2/8 Ruby AMPS 147/+3 156/+6 99/PMPS 86/+3 62

Katherine&Ruby

Katherine&Ruby

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https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB...3-10-78-levemir-for-ruby.258953/#post-2910341

Ruby's been pretty steady. Not much new to report. She needs to poop though, so maybe her numbers will come down after that happens. :rolleyes:

Thanks to everyone for chiming in about her numbers and pred in her last condo.

FrostD said:
Id been waiting for a Ruby post because I didn't want to bump this, but I'll forget if I don't...

So, one of the things I'm wondering is if Lev has enough "cutting power" to offset the current "uneven pred bump" or whatever you want to call it. The difference between her AM and PM numbers drive me a little nuts because I'm not quite sure why it's there. Because she's more active in evening/night? Maybe the pred effect somehow times with her meals?

I mean I love Levemir, but I'd almost play with pred timing before changing insulin. Almost like it needs to be given middle of the day or night or something but that's not really feasible.

Tl;Dr I think you have nothing to lose by trying a switch, but Lantus is giving you pretty darn gentle curves right now.
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I hear you. Here's the dealio: I was giving pred during the AM only at shot time and she was high then. I switched to twice a day at shot time and nothing really changed, except I got more greens in the later part of the AM cycle. I can experiment by giving her pred in the PM only and see what it does to her numbers, but I worry that it will only lead to higher numbers day and night and I will have to give her more insulin. See my predicament?
 
Here's a sunny day at home photo. :cat:

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Katherine&Ruby said:
https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB...3-10-78-levemir-for-ruby.258953/#post-2910341

Ruby's been pretty steady. Not much new to report. She needs to poop though, so maybe her numbers will come down after that happens. :rolleyes:

Thanks to everyone for chiming in about her numbers and pred in her last condo.



I hear you. Here's the dealio: I was giving pred during the AM only at shot time and she was high then. I switched to twice a day at shot time and nothing really changed, except I got more greens in the later part of the AM cycle. I can experiment by giving her pred in the PM only and see what it does to her numbers, but I worry that it will only lead to higher numbers day and night and I will have to give her more insulin. See my predicament?
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I had looked at that, but I was also wondering if the combo of the SCL "resolving" and adequan also might have been changing things. Who knows! Probably drive yourself crazy trying to figure everything out
 
That is quite the predicament. I hope you find a balance for her. Meanwhile, let’s go team poo!
Also, very cute photo :joyful:
 
Katherine&Ruby said:
I hear you. Here's the dealio: I was giving pred during the AM only at shot time and she was high then. I switched to twice a day at shot time and nothing really changed, except I got more greens in the later part of the AM cycle. I can experiment by giving her pred in the PM only and see what it does to her numbers, but I worry that it will only lead to higher numbers day and night and I will have to give her more insulin.
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Who knows about this Katherine. I remember why you switched her over to splitting the pred into two doses... and I remember you got a little flack over it... well, perhaps flack isn't the right word... just concern/advice (everybody here loves Ruby, so we are all interested and only trying to help)... but ANYWAY, I remember why you did this and it seemed to help a bit and also we know from her oncologist that things are doing well SCL-wise... so all you can do is experiment and see if it makes a difference in her BG if you try once a day at PM. Who knows. But if you're happy with things the way they are, then why mess with success.
 
Suzanne & Darcy said:
Who knows about this Katherine. I remember why you switched her over to splitting the pred into two doses... and I remember you got a little flack over it... well, perhaps flack isn't the right word... just concern/advice (everybody here loves Ruby, so we are all interested and only trying to help)... but ANYWAY, I remember why you did this and it seemed to help a bit and also we know from her oncologist that things are doing well SCL-wise... so all you can do is experiment and see if it makes a difference in her BG if you try once a day at PM. Who knows. But if you're happy with things the way they are, then why mess with success.
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Hi Suzanne, I'm mostly happy with the way things are... :) I'd ideally like her to have flatter curves and be on less insulin. Nothing is *bad* right now, just wondering if things could be even better. I don't remember the flack or why I would have gotten it for splitting her pred dose. At the time I did it, she was not as well regulated as she is now, so maybe things would be clearer. I dunno. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Diane Tyler's Mom said:
I'm going to hop on a train to Hoboken and snatch her away
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Ha! You would love her, Diane. She's a real cat cat.
 
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