Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1155     Reading:  104

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1202     BP:  128/63     Pulse:  67

Breakfast:  12:15  & 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 1.5 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
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
1/4 cup pure cranberry juice w/12 oz water	with or after meal	standard once a day supplement for kidney protection and enhancement of waste management

    I was ecstatic with her blood sugar reading, considering what and how much she ate, yesterday. She didn't sleep well last night, was up and down and, luckily, I heard her and was up and down with her. "Just restless," she said. I was concerned that she might, when she finally awoke, be running high on both her stats, but she was right one the money.
    Once again, although she did have lunch, again V-8 juice with cinnamon and a 3.5 oz bag of microwave popcorn (in case you're wondering, she goes on popcorn binges when that's all she wants for lunch so that's all I give her...it is always at her suggestion), and with it her iron supplement and vitamin C, I took no stats. I can't remember what we were doing, but I forgot.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1640     Reading:  139

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1646     BP:  121/61     Pulse:  65

Dinner:  ?  & Meds What she ate:  I honestly can't remember what we had for dinner on this night.
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

    It was none of our typical dinners, that I remember, and I didn't get pick-up food. I was pretty distracted, throughout the day, and Mom slept a lot, up and down, on and off. What did we have for dinner?!? I really can't remember!