? 85 pmps

Yikes. Look like she's wanting less insulin these days. I would suggest trying 0.75 tonight (if she's high enough to shoot), and don't worry about how high she goes tonight. You're doing a great job. Sometimes cats go through times when they are kind of all over the place. Our goal is always get steady them, but it can sometimes take awhile and some guessing. Hang in there!
 
Djamila said:
Yikes. Look like she's wanting less insulin these days. I would suggest trying 0.75 tonight (if she's high enough to shoot), and don't worry about how high she goes tonight. You're doing a great job. Sometimes cats go through times when they are kind of all over the place. Our goal is always get steady them, but it can sometimes take awhile and some guessing. Hang in there!
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What # do you suggest I shoot at if she’s at or above?
 
Oh lordy....at this point we could just put numbers on a dart board and start throwing darts....it's anybody's guess. Last night she stayed safe shooting at 175, so maybe anything over 170ish? (insert shrugging emoji here) ;)
 
How thoughtful of Zoe to find a way to keep you on your toes this long weekend! ;)

So looking at your data since the other night’s adventures ... yesterday’s AMPS was surely a bounce, but her +2, despite being in a different color range, was actually pretty darn close to the PS number, well within meter variance. A more or less similar +2 usually means that the pancreas is doing some work, kicking in its own insulin in response to the food intake.
Then night’s .5 sure didn’t look like enough, but her little body was probably doing *something* to get that bounced number down to a lovely AMPS this morning since it didn’t get a lot of external assistance last night’s cycle ...

So yes, I think if her number is high enough (and I think it would be since I would think she’ll bounce again *shrugs*), split the difference and try .75.

Can you stay up with her if she decides to go on an adventure?
 
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Jenna Josie said:
How thoughtful of Zoe to find a way to keep you on your toes this long weekend! ;)

So looking at your data since the other night’s adventures ... yesterday’s AMPS was surely a bounce, but her +2, despite being in a different color range, was actually pretty darn close to the PS number, well within meter variance. A more or less similar +2 usually means that the pancreas is doing some work, kicking in its own insulin in response to the food intake.
Then night’s .5 sure didn’t look like enough, but her little body was probably doing *something* to get that bounced number down to a lovely AMPS this morning since it didn’t get a lot of external assistance last night’s cycle ...

So yes, I think if her number is high enough (and I think it would be since I would think she’ll bounce again *shrugs*), split the difference and try .75.

Can you stay up with her if she decides to go on an adventure?
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Yes I can be up with her! Thank you!
 
Ugh! Could it be part of the bounce from this AM cycle, though, so hopefully tomorrow will be better (or at least bring some clarity!)
 
Oh lordy. Okay, back down to 0.5u. And I would give her a little HC food this time. It's early in the cycle, and she's flirting with the 50's. Just give her a spoonful of gravy, and if she's still hungry, some extra regular food.
 
How does she seem? If you can bring her up without it, that's ideal, but if she's seeming wound up and extra hungry, it would be okay to give her a little here. You just don't want to load her up with a lot of it.
 
Djamila said:
How does she seem? If you can bring her up without it, that's ideal, but if she's seeming wound up and extra hungry, it would be okay to give her a little here. You just don't want to load her up with a lot of it.
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She’s back at her bowl eating regular food. I free feed wet so it’s always there. She seems okay. She was playing with her catnip sack.
 
Djamila said:
Oh lordy. Okay, back down to 0.5u. And I would give her a little HC food this time. It's early in the cycle, and she's flirting with the 50's. Just give her a spoonful of gravy, and if she's still hungry, some extra regular food.
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Once she settles down, Would this be a situation to start with smaller increases and U 100s?
 
Holy smokes, Zoe! That was not necessary, little girl!

Remember after a lime green, you're supposed to lower the dose, so you should bring her down to 0.5u. She's shown you that 0.75 is too much insulin for her. I know that 0.5u wasn't enough the other day, but I'd try it for a few cycles and see if she settles down. Especially with you gone at work this week, better safe than sorry!
 
Djamila said:
Holy smokes, Zoe! That was not necessary, little girl!

Remember after a lime green, you're supposed to lower the dose, so you should bring her down to 0.5u. She's shown you that 0.75 is too much insulin for her. I know that 0.5u wasn't enough the other day, but I'd try it for a few cycles and see if she settles down. Especially with you gone at work this week, better safe than sorry!
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I didn’t know that :( I’ll lower her tonight for sure.
 
It’s okay, Lindsay. I actually would have been tempted to hold the dose for the giant bounce cycle last night, and she’s probably still high enough that she’ll be just fine for this one, too. :bighug:
 
Yes, one approach to bouncing is to "shoot through" the bounce - so you keep the dose where it was for a cycle or two since they'll be high anyway, and then lower on the cycle when you anticipate the bounce will break. I don't usually suggest it because it's so hard to time it right, but essentially that's what you're doing. And quite honestly tonight might be good timing to bring the dose down. :)
 
Sounds good! She’s probably a little bounced up right now, so my thought would be to hold her here for a few cycles and see if she settles in once she completely clears the bounce.

Edit: oh! Like Djamila wrote just earlier. :oops: :D
 
You know what to do. Get the high carbs ready. If you have any dry party mix that usually does the trick along with gravy
 
okay -- that's very good! Now that you've got her out of the limes, start your "hypo clock" and re-test in 30 minutes from the last test. (If you can bear it! Some people like to re-test in 20, and that's sure understandable!)

When you get a breath, tell us what you feed her to bring her up -- what kind, how much, etc.

Edit: ah! There's what you fed her.
 
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