5/27 Rocky PMPS 396 +1 415 +3 279 +338

[Tina & Rocky]

Good morning!

I gave Rocky his shot 15 minutes early today instead of one hour early as when I tested him at one hour early his BG was at 286. I was thinking I should not give him his shot one hour early if his BG was not in the 300s? confused_cat

So, then I stupidly went ahead and fed him 1/2 can of the FF Classic Chicken at one hour early. I shouldn't have fed him. ohmygod_smile I think he had a food spike and so at nearly one hour later, when I did give the shot, he was at 386. :YMSIGH:

I think I need to increase his insulin dose but have thought that I shouldn't do that while continuing to move his shot time early? We are still not back to the 9am to 9pm shot times.

Yesterday's Condo:
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=119356

Yesterday's SS:
AMPS 355 +2 292 +5 225 +10 300
PMPS 292 +2 333 +4 174 +11 268

 

[julie & punkin (ga)]

Re: 5/27 Rocky AMPS 386 +2 309 +5 266

i thought i saw someone answer this - was it on another post too?

yes, you're right that it wouldn't be a great idea to both increase the dose and shoot significantly earlier. do one or the other, but not both.

there's not a magic number for when it's safe to shoot early. it depends on the cat. i mentioned 300 as an example for Rocky when i said that, but it's one of those things that you will want to take notes on and see how Rocky does with early shots at different BG numbers.

 

[Tina & Rocky]

PM shot early w/ .25u dosecrease 5/27 Rocky PMPS 396 +1 415

Thank you Julie! It looks like Rocky's typical 'NWD" has set in, with possibly a food spike as well, at PMPS +1. @-)

I did increase his insulin dose tonight up to 2.0u from the 1.75u because his BG was 396 at PM shot time. That is pretty high!!

I also gave Rocky his shot 15 minutes earlier, so at 9:30pm.

If I would have gotten home sooner and he had been in the upper 300s or higher, I would have definitely shot one hour earlier.

I will for certain monitor him tonight to make sure that he is safe. With that BG of 415 at PMPS +1 it doesn't look like he will be coming down tonight though. :roll:

 

[Suzanne & Cobb(GA)]

Tina, just remember the dosing decision should come from the nadir, not necessarily from a high preshot BG. So instead of increasing because the preshot was 396, I would agree a dosecrease was in order because Rocky hadn't had a nadir below 100 since 5/20. A lot of lurkers read our condos. We don't want anyone to think they should raise their cat's dose because they got a high preshot, especially if their midcycle numbers are low or if they aren't getting those tests in.