kse
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Kitty is still cruising along on her tid schedule. I have updated the SS.
I have read so many posts about the high preshots and inconsistent responses to Prozinc, but I must say that since going to tid and consistenly sticking with a dose--we are finally getting a consistent response. Everyone knows that Kitty was irregular in her response to insulin and her preshots were higher than most here. Even initially when going tid, I changed her dose regularly, and continued to get a varied response. So, finally I decided to just stick with a dose and see what it gave me. I even chose a somewhat reduced dose---3.5U vs. 3.9U. The only time I change her dose now is if we get an uncomfortably low preshot--then I do reduce. I can not verify why or what has provided her with a better response, but for the last couple of weeks her preshots have almost become predictable within a range. And, that range falls into the 20 percent meter variation that we accept.
The only reason I mention this as a broad response is, I wonder if some would be better served by sticking with doses longer. I was consistently increasing doses when test were above a certain number, then the next dose I would reduce because the test was lower. I very seldom shot the same dose two days in a row. Looking back, I wonder if I wasn't contributing to the varied response Kitty was having. Was I shooting into bounces? Was I undershooting when numbers were rising rapidly? I was consistently chasing "test" numbers.
Kitty definitely was having a duration problem before tid. But, early on when dosing tid--we were still getting red and even a couple of black preshots! But, I was changing her doses consistently. So, I can't contribute tid totally to the lower preshots--because early on with tid, when I was changing doses she was still getting high preshots at +8.
I just put this out there as food for thought.....but, I think there is something to sticking with doses longer and allowing their body to adjust to the amount of insulin being dosed.
I might be back tomorrow with a red preshot and feeling you can throw these thoughts out the window.....BUT, today I am pretty convinced that there is something to be gained by sticking with doses for a period of time.
I hope you all are having a GREAT DAY! We are in full gear at work and that coupled with the Irene clean up is keeping me very busy!
I have read so many posts about the high preshots and inconsistent responses to Prozinc, but I must say that since going to tid and consistenly sticking with a dose--we are finally getting a consistent response. Everyone knows that Kitty was irregular in her response to insulin and her preshots were higher than most here. Even initially when going tid, I changed her dose regularly, and continued to get a varied response. So, finally I decided to just stick with a dose and see what it gave me. I even chose a somewhat reduced dose---3.5U vs. 3.9U. The only time I change her dose now is if we get an uncomfortably low preshot--then I do reduce. I can not verify why or what has provided her with a better response, but for the last couple of weeks her preshots have almost become predictable within a range. And, that range falls into the 20 percent meter variation that we accept.
The only reason I mention this as a broad response is, I wonder if some would be better served by sticking with doses longer. I was consistently increasing doses when test were above a certain number, then the next dose I would reduce because the test was lower. I very seldom shot the same dose two days in a row. Looking back, I wonder if I wasn't contributing to the varied response Kitty was having. Was I shooting into bounces? Was I undershooting when numbers were rising rapidly? I was consistently chasing "test" numbers.
Kitty definitely was having a duration problem before tid. But, early on when dosing tid--we were still getting red and even a couple of black preshots! But, I was changing her doses consistently. So, I can't contribute tid totally to the lower preshots--because early on with tid, when I was changing doses she was still getting high preshots at +8.
I just put this out there as food for thought.....but, I think there is something to sticking with doses longer and allowing their body to adjust to the amount of insulin being dosed.
I might be back tomorrow with a red preshot and feeling you can throw these thoughts out the window.....BUT, today I am pretty convinced that there is something to be gained by sticking with doses for a period of time.
I hope you all are having a GREAT DAY! We are in full gear at work and that coupled with the Irene clean up is keeping me very busy!
