? Mom taking care of skittles

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sherrib

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I’m finally returning to the work force after being out since 2007!

My mother will have to take over skittles AM dose from now on.

I really need her to join this site in case she needs any help. She has never did anything like this before. Skittles has been going through spells where he doesn’t need a dose or his number is to low for his regular full dose of 2 Units so I’ve been dosing by his numbers. I’ve been following this

170 and up he gets 1.5 U
169-150 he gets 1 U
149 and under I give 1/2 U or none depending on how low ( like 100 for example )

Like last night he was 79 PMPS, fed waited 3 hrs and he got to 140 so I gave 1/2 U

Any suggestions about my mom? Her name is Donna Madeline Reagle . I have things written down for her but like I said , I would feel 100 % better if she had y’all to talk to since I pretty sure I wont be allowed to have my cell in my pocket.

She has been testing and shooting with me here to watch, but tomorrow will be her first time without me here .
 
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There are people with alot more experience than me here, but just from the advice ive been given you want to still try to maintain the same am/pm dose. changing your dosage like that could possibly cause rebounds and that's why you are getting erratic numbers. again i would let someone with more experience chime in, but i would say you probably need to reduce your normal dose of 2 units, by doing that you will experience a slightly higher number next test, in which case you will be able to shoot a more. ie if you shoot 2 units in am and are only able to shoot 1 unit pm. try reducing am to 1.5 units so pm can also be 1.5 units. i learned her that bg # is important, but consistency in bg and shots is more important. its better to have a consistent slightly elevated number than have numbers all over the place.
 
jason bellamy said:
There are people with alot more experience than me here, but just from the advice ive been given you want to still try to maintain the same am/pm dose. changing your dosage like that could possibly cause rebounds and that's why you are getting erratic numbers. again i would let someone with more experience chime in, but i would say you probably need to reduce your normal dose of 2 units, by doing that you will experience a slightly higher number next test, in which case you will be able to shoot a more. ie if you shoot 2 units in am and are only able to shoot 1 unit pm. try reducing am to 1.5 units so pm can also be 1.5 units. i learned her that bg # is important, but consistency in bg and shots is more important. its better to have a consistent slightly elevated number than have numbers all over the place.
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Kinda a little misunderstanding, I’ve been doing this for a long time ( but still have questions sometimes LOL)

This post is more about my mom joining so she can learn more, and if she needs help and I’m at work. I want her to learn as much as possible from all the information here and from all the amazing people here. I told her to put who she is in reference to me so hopefully some of y’all can take her under your wing

She is scared to death because she has never did anything without me being here and she knows how special Skittles is to me and she scared she will do something wrong and really hurt ( or worst) skittles. I told her that once she introduces herself and starts talking to y’all and asking questions she will be learning so much and feel so much better about herself and her abilities to take care of skittles when I’m not around .I told her how sweet and caring everyone is here :)

I absolutely I love this site and everybody here. When I first started doing this 7-8 years ago this is the site I came to and I never plan on leaving even if I don’t have any sugar babies anymore
 
jason bellamy said:
There are people with alot more experience than me here, but just from the advice ive been given you want to still try to maintain the same am/pm dose. changing your dosage like that could possibly cause rebounds and that's why you are getting erratic numbers. again i would let someone with more experience chime in, but i would say you probably need to reduce your normal dose of 2 units, by doing that you will experience a slightly higher number next test, in which case you will be able to shoot a more. ie if you shoot 2 units in am and are only able to shoot 1 unit pm. try reducing am to 1.5 units so pm can also be 1.5 units. i learned her that bg # is important, but consistency in bg and shots is more important. its better to have a consistent slightly elevated number than have numbers all over the place.
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Oh forgot, skittles numbers are really good , better now then when I followed the normal Protocol you mentioned.Skittles was in remission for a long time , got a infection and boom.... he fell out.
The way I do now was actually taught to me from some great people here. Skittles isn’t a “ newbie” he has been dealing with his diabetes for a while. It’s hard to explain and I need to get off here because it’s already 1:30 in the morning and I guess I’m just so excited and also scared about starting work in the morning and I can’t sleep and so I need to try to find something to relax me. This will be my first full-time job since 2008. :nailbiting: :arghh: :nailbiting:
I just hope I can do this! I have a very bad back and fibromyalgia..... I’m soooo nervous
 
You can also have your mom text you each time she tests so you can stay more "involved"

Using a sliding scale with ProZinc is fine.....sometimes it works better that way!
 
Sherri, if your mom is at all internet savvy it will be no big deal. She can simply announce "Hi, it's Sherri's mom" and I would think most members would understand not to bombard her with questions about fructosamine tests etc. My mom had one bookmark for Judge Judy and never really got it, consider yourself lucky.
Another thought. Get her familiar with people you follow or are most likely to reply, it puts a more personal feeling into posting knowing a real human being is there as opposed to a 1-900 number.
 
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Noah & me (GA) said:
Sherri, if your mom is at all internet savvy it will be no big deal. She can simply announce "Hi, it's Sherri's mom" and I would think most members would understand not to bombard her with questions about fructosamine tests etc. My mom had one bookmark for Judge Judy and never really got it, consider yourself lucky.
Another thought. Get her familiar with people you follow or are most likely to reply, it puts a more personal feeling into posting knowing a real human being is there as opposed to a 1-900 number.
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Great idea about tagging people, not sure if she knows how to do that though. I think she already posted. Skittles was only 129 this AM so she didn’t give any insulin. And of course that throws off his schedule. That’s been happening a LOT lately ( him not needing insulin) But I’m not gonna get my hopes of on remission yet. ( He went into remission before though )
 
Chris & China (GA) said:
You can also have your mom text you each time she tests so you can stay more "involved"

Using a sliding scale with ProZinc is fine.....sometimes it works better that way!
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You where 1 of the people who helped me when I first started doing the sliding scale. It’s still kinda new to me though. :)
 
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