Pumbaa
Member Since 2012
Pumbaa went from flat pink all yesterday morning to some nice blues last night....to surfing the greens today! Yeehaw!!!!!
I'm relieved that the pen wasn't the problem. I'm relieved that he hadn't stalled out on this dose.
You should have seen him zipping and zooming around the house this morning! He was like a kitten again!
Tonight should be interesting if he doesn't bounce.
What a difference a day makes! flip_cat
Addendum @ PM +2:
Pumbaa had two blue PS numbers today. Awesome! The only other time this happened was on 6/2/12, and he was also at a 2.25U dose.
Looking back at his SS, the last time he was at a 2.25U dose, I think I held him at that dose too long. He hit a 48 on 6/4/12, but I didn't reduce his dose because I wasn't sure if the 48 was because he had snarfed-and-barfed that morning or because he really earned the reduction. I kept him at 2.25U for 21 cycles, and he was already stalling out when I finally decreased his dose on 6/9/12. And I decreased by the full .25U, when I should have just shaved it down to a fat 2.00U (or a skinny 2.25U which, to me, is the same thing).
I did take him back up to a fat 2.00U on 6/14, and he dropped down to 38 that cycle after I gave a BCS of 1.50U (I now totally understand that giving a BCS doesn't affect the current cycle, and did nothing to prevent him from dropping down to 38). Because of that 38 reading, I gave him another dose reduction, from a fat 2.00U to a fat 1.75U, when I should have just shaved the dose and dropped him to a plain old 2.00U. The reason? We were still fighting long, drawn out bounces and weekly dives.
Nonetheless, when I dropped him to 1.50U on 6/29, to break the Somogyi Rebound or whatever you want to call the pattern he was exhibiting, it did shock his body into reacting differently. The same results might have occurred had I just bumped him back up to 2.25U on 6/29, but I'll never know for sure.
The good news is that he is diving less, he isn't diving on Friday nights only (that was the strangest thing), and his bounces are clearing quicker and not going as high.
So...looking at Pumbaa's numbers today, and comparing to his numbers last time he was at 2.25U, and referencing Roomp/Rand, TRP and SLGS, I'm going to hold out for the 5 to 7 days before any increase, and if I do increase, it will only be to a fat 2.25U (which = a skinny 2.50U).
If I could have my wish, I would have Pumbaa repeat this morning's cycle a few times, not bounce, and then have a gentle glide down to a 49 reading so he would earn a dose decrease.
Oh yeah, and I would also win the big lottery. (As long as I'm wishing!)
I'm relieved that the pen wasn't the problem. I'm relieved that he hadn't stalled out on this dose.
You should have seen him zipping and zooming around the house this morning! He was like a kitten again!
Tonight should be interesting if he doesn't bounce.
What a difference a day makes! flip_cat
Addendum @ PM +2:
Pumbaa had two blue PS numbers today. Awesome! The only other time this happened was on 6/2/12, and he was also at a 2.25U dose.
Looking back at his SS, the last time he was at a 2.25U dose, I think I held him at that dose too long. He hit a 48 on 6/4/12, but I didn't reduce his dose because I wasn't sure if the 48 was because he had snarfed-and-barfed that morning or because he really earned the reduction. I kept him at 2.25U for 21 cycles, and he was already stalling out when I finally decreased his dose on 6/9/12. And I decreased by the full .25U, when I should have just shaved it down to a fat 2.00U (or a skinny 2.25U which, to me, is the same thing).
I did take him back up to a fat 2.00U on 6/14, and he dropped down to 38 that cycle after I gave a BCS of 1.50U (I now totally understand that giving a BCS doesn't affect the current cycle, and did nothing to prevent him from dropping down to 38). Because of that 38 reading, I gave him another dose reduction, from a fat 2.00U to a fat 1.75U, when I should have just shaved the dose and dropped him to a plain old 2.00U. The reason? We were still fighting long, drawn out bounces and weekly dives.
Nonetheless, when I dropped him to 1.50U on 6/29, to break the Somogyi Rebound or whatever you want to call the pattern he was exhibiting, it did shock his body into reacting differently. The same results might have occurred had I just bumped him back up to 2.25U on 6/29, but I'll never know for sure.
The good news is that he is diving less, he isn't diving on Friday nights only (that was the strangest thing), and his bounces are clearing quicker and not going as high.
So...looking at Pumbaa's numbers today, and comparing to his numbers last time he was at 2.25U, and referencing Roomp/Rand, TRP and SLGS, I'm going to hold out for the 5 to 7 days before any increase, and if I do increase, it will only be to a fat 2.25U (which = a skinny 2.50U).
If I could have my wish, I would have Pumbaa repeat this morning's cycle a few times, not bounce, and then have a gentle glide down to a 49 reading so he would earn a dose decrease.
Oh yeah, and I would also win the big lottery. (As long as I'm wishing!)