Re: 9/30 KT +11+64/60/66/70/72/75/76/ AMPS-80 +1-104
Personally, I think we all have this internal debate. You want, above everything else, to keep your cat safe. We all want that for ourselves and each other. Then there's this other side -- we want to get our cats tightly regulated or into remission so once you're past the first hurdle of handling your first low numbers, you want to do what's best for your cat. So the internal dialogue goes back and forth -- shoot vs. don't shoot, reduce the dose vs. shoot the full dose, etc. It gets easier the more you've handled low numbers. In part, it's a matter of your comfort level and confidence in dealing with numbers that could drop low and how available you are to monitor. I'm assuming your comfort level is different in the AM cycle vs. the PM cycle.
I'm pretty confident in my ability to manage Gabby's numbers and I will stay up half of the night to monitor. (If you look at the first page of her SS, you'll see what I mean.) I've shot full doses when she's been in the 50s and it's been fine and a couple of times when I got surprised! But, I knew enough about Gabby's patterns to monitor. I probably shot dropping numbers this week. Much of what you do is based not just on the protocol but on how well you know how your cat and how your cat responds to Lantus. I've got a lot of data. I will not tell someone to shoot a low number if they have no experience with shooting low or if their SS tells me they won't monitor, regardless of the time of day.
So, to answer your question, would I have shot the full dose with an AMPS in the 60s? Yup. I would have. Based on a month's worth of data and it being your 2nd green pre-shot, would I have told you to shoot the full dose, I would have probably laid out the options and let you choose. I think knowing that KT was surfing was a good plan. You now have more data that will inform your decision the next time you get a low pre-shot number.
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