Rob & Harley said:My Christmas with for you is that the .5u gives Kitty a nice day and a shootable PMPS.
Happy, Merry, Joyous.
kse said:Don't fret the numbers until the anitibiotics are finished!!!
Wishing for a great Day for you and Kitty!
dmartini4 said:All on .50...WOW!
Gues no shooting for a little while until his numbers start rising!
Sue and Oliver (GA) said:If it isn't in the middle of the night :mrgreen: , Sev, I would try to catch him in the 200s and give a drop maybe? Do you think that would take him too low? I hate to see him with such a long ride and going from the 500s to double digits. It has got to feel lousy....
Rob & Harley said:Or drop to .2u or .3u, no matter how high he is to try to get shootable PS numbers.
Rob & Harley said:Why, it might help stop the big swings and Kitty going without insulin for 12 hours every day.
Rob & Harley said:Given his steep drops I wouldn't shoot tonight.
I was talking about when you get a 300 or 400 PS try to shoot a .2u or .3u.
Rob & Harley said:I agree.
Sue and Oliver (GA) said:Sev,
Have you seen this info on giving drops? http://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/viewtopi ... 24#p360982 If you could give even less than .2 and shoot (as long as he is rising) if he nears 200, it might eliminate the high amps numbers and the long surf. I know this is a little scary with Kitty as he gets so much from so little insulin, but the pattern of the long surf and the high amps isn't good either. The other complication is that the long surf usually ends late at night when it is harder to monitor. Wonder if we could change that up somehow? Is there a night when you could just stay up and catch him before he starts shooting up in the 300-400 range, shoot a drop and monitor?
It may be that you would want to wait to try something like this until he is off the antibiotics, but it is one more possible tool in your kit.
And you will probably post with a nice low amps this morning and make this moot. :mrgreen:
Sue and Oliver (GA) said:Sev,
Have you seen this info on giving drops? http://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/viewtopi ... 24#p360982 If you could give even less than .2 and shoot (as long as he is rising) if he nears 200, it might eliminate the high amps numbers and the long surf. I know this is a little scary with Kitty as he gets so much from so little insulin, but the pattern of the long surf and the high amps isn't good either. The other complication is that the long surf usually ends late at night when it is harder to monitor. Wonder if we could change that up somehow? Is there a night when you could just stay up and catch him before he starts shooting up in the 300-400 range, shoot a drop and monitor?
It may be that you would want to wait to try something like this until he is off the antibiotics, but it is one more possible tool in your kit.
And you will probably post with a nice low amps this morning and make this moot. :mrgreen:
Sue and Oliver (GA) said:
I have been looking at the chart. .3 seems to be to little and .5 to much. I cant judge .4u on the u40's.
bookw0rm said:I have been looking at the chart. .3 seems to be to little and .5 to much. I cant judge .4u on the u40's.
Have you considered using u100s w/ the conversion chart? If you get ones with half unit marks you can accurately dose in .2u increments and esrimate .1u increments. Can usually buy a pack of 10 for $1-2 to try out. I get.mine at WalMart.
Sue and Oliver (GA) said:Hmmm. I seem to be saying that alot on Kitty's posts.
Well, that falls in the 20% variance so they can both be considered around 200. Did he eat somewhere in there? If so, it may be his pancreas working with the food. I wouldn't give any insulin until you are sure he is headed up, not down.....
We can't wait for the pancreas to wake up, but it can create problems figuring out when and what to dose.
Sue and Oliver (GA) said:Well, you two have to be the poster boys for hometesting. :mrgreen:
Rob & Harley said:As long as you keep shooting .5u you will continue to get non shootable next PS's. That is the pattern that is becoming apparent.
You obviously can't shoot tonight. So no matter how high your AMPS might be (unless it is too low) I would only shoot a .2u or .3u, whatever you can eyeball and see if you can get a better PMPS tomorrow night.