5/2 Ducia AMPS 262, +2 233, +4 213, +5.5 185, +7 100, +8 67, +9 59; PMPS 92 0.5

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Tanya and Ducia

Tanya and Ducia

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Hello everyone,

Welcome to the Bounceland.

You don't really want to be here. Everything is YELLOW.

Ducia had ear therapy done overnight and now she is slowly coming out of the bounce she started yesterday. I am no longer willing to make any plans for her days at all. I will just go with the flow. If she leads the dance, fine. Whatever.

The +2 is lower than the AMPS, and I fed her slightly carbier 2nd breakfast. This may (or may not) slow the drops she thinks are so exciting. In case she is going to see Greens I'd rather help it being Very Dark Green; this shade doesn't seem to invite the ugly neon Pink like other Greens do.

I had done so much sleeping since the last weekend but it only made me sleepier. Maybe I was born as a bear in my past life and kept the sleepy habit?

Wishing good day to all kitties and their beans!
:bighug::bighug::bighug:
 
Kris & Teasel said:
This is what you need for good mental health, Tanya!
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I hope it is a good thing.
It feels differently.. as in loss of confidence or something like that. I feel that I don't know what I am doing. I hope it will pass :). I had doubts that BCD the other day was a good idea - after looking at the Ducia's yellows I mean but after viewing what's new on the board I think I was right to do BCD.
Do mentally healthy pply also feel retarded? Hmm..I think I do today :D

Ducia lowered to the nice 100 but if to judge by her acting now she is still lowering close to +8 AFTER a meal:confused:. Not again...
Sorry for that wall of words like I said don't really feel myself:rolleyes:
 
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Tanya and Ducia said:
I hope it is a good thing.
It feels differently.. as in loss of confidence or something like that. I feel that I don't know what I am doing. I hope it will pass :). I had doubts that BCD the other day was a good idea - after looking at the Ducia's yellows I mean but after viewing what's new on the I think I was right to do BCD.
Do mentally healthy pply also feel retarded? Hmm..I think I do today :D

Ducia lowered to the nice 100 but if to judge by her acting now she is still lowering close to +8 AFTER a meal:confused:. Not again...
Sorry for that wall of words like I said don't really feel myself:rolleyes:
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We all have our moments of frustration and confusion, Tanya. The constant focus on a kitty's health, BG numbers, testing, plus not enough good sleep can make us think we're getting nowhere. Time to stand back, take a deep breath, look at the colours on the SS, not the numbers, and see that you've made a lot of progress. Maybe it's time to worry a little bit less about every number, what carb % to feed at what time and - wait for it - test a little bit less, especially over the night hours.

Here's a remedy to try: find a good dose that gets good BGs most cycles (low blues and high greens) and keep it, feed on a normal schedule instead of trying to steer with different % carbs (unless BG is too low), reduce testing to AM/PMPS and one other around nadir (unless BG is low) and relax a bit more in your treatment for Ducia. The crises she's had required that you watch her closely for many weeks and now that's the only way you know how to manage her FD. You might be doing this for a long time to come so you have to find a way to take care of her but stay healthy yourself. :bighug:
 
Ah, Kris , I really wish I know how to do it..
Kris & Teasel said:
Here's a remedy to try: find a good dose that gets good BGs most cycles (low blues and high greens) and keep i
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I don't know what this dose is. It looks like 0.75 is too much as it makes too low or too fast and then give her bouncing. Closed circle.
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feed on a normal schedule instead of trying to steer with different % carbs
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I forgot what her normal schedule was.. When she needed to gain weight it was 2 Tbs every 4 hours. Her number were mostly Pink and Yellow with only rare Blues. Then I read or was told that larger portions do overload her pancreas and that smaller portions thru out the day would better. That's how I feed her now.
Kris & Teasel said:
reduce testing to AM/PMPS and one other around nadir (unless BG is low)
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I am afraid I won't ever have this luxury. She drops in her sleep as asymptomatic as a door nail. The other day I woke her up to test and she was 61 - after going to sleep at 158 and eating well. I've seen convulsions at 33 when honey did nothing. It's been over two months now but I still have no clue what she'll do next. What sleep?!
Too long again. Sorry.

She lowered to 67 at +8. I will test and post her +9.
It's too early to say what to do with the dose but if the PMPS is too low I will reduce.
Kris & Teasel said:
You might be doing this for a long time to come so you have to find a way to take care of her but stay healthy yourself
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:)I didn't realize I was giving such unhealthy impression :D I am still waiting to be enlightened about good dose/feeding routine but it doesn't seem to be in sight.
 
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Well, the good news is that Ducia's bounces are pretty short. The bad news is that doesn't give the bean much time to catch her breath!

I hope she surfs for you the rest of the night.
 
Looks like she cleared the bounce yesterday AM cycle.

Going with flow of this dance is hard for sure. It's like the cha cha. Three steps forward, 2 steps back. You have done an amazing job taking care of Ducia. :bighug:
 
Tanya and Ducia said:
Ah, Kris , I really wish I know how to do it..

I don't know what this dose is. It looks like 0.75 is too much as it makes too low or too fast and then give her bouncing. Closed circle.

I forgot what her normal schedule was.. When she needed to gain weight it was 2 Tbs every 4 hours. Her number were mostly Pink and Yellow with only rare Blues. Then I read or was told that larger portions do overload her pancreas and that smaller portions thru out the day would better. That's how I feed her now.

I am afraid I won't ever have this luxury. She drops in her sleep as asymptomatic as a door nail. The other day I woke her up to test and she was 61 - after going to sleep at 158 and eating well. I've seen convulsions at 33 when honey did nothing. It's been over two months now but I still have no clue what she'll do next. What sleep?!
Too long again. Sorry.

She lowered to 67 at +8. I will test and post her +9.
It's too early to say what to do with the dose but if the PMPS is too low I will reduce.

:)I didn't realize I was giving such unhealthy impression :D I am still waiting to be enlightened about good dose/feeding routine but it doesn't seem to be in sight.
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Hi Tanya,
Yes, she's complicated and you're doing an amazing job with her. I was trying to help but you know her much better than I do. :bighug::)
 
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