Linus 5/22-23 -good problem, I guess . . .

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After 2 straight days of high and higher, Linus is suddenly too low to shoot. 116 or 132 at +11, depending on which test you believe, and 188 at +12 after eating. I really needed to do his PM shot at 8:00 so that Pierre could do AM at 7:30 tomorrow. Linus has other ideas. Our best plan at this point is to let him go until I get up tomorrow morning at 5:00 and test and shoot then. There is nobody home from 7:30 until at least 4:30 tomorrow, so if he does come up (and he will, probably like a rocket) tonight, there is no way to get him any insulin until late afternoon tomorrow, if we have to skip in the morning.

I haven't had this problem much before, especially after starting at 400+ this morning and still at 336 at +5. He had food (and ate) at that point, the dogs got past the gate and ate the rest sometime before we got home. I don't think it was lack of food that caused the drop, though. He wasn't without food for more than 6 hours, if that.

Any input appreciated - late onset=dose too high? I have been increasing a little at a time - 2.4u brought the same red preshots and high flat cycles as it did the last time we tried it - I was holding for another day and then planning to bump up again, but maybe not now.
 
Re: Linus 5/22 -good problem, I guess . . .

I would stick with 2.4 in the morning and hold off on increasing. Today's cycle is just "odd". Yes, late nadir for sure! But unless it happens again, I wouldn't assume it means the dose was too high. If you see the same thing tomorrow, I'd call that more conclusive evidence. One cycle is an oddity. Two or more is a trend.

Carl
 
Re: Linus 5/22 -good problem, I guess . . .

+13.5 is 334, darn it. Holding now until 5:00am. I just needed to grit my teeth and say "it will wear off, it will wear off . . ." and give that shot.
 
Re: Linus 5/22 -good problem, I guess . . .

Those pmps numbers were very pretty, but yes, once it wears off, he is done with it. Keep on keeping on, Sue. That was an encouraging cycle. Hopefully it will become a trend.
 
Re: Linus 5/22 -good problem, I guess . . .

The plot thickens . . .

At +21, AMPS was only 384. I expected MUCH worse. Kind of starts the "is this insulin doing anything at all?" question all over again. I did AM shot at 5:15am, he was 324 at 7:00, so not falling too fast, and I told Pierre to be sure and leave food out.

I just get more and more confused as we go on.
 
Re: Linus 5/22 -good problem, I guess . . .

Well, the standard questions would be

How old is the insulin?
Are you shooting in the same spot each time?

But, if you are getting blue pmps, it seems like the insulin is working. I agree, confusing, but at least nice numbers confusing?
 
Re: Linus 5/22 -good problem, I guess . . .

I opened this vial in March - I think it's marked 3/31, but I'm not home to check. My usual injection site is along his side between shoulder and hip, someone somewhere described a technique where you grab a handful of cat and turn your hand to pull the skin tight and then shoot into that (bad description, I know). That seems to work better for me than the "tenting." I use long needles, and haven't had any fur shots that I know of. I alternate left and right sides, right at night, left in the morning.

I just keep wondering if all the pinks and reds are his body's response to waaaay too much insulin, and if we need to be down below 1u somewhere. If he can maintain overnight at 384 with no insulin at all, why does he run the same or higher with it? Just thinking out loud, here.
 
Back to more like "normal". +11 is 380. I'll sit at 2.4u a few more days and see if there's any kind of a pattern.
 
Wow, that blue preshot was wild! Looks like he's still throwing you a curve... but like you said, a good problem, nonetheless! Hoping for some more good numbers for you!
 
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