Time Changes

[Deborah & Gadget]

Right now I give insulin at 8:30 am and pm but if I want to change times like possibly 6:30/6:30 or 9:30/ 9:30. How do you transition? I want to put more thought into it but 8:30 is proving a bit challenging with work. I've only slipped twice in two months but last night was one of those slips and Gadgets numbers were too high today ( I missed 8:30pm and shot at 10:30pm and then this morning shot at 9:30am so there was an 11 hour diff. And will do 8:30 tonight so another 11 hour diff and back to 12 hours tomorrow. Is that the way to get back on track? I've also had a couple of fur shots and recently it went in one side and out the other. It always causes his numbers to spike when anything varies. There is a big learning curve even if you read everything until it happens to you it doesn't make sense. And then I feel so bad because he has to live with the mistake 12 hours!

 

[BJM]

Ah, no, it means Guardian Angel or Gone Ahead ... as in deceased.

With Lantus, we suggest folks change times either 15 minutes per shot, or a total of 30 minutes per day.

 

[Deborah & Gadget]

Ok so I made my mistakes and gave his shot at 10:30pm/9:30am so it would be best to do 9:30 pm since he had too much of a change last night and then maybe tomorrow keep it at 9:30/9:30 so he can stabilize? And then start with 15 min changes to get back to 8:30/8:30?

 

[BJM]

I wasn't clear.
You have 2 options
1) change 15 min per shot
OR
2) change 30 minutes total, on 1 shot each day

 

[Deborah & Gadget]

Ok I do get it! Thank you! Really my question was two time related questions. How to switch times which you answered.
And if I miss a shot in the future is there a window of time generally that it is ok to give the shot late? Since I was 2 hours late should I have skipped the shot?

 

[BJM]

Lantus works best when shot on a 12 hour schedule, so if you are so late you can't make up the time easily, it is better to skip.