Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1047     Reading:  119

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1131     BP:  131/71     Pulse:  87

Breakfast:  1200  & Meds What she ate:  1 hard over egg, heavily peppered 1 4 oz slice honey cured ham steak 1 slice toasted oat bran bread with 1 tbl Fleischmann's margarine 1/4 tsp cinnamon on bread 6 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	1/2 1000 mg tab with Niferex-150	helps the body metabolize iron
100% Aloe Vera gel/1 oz	just before meal	helps increase the cells' sensitivity to insulin
Protonix/40 mg	1 pill at least 1/2 hour pre-meal	standard pre-breakfast med
glipizide ER/10 mg	1 pill with meal	standard breakfast and dinner med to increase cells' sensitivity to insulin
aspirin/81 mg	1 tab with breakfast	standard breakfast med - given for anti-coagulant properties
lisinopril/1.25 mg	1/4 of 5 mg tab with meal	given for kidney protection when her blood pressure can handle it
Daily Senior Multivitamin	with breakfast	standard breakfast supplement
folic acid/400 mcg	with breakfast	standard breakfast supplement
garlic/1250 mg	with meal	standard breakfast supplement; a natural antibiotic and anti-coagulant
1/4 cup pure cranberry juice w/12 oz water	after breakfast	standard after breakfast supplement
vitamin E/400 IU	with meal	given for anti-coagulant properties; among other reasons; appears to be of benefit to type 2 diabetics, as well, in its role as a smooth muscled organ protectant, particularly the pancreas, which produces insulin

    Nothing unusual about breakfast. I gave her lisinopril. It didn't surprise me that her blood pressure was up, as we discovered this morning that her urinary tract infection had returned.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1539     Reading:  160

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1549     BP:  100/53     Pulse:  72

Lunch:  1600  & Meds What she ate:  lazily and spread out, a bag of microwave popcorn and 11.5 oz V-8 juice with 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
levaquin/250 mg	1 tab 2 hours after breakfast	for UTI

    She wasn't very hungry, although she wanted popcorn. After she ate the popcorn I gave her some V-8 juice. No meds, though. She was feeling a bit punk, probably from a combination of yesterday and the UTI. She wanted to take a nap soon after the popcorn so, after she downed her V-8 juice I let her.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1939     Reading:  71

Blood Pressure:     Time:  2016     BP:  118/58     Pulse:  63

Dinner:  2045  & Meds What she ate:  Cobb Salad, this time with chopped honey cured ham steak, chopped peppered turkey, several olives and about 4 Tbl homemade Ranch dressing.
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
100% Aloe Vera gel/1 oz	just before meal	helps increase the cells' sensitivity to insulin
36 mg Iron Protein Succinylate	2 18 mg tabs with meal	to pull her out of what I hope is her temporarily severely anemic state
vitamin C/500 mg	1/2 1000 mg tab with iron supplement	helps the body metabolize iron
glipizide ER/10 mg	1 pill with meal	standard breakfast and dinner med to increase cells' sensitivity to insulin
vitamin E/400 IU	with meal	given for anti-coagulant properties
garlic/1250 mg	with meal	given for anti-coagulant properties
calcium-vitamin D/500-200 mg	with meal	believed to be an osteoporosis preventative

    As usual, she devoured the Cobb salad. She seems to be feeling a bit better. Nothing unusual about her stats, her appetite or her general demeanor. It'll probably be a quiet night, tonight.