Thumper 10/24

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Barbara

Barbara

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AMPS - 204/254
shot 1.5
+5.5 - 118
PMPS - 265

Should I increase to 1.6 to try to get a lower nadir or should I stick with 1.5? Today looks pretty good to me but I want green! :mrgreen: I really don't know if she went any lower than the 118.
 
Not so fast Sue, you know Thumper, always a surprise! :lol:

I've been thinking about something today. I always leave food out overnight. Last night I didn't leave so much out and they all started trying to get me up at 4:30 :roll: of course I didn't get up to feed them. She had better numbers this morning. I'm just wondering if she gets up & eats early so then by the time I test about 6:30 I'm getting a food spike. I have seen/heard her up several times early in the morning. She quit sleeping with me a few months ago but a couple of nights ago she came to bed with me & I noticed her getting up around 4:30. I have no idea how to fix that situation though. The only one that eats all their food at meal time is Petunia, she's the smallest one here & finishes off a whole can, the other 4 only get a 1/2 can & lots of times don't finish but they come back for snacks till it's gone. I like to leave some food out just in case she ever goes low but how can I make sure it's gone before say 4:00? And, if I don't leave any out they will not let me sleep the entire night, and I'm not interested in getting up at 4:30. You should have seen them this morning! I don't think a timed feeder would work cause once they got used to it they all would be there at the same time or one of them, probably Petey would eat it all.
 
I think it takes an hour for the food to hit the BG. Figure they have to start digesting it first. Good food like we feed anyway. Gravy, for instance, hits quicker, I guess because it's liquid and doesn't have to be processed much. It might be a little less than an hour, but I don't think it's longer than that.
I never tried getting like +1 or +2 readings, but I'd bet that you'd see the food hit first, and then the insulin fight back, all within the first 2 hours.

Carl
 
Barbara,
I bet you're right. She's munching on something close to the AMPS, and it doesn't have to be only an hour. Since the insulin would have worn off mostly by probably +10 I'm guessing, I'd figure that anything she eats after that would have no "insulin" effect fighting the food boost.
You have a definite dilemma though.... how to stall them till your alarm goes off. IMO, there shouldn't be anything such as 4:30AM.... It should be illegal, or removed from the clock face. I've had to get up for the past four mornings at that time in order to hit the bricks by 5:30. Have to have the gates open and the park ready by 6, but who in their right mind comes to the beach at 6 in the morning besides sea turtles? I mean, it's still pretty dark! You can't see anything! The sharks feed at dawn and dusk....why don't people KNOW this??? Sorry, day 6 of a 7 day work week, and I'm pretty slap-happy :?

Can you somehow make it impossible for them to wake you up, like close off a door so they can't get near the bedroom? My cats will sometimes scratch at the BR door when they determine it's time for breakfast. I snatch the door open and hurl a throw pillow in their general direction (that's why they are called throw pillows, isn't it?). I aim high to miss on purpose, but they get the point. After one toss, they decide they can wait a while for breakfast. The only time they are really insistent is when Mullet needs to use the outside LB. He'll scratch non-stop until I let him out. In the winter when it's cold out, he'll use the inside boxes, but the rest of the year, he'd rather pee in the woods, whether I think it's okay or not at 4am.

.....need to invent a timed pet door or gate.... kitty can't get through it until the timer goes off.

Hmmm, sounds like Petunia is trying to fatten up so she can stay warm in Alaska this winter....

Carl
 
Barbara,
I have the same problem!!
Around 4 or 4:30they want to eat! if there is no food he will wake me up constantly until I give in or go sleep on the sofa...I been trying to give them enough food to last until about 2 then they are on there own...
when there is food in the dish in the morning, his numbers are high....
no idea what to do about it...
its either dont sleep or have high numbers in the morning...

Carl...you sound just like my DH!!
 
Denise,
must be a "guy" thing.... :lol:
As you've probably guessed, I'm a night owl.
In no way shape or form a morning person. Once I've got 3 cups of coffee in me, I'm bearable.
But really, what possible good can come from being awake at 4:30 in the morning? Unless you haven't been to sleep yet, of course. Then it's ok!

carl
 
Carl, I thought for a second about locking them out of my bedroom. I think there would be a riot in the hall! I used to try that when we had a dog that slept with us but Thumper meowed LOUDLY at my door till I opened it. Petey thinks it's against the law to close a door. I'm just going to leave less food out & see what happens. There's no good answer. I don't know what's wrong with them tonight. I've already had to give them a snack. I try to hold out till after +4 so I can get at least one test but tonight I had to give them more food at 2.

I'm a night owl also. You should have heard me when the vet said I had to shoot this cat at 12 hour intervals....I asked her "even on the weekends?"!! Ugh....I hate getting up in the morning. It's funny, I've always wanted to see the sunrise at the beach but everytime we're there I can't drag myself up to see it. :lol:

Denise, I thought about getting on the couch this morning. I felt like I was in a lions den! :lol:
 
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