Low .. High ... and now Low again ....

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+6 is fine. Anywhere between +5-7 is the "typical" nadir/low point, so she may still come down a little more, but that's a great number to see right then. If she's over 200 again tonight, continue shooting the 1u.
 
Maybe. Every cat is different and the dose is still settling from the skip the other night. I would get another test in an hour.
 
4.9 at +9. She ate most of her food this morning. She has nibbled a little since, but nothing major.
 
I have to head out now, so I won't be able to take another test in an hour. I'll be back in to do her next shot. I'll stir her little bit of food up, see if she gets interested.
 
5.6 at +11, does it make sense that the nadir is around +8 or +9? Should I be making some sort of adjustment to her shots or food?
 
Also .. its highly doubtful she will be at 11 in an hour. So it looks like we will be skipping tonight again. I feel like I should be reducing her further. She was 1u this morning. Should I go down to 0.5? If I am understanding correctly, we need to find a dose that I can give her consistently so we can start bringing it down gradually ...
 
Some cats do have later nadirs, like my Neko. And some zoom up in the last hour so she could be high enough yet. And you are correct on wanting to dose twice a day. Do you think you could try .75U? 1U seems like a bit much.
 
I didn't post yesterday, but take a look at her SS. I gave 0.75 yesterday, again, she was too high at night to shoot!

I'll do the same today and we will see where she ends up tonight.
 
The numbers are looking really good on this .75u dose even if you had to skip last night. I think it might be time for you to start looking into shooting low pre-shots so you don't have to keep skipping and we can get those numbers down further. We use 200/11 as the "no shot number" on the Main Health Forum till we can get enough data on how the cat reacts and then you can start dropping that no shot number and give a shot when they're between 150-200 and monitor them and see how they react. The Lantus TR forum even uses 150 as their default "no shot number." Eventually, you'll get to the point either where the cat is heading toward remission (paws crossed for you guys!) or you'll be able to give shots at really low numbers to keep those numbers low across the board (if I'm home to monitor, I've often given Mikey shots when he's in double-digits).
 
At this point my mom is home in 3 days, so I'm in "keep her good" mode until then. Since my mom will be able to test in the middle of the night etc. I'll let her figure out the low shots :)

Tonight she is 12.8 so I'm giving her a shot.

Thanks everyone :)
 
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