Maybe I need to just not make any changes

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Sheila & Beau & Jeddie said:
+9? Really? Why?

He was 216 this am...
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Probably because Gandalf's peak was then, but if someone's not getting those late cycle BGs, they're not really seeing a good picture of the cycle. Also, some cats have the double peak phenomenon on Lev, not really a peak even, just extended duration and if you test at +9/+10 you might catch that.
 
Getting a +9 is pretty important as you may discover that nadir is after +6 - my Oliver's nadir is close to +10 and 11, sometimes not till ps.
 
Hmmm... I don't think that +9 is more important than any other time, IMO. IF you find that your cat nadirs early, than the early +numbers are important, but if your cat nadirs mid cycle then it is those numbers that are important, and so on.

I admit that I don't have a lot of spot checks on Jeddie, he went a long time accepting two tests a day (I was not going to skip a PS test no matter what), but his tolerance dropped precipitately the more I tested. It took several weeks of burritoing him and then fishing him out from under furniture to get to two relatively calm tests/day. I also found that he doesn't seem to have a pattern the way Beau did, or most cats do, and I wasn't going to curve him every day, so why bother getting any specific spot check?

I look at his numbers and he has lows anywhere from about +3 to +12. I think, in his case, a spot check at any time could tell me something important - or not :roll: .

I think I am just going to hold him at .5u for a while and see if he can settle on this dose. It really seems like the one good cycle with lows below 100 sends him on a rebound journey that lasts 5-7 days. Every time this has happened in the past I have changed his dose (raise or lower) and I have gotten nowhere. So now, instead of chasing "good" numbers I am going to sit still and let them come to me. :mrgreen:
 
Sheila & Beau & Jeddie said:
I think I am just going to hold him at .5u for a while and see if he can settle on this dose. It really seems like the one good cycle with lows below 100 sends him on a rebound journey that lasts 5-7 days. Every time this has happened in the past I have changed his dose (raise or lower) and I have gotten nowhere. So now, instead of chasing "good" numbers I am going to sit still and let them come to me. :mrgreen:
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That very well could be, so sounds like a good plan. maybe something will realize you're not going to raise the dose and finally give up and get you the numbers you want!
 
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