Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  0913     Reading:  114

Blood Pressure:     Time:  0919     BP:  129/71     Pulse:  64

Breakfast:  1025  & 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

    That's right, I took her blood glucose reading at 0913 and that was after she was already in the bathroom and stripped for bathing. She awoke on her own, this morning, at this hour, and I was very pleased to see this.
    I gave her lisinopril this morning...her blood pressure seemed to indicate that she could handle it. Other than that, nothing out of the ordinary. How wonderful it is to have normal days, again!

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1404     Reading:  122

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1411     BP:  100/57     Pulse:  68

Lunch:  1445  & Meds What she ate:  Approx 8 oz Marie Callendar's Beef Pot Roast Soup mixed with some left over generic canned chili from last night. Approx 6 oz 4% milk fat small curd cottage cheese 11.5 oz V-8 juice with 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
18 mg Iron Protein Succinylate	1 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

    We had to make a trip to Costco, today. We went right after breakfast, as she had lots of energy this morning. She ate samples through the store, although there weren't as many as usual, just enough to whet her appetite. After the extended walkering, as we passed the lunch stand at Costco and smelled the warmed pizzas she said, "Let's go home and eat!" So, that's what we did.
    I was pleased with her BG reading, considering that she'd been sampling. I was a little surprised by her BP reading, as I didn't think this morning's lisinopril would take it down that much, but, she walked a lot, today, so that may have had something to do with the low reading at lunch.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  2023     Reading:  88

Blood Pressure:     Time:  2030     BP:  156/78     Pulse:  55

Dinner:  ?  & Meds What she ate:  Approx 9 oz serving of Costco's baked stuffed salmon; approx 6 oz was fish.
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
lisinopril/1.25 mg	1/4 of 5 mg tab with meal	given for kidney protection when her blood pressure can handle it
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

    Not sure what's going on with her BP, this evening. Her BP usually lowers a lot right after an exercise session, but that didn't happen, this time. I hope it's not another UTI. Anyway, I gave her lisinopril. That should help.
    You'll notice we had no vegetables at all, tonight. We discussed having beets, but both of us were so hungry for salmon we decided, nah, there are 3 pieces of salmon in the carton, we'll bake 'em all and if 1 piece apiece doesn't satisfy us, we'll split the 3rd. The third is now marinating in lemon juice in the refrigerator. I'll probably use it in a salad on Monday.