Mr. Big Eyes low BG. How to handle later today?

Hello,

Mr. Big Eyes seemed normal this morning, but when I tested, I got BG 62. I doubted accuracy of test, so did it again and got 60. I tried to feed K/D, but he doesn't like it anymore, so gave him his regular food which he snarfed down.

I waited an hour to test again and got 83 before I left him to come to work. Also my brother checked him a about 90 minutes later and said he'd eaten most of food I left and seemed fine.

Of course I gave no insulin this morning. I'm wondering how to proceed tonight at the next time for insulin. Assuming he's come back up over 200 do you think I should I give a smaller amount of insulin like 1.25U?

Thanks,

Kathy

 

Seems to be the morning for low pre-shots! He'll likely be high tonight. The dose is tricky though: 1.5 wasn't enough. 1.75 gave you a long cycle. I'm inclined to think that sticking with 1.75 would be your best approach, but it is a little hard to say with certainty. Will you be around this evening and tomorrow morning to keep an eye on things?

 

Thanks. I will be around this evening, but need to be at work in the morning so if it happened again I wouldn't be able to stay until I was sure it was coming up.

Assuming he's back up this evening maybe I'll try a "strong" 1.5U (really hard to judge even with the 1/2 marks on the U40 syringes.) I may eventually get some U100s and convert, but I'm so tired sometimes in the morning and at the end of the day I got the U40s with 1/2 marks because I was afraid I'd get mixed up and make a mistake converting..

 

I totally understand about the conversion. I was pretty nervous when I finally switched too! Once you figure it out though, you can figure out what it looks like on the u100 while you're awake, and then I wrote it on a sticky note and put it on the syringe container so I could just remind myself in the mornings.

 

When/if you do convert, I suggest hiding your u40s from yourself and posting the conversion chart on the fridge to refer to. That way, you won't be able to use the wrong ones and the conversion will be right there!

 

Yes! I would definitely do that! I've got quite a few syringes now, but when I need more I may switch.