dose measurement Q

any difference between a fat 1.25 u and a thin 1.50?
i'm using the half unit marking syringes -- 1.50 is too much ....but 1.25 too little...just wondering :?: .thanks

 

It's tough to even get .25 increments accurately, I think. I would call fat/thin the same. Sometimes if you twist the plunger slowly you can nudge a drop out but it's still going to boil down to how YOU read the markings, the tilt of the syringe, etc.

Have you tried a magnifier?

 

Use these close up pictures: http://romlin.com/jock/SyringeFineGradations/

It's hard to exactly measure a teeny dose of insulin so you just have to try your best and eyeball it.

 

ok thanks,Buddy is sooo sensitive to even a drop, so i try to be exact-guess it's not always possible.

 

What you can try to do is measure the drops you get between 1.5 and 1.25. Lay out a paper towel so that you can see each drop coming off the tip and try to get each one similar in size. Once you know how many drops you get in between, you can work on your fat 1.5/skinny 1.25 and somewhere in between.

 

oh what a great idea!