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And just to add. I’ve renamed this thread from the “Low AMPS, no shot right???” To simply “Jasmine”

Thank you guys!! You’ve been amazing. I’m feeling a lot better tonight; that we have a plan of action, that I finally got to test her urine, that my vet is seemingly more on board than I had thought. It’s not going to be too bad after all.
 
I'm glad you managed to buy some higher carb food and Jazz likes it. See what she is at +3 tonight and that will determine what to feed her for the rest of the cycle.. she will probably bounce after the big drop again today so don't be disappointed if she does. Bounces can last for up to 6 cycles....although it doesn't look like hers do.
If she is in a bounce tonight, there is no need to feed her the higher carb..save that for the drop.. try and get a +1 and+2 for a while each cycle to catch the drops and then you can feed the higher carb food and hopefully stop this huge bouncing..
That is good the new vet seems better. I hope she will work with you.. ....and prescribe the Lantus.
It will all work out in the end.....it can sometimes be hard and stressful in the beginning..

I think it would be a good idea to start a new thread. This one is getting too long. When you do, can you link this thread to the new one for continuity please..that way people can go back through your threads when they are helping you..
 
How are things going Amy?
I hope Jazz is feeling well.
With ‘feeding the curve’, to be really effective, you need to start testing before +3 with caninsulin to make sure you catch the drop before it goes too far..
Then the idea is to ease down the numbers so there are no fast drops. This needs to be done over several cycles not just one. That way you will hopefully get her down into half decent numbers. If you don’t test past +3 you don’t know what the numbers are doing. :) Does that make sense?
 
Bron and Sheba said:
How are things going Amy?
I hope Jazz is feeling well.
With ‘feeding the curve’, to be really effective, you need to start testing before +3 with caninsulin to make sure you catch the drop before it goes too far..
Then the idea is to ease down the numbers so there are no fast drops. This needs to be done over several cycles not just one. That way you will hopefully get her down into half decent numbers. If you don’t test past +3 you don’t know what the numbers are doing. :) Does that make sense?
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Yeah that makes sense. I just have been unable to test more than I have! I’ve been out of the house during the days a lot so can only do bits here and there. And I will be away all this weekend on a seminar so it’ll be left to hubby and he won’t be checking her through the day. So I’m not sure if it’s just a bit futile trying to “feed the curve” right now??

At what point do I “catch the drop before it goes too far”? What point is “too far”?

Jazz herself is great! Playing and eating and talking and possibly not as boney as she was.
 
I have been able to check in on her this afternoon and her level is certainly higher than the lows she got to two days ago... Im hoping this is a good thing that we are slowing the big drop. But I also don’t want her being kept high!! Sigh.

Anyway! I just gave her the low carb food again so can hopefully slow the rise.
 
flyingduster said:
At what point do I “catch the drop before it goes too far”? What point is “too far”?
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I would start off by getting a +1 to see if she has dropped and by how much. If she has dropped say 4 (72)points, then I would give a teaspoon of higher carb food to slow the drop. Remember you are trying to get her down slower than she is going at the moment.... which is full speed....and stop the bounce being triggered. Then get a +2...….if she is still dropping more than 4 point as an hour, give some more higher carbs. Keep doing this until she has slowed down. then stop feeding her. If she is dropping but not too fast, you could give her some low carb food...just a teaspoon.
It is all trial and error and you will learn what is needed.
When Sheba was bouncing hard I did a lot of testing and feeding the curve to get her out of the chronic bounce and dive cycles she was in. it didn't happen overnight.
If you could at least test the first three hours after the PM cycle each night and see if she needs feeding to stop the big drop, that would help a lot. It needs to be done consistently to work.

flyingduster said:
And I will be away all this weekend on a seminar so it’ll be left to hubby and he won’t be checking her through the day. So I’m not sure if it’s just a bit futile trying to “feed the curve” right now??
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If you can test up until you go, you will have an idea of how she is responding, so it is worth it.
Is hubby going to test before the shots?
Keep putting feeding notes in the remarks column. they are good for us and good for you later looking back.
 
Bron and Sheba said:
What do you mean by this?
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All I meant by that was that I had given her higher carb food prior to then as she was dropping down but as it was then rising again I didn’t want her having high carb food and making it skyrocket so took that away and gave her low carb.
 
As for the rest, yes that all makes sense! It sounds like so much more management than I can deal with very well right now, but I’ll try!!! It’s already over an hour since her PM shot but I’ll go do a test on her and see how much she’s dropping and start the higher carb food to slow it if needed. It makes more sense to have that guide of 4 points an hour, I wasn’t sure what I was aiming for before!

Today she definitely hasn’t dropped as far as she did the other day, and though she got high, she then dropped again for her PMPS to a level she hasn’t been at for a while for a pre shot test.
 
Also I will be leaving town about an hour after her morning shot tomorrow so there won’t be any feeding the curve over the weekend at all, nor Monday as I work.

Hubby will do her BGL test before her shot, I’ve drilled that in to him that it has to be done!!!
 
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