Purrberry
Member Since 2020
We're still in the weeds of this right now, but hopefully, Fred is coming up for good.
It's been an interesting start with Levemir. I'd been waiting a few days before posting to see how things were really going, but Fred's response to Levemir has been unbelievably surprising. What has me most stunned is Lev's seeming ability to cut through what I assume are bounces at the end of each cycle. With Lantus, we'd be hanging out there for days. It's almost as if the Lev is acting like an in and out insulin....I'd think that if I didn't know how much of a bouncer Fred is. The ups and downs have not been fun for him, but I've been happy that at least the AM and PM pre shots have now been "bookends", rather than anyone's guess. I've also been hoping that he'd get used to the lower numbers; he's never had them this consistently before.
Anyway, once the Levemir really kicks in, he seems to go flying down. Onset and nadir have, thankfully, been about the same as Lantus. But he has had serious drops in a very small amount of time. Enter today. I'm really kicking myself because I saw the signs. As the Lev depot was building, the nadir was getting lower. But I still couldn't believe he'd go from 157 to 62 in 45 minutes. I tested three times to make sure it wasn't a fluke, and then started in on Karo and MC. I NEVER would have known it was happening at first. Unlike the last time, he didn't act terribly hungry..just jumped up for water from the faucet. As this is how we do our testing, I figured I wouldn't waste a data opportunity. It was by complete chance and luck I did a test then, as I'd just done one, and thank GOD I was home. He then started to hide, and I saw a little head twitch.
Levemir is scaring me a bit, right now. It is clearly more powerful on Fred's system than I could have imagined. I want to drain the depot a little, especially as we head into the night. I will obviously reduce overall...I'm not sure how much, yet. I'm going away both this weekend and next, so now I'm completely freaked. But for tonight..what might be a good dose? Please keep in mind that Lev REALLY pulls him down.
Thank you!
It's been an interesting start with Levemir. I'd been waiting a few days before posting to see how things were really going, but Fred's response to Levemir has been unbelievably surprising. What has me most stunned is Lev's seeming ability to cut through what I assume are bounces at the end of each cycle. With Lantus, we'd be hanging out there for days. It's almost as if the Lev is acting like an in and out insulin....I'd think that if I didn't know how much of a bouncer Fred is. The ups and downs have not been fun for him, but I've been happy that at least the AM and PM pre shots have now been "bookends", rather than anyone's guess. I've also been hoping that he'd get used to the lower numbers; he's never had them this consistently before.
Anyway, once the Levemir really kicks in, he seems to go flying down. Onset and nadir have, thankfully, been about the same as Lantus. But he has had serious drops in a very small amount of time. Enter today. I'm really kicking myself because I saw the signs. As the Lev depot was building, the nadir was getting lower. But I still couldn't believe he'd go from 157 to 62 in 45 minutes. I tested three times to make sure it wasn't a fluke, and then started in on Karo and MC. I NEVER would have known it was happening at first. Unlike the last time, he didn't act terribly hungry..just jumped up for water from the faucet. As this is how we do our testing, I figured I wouldn't waste a data opportunity. It was by complete chance and luck I did a test then, as I'd just done one, and thank GOD I was home. He then started to hide, and I saw a little head twitch.
Levemir is scaring me a bit, right now. It is clearly more powerful on Fred's system than I could have imagined. I want to drain the depot a little, especially as we head into the night. I will obviously reduce overall...I'm not sure how much, yet. I'm going away both this weekend and next, so now I'm completely freaked. But for tonight..what might be a good dose? Please keep in mind that Lev REALLY pulls him down.
Thank you!
