My best Pal, Coke

[jesse girl]

Re: Good BG Numbers ?

looks good 100 points or less from lowest to highest in sugar or vice versa is very stable sugar

200 points is still ok but for me with jesse anything more than that i believe she is losing stability and maybe putting her at risk .

it looks like you are seeing a steady decrease in numbers. its possible the food change could require less insulin so keep an eye on that lowest number

amazing how it takes a bit of time to see things truly settle and it can be quite dramatic as you have seen

congrats .just watch that lowest number

[Reddogg]

Re: Good BG Numbers ?

Thank You
I will definitely watch for Her going Hypo and adjust from the nadir
The good news here is she gained a pound and a half before her diagnosis she was a pretty healthy 96 lb's and after seemed to stay right at a little lite 83 lb's
just at 84.5 she looks a lot healthier
Thanks again
DOGG

[Raysaint]

Re: Good BG Numbers ?

Any food change can affect BG as carbs may change. Also, any weight gain can require maybe slightly more insulin.

But all in all those numbers are good, especially if you have a consistent range day in day out.

Sometimes the difference between highest and lowest number can be more than we want, but can't be explained. Nadir still guides the dose. But I don't let one nadir change my strategy, I look for what the nadir is on average over a few days.

[Reddogg]

Re: Good BG Numbers ?

Thats what I'm doing I haven't had the 97 BG for 4 days now
She fluctuates between mid 200's and mid to high 100's since so everything seems to be leveling out
The four BG's I took today 1st one at 4:30 am were (She eats at 5am and 5pm)
272
9am-254
11:30am-242
and just now at 4:30pm -280 . So in the last 12 hrs it only fluctuated 38 points I know that since I didn't do a curve that she might have went a little lower but she was with me all day and didn't show any signs of coming anywhere near going Hypo
I figure when I'm satisfied It's running pretty stable I'll go up a 1/2 unit and see where it goes-------A little at a time
DOGG

[Reddogg]

Using Organic Ceylon Cinnamon in meal ?

Hello all been a while since I've posted and been around for that matter (work to much)
Happy to report after 1 year of having diabetes My pal Coke is still with us and turned 12 recently I have had a few changes in her diet over the last previous months but all and all she's generally in pretty good spirits most of the time
Last (sorta)curve
4:30 am--330
9:00 am--236
11:00 am-215
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2:30 pm--224
4:30pm--185
8:00 pm--175
9:30 pm--94 *fed her a small milk bone (got scared)
11:00 pm--172
As you can see the 9:30 @ a 94 bg was a pretty good drop and by feeding an 83lb kid a tiny milk bone it went back up to a decent # at least I think thats what did it
I'm wondering if any of You folks have dabbled using cinnamon on the food to help with lowering the insulin resitstance and help lowering BG levels ? From what I have read It seems that it helps Humans with Type 2 diabetes but see no mention of Type 1--------So any Input anyone would have on this will be much appriciated before I start her on a little added 1/4 teaspoon to her food and work up to somwhere around a teaspoon
As Always
Thanks
Dogg

[jesse girl]

Re: Using Organic Ceylon Cinnamon in meal ?

Well we used cinnamon on jesse and the only thing it did for her was give her nice breath

what you may have to do is add maybe a milk bone snack everyday if blood sugar normally drops like that . Overall the curve looks pretty good

one year under the belt that good congrats

[Reddogg]

Re: Using Organic Ceylon Cinnamon in meal ?

Thanks jesse
I see she has a new outlook on eating with the new flavor in her food so thats a good thing and better breath would be a bonus also the old girl's breath does get funky now and again
I'm going to keep with a 1/4 tsp with each meal and I'll most likely up the amount a little in a week unless i see some kind of an obvious change in the bg levels. I'll report back with some results or not by then if not sooner
Thanks again
Dogg

[Raysaint]

Re: Using Organic Ceylon Cinnamon in meal ?

Generally, from everything I've researched and learned from my own type 1 diabetes, most supplements don't do much. It's generally type 2 that can possibly benefit from herbs and spices, because the pancreas is still somewhat functional.

[Reddogg]

Re: Using Organic Ceylon Cinnamon in meal ?

Well folks I have some early results using ceylon cinnamon and they seem pretty positive as of now but after five days now with everything being done exactly the same with both meals / meal times and shots being @22 units all thru using 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon in each meal Coke's BG levels have improved greatly with no big spikes I'll do a full curve next week a put up the numbers but as of yesterday her numbers were
4:30 am-282
9:30 am-287
--------------------All fast reads @ 4:30 . am/pm
4:30 pm-205 . All meals fed @5:00 . am/pm
8:00 pm-180
10:00 pm-186
12:00 pm-297

She has had very similar numbers all week which compared to forever her numbers are staying within 140 pnts consistantly which they have never done before
As I said I'll do a full curve late next week and post the results
Dogg