Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  0919     Reading:  118

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1104     BP:  118/77     Pulse:  67

Breakfast:  1130  & Meds What she ate:  1 hard over egg, heavily peppered 6 oz ham steak 1 slice toasted potato bread with 1 tbl Fleischmann's margarine 1/4 tsp cinnamon on bread 8 oz orange juice diluted w/8 oz water
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
Niferex-150 [150 mg elemental iron]	1 hour before breakfast	to pull her out of what I hope is her temporarily severely anemic state
vitamin C/500 mg	with Niferex-150	helps the body metabolize iron
glipizide/10 mg	1 pill at least 1/2 hour pre-meal	standard pre-breakfast and pre-dinner med
Protonix/40 mg	1 pill at least 1/2 hour pre-meal	standard pre-breakfast med
Albuterol/2.0+IPRAO/.5	nebulized during meal preparation	standard breakfast, sometimes dinner med
lisinopril/2.5 mg	1/2 tab with meal	looked like her blood pressure might be able to handle it
metformin/637.5 mg	3/4 of 850 mg tab with meal	took into consideration blood glucose reading the ham (which was cured with sugar) and the orange juice
Daily Senior Multivitamin	with breakfast	standard breakfast supplement
folic acid/400 mcg	with breakfast	standard breakfast supplement
1/4 cup pure cranberry juice w/12 oz water	after breakfast	standard after breakfast supplement

Conspicuously Absent Meds & Supplements
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
aspirin/81 mg	1 tab with breakfast	Has not been receiving this, per doctor's orders, since 6/18/04; he feels that, if she is bleeding internally intermittently, the aspirin, being a blood thinner, will increase the blood flow, and this is a higher risk to take, right now, than protecting her against strokes, including mini-strokes
vitamin E/400 IU	with meal	standard breakfast supplement; temporarily deleted to due physician request regarding concern about it interacting with the iron and some of her other meds
garlic/1250 mg	with meal	can function as an anticoagulant, thus I've nixed this medication, for the time being

    I was not at all displeased with her blood glucose reading, considering that she didn't receive any of her diabetic medications last night, since she didn't eat. In fact, I was elated. Her blood pressure looked good, too, good enough to give her 2.5 mg of lisinopril.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1521     Reading:  58

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1527     BP:  125/49     Pulse:  65

Lunch:  1530  & Meds What she ate:  6 oz sauerkraut w/ caraway seeds 4 oz polish sausage 11.5 oz V-8 juice with 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation

Conspicuously Absent Meds & Supplements
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
metformin/any mg	some dose with every meal	Amazing, yes?!? No metformin for lunch! No need. We'll see how her blood glucose settles out before dinner, but I'm really pleased!

    Well, I obviously and inadvertently overdosed her on metformin at breakfast, and I am so pleased to know this! Something good is happening, I think. I hope it continues! As well, it looks as though the 2.5 mg lisinopril may have been a slight overdose, as well, since her BP was perfect at breakfast and a little shy and divided at lunch. Hurrah! Maybe things are beginning to take a turn for the better! Yes! I suppose I shouldn't get too excited, yet, but my specialty is over excitement, so, why not!?!

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1925     Reading:  90

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1932     BP:  136/69     Pulse:  63

Dinner:  2000  & Meds What she ate:  my universally reknowned nachos, consisting of about 1 oz restaurant style tortilla chips; about 5 oz generic canned chili; about 2 oz medium salsa (with no sugar); 2.5 green onions, sliced; about 2 oz sharp cheddar cheese; 2 Tbl MPBIL's super southwest fire spice mix; a 2 Tbl dollop sour cream
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
36 mg Iron Protein Succinylate	2 18 mg tabs 1 hour before meal	to pull her out of what I hope is her temporarily severely anemic state
vitamin C/500 mg	with iron supplement	helps the body metabolize iron
glipizide/10 mg	1 pill at least 1/2 hour pre-meal	standard pre-breakfast and dinner pre-med
metformin/425 mg	1/2 a 850 mg tab with meal	standard dinner med

    Well, I accidentally deleted this one on July 9, 2004. I was able to recreate the stats part. I don't remember what I wrote, though, except that I'm sure it had something to do with how thrilled I was about her blood sugar, and that I mentioned something about why I figured this was happening, but didn't actually want to say anything, yet, because I'm not completely sure, yet. This should cover it.