7/9 Rocky amps +3 +4 +5

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Well, last night at +6 he was at 246, so the .8 really does nothing for him, imho.

This morning I went back to a f .8 so I can get some movement going and maybe I'll a .9 from there.
amps 324
+3 121
maybe I should feed the drop again?
Just seems like when I did that before, he didn't get the results I was looking to achieve.
Stop the drop, level him off, and surf for a *little* bit. But, it stopped the drop, and bumped his bg back up and he never got the *hang time*.
Of course, that was on a regular .8 dose, so maybe this one drop would make all the difference in the world?

Sue, after reading your post about the tid with such a low dose, I got to thinking, it probably wouldn't be that great an idea because each dose would be such a small amount that it may not be enough to get him in a nice range. I can see how a drop can influence his numbers now, but that is a "drop" that is being added to a larger amount. Tiny drops of insulin by themselves probably wouldn't work to well. :lol:
I could be wrong, of course (wouldn't surprise me), but that just seems to make sense. Is that kinda what you were thinking too?

Right now though, I am just curious if I should go ahead and feed him a tiny amount. He very well could get a little longer "ride" today than he has, and by feeding him, I could ruin his chance at a good day. OR, with the extra drop of insulin and the food, it could do exactly as intended, OR, I could do nothing and have the same results as feeding the drop and having him bump back up to yellow all day.

Any suggestions? Now will be the time I want to feed him if I go that route.
 
Re: 7/9 Rocky amps +3

I think I would give him a little snack to see if it brings him up a bit. The hope is that if it does, he then stretches out his nadir longer.

The tiny amount would bother me, and just TID on a new diabetic on such a small dose is concerning. If you have a kitty who had been on insulin for quite a while, and had a lot of data and he was getting a good dose that wasn't lasting long enough, then I think TID can make sense. (There are other scenerios but this is the one I am most familiar with.)
 
Re: 7/9 Rocky amps +3

Ok, well I gave him a 1/4 can of FF, the lowest carb variety I had (2).

I am going to check him in 15 min.
I know that is not long enough time for the food to do anything (I think), but I just wanted to see if he was still coming down from an hr. before.
Then I'll probably wait and check him again at 12:30, which would be +5 to see how it all played out.
 
Re: 7/9 Rocky amps +3

+4 130
This was about 20 mins. after little snack.
Is that to soon for the food to have made a difference and he was possibly heading back in the other direction before I fed him.
He got his snack 45 min. after +3 reading and I didn't poke him again when I fed him since I was going to poke him for his +4 in 15 min. (which really was 20 min.)
 
You only need to feed the drop if it is actually too steep, like if the numbers are too low early in the cycle, or if it appears to be triggering some rebound. If it's not an actual problem, I wouldn't worry about it. I would just go for the higher dose and see what happens. If it starts to look too steep, feed then.
 
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