Need advice please!

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Obviously dose in AM is dependent upon testing but...

What is protocol now that I just gave 1 unit @ +2?

Do I go about things as I normally would in the morning?
 
I don't think his dose is too high yet....although I might think it is in another day or so. One wonky cycle isn't enough to reduce the dose just yet, but if he does this again, we'll need to lower it. Sometimes the place the injection is given makes a difference in how it is used an absorbed, so once in awhile you'll get a high cycle or a weird cycle and there isn't anything wrong other than the insulin just got in an odd place that day. So a couple of wonky cycle and we look at other causes.

As for the morning, I would test him maybe 30 minutes later than normal - so +10.5 from tonight's shot. If he gives you a typical AMPS, then you can go ahead and shoot early. If he's too low, then you'll need to stall and try again at +11.
 
Disclaimer: For anyone who is lurking or might read this in the future -- we can be this aggressive with the feeding before the shot trick, dosing, and flexing the shooting times because Mogee is on a bigger dose and leaving him without insulin support could send his numbers sky high. If he was only on 1u normally, we would have just had Adam skip tonight. The big dose means that his pancreas is needing a lot of support, and abandoning it for 12 hours with no exogeneous insulin could be bad news.
 
Djamila said:
I don't think his dose is too high yet....although I might think it is in another day or so. One wonky cycle isn't enough to reduce the dose just yet, but if he does this again, we'll need to lower it. Sometimes the place the injection is given makes a difference in how it is used an absorbed, so once in awhile you'll get a high cycle or a weird cycle and there isn't anything wrong other than the insulin just got in an odd place that day. So a couple of wonky cycle and we look at other causes.

As for the morning, I would test him maybe 30 minutes later than normal - so +10.5 from tonight's shot. If he gives you a typical AMPS, then you can go ahead and shoot early. If he's too low, then you'll need to stall and try again at +11.
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Okay. Sounds good. Thank you for telling me how to work the AM cycle.

Just tested @ +1, 257. So he's up there. Glad I gave him something.

And once again, thank you for your time tonight and advice @Djamila, @Chris & China, @Kris & Teasel, and @Rachel.

So grateful for all of you!
 
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