Today's Stats:

Breakfast: Yes!

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1132     Reading:  78

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1136     BP:  140/58     Pulse:  52

Breakfast:  1235  & Meds What she ate:  1 hard over egg, heavily peppered 1 4 oz slice lean sugar cured ham 1 pumpkin cranberry muffin w/1 tbl Fleischmann's margarine 1/4 tsp cinnamon on muffin 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 when used with glipizide
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/2.5 mg	1/2 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

    It looks as though I've figured out how to treat my mother to sweets during the holidays: Serve sweets as the entire meal rather than dessert attached to a meal or as snacks in between meals. Despite this, I gave her the last of the pumpkin cranberry muffins this morning, so I expect her midday blood sugar will be a bit higher, but it's been under such good control lately, without any changes in routine (even without changes that would have been good, like therapy exercises), that I was curious, after taking her blood sugar this morning, if the pumpkin cranberry muffin would show up later today. We'll see, but, I'm excited. Her blood pressure looks halfway decent, too, so I'm satisfied.
    She hasn't had her "morning" cranberry juice, yet. We got busy, I forgot, and now she's taking a nap earlier than usual. We'll get at least one glass in, though, today.

Lunch: Oh no!

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1618     Reading:  211

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1617     BP:  132/64     Pulse:  55

Lunch:  1648  & Meds What she ate:  same as yesterday; meat and cheese in same amounts 6 unpitted variety olives in a vinegar, olive oil, dill brine 11.5 oz V-8 juice with 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
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
1/2 cup pure cranberry juice w/12 oz water	with or after meal	standard twice a day supplement for kidney protection and enhancement of waste management

    Well, that's a big no on muffins for breakfast. So, it wasn't that her body was handling sugar better, last night, it's that it handles it best when she eats sugar as a meal, not as part of a meal. This works for me. That doesn't mean we'll not ever again have any sweets, it just means I'll be judicious as to when and how I give them to her.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  2025     Reading:  99

Blood Pressure:     Time:  2027     BP:  139/65     Pulse:  55

Dinner:  2055  & Meds What she ate:  1 hard over egg, heavily peppered 1 4 oz slice sugar cured lean ham 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
100% Aloe Vera gel/1 oz	just before meal	helps increase the cells' sensitivity to insulin when used with glipizide
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

    In case you think I made a mistake, yes, we had breakfast for dinner last night, too. We both just decided that's what we wanted, even though we had a roasted chicken in the frig.