Pita's Dosing Party: 5

We'll say 95 - 105, don't shoot?

ME NEITHER! It's like someone at the factory wound it up before it shipped! I'm going to have to break down and just use it soon

 

Thank you Djamila! I was reading through posts and saw you had suggested that last weekend I believe. I'm with you. I think I may be brave tomorrow or Sunday and just give the .2 (hopefully on a higher PS) and test from there. He's been fairly consistent even with the NS and .1 but I am curious as to what would happen with .2 again. Fingers crossed everyone! And thank you for always erring on the side of caution regardless. It's a good reminder

 

Happy Saturday! AMPS was 146 and I gave .2 units. +3 was 66, +6 was 74 and +9 was just 75. So far so good!

 

Yeah! It went okay! (I was about that!)

 

Lol I was too, but I hope what you predicted, will happen! He didn't seem to dip any lower than he has before and hopefully we'll get a nice/NS PMPS!

 

VERY nice!!!!

 

146 PMPS. So, the 140's seem to be his happy place lately. I'm thinking I should stay at .2 units as long as it's 140 or above. Anything lower than 140 might stay a NS. Thoughts?!

 

If he gives you a lower pre-shot tomorrow, you might consider shooting on it (if you'll be home) and see what happens. A non-diabetic cat is usually between 50-80 most of the time, with only occasional numbers up to 120. So Pita is doing great mid-cycle, but he's still popping up to numbers that are too high at the end of each cycle. Giving him a little insulin support might help get him over this stuck place and into those lower numbers. (see previous post for all of the caveats and warnings that go along with this, of course )

 

Do you think I should stick with the .2? Or go with .1 under a certain PS?

 

I'm super opposed to sliding scale dosing on the way up the dosing scale since i think it often leads to under dosing, but on the way down the dosing scale, I think it's helpful. So I guess I would say maybe 135+ give 0.2, 120-135 give 0.1, and NS under 120. But that's completely a guess since we don't have recent data to show the impact of that. And also, use your mama sense. If that doesn't feel right, trust your instincts.

 

Thank you for the input!

 

161 AMPS. Gonna do .2 and monitor throughout day again.

 

We all fell back asleep and woke up just a bit ago! +6 was just 85. I'm going to assume he probably went lower before then but so far so good!

 

82 @ +9

 

That's a nice long run in the greens.

You know, just in case it was helpful to have someone post something completely obvious.

 

Hahaha it always helps I'm interested to see his PMPS!

 

Instead of considering it as obvious info, look at it as an admiration society...pretty greens!

 

Haha! Well we got a 93 PMPS. So NS!

 

169 AMPS, gave .2 - 106 PMPS, NS

 

179 AMPS. Gave .2 units.
I'm reluctant to do this during the week because of work/sleep- but I'm wondering if .1 might help give him a lower AMPS, even if his PMPS is a bit low as well. Basically, he's getting higher for his AMPS and I know for whatever reason, he tends to go higher at night. I'd want to wake up multiple times to test, but maybe if he has a lower PMPS this weekend I will shoot .1 and see how it goes. Hope that all made sense. I currently have a kids show blaring in my ears.

 

I can understand hesitating to shoot on those lower numbers. I did it a few times and it's . But you're probably right that the lack of insulin at night is what's causing those high AMPS numbers. Sam drops fast enough that I could get a before bed test and sleep soundly. Looking at the 7/22 AM cycle, it kind of looks like you could get a +3 on Pita and have a pretty good idea where he's at for the evening. I think it's worth a try over the weekend if you can to see if it's safe for Pita.

 

77 PMPS. My experiment won't happen tonight!

 

Still a nice number though!

 

116 AMPS, 73 @ +2. No insulin since yesterday morning, so I'll see where he is tonight!

 

96 PMPS, another NS

 

I'll make a new thread next week. Just wanted to update. Pita's been doing great! No shoot for three days in a row, both AM and PM and still hitting some nice low numbers. That's all. Wooo weekend

 

Looks like you guys have been doing awesome!!! I'm so jealous of your spreadsheet

 

Keep going, little pancreas! You've got this!

 

Lol don't be jealous! And thank you I didn't realize we joined around the same time! Hello!

 

Yep just a few days apart. And hello

 

Woohoo!!!!!!

 

*quietly whispering* yay Pita!