AMPS for Felix this morning >600.

[Felix and Ron]

AMPS for Felix this morning >600. Never been that high. I bumped his dose last night at from 4 to 4.5 and had his best read in a long time. 238. Very low for him. Now I wonder what dose to continue with. Was this a bump like Bubba experienced?

 

[Sue and Oliver (GA)]

Sorry, Ron. Saw this post on Health first. Here is what I said there:

I would guess It is a bounce, Ron. It looks like the 238 was at +3 so he could have dropped low in the following few hours. I hate to see him that high, but I would hold the dose for one more cycle. Maybe increase tonight when you can test more?

 

[Merlin]

Hi Ron - I thought I would check on Felix. Do you have numbers for your AM & PM preshots? This would be extremely helpful so you will know what you are dosing. The AM & PM shot is very instrumental for data collection and without that, it is hard to say what dose you should be administering. What kind of food are you feeding Felix?

 

[Sue and Oliver (GA)]

Hi Ron,
I snuck a look at Felix's spreadsheet. Looks like he is bouncing all over. That late 76 is indicative of too much insulin - if he is still that low at +10, I would worry about how low he was earlier in the cycle. And then he bounced right back up. I hope you can get a complete curve someday soon - tests every 2/3 hours for a cycle. That will really show you how the insulin is working and whether he is dropping low and bouncing back up. (going from 76 to 300 in a few hours can't feel good!)

I don't know if we explained bouncing. If his body perceives a lower number than it is used to, it releases extra glucose to bring the number up - hence a bounce.