6/5 Henry C, AMPS=355; +6=296

[Roxana & Henry]

Henry's Previous Condo

Nice cycle last night, back to bouncing today. Planning on increasing to 4.5 units tonight (after 8 cycles on 4.25) unless anyone else thinks I should not.

No ketones (yay), great energy and 2 nice kitty zoomies (after a nice overdue number 2 gift lol).

Sleepless night for me (at 1 am he was still going down so i scanned at 2 am - still decreasing - scanned at 3 am still around same and stressed about maybe him going down too low - crashed due to lack of sleep, had a nightmare that he went into a hypo lol, woke up at 5 am and scanned again and he was ok and then crashed for another hour and a half).

I hope I will have the night off despite the increase, will see. A bit terrified of a hypo after midnight tonight right before a working Monday but it's part of the journey I suppose. If he does go into a hypo tonight (which I have no idea if he will or not since he keeps bouncing) does that mean we go back to 4.25 tomorrow morning immediately?

 

[Wendy&Neko]

The lowest he's been lately is 133. There's quite a stretch between that and going below 50. Look at how much lower that 133 was than his lowest number on 4.0 units. Now it's not a linear drop you can project to the lows on the next dose, but gets you in the ballpark. I also suspect tonight might be bounce time, so a good and safe time to increase. Last new times, he's been dropping to blues 3rd cycle after the previous one. TBD yet if that's also a trend, but worth keeping an eye on. Cats do like to mix things up on us.

 

[Roxana & Henry]

Thanks Wendy. He does like to mix things up for me. It's a great point with the 3rd cycle being when generally his BG starts to go down, I have noted at in the past as well. The cycle on 6/1 pm was different he dropped to 119 at some point when I scanned on the libre (shortly after the 133 but then went up again). That was first cycle at 4.25 units. So that is why not sure what to expect but I think I should be ok. But I am still in the phase that I cannot go to sleep until I wait for his nadir and see his BG rising again. Sometimes the nadir is +5 and sometimes later +6 or +7. With time and experience hope I can manage all this smarter and not worry all the time. After seeing such high numbers it takes a little time to get used to the lower numbers. Can't wait for some more

 

[Wendy&Neko]

Once you start seeing some concerning lower numbers, you'll be able to build some data that tells you when it's safe to go to bed earlier. I spent a lot of time "reading the tea leaves" as my DH called it, before going to bed. Trying to answer the question, "if her PMPS was X and her BG is now Y, will she get to dangerous numbers tonight?". I spent a lot of time trying to find similar patterns in the numbers. Those patterns can be over a few cycles. When Neko was on Lantus, there was a particular 3 cycle pattern I was on the watch for, that said she'd be diving that 3rd cycle if her PMPS was below 120.

As an example, if you were using a human meter I'd tell you to stop testing until PMPS today. I don't really care when his nadir is this cycle. He's bouncing and it won't be low enough to be concerned about. Catch up on a nap.

 

[Roxana & Henry]

Haha reading tea leaves good one. It certainly feels that way. Today he is really bouncing he was 400 and still at least 2 hrs until pmps. No sleep because I have a deadline and have to work to catch up. Takes me hours to fall asleep I am so jealous of people that fall asleep in 5 min. I will watch for those patterns. I was at 5 units did not monitor (not smart) and when I did the Libre, 2 weeks after being at 5 , he was at 100 in the amps and did 4 units not 5 and still crashed. It is a miracle he is alive. That was before joining the FDMB. This is a second chance for both of us to do it right. That’s why I am always second guessing myself because I have a medal in messing up royally ! But getting better thanks to all of you!

 

[Wendy&Neko]

He could have some glucose toxicity by now, as it's been a while since he's seen any green. That means going up to a higher dose to get over it. Very common for fairly newly diagnosed cats. Just do what you are doing, follow the protocol and you will get there.