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Vicky & Gandalf (GA) & Murrlin
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Re: BUD +10 192 PMPS 286 +2 274
Well, there's that thing which makes Sheila think she's getting too much insulin. By "thing" I mean the 192 she had at +10. While not a true low, after the highs over the past few days it is low enough to make us think .5U is still too much. Just a little too much insulin can cause constant highs over a period of days without causing a dose reducing low like a 40, which makes one think not enough insulin. But if you hadn't have tested then you wouldn't know about the 192, so have there been other times she's been lower and you didn't know it, especially at night?
The 192 is also why I think Bud Bud may just need more time on a dose than usual. So I can't say which it is for sure.
I'm no help, am I?
I guess I will say I'm glad you stayed with the .5U. Data is always helpful, you just have to have a lot of it at times like these to figure out which way to go with dose. Thank you for getting more tests, BTW.
Well, there's that thing which makes Sheila think she's getting too much insulin. By "thing" I mean the 192 she had at +10. While not a true low, after the highs over the past few days it is low enough to make us think .5U is still too much. Just a little too much insulin can cause constant highs over a period of days without causing a dose reducing low like a 40, which makes one think not enough insulin. But if you hadn't have tested then you wouldn't know about the 192, so have there been other times she's been lower and you didn't know it, especially at night?
The 192 is also why I think Bud Bud may just need more time on a dose than usual. So I can't say which it is for sure.
I'm no help, am I?
I guess I will say I'm glad you stayed with the .5U. Data is always helpful, you just have to have a lot of it at times like these to figure out which way to go with dose. Thank you for getting more tests, BTW.
Sheila & Beau GA & Jeddie GA
Member Since 2009
Re: BUD +10 192 PMPS 286 +2 274
The only thing that PS tests tell you is that it is safe to shoot insulin (maybe). 99.9999% of the time I would NEVER shoot insulin without a PS test, but by themselves they don't tell you much. random tests are so helpful, as our periodic curves. (please don't look at Jeddie's SS as I don't do either of those things, but I know that I should - especially since he has given me PSs this past weekend ranging from 68 to 372 :roll: ).
At this point, hold the .5u and get random tests in. She has some 200s, which is better than the 300/400s, so maybe she is settling on that dose a bit. It may still be too high so she won't come down much more that 200 - unless she throws a low once the rebound hormones have dropped down a bit. If I am right, she has been cranking out those hormones at a high level to fight off too much insulin for a while. As the dose decreases, the rebound hormones will decrease and there might be a "break through" low BG.
The only thing that PS tests tell you is that it is safe to shoot insulin (maybe). 99.9999% of the time I would NEVER shoot insulin without a PS test, but by themselves they don't tell you much. random tests are so helpful, as our periodic curves. (please don't look at Jeddie's SS as I don't do either of those things, but I know that I should - especially since he has given me PSs this past weekend ranging from 68 to 372 :roll: ).
At this point, hold the .5u and get random tests in. She has some 200s, which is better than the 300/400s, so maybe she is settling on that dose a bit. It may still be too high so she won't come down much more that 200 - unless she throws a low once the rebound hormones have dropped down a bit. If I am right, she has been cranking out those hormones at a high level to fight off too much insulin for a while. As the dose decreases, the rebound hormones will decrease and there might be a "break through" low BG.
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