Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1150     Reading:  112

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1249     BP:  157/64     Pulse:  58

Breakfast:  1300  & Meds What she ate:  1 hard over egg, heavily peppered 2 slices thick cut sugar cured lean bacon 1 slice toasted oat bran 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	figured her blood pressure could handle this today
metformin/250 mg	1/4 of 1000 mg tab with meal	standard dose
Daily Senior Multivitamin	with breakfast	since everything looked good yesterday, thought I'd try cutting back, again
folic acid/400 mcg	with breakfast	standard breakfast supplement
vitamin E/400 IU	with meal	standard breakfast supplement
garlic/1250 mg	with meal	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

    Although I can remember the menu and meds for this day, I can't remember anything special or unusual, otherwise.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1702     Reading:  181

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1710     BP:  165/69     Pulse:  58

Lunch:  1730  & Meds What she ate:  toasted sharp cheddar cheese and pepperoni sandwich (potato bread) 11.5 oz V-8 juice with 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
metformin/500 mg	1/2 a 1000 mg tab with meal	standard lunch dose

    Well, needless to say, her blood glucose was high, so, she got 500 mg of metformin for lunch instead of the cutback. Hopefully the cinnamon will help, too. I had planned on using the oat bran bread, as well, but discovered we were out.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  2103     Reading:  93

Blood Pressure:     Time:  2134     BP:  158/46     Pulse:  76

Dinner:  2135  & Meds What she ate:  approx 12 oz macaroni and cheese with hamburger, chopped celery, chopped Bermuda onion and chopped bell pepper 3/4 cup Baskin Robbins French Vanilla ice cream with 1/2 raspberry sauce
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
36 mg Iron Protein Succinylate	2 18 mg tabs with meal/forgot to give them 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/1000 mg	1 1000 mg tab with meal	wanted ice cream with raspberry sauce, so I medicated her for it
garlic/1250 mg	1 1250 mg tab with meal	to keep her from redeveloping the urinary tract infection; just a precaution

    The only way I was able to get Mom to finish her macaroni and cheese is that she really wanted French Vanilla ice cream with raspberry sauce, so I held the ice cream hostage until she finished her dinner.