Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1003     Reading:  118

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1010     BP:  119/70     Pulse:  66

Breakfast:  1100  & 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 1.5 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

    She was up on her own at a good time, stats good, energy level good, but body trailing far behind. She's been complaining of stiffness all morning and, when she complains, of anything, it's best to take notice. Finally, after a hearty breakfast, a neck-and-neck game of Sorry she tried to get up to throw away a Kleenex and shifted clumsily, grabbed onto the counter and stood there until I reinforced her. She insisted on making it, with the help of the counter, around to the garbage basket under the sink but kept mutter, "It's my knees, it's just my knees."
    Could be too little exercise over the last few days, could be too much walkering and not enough strengthening, could have nothing to do with either of those variables. All I know is that, after watching her, I gave her 500 mg acetaminophen and told her she could lie down, if she wanted.
    She responded with her Cheshire Cat Grin Pose. Not that she'd been manipulating the morning to go like this, but, as she often says, if she had've thought of it, she would've.
    I told her that, tomorrow, we'd have to hit the ground running. She agreed. She remembers what begins tomorrow. "I'm glad we have one more day before we get really busy," she said. I'm glad we're not going down tomorrow."
    "Well, Mom, we're going to be really busy tomorrow, even though we won't be going to the Valley 'till Tuesday. We need a storage shed and boxes, and I've got some important calls to make."
    "Well, you know what I mean."
    "Yes," I said, with a conspiratorial smile, "I know what you mean."

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1604     Reading:  107

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1606     BP:  116/63     Pulse:  78

Lunch:  1615  & Meds What she ate:  1 3.5 oz bag microwave popcorn approx 6 oz small curd 4% milkfat cottage cheese, heavily peppered 11.5 oz V-8 juice with 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
36 mg Iron Protein Succinylate	2 18 mg tab 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

    Once again, after offering to make soup, tuna open-faced grilled melts with olives, even a toasted cheese sandwich with de-fatted pepperoni, she asked, again, for popcorn, and took up the offer on the V-8 juice and cottage cheese. Sometimes, she gets into these food ruts...
    But, you know, all her stats looked good, she took a reviving nap, her energy is a bit low and she was intransigient when I suggested doing her therapy exercises: "Not now. Maybe later." I'm not going to worry, even though it seems that she's been lethargic for a couple of days, now. Things will pick up this week. I guarantee.
    I think she may be experiencing some temporary depression about letting the house in Mesa go, too. I just get that sense. I understand depression, even though my mother does not. So, I'll let her have one more day, and I'll take one more, as well.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  2022     Reading:  154

Blood Pressure:     Time:  2047     BP:  124/57     Pulse:  59

Dinner:  2105  & Meds What she ate:  approx 12 oz macaroni & cheese, heavy with ground chuck, sauteed onions, celery and green peppers and extra Vermont sharp cheddar.
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

    I'm not sure what's up with her. After she ate her lunch, she wanted to go back to bed. I argued with her a little, then let her. This explains the high blood glucose. She did nothing to work it off.
    Usually, on days like this, she eats very little dinner, but, tonight, when I asked her what she might want, she replied, "Something that sticks to your ribs."
    "Mac and cheese, with hamburger and sauteed veggies, extra cheese?"
    "Now you're talking!"
    And, she ate well.
    Now, she's dragging, again, and I expect her to tell me she's decided to go to bed. Again. Today. It's very frustrating. I tried to get her to do therapy exercises between lunch and dinner...snuck it up on her, set up the living room, had her sit in her usual exercise chair, handed her the weights and she simply refused to move.
    Well, tomorrow, no excuses. If she can't keep up she gets dragged behind. That should get her going.