nancydenison
New Member
I have been using the Libre sensors off and on for a few months now and like the app to help me see Boney James' cycles. The other day he registered high all night which was odd, but the shot was administered by my nurse friend. there was no movement which leads me to believe she must have "missed". So when it came time to give him his morning shot, I gave him his standard 4 units of Prozinc. I watched during the day and it fell all the way to 53, which scared me, so I gave him a little honey and it went back up to 69-70. It went down again and so I gave him a little more honey. Then he leveled out and stayed in the "normalish" range all day. By the time the night time shot came due, his numbers were in the low normal range. I was not inclined to give him the full dose so I gave him 2 units instead of 4. The next morning (Monday) it was low normal, too close to the bottom line and I felt it was not smart to give him any shot. The Libre sensor was meant to end by noon that day. I had a vet's appointment to install another Libre sensor and to take a glucose test there. They took the test and it was high, over 425. I asked if they felt that the Libre sensors were trust worthy and they said they generally very good but that maybe it was loosing its effectiveness near the end of the term. They also said, going to the vets and all that activity, getting a new Libre can make there glucose rise. His numbers prior to the vet visit that morning, per the Libre sensor were in the 150+ range. Has anyone noticed this big of a swing? I was hoping it was a sign of heading toward remission and reduction of insulin. He is on strictly wet cat food, high protein, high fat and 1 to 2% carbohydrates (Tiki and Smalls, and beef and liver pate from Purina). I have seen the big swings from High 400+/- down as low as 53 in the same day. The big swings have occurred a total of 4 days. This morning (7:30 am) 375, (11:30 am) 70.
Any insight is appreciated.
Any insight is appreciated.