Scratches 3/9 AMPS 301 +1hr30min 357

[Scratches123]

http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/scratches-3-8-apms-311-4hr45min-346.226759/

Dose increase today. I guess I wasn't thinking I could have done a dose increase 3/6 even though her AMPS was way lower than usual. I know the dose isn't based on pre shot numbers, but I wasn't thinking I could do an increase even though the pre shot is lower. So that was my bad. Now I know. Anyway, did the increase today to 1.25, I hope it's not too late. Her sugar was over 300 all day yesterday. Wish I did the increase the other day... I just am very cautious because I never want to do anything that will hurt my baby and this whole diabetes thing REALLY scares me. I'm not confident in it AT ALL so thank you all for being there for me and showing me what to do. Forgot to add, my boyfriend of almost 4 years and I broke up on Wednesday...so there's that. Ugh...It's very hard for me to focus on anything right now

 

[LilTurkey]

http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/scratches-3-8-apms-311-4hr45min-346.226759/

Dose increase today. I guess I wasn't thinking I could have done a dose increase 3/6 even though her AMPS was way lower than usual. I know the dose isn't based on pre shot numbers, but I wasn't thinking I could do an increase even though the pre shot is lower. So that was my bad. Now I know. Anyway, did the increase today to 1.25, I hope it's not too late. Her sugar was over 300 all day yesterday. Wish I did the increase the other day... I just am very cautious because I never want to do anything that will hurt my baby and this whole diabetes thing REALLY scares me. I'm not confident in it AT ALL so thank you all for being there for me and showing me what to do. Forgot to add, my boyfriend of almost 4 years and I broke up on Wednesday...so there's that. Ugh...It's very hard for me to focus on anything right now

Good luck with the increase! I'm still a newbie myself but I'm much more confident now then I was when he was first diagnosed. Despite doing so much research I was still afraid of hurting Thomas but I don't hesitate much anymore, regarding his tests and injections and have a lot more confidence with it. He's pretty much used to it and our routine now as well.
I think as long as you're frequently monitoring him there's not much to be afraid of. Make sure you have your emergency kit ready just in case but I believe you'll be fine. I had Thomas drop into the 40s, no hypo signs and full of energy but I made sure to feed him some high carb wet food and monitor him to make sure he was rising and he seemed to do great.
I'm sorry to hear that your relationship ended recently, I'm sure it's making you feel a lot more stressed. I know you'll make it through though, focus on yourself a bit and get some me time in. Self care is important. Feel free to vent here, everyone has there ups and downs and are happy to offer you some support.

 

[Scratches123]

I had Thomas drop into the 40s

When we first started out, the vet had us on 2 units and Scratches dropped into the 40s one night and i've been so scared of that ever since. Just not a good thing to happen right when we started off so i've been gun shy ever since. It was the scariest night of my life. I thought I just killed my cat. I'll really need to get over that soon. It's hard. Scratches doesn't mind the testing and the shots. When i'm getting ready to test her, she'll see me getting the stuff ready and she will lay right down next to me so I can test her. I give her shots while she's eating so she's never minded those. And my relationship never was the best thing, in hindsight he never treated me right, but he's the one who left me for whatever reason which is the hardest part right now. I had all the reasons to leave him and stuck by him anyway..not to get into too much detail but I was good to him no matter what he did to me. He cheated, lied, talked to other women behind my back, played games with my head, he's really not a stable person and has no friends or family to speak of and I know he didn't have the best upbringing so I forgave him for his faults...and I never left him. Guess I should have because now i'm the one who's hurt. It'll get better with time, I know. But seriously, my life has been one thing after another since my kitty got diagnosed and I really need to get my head straight for her. Diabetes is not an easy thing to manage and with all this extra stress, especially going through a bad breakup won't help

 

[LindyNova]

Great big {{hugs}} to you. You are doing great. Hang in there and realize what a total Bad@$$ you are.

 

[LilTurkey]

When we first started out, the vet had us on 2 units and Scratches dropped into the 40s one night and i've been so scared of that ever since. Just not a good thing to happen right when we started off so i've been gun shy ever since. It was the scariest night of my life. I thought I just killed my cat. I'll really need to get over that soon. It's hard. Scratches doesn't mind the testing and the shots. When i'm getting ready to test her, she'll see me getting the stuff ready and she will lay right down next to me so I can test her. I give her shots while she's eating so she's never minded those. And my relationship never was the best thing, in hindsight he never treated me right, but he's the one who left me for whatever reason which is the hardest part right now. I had all the reasons to leave him and stuck by him anyway..not to get into too much detail but I was good to him no matter what he did to me. He cheated, lied, talked to other women behind my back, played games with my head, he's really not a stable person and has no friends or family to speak of and I know he didn't have the best upbringing so I forgave him for his faults...and I never left him. Guess I should have because now i'm the one who's hurt. It'll get better with time, I know. But seriously, my life has been one thing after another since my kitty got diagnosed and I really need to get my head straight for her. Diabetes is not an easy thing to manage and with all this extra stress, especially going through a bad breakup won't help

That sure does sound scary for you to go through just starting out. I think you're doing great though, with all the testing you do I wouldn't be too worried. It's a relief that she doesn't mind the testing and injections, my Thomas J. is a hellion so it's been difficult to get him where he's at now.
I'm quite young and don't have a lot of experience with relationships, I've only ever been in one long term relationship and it's the one I'm currently in so there's not a whole lot of advice I can offer so please take what I say with a grain of salt. After so long when you're with a person you'll always have a strong attachment, even when you know it's not heading in the right direction it's just difficult to let go.
It's just something you get used to in your everyday life and there's always the thought that maybe they'll change or improve if I keep giving it my all.
Some people will grow when you nurture them with your love and care but sometimes people will refuse to change and other times there's just no more help you can give and you have to let them be free to make the change themselves.
I'm sorry you were treated so poorly in your relationship. I will say that regardless of who would've ended the relationship it would've been hard on you no matter what after so many years together so don't be so hard on yourself or keep asking why you didn't end it sooner, it's hard to let go of the people we love.
I hope you can take this as a step forward rather than a step back and use it to bring about positive change in your life. I'm wishing you all the best moving forward.

 

[Ti-Mousse (GA) Pepe (GA)]

I'm so sorry for you, but it looks like he did not deserve you !! For sure, this is very hard to go through but time will help and at one point, you'll be very happy this happened !
Diabetes is not easy to deal with, but we learn as we go! You're doing very good and the increase will help her numbers! Scratches is having a wonderful mama!

 

[Scratches123]

I'm so sorry for you, but it looks like he did not deserve you !! For sure, this is very hard to go through but time will help and at one point, you'll be very happy this happened !
Diabetes is not easy to deal with, but we learn as we go! You're doing very good and the increase will help her numbers! Scratches is having a wonderful mama!

Thank you

 

[Scratches123]

That sure does sound scary for you to go through just starting out. I think you're doing great though, with all the testing you do I wouldn't be too worried. It's a relief that she doesn't mind the testing and injections, my Thomas J. is a hellion so it's been difficult to get him where he's at now.
I'm quite young and don't have a lot of experience with relationships, I've only ever been in one long term relationship and it's the one I'm currently in so there's not a whole lot of advice I can offer so please take what I say with a grain of salt. After so long when you're with a person you'll always have a strong attachment, even when you know it's not heading in the right direction it's just difficult to let go.
It's just something you get used to in your everyday life and there's always the thought that maybe they'll change or improve if I keep giving it my all.
Some people will grow when you nurture them with your love and care but sometimes people will refuse to change and other times there's just no more help you can give and you have to let them be free to make the change themselves.
I'm sorry you were treated so poorly in your relationship. I will say that regardless of who would've ended the relationship it would've been hard on you no matter what after so many years together so don't be so hard on yourself or keep asking why you didn't end it sooner, it's hard to let go of the people we love.
I hope you can take this as a step forward rather than a step back and use it to bring about positive change in your life. I'm wishing you all the best moving forward.

Thank you so much for this

 

[LilTurkey]

Skipping tonight. I'll just treat it as a fur shot. I can't stall any longer and I'm not comfortable shooting under 150 at 1.25 units. I will do some more research and stuff tomorrow on what to do in this predicament. To be quite honest, I'm falling apart tonight. Tomorrow is a new day and hopefully a better one.

I can't give you dose advice or anything since I'm a newbie but I personally would've shot at that number. Especially with TR that's a shootable number, I see that you've shot a 150, 160s, and above. That 139 is only an 11 point difference from the 150 so I wouldn't be too nervous of shooting at that number. 130 doesn't necessarily mean she's dropping, there can be a lot of variance in the numbers. I consider a difference in 10 points to be about the same number but that's just me.
I know you aren't comfortable shooting lower than 150 but if you're available to monitor and have plenty of supplies it shouldn't be an issue, maybe if you were leaving for work it would be more of a worry for you since you can't monitor then.
It's certainly nerve racking when they start going into the lower 100s. Gotta shoot low to stay low though. She probably won't continue going any lower if you skip it every time and we don't want her getting used to higher numbers. I believe in you, you can do it. Like you said, tomorrow is a new day. Every new day you can improve upon.
Try to destress and relax, hope you have a good night.

Edit: Did your messages disappear or did I just imagine them being there?

 

[Scratches123]

That 139 is only an 11 point difference from the 150 so I wouldn't be too nervous of shooting at that number.

You're right. I have to get my head together tonight and destress and get back on track tomorrow. This weekend was a disaster and tonight wasn't any better. I don't want to sound like "poor me" or whatever. I'll relax tonight and get my butt in gear tomorrow. Thanks!