7/4/15 Lucy AMPS 77 +1 85 +2 106 +3 99 +5 121 +6 144

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Voula

Voula

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I was very hesitant to give Lucy her insulin at a glucose level of 3.3/59 this morning as I didn't get a +10 or a +11 test so I didn't know if it would continue to drop. At +13 after a good amount of food at AMBG as I forgot not to feed her and wait for a rise in glucose the glucose level was the same at 3.3/59 so it was possible it could have gone under 2.8/50 without food. So I waited and tested again at +14 and it was 3.6/65. Lucy is not carb sensitive and doesn't have big increases in glucose levels after food. Only honey seems to lift her glucose levels so I am always anxious about giving her insulin when she is in green numbers unless I can see the glucose levels are rising. However we are now at +15 and going by past trends where the glucose levels can stay in green numbers without insulin up to +20 it is likely there will be a rise soon. The lowest glucose level I have dosed at is 4.8/86 at +16 and I gave 2 units. I increased Lucy's insulin to 2.25 units yesterday up from 2 units. My feeling is to give insulin soon before the glucose starts rising too much as it will rise fast when it does though we will likely have a bounce whether I gave insulin at +12 this morning or not. I will do another test soon.
My previous post:
http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/6-4-15-lucy-amps-304-6-254.135743/
 
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No dosing advice from me. Hopefully someone will be on with help soon. Nice surf though. Will you be able to change your shot time accordingly though? I know that you know it means shooting 12 hours from when you shoot. Think about whether that will be a problem for you. That's all I've got.
 
tiffmaxee said:
No dosing advice from me. Hopefully someone will be on with help soon. Nice surf though. Will you be able to change your shot time accordingly though? I know that you know it means shooting 12 hours from when you shoot. Think about whether that will be a problem for you. That's all I've got.
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Thank you so much. Yes the next dose will be 12 hours from now as I just gave the morning dose. The BG went up to 4.3/77 without food so I gave Lucy her insulin and felt okay doing that. I am making progress as this is the lowest AMPS I have dosed at.
 
I am starting to see that I am gaining confidence because of the data I have gathered to now. I also have learnt that Lucy is not carb sensitive and she doesn't have big food spikes. In fact I have fed high carb on other occasions and her glucose levels have dropped so I am okay with my decision to delay the dose this morning as I gain more knowledge and confidence. I can see that it likely would have been fine to dose at +12 but without the +10 and +11 tests I was not confident to do so.
 
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Great sleuthing too - you're learning how her body works with all of this diabetes stuff!

Way to go on shooting the 77. You're the master! :D:D:D

2 itty bitty things i noticed - would you add her name to the subject line? She oughta be proud of starting her day off in green!

and on the ss, it says last night's dose was 2.0, but i'm guessing from your comments that it was probably 2.25u. You might want to double-check that.
 
julie & punkin (ga) said:
Great sleuthing too - you're learning how her body works with all of this diabetes stuff!

Way to go on shooting the 77. You're the master! :D:D:D

2 itty bitty things i noticed - would you add her name to the subject line? She oughta be proud of starting her day off in green!

and on the ss, it says last night's dose was 2.0, but i'm guessing from your comments that it was probably 2.25u. You might want to double-check that.
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Thank you so much Julie. I amended the dose for last night and yes it was 2.25 units and amended the title of my post too. :)
 
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