bambinaki
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"It's good to have specific test times to see how the R is doing. For example, get at least a +4 when you shoot R, especially if you are trying a new R scale and want to see the impact of that R. For the rest of the tests, you are seeing how the Lantus part of the cycle plays out, so it's not as important to test at the same time all the time.
Since the aimed glucose level is a lot lower than 275, why give R only when higher than 275?
The job of R is to lower the blood sugar so that it is a good number for the Lantus to work with. If the number is already a decent number, you don't need to lower it more. Remember, you are working with the Lantus action, and the R action layered on top of that. You have to consider the cumulative effect."
Thanks, Wendy. @Wendy&Neko
I'll try to always get an R+4 test.
Is the only time to give R at AM and PM and AM+6 and PM+6?
200s are decent? Isn't the goal below 100?
Hasn't it been long enough for the cumulative effect to kick in? The layers of Lantus and R have not brought his numbers into a healthy range. Am I waiting for more accumulation to bring the numbers down? How long?
His AM+6 was just 274, so I didn't give him R because per the scale I should give R only if 275 or above. Is that a line not to be crossed? It seems to me that giving R at 274 would be a good idea since it's only a point away.
I just tested his ketones. I didn't put the strip in his urine stream; I caught some urine in a bowl and dipped the stick in. It shows "trace" ketones as far as I can tell. Photo attached. What should I do?
Thanks again.
"It's good to have specific test times to see how the R is doing. For example, get at least a +4 when you shoot R, especially if you are trying a new R scale and want to see the impact of that R. For the rest of the tests, you are seeing how the Lantus part of the cycle plays out, so it's not as important to test at the same time all the time.
Since the aimed glucose level is a lot lower than 275, why give R only when higher than 275?
The job of R is to lower the blood sugar so that it is a good number for the Lantus to work with. If the number is already a decent number, you don't need to lower it more. Remember, you are working with the Lantus action, and the R action layered on top of that. You have to consider the cumulative effect."
Thanks, Wendy. @Wendy&Neko
I'll try to always get an R+4 test.
Is the only time to give R at AM and PM and AM+6 and PM+6?
200s are decent? Isn't the goal below 100?
Hasn't it been long enough for the cumulative effect to kick in? The layers of Lantus and R have not brought his numbers into a healthy range. Am I waiting for more accumulation to bring the numbers down? How long?
His AM+6 was just 274, so I didn't give him R because per the scale I should give R only if 275 or above. Is that a line not to be crossed? It seems to me that giving R at 274 would be a good idea since it's only a point away.
I just tested his ketones. I didn't put the strip in his urine stream; I caught some urine in a bowl and dipped the stick in. It shows "trace" ketones as far as I can tell. Photo attached. What should I do?
Thanks again.
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