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SashaV

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So from yesterday's low I went down to 0.4U prozinc or how you say it?
Isn't she supposed to go up by now?
Is it safe for me to go to bed? Or wait and do a new BG in an hour?
Should I go down even further?
I just really want her stable now please :(
 
jt and trouble (GA) said:
Being the worry wart that I am I'd wait and test again in an hour. I know the experts have a way of figuring it out better though.
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I'm as nervous as a jumping flea! I'll stay up.
Go pee with the dog and go fetch some barf for tomorrow and then check again. Seems like she's "waking up" I think.
 
I'm not much at reading spread sheets I do know if theres an established pattern you can make a more precise decision.
I hope I havent messed up your evening if in fact you could have just gone to bed. There will be more responses to be sure.
 
Nan & Amber (GA) said:
Sounds like a plan!

And yes, as @jt and trouble (GA) says, get at least one more test in tonight. She's still going down from the morning's shot, you want to make sure she starts to come back up soon. I think she wants more treats!

AMPS: AM(morning) Pre-Shot test
PMPS: PM(evening) Pre-Shot test
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She loves treats! I'll do that right away!
Gaaaah not easy for us not americans. Really can't remember pm am :banghead: and witch is witch
 
SashaV said:
That's a great one! Thanks!
A lot easier here, from PM/24:00 numbers start from 1, at AM/12:00 13 and so on until 24. And everyone is in one timezone! Very important :woot:
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Haha right?? If it's any consolation for the life of me I can never remember if 12 AM is midnight or noon - it's the end of the day so it makes sense to be PM, but also the beginning of the day! But in the middle of the night :eek:
 
Panic said:
0.15 units
Are you using U40 syringes?
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No idea really. Only gave her these two shots. It's a 1ml syringe with a needle already attached. I'll look first thing tomorrow.
Right now I need sleep so I'm fresh for her 10AM shot
But I'm not shooting tonight. Not nearly high enough for my ballz with this new insulin. Very very potent insulin I might add.. . :banghead:
 
You actually need the U100 3/10 ml syringe not the 1 ml syringe as it’s easier to draw up small amounts. When you drew up the insulin was it well below the 1 unit mark? You said you gave 0.2 ml
 
That looks like 4 units to me, not 0.2 units.
And the conversion for that is 1.6 units of prozinc.
That is going to be too much for him. He is in danger of dropping too low and having a hypo as 1.2 dropped him to 49 yesterday.
Can you take him to the vet and tell him what has happened. The vet may need to put him on a glucose drip if he drops low.
 
The only other thing you can do is take his BG very hour or more often if he drops low and try and keep him up higher with some high carb food and honey if necessary.
Do you have plenty of test strips, high carb food and honey and feel comfortable doing that?
If he starts to drop too low you would have to go to the vet.
 
Bron and Sheba (GA) said:
That looks like 4 units to me, not 0.2 units.
And the conversion for that is 1.6 units of prozinc.
That is going to be too much for him. He is in danger of dropping too low and having a hypo as 1.2 dropped him to 49 yesterday.
Can you take him to the vet and tell him what has happened. The vet may need to put him on a glucose drip if he drops low.
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How do you see 4 units?
It's a 1ml syringe with 10,20,30,40 and so on I gave her 0.2 two tiny lines under the 10 marker. Half of yesterday's dose on 0.4
 
So this was in reality 24 units?
 

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I can see what has happened and why Mauer was dropping low.
The syringes you are using are U-100 syringes. But each of those little lines on the 1 ml syringe is 2 units each.
On the U-100 3/10 ml syringes the lines are 1 unit each and they have 1/2 unit markings and you can draw up smaller amounts and they are the syringes you should be using
We don’t use the syringes you have as they are hard to give small doses.
To compound the issue, if you are using Prozinc you have to use a Conversion chart to give the correct amount.
So you are not actually giving as much insulin as it looks because you using Prozinc.

So ever since you have swapped to Prozinc you have been giving too much insulin.
The bottom line is Mauer should be OK.
He got 4 units tonight but on the conversion chart that is 1.6 units. That was a lot when I looked at the SS and compared it to the last 2 days but now that we know what has happened it is OK.
Does that make sense to you?
 
Bron and Sheba (GA) said:
I can see what has happened and why Mauer was dropping low.
The syringes you are using are U-100 syringes. But each of those little lines on the 1 ml syringe is 2 units each.
On the U-100 3/10 ml syringes the lines are 1 unit each and they have 1/2 unit markings and you can draw up smaller amounts and they are the syringes you should be using
We don’t use the syringes you have as they are hard to give small doses.
To compound the issue, if you are using Prozinc you have to use a Conversion chart to give the correct amount.
So you are not actually giving as much insulin as it looks because you using Prozinc.

So ever since you have swapped to Prozinc you have been giving too much insulin.
The bottom line is Mauer should be OK.
He got 4 units tonight but on the conversion chart that is 1.6 units. That was a lot when I looked at the SS and compared it to the last 2 days but now that we know what has happened it is OK.
Does that make sense to you?
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No it really doesn't :banghead::(
 
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