Re: 8/23 Charlie AMPS 427 +4 409 Please Help me find her nad
Hi again Jill
I've had a quick look at Charie's SS (but I'm in the middle of making cat food right now, so I want to take a few minutes when I'm done to really focus). Let me try, in the meantime, to give you some feedback. From looking at Charlie's SS, so far, her nadir seems to be travelling (i.e. moving around along the cycle timeline) depending on what else has been going on. She *tends* towards a mid-cycle nadir (typical for Lantus), but as you yourself have noticed, sometimes she dips to her lowest point earlier, sometimes later. (A mid-cycle *surf* can of course also make it harder to really pick out the nadir.) What I'm seeing on the SS is a still unregulated cat, whose "normal" BG patterns are not yet emerging clearly because other factors (like, bounces and bounce-clearing phases, for example) are affecting the cycles a lot of the time.
Where dosing is concerned, I don't think you need to be worried about not seeing a regular nadir for Charlie yet. Her patterns will become clearer as she becomes better regulated. What we'd look for in order to go forward with dose changes is simply the lowest point of the cycle, for now. Once Charlie *is* better regulated, it will become easier to see what type of nadir-kitty she is. I know this may not be a very satisfying answer - and the others may well pick up patterns out of Charlie's SS that I'm just not seeing - I do try to read a couple of dozen SS a day, and I hope I'm getting better at interpreting them, but I'm sure there are things I miss that others pick up on. Though I know they're really busy, I'm hoping Jill and/or Libby will stop in and give their input - you can always drop them a PM, too, for some SS interpretation :smile: But fwiw, these are my thoughts on where she is right now.
I'd go for a (+6) next. Depending on where she is then, you can try picking out *this* cycle's nadir by getting a (+7), or (+8), or even both if she'll let you. I do tend to err on the side of too much testing though :mrgreen: I'm so sorry your stomach is still giving you such grief! I hope the meds kick in really soon so you'll feel a whole lot better!
Back to cat food making! I hope this helped a bit. I'm sure others will pitch in too.
Hugs,
Jane