Erica & Chigga (ChiggaButt)
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Hi there! It's been a while since I've been on these boards. Chigga - my little sugar baby was dx back in August of 2010. She actually went into remission in July of 2011. I was checking her every week just to make sure and around December 2011 her numbers started to get a little funny. At the time I was using the Freestyle lite meter. Some days her numbers would be in the 80s and generally remain below 120 and then they crept up to the 140s and stayed there til January. I didn't want to believe it so I bought a different meter. The Accucheck Aviva and low and behold her number was 190. I freaked out. I tested and retested. Even bought another meter. And it matched the Accucheck Aviva every time. I even tested myself each time. I did some searching and realized the Freestyle lite tested much lower than other meters and I was devastated.
Needless to say. I'm back with little Chiggabutt. I don't know where to begin. I'll admit, and please don't scold me, I just picked up at a dose of .75 (lantus) and her numbers started looking good but I wasn't getting her nadirs so I don't know if she was dropping too low but her amps and pmps were in the 80s and 90s so it's possible. Then recently her numbers have jumped from amps/pmps 85s and 90s to 120s to 180s to 240 in a matter of days.
I don't know what to do which is why I came back. I'm wondering if I should just start from scratch. Start her at .25 or even take her off the insulin for a few days to see how her numbers do and then start low and go slow instead of the stupid move I pulled. I will start my spreadsheet tonight once I know how to proceed.
I need help. I don't know what to do. :cry:
Erica
Needless to say. I'm back with little Chiggabutt. I don't know where to begin. I'll admit, and please don't scold me, I just picked up at a dose of .75 (lantus) and her numbers started looking good but I wasn't getting her nadirs so I don't know if she was dropping too low but her amps and pmps were in the 80s and 90s so it's possible. Then recently her numbers have jumped from amps/pmps 85s and 90s to 120s to 180s to 240 in a matter of days.
I don't know what to do which is why I came back. I'm wondering if I should just start from scratch. Start her at .25 or even take her off the insulin for a few days to see how her numbers do and then start low and go slow instead of the stupid move I pulled. I will start my spreadsheet tonight once I know how to proceed.
I need help. I don't know what to do. :cry:
Erica