Pumbaa
Member Since 2012
I was really surprised that Pumbaa was still pink last night at his PM +3...historically his numbers are lower at night. But Mr. Unpredictable was predictable in his unpredictableness. Hahahahaha!
Now that I have added the %KCal values to the food column on his SS (protein/fat/carbs), I have been going back and looking for correlations between the % carbs and the BG numbers. It doesn't appear to me that Pumbaa is overly carb-sensitive, but maybe someone else will see something I'm not seeing.
I was tempted to raise his dose to a fat 2.0U this morning, but decided to hold off because I want to make sure he clears his bounces, and yet don't know if the 445 he had the morning of 6/25 was a bounce or not. I'm still trying to figure out what constitutes a bounce! After his dive last Friday (6/23), was the 541 AMPS the only bounce, and the rest of the high numbers were coming off that bounce, or was he bouncing off a bounce a couple of times? <--That is my question. I don't want to change his dose if he's still clearing a bounce, but I need to know when to start clocking the 72 hours it takes him to clear a bounce.
I was so hoping that Pumbaa would settle into yellows and blues at 2.0U.
On the plus side, I reordered supplies yesterday from American Diabetes Wholesale, and they continue to amaze me with their quick order fulfillment. They, once again, shipped the same day they got my order, and the order should be here by Saturday. And, I qualified for free shipping because I spent over $100. Not hard to do since I ordered 250 test strips ($0.08 per strip cheaper than purchasing them at Walmart), and ordered six boxes of lancets for $2.18 per box (I was running low so had to purchase lancets tonight at CVS Pharmacy, where a box of 100 of their generic lancets was $7.29). Also, because I am so pissed off at the poor quality of the Relion syringes (had to toss two this morning because one wouldn't fill, and the next one the lines were just so not straight that I couldn't even pretend to make an accurate dose) I ordered a box of 100 Monoject syringes, as those have received great reviews on these boards, and I also ordered the more expensive UltiCare U-100 Vet Rx Half Unit 31g syringes, which only come 60 to a box. I will be interested in testing these since the needles are triple-beveled for comfort. I don't want Pumbaa shying away from me anymore during injection times. I don't know if it's the insulin (I let it warm up first, and do rub the injection area a lot immediately after injecting), or the needle poke, or the anticipation of the needle poke/injection due to our routines.
Geez, this is expensive, isn't it? I go through over 200 test strips a month, not to mention the insulin, and the lancets and the cotton pads I cut in half (to save some costs there). And the food. Oy vey!
But, I do highly recommend American Diabetes Wholesale, as you will save money ordering your lancets and syringes and test strips (when applicable) from them.
Praying that Pumbaa isn't doing a dive tonight, and hope you all have great sleeps!
Suze
Now that I have added the %KCal values to the food column on his SS (protein/fat/carbs), I have been going back and looking for correlations between the % carbs and the BG numbers. It doesn't appear to me that Pumbaa is overly carb-sensitive, but maybe someone else will see something I'm not seeing.
I was tempted to raise his dose to a fat 2.0U this morning, but decided to hold off because I want to make sure he clears his bounces, and yet don't know if the 445 he had the morning of 6/25 was a bounce or not. I'm still trying to figure out what constitutes a bounce! After his dive last Friday (6/23), was the 541 AMPS the only bounce, and the rest of the high numbers were coming off that bounce, or was he bouncing off a bounce a couple of times? <--That is my question. I don't want to change his dose if he's still clearing a bounce, but I need to know when to start clocking the 72 hours it takes him to clear a bounce.
I was so hoping that Pumbaa would settle into yellows and blues at 2.0U.
On the plus side, I reordered supplies yesterday from American Diabetes Wholesale, and they continue to amaze me with their quick order fulfillment. They, once again, shipped the same day they got my order, and the order should be here by Saturday. And, I qualified for free shipping because I spent over $100. Not hard to do since I ordered 250 test strips ($0.08 per strip cheaper than purchasing them at Walmart), and ordered six boxes of lancets for $2.18 per box (I was running low so had to purchase lancets tonight at CVS Pharmacy, where a box of 100 of their generic lancets was $7.29). Also, because I am so pissed off at the poor quality of the Relion syringes (had to toss two this morning because one wouldn't fill, and the next one the lines were just so not straight that I couldn't even pretend to make an accurate dose) I ordered a box of 100 Monoject syringes, as those have received great reviews on these boards, and I also ordered the more expensive UltiCare U-100 Vet Rx Half Unit 31g syringes, which only come 60 to a box. I will be interested in testing these since the needles are triple-beveled for comfort. I don't want Pumbaa shying away from me anymore during injection times. I don't know if it's the insulin (I let it warm up first, and do rub the injection area a lot immediately after injecting), or the needle poke, or the anticipation of the needle poke/injection due to our routines.
Geez, this is expensive, isn't it? I go through over 200 test strips a month, not to mention the insulin, and the lancets and the cotton pads I cut in half (to save some costs there). And the food. Oy vey!
But, I do highly recommend American Diabetes Wholesale, as you will save money ordering your lancets and syringes and test strips (when applicable) from them.
Praying that Pumbaa isn't doing a dive tonight, and hope you all have great sleeps!
Suze
