is younger and mine has had chronic pancreatitis for 4 1/2 years so I think that is the reason his pancreas isn't healing.
I screwed up tonight and forgot to pick up the food 2 hours before his PM test. He only had a spoonful left on the dish though. If he is going to start to give me lower numbers I will need to be diligent about that I know.
We had a good day. Will it continue tonight? Time will tell.
Thanks, Shelly for the info. Your kitty is younger and mine has had chronic pancreatitis for 4 1/2 years so I think that is the reason his pancreas isn't healing.
I screwed up tonight and forgot to pick up the food 2 hours before his PM test. He only had a spoonful left on the dish though. If he is going to start to give me lower numbers I will need to be diligent about that I know.
We had a good day. Will it continue tonight? Time will tell.
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