Deb & Wink
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We rely on the SS being updated in order to make recommendations. Lowest we can see is a 95.
@Darylish do please try to keep the SS updated.
5/17/21 diabetic cat
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@Darylish do please try to keep the SS updated.
I’m sorry. Has a family emergency with my mom. As of now Oscar refuses to eat the hard food. He is on fancy feast. His numbers are decreasing daily. I’m not sure if I should give him insulin this morning. His bg is at 148 this morning.
Nan & Amber (GA)
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His numbers are loooking good!
I see an entry for 3U on your spreadsheet-- did you shoot already? I'm not familiar enough with Prozinc to help much here, but I can try to find someone who is.
I see an entry for 3U on your spreadsheet-- did you shoot already? I'm not familiar enough with Prozinc to help much here, but I can try to find someone who is.
Nan & Amber (GA)
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He is much lower than any pre-shot you've had before, even though the dose is reduced from what you've been shooting, so if you did shoot, you'll want to monitor closely today.
Nan & Amber (GA)
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The PROZINC DOSING METHODS has two methods for changing dose. We usually recommend that people start with the first one, Start Low, Go Slow (SLGS). Under that, any time you hit a number under 90, the dose is decreased by 0.25U. The decrease is taken from whatever dose produced the 90, so if he goes under 90 today, the next dose will be 2.75U.
That's getting a bit ahead of ourselves today, of course. We'll just have to see what Oscar wants to do!
That's getting a bit ahead of ourselves today, of course. We'll just have to see what Oscar wants to do!
Nan & Amber (GA)
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I don't know if there's a specific schedule exactly, but many people find that several small meals eaten throughout the day seems to help stabilize BG, so that's something to try.
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JanetNJ
Member Since 2016
How much does he weigh? Is he at a good weight? The general rule of thumb is about 20 calories per pound of ideal weight. Do keep a very close eye on him today. That was a really low preshot to shoot that much insulin. In the future I'd stall withought feeding for an hour and see if the number was rising.
JanetNJ
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I'll set a time to check back in an hour or so.
Ok thank you. I wasn’t sure how it would affect him if I didn’t give shot this morning. I’ll check him again at 11. I guess that’s what I don’t understand is when to give insulin or how much if his numbers are low. I know it says go down.25 at a time but it’s scary with his numbers going so low. I almost didn’t want to give it to him this morning and then I was contemplating on giving him 2 units.
JanetNJ
Member Since 2016
What time zone are you? Do you have gravy food just in case you need to steer?
JanetNJ
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Holding steady! Looking good!!
JanetNJ
Member Since 2016
Let's see what it is. You have a lot of time. Looks like a great dose today. Well done and great job checking on him.
JanetNJ
Member Since 2016
If it's under 200 I'd stall up to an hour without feeding just to see if it's going up. I'll check in later and see what it is. 3 u seems to be good
Nan & Amber (GA)
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Can you get another test, just to confirm that he's going up? He's definitely on the upward move all afternoon, but it'd be nice to be sure. The 3U seems like it was good for him today, but you hold the syringe, so it's a matter of what BG numbers you are comfortable shooting, and with what dose.
Nan & Amber (GA)
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Also: this thread is getting long, which makes it hard for anyone new to jump in to help. After this, it would be a good idea to start a new thread (put a link to this thread in the first post, so people can go back to read the history if they want).
Thank you!!will test at 10 pm.
JanetNJ
Member Since 2016
Of good no big drops. Looks like you could have stuck with 3, but at least you could sleep soundly
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