Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1043     Reading:  107

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1111     BP:  161/77     Pulse:  52

Breakfast:  1200  & Meds What she ate:  1 hard over egg, heavily peppered 4 oz slice sugar cured 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
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
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

    You should be able to guess, from the extension of time between taking her blood glucose (which I take while she's still prone, as soon as I can coax her to extend an arm over the side of the bed) and her blood pressure (which I take after she's been sitting up on the edge of the bed, for awhile, hopefully while she's still using the oxygen and is no longer lightly huffing from sitting up), that she was moving slow, this morning. She was in a good mood, a little colded over, not as bad as me, though, when I woke up. She asked me, twice, "Why?" and once, "Is it worth it?", but her mood remained light.
    I want to mention, before I forget, that she is continuing to follow the pattern of her unrecorded stats during the month of November: normal BG in the mornings, almost always unless I gave her some kind of dessert the night previous; betwwen 130 and 180 at lunch (depending, as you'll remember, on whether she's had a muffin or some other sweet at breakfast), then back down between normal and about 140 at night. Good readings, especially considering the low amount of medication she's on.
    It is accurate that she didn't commence eating until a little over 1.5 hours after I greeted her with, "Good morning, Mary Sunshine." Usually, I manage to have her plate set in front of her within 50 minutes to an hour after I first call her. Usually, as well, I am able to take her blood glucose almost immeidately upon awakening her.
    Slow, slow day, I guess.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1837     Reading:  74

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1841     BP:  144/66     Pulse:  66

Dinner:  1857  & Meds What she ate:  2 original recipe KFC thighs 1 small serving KFC cole slaw 1/2 cup KFC green beans 3/4 cup KFC macaroni & cheese
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
lisinopril/2.5 mg	1/2 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
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

    That's right, folks, only two meals today, although I administered her second dose of iron (36 mg iron protein succinylate + 500 mg vitamin C) at about 1545, just before she decided to take a nap. I tried to coax her into staying up for "lunch" in the interest of three balanced meals, but she wasn't interested. At any rate, enough time elapsed between her morning and evening meds so that I wasn't worried. And, her appetite was especially hearty, which pleased me.