Sarah&Soph
Member Since 2019
Hello all! Sophie and I are new to the forum and I am looking for some help with dosing.
Sophie was initially diagnosed in May 2018 and started out on 6 units of Prozinc twice a day, which she did well on for quite a while, but we have had a heck of a time regulating her diabetes since about last October. After MANY food changes (she also has IBD and chronic pancreatitis), an insulin switch, and finally getting the hang of home testing, she has been doing much better.
She was previously on 0.5 units of Vetsulin, and then most recently 0.25 units. This is where I need some advice: some of her preshot readings have started to be kind of low ish (this afternoon's was 170 on a ReliOn Prime meter), to where I don't feel quite comfortable giving the entire dose. I've seen that some people do a sliding scale, which is what I did this evening, giving her a VERY small amount, about maybe 0.15 units, and I will test her throughout the night. Is this appropriate to do, and if so what is the best way to go about deciding how much to give? What kind of numbers should I definitely not shoot at?
Here is her spreadsheet for reference. The notes on the side are important to consider, as I am still just recently learning the ins and outs of home testing and have made some goof ups lol
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yUL6SpNOBAC8Q11HXmDwF03hFMJB2Q0v5fhh_Lxu9Sw/edit?usp=sharing
Sophie was initially diagnosed in May 2018 and started out on 6 units of Prozinc twice a day, which she did well on for quite a while, but we have had a heck of a time regulating her diabetes since about last October. After MANY food changes (she also has IBD and chronic pancreatitis), an insulin switch, and finally getting the hang of home testing, she has been doing much better.
She was previously on 0.5 units of Vetsulin, and then most recently 0.25 units. This is where I need some advice: some of her preshot readings have started to be kind of low ish (this afternoon's was 170 on a ReliOn Prime meter), to where I don't feel quite comfortable giving the entire dose. I've seen that some people do a sliding scale, which is what I did this evening, giving her a VERY small amount, about maybe 0.15 units, and I will test her throughout the night. Is this appropriate to do, and if so what is the best way to go about deciding how much to give? What kind of numbers should I definitely not shoot at?
Here is her spreadsheet for reference. The notes on the side are important to consider, as I am still just recently learning the ins and outs of home testing and have made some goof ups lol
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yUL6SpNOBAC8Q11HXmDwF03hFMJB2Q0v5fhh_Lxu9Sw/edit?usp=sharing
I’ve never used vetsulin nor had any reason to microdose so I’m not much help but wanted to bump your post up so others will see it. You may also want to post in the vetsulin forum. Here’s a link to the vetsulin users guide 