Bouncing numbers....without insulin?!?

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Amanda, just looking at Lou's sheet and wondering what he'd do if you give him 0.25u for a few cycles to see if that brings his numbers down. When I see "Furshot" with a following pre-shot that isn't elevated and what looks like an extended period of insulin action like yesterday with lowest reading at pre-shot, it makes me wonder if the dose is too high and should be lowered. You've really never tried 0.25u on a consistent basis since the OTJ trial. Food for thought. :)
 
Hiya Linda. That's not a bad idea. I didn't realize I had skipped right over the 0.25 dose. I think I mashed it with the 0.125 that I had already tried (after he was in the 200s) and went to 0.5 instead :confused:. I was planning on doing another curve tomorrow. Do you think I should dose 0.5 tonight and tomorrow and do the curve off of that (since I've been on that dose a few cycles), or do you think I should switch to the 0.25 tonight? If so, would you recommend me curving tomorrow or should I stick with 0.25 and do the curve this weekend?

Yong, thanks for the info about Prozinc! It's good to know there would be an insulin relatively comparable if I need to talk to the vet about switching. :)
 
I am not the biggest fan of curves mostly since with my rare little furball, they never worked for me. I find the info you get can be misleading if kitty is having a particularly good or bad day and we both know, no two days are ever the same. I find getting more random tests as often as I can with at least one midcycle test each cycle, gives me the best historical data and lets me know how to proceed. That said, if you want to do the curve, I'd change the dose and do it on the weekend. It's up to you whether you change tonight or tomorrow morning. I usually change doses when I know I can monitor. I know reducing seems very benign, but I just went through making a double size reduction with my girl (who is still giving me bald spots at times!) when without careful analysis it looked like she needed an increase (won't get into details) and I am now testing a bit more because her numbers went down. So if my theory with Leo holds any water, you should see lower numbers too.
 
Thanks Linda! I did change to 0.25 last night. I always hate the first day or so after a reduction, because the numbers look so much worse than you'd expect. I had already seen some improvement after reducing to 0.5, so hopefully his PS numbers will improve in the next couple few days on the lower dose. Keeping my fingers crossed!
 
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