? 8/1 Tessa AMPS 96 +2 44/52 +2.5 60 +3 70 - ideas to slow the drops?

[tessa's mom]

Previous: https://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/thr...21-2-51-2-5-60-3-65-4-70-6-101-10-133.292631/

I'm having a lot of trouble with my meter today. It errored out on the first test so I did a second one and got 44. I wanted to double check the number and tested 3 more times and got errors. I pulled out my backup meter and got 52. So she's definitely on the low side. I gave her some medium carb food (15% carbs) on top of the LC she had already eaten (I didn't catch her before she ate her normal +2) and will test again in 30 minutes. Hopefully the meter will cooperate this time.

I am still having trouble controlling these big drops early on. I found an old condo about feeding the curve that mentioned front loading the cycle with food so I decided to try that. I switched to 1/3 of a can of Fancy Feast at preshot, +1, and +1.5 with 1/4 can given at +2 and +3. It seems to help a little bit still not as much as I would like.

Any more ideas on how to slow the big drops?

 

[tessa's mom]

Back up to 60 thankfully. Gave her a treat after her test, will test her again in 30 minutes and see how things are looking.

I made the +2 cell on the spreadsheet lime green, is that the correct way to handle this? I'm unsure because the second test I took was above the lime green threshold but it was on a different meter that I'm less familiar with.

 

[Diane Tyler's Mom GA]

Hi Jess , glad to see Tessa came back up. Maybe put a ? In front of the date in your title to catch a members eye

 

[tessa's mom]

Hi Jess , glad to see Tessa came back up. Maybe put a ? In front of the date in your title to catch a members eye

Thanks! I'll do that. I'm a bit scattered today.